Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1894, Page 13

SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1894— ON THE POTOMAC Great Interest Taken in Rowing This Summer. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST Crews That Will Represent the Local Clubs. GOSSIP OF THE REGATTAS eanncenadieteennt ARSMEN IN THIS part of the country are looking forward with interest to the opening of the racing season on Decoration day. The first boat- ing events of any im- portance this season will occur then, when the Newark regatta will take place at Newark, N. J., and the Harlem river re- gatta will be rowed at New York. Philadelphia, the Middle States regatta at Newark, N. J., in August, and thence to the National regatta at Saratoga in the latter part of August. The Potomac Club, when it receives the new boat from the Waters Company, will have four eights, two gigs, four four-oared shells, a ten-oared barge, a single shell and a number of pleasure boats and other craft. Canoeing has taken a strong hold on the clu this year and a canoe club has been formed at the boat house. Fred. Blair and Messrs. Hasen, Shepard, Oliver, Spurgeon and Reese all have their own can The boats of the club, altogether, are valued at about $3,000. The new eight-oared shell will cost nearly $700, The C. A. C. The present Columbia Athletic Club grew out of what was formerly the Columbia Boat Club, which was organized in the eighties. In 1889, however, the club was reorganized, and the present athletic club started at that time, and has grown to its | Present large proportions in the last five years. Success has always attended the oarsmen of the club, and rowing has always been an important feature of the club, as it was its foundation. The Columbia people have always held a strong hand in boating | matters, for the reason that they have a very large membership to draw from, and there are always splendid men anxioys to get places in the crews. There are probably half a hundred oarsmen in the club and as | many more who take a deep interest in it. The club holds many trophies for signal victories, and has won one or two of the most coveted races in the whole country. It has had the peculiar good’ fortune to have The coming summer promises to be an Interesting one in the boating circles of Washington, although the season so far has not been wholly favorable. The early Spring weather was raw and cold here, and boating had got well started in some of the northern cities before the crews here could get to work. During the past ‘Week and more, also, when the oarsmen ‘who wished to get in shape for Decoration day were hoping for good weather, the rains have swollen the river and made it so rough, besides filling it with drift wood and floating logs, that there has been no show for rowing at all. But notwithstand- ing the somewhat backward season, the men have gotten in some good work this year when they had the chance, and some good crews are expected to appear on the river this summer. The oarsmen generally are looking forward to a very bright sea- son, and the interest and enthusiasm in beating seems to point that way. A little earlier in the year it was thought that at least two of the local clubs, the Potomacs and the Columbias, would figure in the Newark races on Wednesday. The Potomacs, however, have given up the idea en account of the delay in the completion ef their new eight-oared shell, which the Waters Company of Troy, New York, are building. It seems that there was a mis- lerstanding in the contract, the Poto- macs expecting it to be done by the last of May and the builders expecting it to be done by the last of June. It ts needless to add that what the builders say will have to go. The Columbias also have been plan- ning to send a four to Newark, but may Possibly have to abandon the scheme on account of the see-saw weather of the past week. All three of Washington's clubs, however, the Potomacs, Columbias and <Analostans, expect to enter the Fourth of July rac t Philadelphia, and will pro ably have their crews in corking good shape by that time. It seems probable that the Potomac river Tegatta will be held earlier this year than Nothing has been done yet toward & for the event. Boating men, realize that it has commonly been 0 late In the season. The custom n to put it off until some time in ber, when it was difficult to get a presentation of first-class crews, and the river is not the most healthy sort of a Tesort to spend much time on. If possible, it_will be rowed earlier this year. There are three boating organizations in shington—the Potomac Boat Club, the Analosian Boat Club and the Columbia