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 BICYCLE TOUR PUZZLE BY: SAMOLOYD.

PROPOSITION show the route from Phiadelphia to Eric, passing through to town but once OW THAT TIE LA figures. In this trip the usua.mile in fifteen minutes encumbered Wand Good Roads A - practice of getting there by the with the braken wheel spontaost lave done to shortest route possible, etc. will An extra sprocket wheel was at much toward betering be dispensed with Just get there home and could letttached in ter the Licycle pails of the without mining the cyclonicter, minutes, so assuming they left home country, it is being suggested by the and get an answer by giving the 10 A. M. and returned at precisely press that something might be done sequence of towns passed through P.M, the problem is to tell how to imut mun artistic fimsh to many A Beyele tahap far they have travelled by their cy- popular routes for the benefit of Here is another pretty tricycle clometers, if they bad gone as far those who ride tuy the wheel or auto. puzzle which confronted Fred and may from home as was possible in Whether it is intended to round off his best girl on that same circutous uccordance with the conditions des- the harsh corners and convert the ross stitte tour wluch was to eul-cribed. straight lines into graccal curves, minate at Erle. They had gone or to induce the malicious fiends who some distance when Fred's syrocket scatter tire puncturing carpet tacks wheel broke off in such a way TOERIE along the paths, to throw poppy and that temporary repairs were out of sunflower goods instead. is not made the question and they were so re- dear, but the idea is a good one, and mote from any hope of other as- MISHAP suggests the companying artistic sistance that it was deemed to be a map with a pretty puzzle in mere question of reaching home in identally added the shortest possible time. The The map shows twenty-three pro- young lady could be depended upon mitent cities of the State of Pensyl- to trintain a live-minute clip to wana vonnected by bicycle routes of the finish. Fred was an expert Toms or lesk artistic design. The rider who could keep up a three- Tiroblem is a very simple one minute speed when riding upon his merely start on your summer outing own woulut il he rade her wheel and go from Philadelphia to Erie, it reduced liis speel to three and a passing through every one of the half minutes cities hut once and without going It was evident when the codent over many rond twice. That is tilopettel that some walking naust be there is to it. The cities are num- dono. She could walk i mile in bered so as to enable solvers to des twenty minutes, bandicapped by cribe their routes by 4 sequence of leading a wheel. He could walk a II