MR IULTBY,

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2319, 3 January 1890, Page 2

MR IULTBY,

THE CHAMPION BICYCLIST.

Mr W. S. Maltby #ho jastly claims to be the ohampion f«noy ani trlak oyolUt of the world, opened at the Oddfellows Hall bet evening to a very moderate houae, and will, we hope, bs rewarded this evening by be ng accorded t\ crowded attend*noe, for there can be no question whatever that he thosoughly deserve* pabllo patronage. He more than fulfi'a all we have read -bout him and la simply mavvelloudy clever. Entering the more In flesh ngl md gar z>,made upan^Msdame Emtlls,' » by no maona unattractive look, ng.though somewhat misalve l*i!y,he exeouted tbe most wonderful fe»te, climbing all round and about the bloyole, standing upon It anywhere and everywhere, seem* ing just aa oomfortable whether standing on one treadle or both, on, before, or behind (he saddle on the bur, or whether kneeling or lying down. Hfs(oi her) performances werj greeted with frequent burs's of applause. Next Mr Maltby attired as a dude, gave the moat sidecplittlng examples of tha disasters of a masber while learning to rldo, getting mixed up with the uaohlne \n the most extraoidimry marner and tumbling abjut with over and under it In tie moat aa-, toundlns; fashloDj After this came a marvelloas exemplifiottlon of what can be done with tbe bicycle by an expert, and master, the most wonderful feat being the standing of the machine on two ohiiirs plaoed on a table and cUraUag up and standing ereot on the bat while Is that position. After this Mr Maltby went through a series of remarkable performances on, the single wheel, being equally at-home, apparently, whether oq the large wheel, rr littlo wheel, Indeed we should'nt have been surprised to see him travelling along the oelling like a fl/ on a reel of cotton, for he does suoh wonderful things that nothing he might attempt would appear to be Impossible. We ad vis 3 everybody to go and see him. He is wi hout doobt the olevenest artist in bis own partloular line who has ever been Baen in the colony.