Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — NEW TEN-SEATED BICYCLE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEW TEN-SEATED BICYCLE.

There seems to be no limit to the production of wonderful wheeling machines. One of the most' ingenious novelties in this line is the monster ten-seated bicycle recently invented in this country. This is intended specially for pacing and racing purposes. It is constructed of the best steel, in order to insure absolute safety, and is geared for the highest speed possible. One thousand dollars is the cost of this marvelous flyer. Some idea of the enormous rate at which this ma-

chine can be pedaled through space is gleaned from the fact that it has a record of almost a mils a minute under favorable conditions, says the New York Herald. ▲ practical exhibition of its speed qualities was obtained

from a recent test race between it and the Empire State express. For a stretch of many miles the long row of bicyclists on the machine kept side by side with the express. A series of international trial races between a number of foreign-built machines of similar type and the American one will be one of the features seen during the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. These races will be held in the arena track of ths great stadium, where all the sporting exhibitions will take place. For this

event it is said a special and somewhat improved model is being constructed which is expected to be a triumph la bicycle mechanism, and which will doubtless outlast all European competitors in speed and apyearewpa.

READY FOR A MILE-A-MINUTE SPIN.