Athletic Club. The first two named clubs are purely boating clubs. The Columbia large rey club, although originally a boating club, is now interested el in nearly thletics In ad has always been a tween the clubs. A Longtime Favorite. The Potomac Boat Club is the oldest in the city, and fs well known over the coun- try as a leading boating organization. Its crews have entered races almost every- where for nearly a half a century, and have many trophies, medals and banners of hazd-won victories. The club was organ- ized in 1867, with a membership of about seven persons. Of these, Frank Jones, Ned E. A. McElod, Messrs. Cropley and @. J. Johnson, still remain with the club. During the year '83 the membership of the every other idition to rowing. Strong rivalry be- Potomacs rose to about 200 persons. It now has about 100 names on its rolls, and cwns the Loat house at the foot of 31st Street. The property, which is free from febt, Is valued at about $30,000. The crews of the club have met with success in many quarters. During the existence of the Vir- ginla State Rowing Association, about nine years ago, the Potomacs invariably cap- tured the first prizes. In 'S3 the famous “bi four” was organized, consisting of H.W J. Robinson, E. R. Reynolds ver. The victories of this cre menal, and deserve more th mention. The races won were the Poto- 1885, junior fours, de- 3, Colum and w Jersey in the first race, md race on the same day, ‘Ss and , the champions e river regatta in ating the Institutes a State Rowing As- and the Potomac urs, in 1886; the Vir- Association, senior the Potomac riy in 1887, and the Pa- © regatta in ISs8, defeating the of Baltimore. All the »wed without a break. ve also done well. ature abo ain of the clu ib, John Had- J. Hadley Doyle. 1ey Doyle, has coxswained the boats to vie y ra they have won cup at e race at . one man with f the Potomac omy, and success of the in . has been He is nent is a oa n to bot- well-known newspaper corre- and contribute to the 1 at H ot papers ¢ e comes ti at rritt, iver. ‘Owing to le acts as a base oF outside fp ball cor: has gig crew, will row 3 will be Picked from Jos Dr. Exley, U. § oulette, ichard Rohrer, Dr. Cockrille, Guy C. Jones, J. Ww. w. ce, Fred. Blair, W. J. Berry and the Von Dachenhausen brothers. Crews will enter the races of the Baltimore and Ariel clubs at Baltimore in the latter Part of June, the Fourth of July regatta at them fs that | Wm, A. Smith. for Its trainess at times, such men as Ellis Ward and Charles C. Courtney, the present trainer at Cornell, and recognized as a fore- most man everywhere in that work. The men who have rowed under such leaders will not soon forget what they have learned. Among the important victories of the club have been the wirning of the Staten Island cup, the victory on the Charles river, at Boston, the races at Lynchburg, Va., and’ the winning of the gig race in ISS at Fort Monroe. More important than these even were the later events, the ing of the eight-oared contest at the National regatta in 1885 and the champlonship of America, junior fours, at Saratoga in 1802. The Columbias this year have in thi ficid a four consisting of Baker, bow Mann, number 2; Adam Johnson, number 3, and McGowan, stroke, and another four made up of Blount, bow: Dewdney, number 2; Frank Johnson, number 3, and Eaton, This last named four aim to enter stroke. the races at Newark next Wednesday, if possible. There is ample material for a crack eight. Such men as Talmage, Welsh, Purmin, Clark, O'Neil, Corbin, Hough, Mike O'Leary, Bell, Duke, Shafer, Carter, Stratton, Burroughs, Jacquett, Hekox, Mc- Donald, Lewis, McGee, E. J. O'Leary, Von Mater, Mathews and others are in view. The Columbias will enter the Fourth of July races at Philadelphia, the Baltimore races, the national regatta at Saratoga and other boating events. The Columbia Club has a very fine equipment of boats, con- sisting of two eights, four four-oared shells, two gigs and a half a dozen pleasure boats, besides the “Columbia,” an eight-oared barge. Wm. A. Smith ts the lieutenant fn charge of boating at the Columbia Club. He is a well-equipped boating man, and, although he has been connected with the club but a short time, he has three times served as the head of boating matters at Columbia, a position which he is remarkably well quali- fied to fill. The boat house of the club, which is a pleasant and convenient struc- ture, is located at the foot of 32d street, in Georgetown. The Annlostans. The Analostan Boat Club, although near- ly as old as the Potomac Boat Club, being organized in 1868, did not cut much of a figure on the river for many years. It was avowedly