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umiu; guuu.The most popular u mu amenta of thework-, however, have hern Wilsou'si burnt., cork comituiliLies, the Velocipedes am) in iiiiU roller skates. The Rink, large and •“ commodious, miule .Monday night mcum- \rftblc to many a sportive youth and blit lie-1 Jjsome maid. Reside the antics of enini/# mingled mid divergent skaters, Kprctn-jto rat were gladdened with 1lio novelty nnd.i' peri! of veloeipodal contest. Krglitcoui- * pelilors, three female, bestrode (—1 tho latter as we)!,} and propelled I he *' swift-footed bicycle eleven rimes uround Jjj the rink, an ammcd mile. Hut two acei*; u dents marred the race, line befell the first!i: contestant whoso course abruptly termin', JJ tiled against Iho lower range of seals ilk Iju • 0 essayed to swing around the lower circleHe fortunately escaped physical harm, iho menial and pecuniary uumapes resultant. from a fractured pedal may have 1 wen worse, lie sensibly withdrew from the tricyclic avenue. The other wasfa literal mishap, a feminine decline. Tho professional votocipediuune had ridden once around and was approaching the judges’ stand (they all stood on the upper mid* floor,) when hwHI*foot collided with a vagrant cur and threw the rider prone. Tin? aspiring maid, fainting, anil somewhat hraised, was lifted from the course and conveyed to tho li Ladies’’ room. These brief uiterruplioiis hut intensified the «-x l ilemont—which broke forth in a chorus ■f yolls, foot-sLivkcs, hand slaps and the like as tho host time, t.hreo minutes and • Ik seconds was announced for 11 young l.onk messenger, the unmistakable favor-t:of the Rink.
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Fort Wayne Daily Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Sat, Feb 20, 1869
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