Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1895, Page 20

20 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. carriage Roles |EVERYTHINGA-WHEEL vere HERE-in many varicties—thick, wees soft ones —rich in design — and ene Y LOW PRICES. eae also have a large assortment of sialic Mars and Driving Gloves, o 5 9% at verious prices. siete * FUR CAPES—for Ladies, simieie $20, $25, $20, $35 and $10. JAMES Y. DAVIS’ SONS, Hatters & Furriers, 1201 Pa. Ave. 724d —Welils makes Shirts on the please = you-in-every- particular plan. 51.50 ea., or 6 for So. WELLS, Did You Ever Try our method of Glove selling? All Gloves fitted to your hand at our tisk. If they rip in wearing—they rarely do—we repair them—FREE. 1411 Penna. ave. Our $1.00 KID GLOVE—with this | guarantee—is a good investment. HENRY FRANC & SON, fare. 90°0-8n,28 The Best $15 Suits To Order in America —are those we are making up. All-wool eloth good linings and good trimmings-- and made by Washington tailors—and ‘cut’ in very latest style. A Fine Black Kersey Overcoat to order for $20. HASLETT & PISTEL, — tptoaue 1345 PA. AVE. N. W. Shop, Half Hose at Half Price. —Another chance for the men folk to profit by the closing out of our stock of furntshinga. We're going to make Men's Shirts and Under- rorml Ladies’ Shirt Waists exclusively ‘There prices for Men's Hosiery: Be., to 12tke.: B0e., to + to BT. P. T. HALL, 908 F'St. d6-16d Sa aT aa reas iN o “shoddy” chats here. ‘are stocks of hats made only to ecelve and cost but $1.59. | But a derby or alpine CAN be had right here for $1.59 and $2 that is geod for wear, for color, for Hulsh, We've sold hun- Bole best ‘au CHAS. H. RUOFF, Up-to-date hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. sel 1-3in,24 QS The Social Season At the Capital —promises to be a brilliant one. ‘There ¢ will be receptions, dinner ant theater par- * thes galore. us furnish the Carriages. our turnouts’ t excelled by AN Reliable, well-trained well-liveried agency for “Dunlap'—the and co huien: e charges. C7 !t vou have your own team have ft boarded HERE. Fireproof building and * everything first-claws. Downey’s Hotel for Horses, 16: 1628 L STREET N. W. "PHONE 555. de4-20d Stop Dipping, Use a Lancaster Gov't Fountain Pen unique and superior robber--tinely ang style gold. pen—never vrsed and use) by the U. sup. Eachanged for other —a pen possessing man Well made of “t gets cran| 1 TH “N. LAN de6-301,10 Brief Printing At Short Notice. neat and al phy—clean, The Anatomy, Physiology and Hy- giene OF WATCHES Is thoroughly understocd here—and there's not an atfiction may suffer from—but n he eu time und for a small Watches—632 Gs! 2a GELL WHISKY $3 A GALLON Opposite th ones any whe s prewal with privtte rejection {f It 'doest't prove as N A From Pick M “By the Hash? said the d; Peptic boarder to th Hady's daughter, at the our mamma is a membe ling club, i "t she?” understudy. “she always has bloo—" machine. No mud guards on I wish you'd ask her"—and the looked gloomily in th —"if she doesn't lea to have them in some way to the coffee pot. at the stuff I am drinking.” see Sua n Loss of Memory. London Spectator. S instance of those sudden of m which raise such From the of the ed this week fr personality of man is report- m Brighton. While sitting on the sea front a woman felt something break in her he 5 upon became unabl p tell her na address or any- thing connected with her past lite. She is present in the Brighton workhouse, her tinual crying being shall I get my clothing doe last the prizes ar nt in. by The Wonderful Changes Made in Bicycle Construction. FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES The Horse Superseded by Modern Rapid Transit Methods. A TRICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO es HE PAST SEASON has witnessed a wonderful change in the methods of bicy- cle construction, not ovly in the makes of the machines them- selves, but In the ex- tension of the bicy- cle plan to other branches of business. The season is about closed, and a review of it will show that 4 the year of 1895 has ‘ ortant and likewise the most prosperous by far of any preceding year. The result of this season has more thoroughly clinched the bicycle plan upon the minds of the general public. That this is true is evidenced in a number of ways, and the principal fact is most probably the unusually heavy demand of the markets. ‘The manufacturers have been so flooded with orders that many of them have not entirely finished thefr 1895 contracts. ‘The cause of this unusually heavy demand is more the result of the decrease in price than anything else. While the price of the new high-grade wheels was reduced about 33 per cent, the price of second-hand wheels decreased at a heavier ratio. It seems as though the bottom of the market Fad dropped ont, and the price of a sec- ond-hand wheel became reduced to such an extent that It was possible to pur- chase them for a sum as low as $5. This accounts for the large number of wheels ridden in the city by the laboring classes of toth colors. The bicycle construction has recently ex- tended to a field that had never been heard of. The wheel was recognized as a fast means of locomotion, and with this idea in view it has been extended to business cir- cles. Formerly when a merchant wanted to send a package in quick time a bicycle was employed; but there wes a drawback. On account of its construction it was a