more of a social club than any- thing else, and in a period of ten years suc- ceeded in not winning a single race. In 1890, however, when the river rose so high, the club house was washed away, and this resulted in a reorganization and the incor- peration of the club, and was also the be- ginning of its rise in the boating world. From then on until the present day it has continued to grow into a boating club in fact as well as in name, until it now occu- Louis A. Fischer. pies a position as a first-class boating or- | Sanization. The victories of recent years include the Potomac river regatta in 185, junior fours; the Patapsco Nevy regatta of | 1se2, junior fours, and the Potomac river regatta last year, junior fours. | The club has been steadily gaining ground and proposes in the future to make itself a formidable antagonist of the other two clubs. ‘The club has an agreement with the Capital Bicycle Club whereby members of either club may become associate members of the other without paying an initiation fee. Associate members have all the prtvi- leges of active members, but cannot vote. This arrangement gives the Capital Bicycle Club a boat house in summer and the Ana- lostans a club house in winter, to the bene- fit of both. Most of the efforts of the club will be di- rected to getting out a junior eight and four. The crews will be selected from Per- ry, Howard, Fugitt, Ross, Moore, Long- street, Mills, North, Vaughn, Strong, Long, Taylor, McCoy, Smith, Carmen, Prentiss, Forbert and Whiting. The senior four, which will have to defend the cup won last year, will be: Stearns, bow; Chandler, Leete, 3, and Fischer, stroke. Louis A. Fischer, the captain of the Ana- lostan Club, is also an oarsman of some time in this city, and is known in boating circles as a competent and energetic cap- tain. From 1883 to 1801 he rowed with the Fotomae Boat Club, and has put much spirit into the work of the Analostans this year. The first lieutenant is J. W. Stearns, | end the second Heutenant Harry A. Ben- ner. The Analostan Boat Club fs well off for boats. It received a new elght-oared shell in the fall of 1802, and has ordered a new four from the Waters Company of Troy, N. Y., to be delivered along with the eight of the Pe 1¢ Club the last of June. It also has a good four-oared shell at present, two gigs, five pleasure boats, a barge and a | canoe. | The executive officers of the Analostans are S. W. Maddox, president; R. E. Pairo, lent; Augustus Crane, treasurer; arman, recording secretary, and 2 er, financial secretary. In ad- dition to these are Messrs. Goodrich, Mar- shall and Robertson,all together constituting the board of governors. | There was some talk this year of taking up boating at the Washington Athletic Club. | Their club house is situated on South Cap- | itol street near the river, and the club could onveniently arr: se for rowing. It was | thought that the move would involve too | much expense, however, to be a wise one | this year, although the idea may be de- veloped later. There will be no boating at the Georgetown University this summer. ee Collapse of a Warehouse. Latimer’s storage warehouse, on Atlantic | avenue near Court street, Brooklyn, has | collapsed. The police and fire departments | have been called out. Fourteen men were in the building. Six escaped without in. jury, five were rescued and one was taken out dead, THE WESTERN CLUBS They Will Be Seen in the East Next Week. —_+—_— PLAY IN THIS CITY LOUISVILLE Unprecedented Attendance at the Games. SALE OF THE T **SPIDERS.’’ HE WESTERN clubs next week come east for their first bouts with the clubs of this section. Many paragraphs have been written as to the weakness of the western division, but keen observers think this weakness more visionary than real. The Cleveland team especially has been subjected to a great deal of criticism, and many predic- tions have been made that the colors of this aggregation will be lowered frequently in the coming series, but where the weak spot is located will be found a hard, prob- lem to solve. Time and time again predic- tions have been made that the Clevelands would weaken at such and such a ti but, strange to say, they are always fight- ing with the leaders. The men play an ag- gressive game, and what they lack in head- work is atoned for in the pitcher’s box and the support, both in the field and at the bat, given the men in the box. The one point the Clevelands will have to play against is that they are leader and it will be a case of anything to beat them out. From an unbiased point of view there now appear to be but two clubs in the east that will give the Spiders an ar- gument, and those