Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 462
e; and possibly, too, the idea of the tricycle,which, it is said, was suggested by a drawingof an apparatus having three wheels with aplace for baggage. The first American appearance of the Drai-sine was made in New York City. The people•of the New World eagerly welcomed the new sport. Small… … TEN MILES BEFOKE BREAKFAST. day, riders might be seen. The craze — forcraze it was — soon spread over the land, andthe principal cities each had wheels. However,a reaction soon set in, and as suddenly as theDraisine had risen into favor so suddenly did itfall from grace. Though for many years after…
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