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THE PHILADELPIlichher-romtheAspro-nse, jent i in cor-Qorethatison The ents Dr. elo-n of thehemsi-« elliousThearlysortandfiveon'smac■cstsjnilidiesCYCLING CHICAGO........... VThe Great City by the Lakes aCentre of Wheeling.IT HAS A FEW VERY FAST MENCycling Chat from All Ronnd—TheComing League Meet — Philadelphia to Re Well Represented—City Club Fixtures—General Notes.SrjEClAI. TO THE INQUIRER.Chicago, July 26.—As a cycling centreChicago is, as in most other things, away ahead. Talk to the riders here and theylaugh at you if yon pretend to believe that Boston, New York or Philadelphia goahead ot the great Lake City in anything that appertains to cycling“ We are next to New York now as far aspopulation is concerned,said a well known member of the Lincoln Cycling Club to TheInquirer representative, ‘‘and the day will coine when we will ^head off what you call the ‘ Metropolis.* In a cycling way we have.outstripped her already. Notonlyhave sea we more riders, but in the purely business like asPec* °* cycling we are ahead of Gotham.Why, we have half a dozen cycling factories in this city, two of them, the Gormully I failedcbi-t in c.208; 1 augh,Thefir is to the Q,, Thenlshinnue.ThesylvoilnsteaThelargeuondridingF. £ In coi Ing at ridingUnd Blcyol tlon sc cling 1On 1 was i Wheetary aThe none ( colors The rtThe larged appoli 10 Ch« club uAt 1 held t hundr cers w meetiiKlujMurplcourseandhernid-lourcot-lar-ape:nceasstrongTo r W. Fo ern ra Van S will blt;The Whee: Whon pected Fej e e envy.Balt over tlout in a great measure by the writer’s obser- give tlrnti An aT fliinno mrnl in 1 'dnlJIJeffery Manufacturing Company and the Western Wheel Works, among the largest in the country. New York can’t beat that It’s a good thing that the exhibition of *92 is coming here, because, as a natural consequence, a great many Eastern people will find their way here, too, and see for themselves that the stories which are told aboutour development are not the fairy tales some of them believe them to be.”What the Chicago rider said was borne
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Sun, Jul 27, 1890
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