19 JANUARY 1884, Page 3

Sir Charles Nike presided on Tuesday at the annual dinner

of the Tricycle Club, and predicted a great future for cycling, in which he is probably right. But we suspect he was quite wrong in saying that "physical exertion was probably necessary to fit men for mental work, and to men engaged in such work was an important and necessary relief." Is that any truer than to say that mental exertion is probably necessary to fit men for physical work, and to men engaged in such work is an important and necessary relief P We believe that the one assertion is quite as true,—or quite as false,—as the other.