are the Bostons and Philadelphias. New York is overrated, Brooklyn is not yet in good shape, Balti- more will “lay down” before they start to play the Spiders, and the Washingtons— Of the other western clubs Pittsburg ap- pears the best, but is not strong away from ; home. The team is said to play the “dir- {tiest’” game in the league, and has lost many friends thereby. There is a wide dif- ference between “fighting” for a game and resorting to the crippling process to win. The smoky city lads have injured more men this season through dirty playing than was ever done by an organization of ball players before, and the Clevelands appear to be about the only club that will meet them half way in that style of play. The Cincinnatis—“the hard-luck club”— will surely give a good account of them- selves on the coming trip. Their infield, with “Commie” back on first, is an ideal one as to fielding, and more than fairly good in batting. This club can always be depended upon to play good ball, and with @ little more than half a show will win three times out of four. Their playing is clean and in striking contrast to the other western clubs, Louisville and Chicago ex- cepted. Chicago, Loulsville and St. Louis are in a class by themselves. These three are the clubs from whom Washington must win games to get out of last place. St. Louls has developed great strength in the box, but {is almost as weak as Washington in the field. Louisville has a great fielding team, but the members are weak in the box. Chicago has a strong team on paper, and why they can win from the strong clubs and lose to the weak ones is a mys- tery. Every man cn the team Is a sticker of more than usual strength; their batteries are also good, but the fielding has been woefully weak. If they pull together in flelding the White Stockings should make @ good record in the east, and Uncle Anson’s legion of friends in this section are hoping that his Colts will do so. The lot of the umpires in the coming series, west vs. east, will not be an enviable one unless an overabundance of backbone should develop within the next few days. Four clubs, and perhaps five, will be fighting for the first three positions, and every foot | of ground is surely going to be contested inch by Inch. If the umpires would decide to allow no one to talk to them but the captains of the teams on the field, three- fourths of the trouble would be obliterated. The patrons of the game in the east desire to see clean, honest ball playing, with a smattering of coaching of the Latham or- der, and the best club win. The uncertainty of base ball will always attract the crowd and give them opportunities to “pull” for the weaker club. The home coming of the Washington club will be an uncertain affair. Manager Sch: 's men are, apparently, playing a s0ff game just now, and if they continue it inst the western teams the “rooters” cannot help but turn out and jolly them along. Ward at second is rounding into shape, and if the bleachers will encourage him to run bases, he will open their eyes as to his sprinting abiiities. As it is at present, he is afraid to go down to second for fear of being put out and receiving the “broiling” the fans generally have in store for a man who fails. “Little” Paul Radford at short 4s also doing good work, and Joyce can be depended upon to play ball if the others will help him by obeying orders. Esper should be jollied into returning to the club and encouraged to walk the straight path. He was never in better condition than this spring and can pitch with the best of them if he will only try. Abbey, Tebeau and Sel- bach will make the outfield all right, al- though the latter might prove a wonder in the box If given a trial. The Messrs. Wagner cannot expect any |help from the outside managers or owners. To a man up a tree it looks as if the other eieven clubs have combined against the home orgenization as regards the matter of re- leasing players, and from this time forward Manager Schmelz must whip his present team into shape and finish the season as it {s now constituted. The men are big enough, have had experience against the strongest clubs, and should play better ball than they have in the past, and it is to be hoped they will. At league headquarters the official re- turns from the various cities show that the gate receipts for the first month of the present season exceed all similar periods since the organization of the league. The attendance {s far in advance of all previous records by many thousands. At headquarters a Star reporter had an interesting conversation with President Young concerning the relative strength of | the various clubs and