While he nurtured the popularity of the bicycle through the press, Pope also supported legal and political efforts to establish cycling as a legitimate endeavor. That included going to court in cities where riding was outlawed on streets or in parks based on claims that cycles frightened horses. In New York City, for example, three cyclists were arrested in 1881 for defying an ordinance against riding in Central Park. This was a test case, and Pope was more than willing to finance the defendants
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