matter of impossibility to deliver bulky packages or a number of articles In one trip. A Washington florist, a pioneer in the line, hid a number of wheels bought to be used in his busiress. To carry out in- dividual orders was a comparatively easy thing. In other kinds of business the bi cle could not be used. So the tricycle was utilized, ard for increased space for goods to be delivered a box-like arrangement was attached tc the three-wheeled delivery ex- press. On account of the demanis of business houses for quick delivery a radical change in bicycle construction has resulted. A bi- cycle has been placed on the market w'th the frame so arranged as to permit the carrying of good-sized bundles. The front wheel of the machine has heen reduced in size until its diameter is about fifteen inches, while the diameter of the rear wheel is about the same as an ordinary bicycle. These business wheels have made their ap- pearance in Washington, and have attract- ed considerable attention. For carrying out a number of orders at one time the tricycle has besn improved upon, and the result 1s shown in the accom- panying illustration. Several leading bus- Iness houses have these machines In use, A Business Bicycle. and one well-known firm has three or four running all day. The wheels in the rear are about twenty-elght inches in dlameter, while the front wheel measures about thirty inches. Pneumatic tires are used, and the gear averages somewhere between fifty- three and sixty. This can be changed to suit the rider, but the weignt of the ma- chine and the total weiznt of its carrying possibilities make it a desirable thing for the one doing the pedaling to have as low a gear as possible. The n.achine is strongly constructed, and is as light as can be con- sistently made for the work intended. The body is fastened upon the rear axle upon springs, and the finish is excellent, equaling the finish of any carriage. Around the edges on the top a small brass or nickel rod is placed, so that in case of a rush pack- ages can be piled on top. ‘The door to the body {s in the rear, and to prevent the pil- fering of the contents during the abscnce of the rider there is a minute spring jock, which serves its purpose well. The Horseless Carriage. The horseless carriage has not as yet made its appearance in this city, but this is only a question of time. They are in use In many cities In Europe, and during the year they have een introduced in America. There are several firms in this country manufacturing them, and the car- riages sell readily. Those in use are ¢ signed elther for business purposes or for racing, though it Is evident that the time is not far distant when the carriages will be made for private and familv enjoyment. The advantages of these are manifold and the use of the horse is dispensed with en- tirely. With street cars propelled by me- chanical power, and wag)as and carriage worked by man, one can well afford to in- quire what will become of the noble hors+. The horseless carriage has come, and eyv!- dently to stay. Tricycle The horseless carriage Built for Two. is not the only improvement in eycle construction that the local public has not seen, The tandem was at one time considered something great, but now the “bicycle built for two" has a rival which is apt to displace it for road riding. On a tandem a rider could take his best girl, even though she did not know how to ride, and from his seat in the rear safely carry her for a merry ride. The ar- rangement of the seats was regarded as awkward, but for a two-wheel machine it was the best that could be devised. The A Tricycle Delivery. rival to the tandem is a tricycle with the seats abreast, making the work of propel- ling for the male rider more easy and at the same time permittirg him to enjoy the ride more. The tricycle for one has also been improved, and the weight reduced considerably. The wheels are made much smaller, and by reason of the decreased weight the gearing is increased consider- ably, allowing the rider to cover ground much more quickly with less exertion, A “Quad.” The sight of a tandem has now become so familiar to the Washington public that they now receive but little more than a passing notice. For general riding the tan- dem never enjoyed much popularity, though in track and road racing it was found to be of value when used for pacing riders after records. Now its use for this purpose has decreased, owing to more formidable rivals, and it appears that the tandem has about enjoyed the zenith of its popularity. Upon the same principle a triplet was constructed and the riding capacity increased all along the line until there are “quads,” “quints,” “sextuplets” and even “‘septuplets” manu- factured. These are constructed solely to further the ambition of the cycle manufac- turers, who are anxious to hold the credit of bicycle records for their respective make of machines. The cost of these ma- chines !s very high, and a “quint” wil about $800, The machines have to be cot structed on scientific principles, and braced that there w.ll be no bending when the seats are filled. These mach'nes are only used for pacing riders. Outside of this they are of no advantage to a bicyclist. Of late, however, the racng mania has «1 larged considerably, and now “quad, “quint,”” &c., records are in order. For Heavy People. More than this, attention has been paid to the construction of single