the effort being made by some of the weak teams to secure ad- ditional playing material. The Washing- ton, New York and Chicago clubs were the principal topics of the conference, and | President Young was liberal in his commen- | dation of the Chicagos for the able at- | tempts to improve their team. Mr. Young has a high admiration for the courage and | the determination of “Grandpap” Anson, and he predicts that before. the season | closes Anson will have the Chicagos in the | first division, where they properly belong. Referring to the unsteady work of the New York team and the frequent changes | that are being made in the nine, President | Young innocently confirmed a’ statement | made in connection with the last annual meeting of the league, when it was pro- posed to sell out the Cleveland Club and admit Detroit to the vacancy. The state- ment was questioned by many of the base | ball writers at the time, and it 1s a gratify- ing confirmation of the story from such high authority as President Young. The somewhat erratic performances of the New York team was discussed, and speculation was indulged in upon the pros- pects, from a financial standpoint, of New York, with a winning club, capable of standing at the top or near the top of the first division. It was on this line of thought that Mr. Young recalled the fact that the New Yorks had an opportunity to purchase the Cleveland Club and its present band of winning players for $40,000. In fact, any of the league clubs had a similar opportunity. It might have paid the Wagners to have Invested that amount in such valuable base ball material. At that time Mr. Robinson was anxious to re- tire from the league, and he was willing to sell out for the sum named. At the same time, Detroit stood ready to take up the Cleveland franchise and such players as the league might decide to send with it. Detroit had several desirable men due to its membership in the Western League, and ; | ine the at that time it was “hungry” to get back into the National League. Had New York or Washington, or even Chicago, purchased the Cleveland outfit it would not have taken long to pay off that sum, judging from the attendance during the past month. New York could have paid off $40,000 in a few weeks, Chi- cago might have taken a little longer and Washington, with a team that has stood up among the leaders during the past three years, like Cleveland, would become as base vall “crazy’’ as Baltimore. Under the present conditions, with the larger end of the horn of plenty turned toward the league, it is doubizsi if Cleveland will care to retire from the lease at the close of the present season. How New York would support a team like that which now repre- sents Cleveland or Pittsburg! It is useless to speculate what Washing- ton would do if it had such a team. If by any scheme or deal Washington should get a respectful distance away from tail-end position the government insane asylum across the river would not accommodate the local cranks, President Young has brought down upon | his always willing shoulders a vast amount |of “glory” work by attempting to furnish satisfactery umpires for college games. | Not only have the colleges in all parts of the country applied to him for umpires to preside over their games, but all of the minor and local leagues in various parts of the country have made similar requests of him. He considers that he is encourag- | ing and elevating the national game by giv- Inor leas’ such aid as he can, | ecnsequently he is endeavoring to supply umpires on deman never he can do so j conveniently. In this way he may come across some talent in the umpire line that may be utilized in future league games, There appears to be the warmest kind of rivalry between the Franklins and the Oil in Pennsylvania. The Franklin is ed by ex-Umpire Wilson, and the Oil y Club is presided over by Guy Hecker, formerly one of the star pitchers of the Louisville Club. ‘The between the | Wilsonites and the Heckerites has become so desperate that it was almost impossible for the two teams to play out a full nine- inning contest, with a local umpire. A joint request was sent to Mr. Young, and he dis- patched Phil Pow an ex-leaguer and an amateur, from this city, and a series three gu ayed between these two clubs. er says he is making more money out of his Oil City team than he ever made out of base ball before, and he declares that he will spend $25,000 to whip the Franklins. Oil City is base ball frantic. The rivalry between Pittsburg and Cleve- | land, for first honors in the western division | of the league, is almost as bitter as that |of Franklin and Oil City. ‘The Pittsburgs