CYCLING NOTES.
[BV BLOOMER,] I see that Dunodin had its opening procession lust Saturday, 200 cyclists taking part. Our opening a few weeks ago only mustored about 25, Never mind, Wairarapa bas the advautago in £>ood roads and scenery, and ere lonq our opening will, 1 believe, compare with any district in the Colony, It is surprising the number of bicycles which have found their way into the district during the last three months, and they continuo to come,
The programme for the Wairarapa Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club's meeting arranged for Tbnrsday next, consists of five wheel items and 10 other events, In the former the nominations show eight Masterton, five Greytown, two Carterton, and one Featherston man compoting, and I understand more are likely to enter.
The road between Fontherston and Masterton, is now in excellent 'condition, and the last few Sundays and half-holidays have seen a good many wheelmen spinning along. The difficulty of repairs lias now been overcome, as cycles can now be satisfactorily repaired in Masterton, by several mechanics who undertake work in that line.
Why are the ladies backward in comiug forward as cyclists P " modesty " or " waiting for the tandemP"
i Lord Onslow, our at-one-time ' Governor, apparently does not think [ that either sex has yet hit upon the i ideal bicycling costume. But the followiug suggestions which he ' threw out in a recent article in an 1 English magazine, will doubtless be acceptable to many of our renders : " The design invented, I believe, by Lady Margaret Jenkins, seems one most nearly adapted to the necessities of the case. This consists of a deep hem inside the skirt, which, at a sufficient distance apart to allow for the necessary play of the knees when pedalling, iB brought round the leg to fit tightly like a gaiter under the skirt; thus making it possible to move the legs freely up and down, while it prevents any risk of the skirt being blown out or up, even by asjale of wind. For aman,knioker. bookers and stockings are certainly neater than the trouser doubled over and kept in place by a clip, The latter seems only suitable for men who have to pursue the ordinary avocations of life without an opportunity of change of costume after bicycling. The neatest and, to m,y mind, most appropriate consists of pants such as those worn by cavalry officers, raado of very ' olastio stookingette, but looser at the knee than in the military cut. At the ankle, they should be covered by a spat over a brown shoe laced very low towards the toe." '
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5158, 17 October 1895, Page 2
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433CYCLING NOTES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5158, 17 October 1895, Page 2
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