. The bicycling world . d before, and been carried to a inore successful matri-monial issue than was the case with the cycling widower, who subse-quently jilted the cycling widow in favor of one who did not cycle,but had the more substantial qualification of owning a publichouse.—Cyclist. I TELL you what, said S. G. Whittaker, this amateur businessis a fraud. Heres old Clifford at Clarksville—Ernest Clifford,youve all heard of him—well, Clifford poses as an amateur and yethe has ridden in races in Montgomery County, 111., for moneyprizes. Now, boys, I havent got anything against Clifford, and
. The bicycling world . d before, and been carried to a inore successful matri-monial issue than was the case with the cycling widower, who subse-quently jilted the cycling widow in favor of one who did not cycle,but had the more substantial qualification of owning a publichouse.—Cyclist. I TELL you what, said S. G. Whittaker, this amateur businessis a fraud. Heres old Clifford at Clarksville—Ernest Clifford,youve all heard of him—well, Clifford poses as an amateur and yethe has ridden in races in Montgomery County, 111., for moneyprizes. Now, boys, I havent got anything against Clifford, and Iaint saying anything that Downing and the rest of the boys atClarksville dont know about. I told Bassett about it at Clarksvilleand asked him why he didnt enforce the rule against all violators ofit. Why, said he, the amateurs are doing that all over the coun-try, but we cant stop it. Thats what Bassett said, boys, concludedWhittaker, and I tell you it aint right for things to be that way,either.—/oj^ RELATING TO THE CLARKSVILLE COURSE. Editor Bicycling World.—Considerable has been said and publishedlately, in regard to the great Clarksville 100-mile race of last false statements have been made, and with your permission,we would be pleased to have our say. The successful fifty-mile race of April, 1886, run over the Beltroad, which established the fifty-mile record of the world, and whichis still the record to this day, led the managers of the AmericanWheelman, to give one this year, increasing the distance to one hun-dred miles. A great deal has been said about the one hundredmiles as being too long and too hard on the contestants, etc. Thisis for the racer to decide; they know their physical condition, andare blessed with that sense of feeling to know when they have got 158 THE BICYCLING WORLD 24 June, T88y. enough, as was the case with four of the starters in this race. Thesix who finished, did so in good condition, being dressed and outwitlii
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