are regarded as one of the most evenly | balanced, hustling teams in the league, and Cleveland is made up of the same kind of |stuif. Every mecting between these two clubs has been filled with exciting incidents, and it is difficult to designate an umpire | Who will give entire satisfaction to both of them. The contest between these two teams promises to be one of the most in- teresting incidents of the race for the pen- nant. At the present writing Cleveland ap- pears to have decidedly the better end of the argument. Messrs. Soden of Boston, Talcott of New York, Hart of Chicago, Brush of Cincinnati and Kerr of Louisville compose the board of arbitrators to consider the protested Brook- lyn-Philadelphia game of April 26. That is the case In which Arthur Irwin substituted Taylor for Weyhing in the opening inning, when three men were on bases, in view of the fact that Taylor is considered a stronger hitter than Weyhing. The point raised is that Weyhing’s name was on the card te pitch, and when Taylor was substituted at bat that disqualifed Weyhing from fur- ther participation in the game. Irwin, however, restored Weyhing to do the pitch- ing after Taylor had taken his turn at bat. Thereupon the Brooklyns protested the game. The rule is against the Philadelphia club in this case, Caught on the Fly. Roger Connor has to wear glasses to read by. “Brownie” Murphy has made more runs | this season than any other league short stop. Something wrong with that Louisville team. Barnie’s men should be up among the leaders. Where would the Bostons be without Nichols? Not far from the Washingtons. When will that old batting streak come round? Pezhaps when that Washington crew arrives, says a Boston paper. Baltimore is entitled to the first triple play made in an 1894 league championship game. That $7,500 iattery is looming up as a profitable ‘investment. Captain Robinson ‘yesterday wagered a hat that the Baltimores would beat out the Giants. The Boston players say that the roasting they got from Umpire Hurst in Philadel- phia last week beat anything on record. Unele Anson fs likely to find a winner in Pitcher Terry, late of Pittsburg. Phil Knell will join Louisville. Johnny Ward says his team will get rid of some of their hard luck soon. Jim O'Rourke has developed into one of the finest umpires in the league, in fact, Bob Emsite alone is his equal, and with a little more work Robezt will have to tip his cap to James. Manager Schmelz would lke to make terms with “Tim” Keefe or “Will” Terry, but neither pitcher cares to risk his ques- toned reputation in a team which can't win a game in three weeks—New York Herald. Farrell's batting average to date is about 130 per cent, and his fielding is not up to the 900 per cent mark. “Charley” has never played such indifferent ball in his life as he has since he became a Giant. Murphy, the short stop of the New York team, who has been such a wonder for the team, has not complained that he is being used too often and needs rest, as some papers have published. Manager Hanlon says that Dan Brouthers is keeping as straight as a Y. M. C. A. beginner. President Byrne keeps up his monosyllabic prophecy, “watt. Dave Foutz says: “We are only a lot of selling-platers. Funny thing, though, that we lead these sure-thing New York pen- nant winners.” ‘The Chicago club has tried fifteen men at second base in two years. Each of these men cost as an experiment from $400 to $800, ‘The grand loss in this respect alone is $7,500. Manager Hanlon of Baltimore ts finding his last season's straw hat several sizes too small. Gilbert. the third baseman transferred to Buffalo by the Brooklyn club, 1s fairly kill- ing the ball. The Providence club of the Eastern League is trying to secure Catcher La Chance of the Brooklyns. From present indications it looks as though it will be hard to pick out a pennant winner before August. “Mike” Kelly now thinks that his Allen- town club will have the Pennsylvania State League pennant won by July 4. Jimmy Galvin, the old league pitcher, has already made himself solid with the East- ern League cranks by his fine work in the box for the Buffalo club. In the last two Boston-New York games “Tot” Murphy accepted twenty-one fielding chances without an error of any kind, That does not look much as if Murphy is the weakling he was reported to be. The Boston club has released Catcher Billy Merritt. Meekin has pitched but two losing games this season, and one of them was pulled from the fire after he had been sent to the bench, “Ed” Crane, the old New York pitcher, has been released by the Haverhill club of the New England League. Tommy Tucker doesn’t want to be an argel, but