On The Wheel!

The popularity of 'cycling is growing. Thomas Stevens, who has just been round the globe on a wheel says that tie best roads in the world are found in British India. The Grand Trtink road s 1,600 miles, an unbroken highway of marvelous perfection, from Pershawar n the Afghan frontier to Calcutta. It s made of smooth, hard, natural conrete, beds of which lie along the line. How such roads wouldbeappreciated y the enthusiastic 'cyclers of this ountry ! The wonderful achievement of Mr. tevens, in the face of myriad dangere, ntitles him to all his honors. The fast riding champion of the world, however, is Richard Ho wel!, of .eicester, England. He is a splendidly made fellow, between 25 and 30 years of age, six feet high, and weighing, in raining, about 160 pounds. He commenced riding in 1879 and in 881, at Belgravia grounds, Leicester, he won the one-mile championship of the world, beating all the best men of the day. From that time his career has been one of almost unbroken successes. He came to the United States in 1S84 and 885, and at the great Springfield tournament in 1885, won seven out of eight aces. In the 'Cycling News, (Eng.), October st, 1887, is the following interview with him. " What are your best performances ? " "This year I did a full mile on the rack at Coventry in 2 minutes, 35 seconds. Good judges think, with verything in my favor, I could do 2:30 br the distance." "What is your system of training? " " I eat plain good food, and plenty of t. I take a little walk before breakfast, and then, after that meal, if I am log;y, ride eight or nine miles on the track lere, in thick flannels. After dinner I do some more 'slogging' workand mayDe a walk and early to bed. M But their is one idea of mine which t have found invaluable. If I have done too much work, or my system is out of order, or if I don't" feel quite sound, I take what I have used since I waa 'queer' in 1883. I have always found that Warner's safe cure sets me up and puts me to rights again, and it is a remedy which I believe in and teil all my friends about. "In the winter-time especially, when y ou can easily un derstand I am not so careful of my health as in the spring, summer or autumn, I have found it invaluable. "AUI want, to beat the fastest bicyclist in the world, is plenty of practice, an occasional dose of my favorite, and my machine. "When I am about right in weight I content myself with short, sharp bursts as hard as I can go on the track, and when I can cover 440 yards in thirty seconds with a flying start, I reckon to be moving as well as I want to." Bicycling is glorious sport, but it has its physical ill effects which, however, can he easily overeóme by the method used by Champion Howell.