he would like to be a Giant and with the Giants play. Hoy has made a hit with Cincinnati. The newspapers declare that the deaf mute 1s the only outfielder who plays his position properly. This is tough on Holliday and McCarthy. Sharrott, the Staten Island pitcher, late of Philadelphia, has decided to give up pitching entirely, owing to his shoulder trouble. He will’probably play an outfield position in some minor league. ———s Getting the Whole Story. From the Chicago Tribune, Attorney—“I insist on an answer to my question. You have not told me all the conversation. I want to know everything that passed between you and Mr. Jones on the occasion to which you refer.” Reluctant witness—“I've told you every- thing of any consequence.” “You have told me that you said to him: ‘Jones, this case will get into the courts some day.’ Now I want to know what he said in reply.” “Well, he sald: ‘Brown, there isn’t any- thing in this business that I’m ashamed of, and if any snoopin’ little yee-hawin’, four- by-six, gimlet-eyed shyster lawyer, with half a pound of brains and sixteen pounds of jaw, ever wants to know what I've been talking to you about you can tell him the whole story.’ ” f | PREVENTED THERUN Se eee Frequent Rains Have Spoiled the Country Roads. CYCLING CLUBS KEP? IN THE CITY ei eee Prospective Trips After the Straw- berry. ANOTHER SITE FOR A TRACK te tee ANY LOCAL wheelmen have not had an enjoyable country ride during the past two weeks, because of the fre- quent storms, which have made some of the roads so bad that bicycling over them was rendered almost impossible. For this reason club runs have not been nu- merous, and many riders have confined their trips to the con- crete streets and the Conduit road, whtre the mud disappears a short time after the rain ceases falling. Should the weather I good there will be several straw- berry trips tomorrow, and the road riders of the Capital Bi, Club will perhaps make their annual visit to cherry trees either in Maryland or Virginia, Wild strawberries are ripe now, and in some sections of the country they are very plentiful. Between here and Great Falls many patches of the wild berries as well as a few patches of | cultivated c are to be found. Along the | line of the canal and river as well as about Dickey’s, on the Virginia side, and Car- roll's, on the Maryland side, the wild ber- rics are extremely plentiful, and where the berries are cultivated the farmers are gen- erally glad to sell the wheelmen what they want. On these trips it is customary for the wheelmen to along a supply of sugar, so that in walking through the patches or fields they may have sugar in one hand in which to dip the berries, while with the other they can pick. This season the ber- ries are not so sweet as usual, because of the rain and lack of sun, so chat the sweet article is more necessary this year than usual. Just now after the rain the country in the vicinity of the Great Falls looks its best. There is no dust and the foilage is green. Vegetables and early fruits are plentiful, and the wheelmen are always at home in that part of the country. A few days ago, when the river was unusually high, 1t was impossible to get across the river to Dickey's, but now the water is lower and the boats can be handled with- out any fear of danger. The Racing Question. The racing question is at present agitating the minds of the wheelmen. Race meets are being held in other cities, but the wheel- men here are not likely to extend many in- vitations to the riders of other cities to come here this season, for the local men, so far as has been announced, will have no meets at which outside wheelmen will be invited. The race track question has not been settled, and it is thought that the matter is no nearer being solved now than it was before the Georgetown Cycle Club Tair was held. A track is wanted, and until one is ob- tained nothing much in the wheel line may be expected. The proprietors of Marshall Hall will come to the rescue, however, and build a fine track, on which some good racing may be expected. Already the track at River View has been used this summer, and some good prizes were given. It appears that the promoters of the L. A. W. affairs in the District are outspoken inst racing at river resorts, but the are decidedly against them, for they say We either nave to race there or not at all,” and if the officials are not satisfied the trouble may result in the loss of some league members. Last week, when a number of wheelmen went to the Norfolk race meet, they brought home seven prizes, W. T. Robertson captur- ing three of then. F. W. Hutchings won two prizes and F. W. Schade and C. R. Gause each won one prize. It is often announc ed that there are many ways in which a member of the L. A. W. is protected in case of trouble or accident, but some wheelmen are now thinking that the general provisions of the organization do not apply to this division, forin the case of D. L. Sandoe, who was run down by a wagon, he has had to employ his own counsel. When the accident happened he was a member of the L. A. W., and George Atwater,who was then chief consul, brought the suit for him, but the slowness of the elvil courts kept the case pending so long that the rider has dropped out of the L. A. W., and there has been a new chief consul elected. The new chief refuses to have any- thing to do with the case, although at the time of the accident the victim was a league member. The Clifton Races. Next Wednesday, May 30, the Clifton races in Baltimore will take place, and more than a dozen local wheelmen will go over there and compete for the prizes. They will include L. B. Peyton, F. J. Bart- lett, R. F. Bingham, L. J. Waldridge, E. E. Clapp, C. E. Gause, T. W. Hutchings, B. Wrenn, C. L. Palmer, F. A. L. Schade, W. F, Robertson, C. S. Ronsaville and E. C. Wollman. Cycling Notes. Last Sunday Elmer C. Davis of Baltimore broke the Maryland twenty-four-hour record, riding 240 miles in fifteen hours actual riding time. During the first five hours he rode in a drenching rain, and stopped on account of the conditions being so unfavorable for record breaking. After a delay of five hours he pluckily went at it again, with the distance above given to his credit at the end of twenty-four hours, in- cluding all stops. He maintained an aver- age speed of sixteen miles per hour while in_the saddle. Baltimore racing men are soon to race on the track at night by electric lights. This new feature will undoubtedly be an at- tractive one during the summer season. Several of the local clubs are making ar- rangements for excursions to Marshall Hall next month. The proceeds of some of these affairs will go to the track fund. This week articles of incorporation of the Arlington Wheel: officers, as_ follow . T. Gettinger, pres- ident; E. E. Haas, vice president; E. BE. Clapp, captain; R. H. Stone, Neutenant, and B. F. Larcombe, secretary. The appointment of Capt. Clapp centurion of the District of Columbia by President Skinkle of the Century Road Club of Amer- ica is a fitting recognition of the interest taken in road events by the appointee, who is captain of the club that has encouraged Toad racing here for several years. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. “Among the many wonders of the West- ern plains,” said Garrett C. Hughes, of Bowlder, Colorado, at the Lindell last night, “nothing strikes the traveler of a scientific turn of mind with more surprise than the ‘compass plant.’ The leaves of this singu- lar plant are magnetic and its petals point constantly to the north. These wonderful prairie guides have on numerous occasions proved to be an inestimable benefit to trav- elers who had strayed away from their camp and companions and found themselves lost on the plains. In 1860 while on my way to the Rockey mountains by a wagon train, 2 party of us, who had left camp on a ‘hunt for antelope, lost our way owing to a dark, stormy night overtaking us. We knew that our train was camped about ten miles to the northwest of where we were thus overtaken. The night was as dark as pitch and we were begining to be alarmed, when one of our number happened to think of the compass plant and its singular pecull- arity. We at once dismounted and grouped about in the dark, till at last our hands came in contact with the familiar leaves of the plant. It was but a short calculation till we turned our horses’ heads in the right direction toward the camp, which we had the satisfaction of reaching in about two hours, but not until we had dismounted several times to feel among the leaves of this friendly guide to make sure of our course.”” \ A MAN OF BROAD ACRES, What Thomas Harrison of North Dakota Owes to Paine’s Celery Compound, ‘The world hzs had in all just 15 decisive bat But every man in Lis Mfetime more de battles than this. The important epochs in man’s Ife that settle for him wealth, position and often life itself, come without warning. Weakness, indecision an@ lack of nerve force at these turning points is fatal. In long and de ful sickness, when life itself trembles in the bal- ance, a little more strength and power of resist- Ance to disease makes the difference between life and death. Thin people with depleted, diseased blood ran big risks. 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