wheels de- signed to carry heavy people, and yet the weight of which is limited. So successful have the manufacturers been that witeels are now placed on the market which are guaranteed to carry an elephant. Yet with all of these !mprovements in bicycle con- struction the end is not yet in sight. SHOWALTER WINS TWO. The American Chess Champion Fought Pluckily, but in Vain. The following are the moves in the latest games of the championship chess series be- tween Showalter and Lipschutz: Ninth Game—Petroff Defense. Lips Showalter, White. Lipschutz, Showalter. | White, Black. P—-K4 Kt_kp3 Pxp Kt—K5 B—Kt5ch 10 Q—Bach 11 QxB 12 B-K2 Black adopted rushing Lipschutz seemed to be awere of it he had a lost game. There was nothing in the game after twenty-two moves. Lipschutz kept on playing until he found further re- stance useless, and he resigned after thir- ty-four moves. ‘Tenth Game—Qucen's Gambit Declined Lipsehu: ics, and before tek tal gambit, which Lipschutz declined to accept. During the play black made an error of judgment by allowing white to occupy a passed pawn on queen's sixth. This, with an ill-considered rook’s move, lost him a valuable pawn, and, after fifty-one moves, the game. J. W. Baird acted as referee in piace of his brother, D. G. Baird. Showalter led off with a queen's Maher Signs the Papers. Peter Maher last night in” Philadelphia signed the articles to meet Bob Fitzsim- mons for the world’s heavy-weight cham- pionship on February 14 next, in Mexico. John J. Quinn, Maher's representative, brought the document from New York, where It had been drawn up. Maher is playing an engagement at a theater in Philadelphia this week. For the Southern Pool Championship. A professional pool tournament for the championship of the south will be begun tonight in Baltimore. There will be six contestants, and all will meet each other in one series, making the tournament last fif- teen nights. Each serles will be of 125 Balls, continuous pool. The winner will receive the championship and $150; the second $11, and the third, $75. Fred A. Stewart, the champion of Maryland, conduct the tournament, and will also be tants. The other players Dougherty, champion of Philadelphia. Do Kogers of Washing- fom’ Nelms, champion of Richmond, .; John Dankelinan, champion of New Orleans, and “Sam" West, champion of Alabama. Lord Dunraven Coming. LONDON, December 7.—The Field an- nounces that Lord Dunraven will sail for New York next Thursday in order to re- sume an inquiry as to the degree of im- mersion of the defender in the first race for the America’s cup in September. HONEST -WHEELING Salutary Action Taken in Regard to Recent Racing. 1 sa CLUB MEN INSIST ON FAIRNESS Recent Happenings Among the Washington y clists. £ THE MILITARY RELAY RIDE It seems to be a strange fact that In the last two road races of the local wheelmen crooked racing has crept in, and almost ruined the sport. If this sortof racing is kept up, it will do more to ruin the sport than all of the other defects and draw- tacks combined, and it is the duty of those who project such races next season ‘to scrutinize the entry blanks when received and reject all those riders who have been guilty of unfair riding. It has only been this season that this kind of racing has become a nuisance. The prompt and rad- fecal action of the judges in the Dupont read race, in regard to pacing, appears to have had a salutary effect, and it is hoped that the samo effect will be reached by the conclusion of the judges in the Thanks- giving day race. To prevent pacing in the future umpires should be stationed at in- tervals along the route, and to prevent a recurrence of the foul riding in the last road race, the scheme should be adopted which has been introduced in Chicago. It is this: Each racer should have an extra number, printed on cardboard, and in mak- ing the turn every man should be obliged to tear the number from his racing shirt and throw it to the ground, where the checkers can pick it up. Rhodes and Thompson's Case. The decision of the judges in disqualify- ing J. H. Rhodes and F. G. Thompson meets with the approval of all wheelmen. The judges convened last Saturday even- ing, and in anticipation of hearing some- thing startling a large representation of wheelmen attended the trial. Thompson failed to appear at the meeting, and he had admitted to several people, according to witnesses, that he did not cover the course. Testimony was to the effect that he rode to the bottom of “Stony hill,” and entered the Palisades Hotel, remaining there for some time, and after skirmishing around rode in to the finish at a good speed. By this manner, according to the testimony, he rode no more than f:ve miles cut of the twenty. Rhodes was present at the trial to defend himself, and, as he said, to vindicate his character. There were about fifteen riders summoned as witnesses, with some of whom the accused was acquainted, Dressed in red trousers, with a black sweater, his gaunt form and face decorated with a Boatce and mustache, Rhodes was a con- spicuous figure in the race, and therefore easily recognized. Herhad a smashup at the Devil's Elbow and yode a thirty-four- pound wheel, sixty-ttke gear, changing near the finish, making three wheels rid- den by him. Several, xiders testified to passing him at the elhow, at the time of his collision, while others gave the remarks made by Rhodes as they passed him on the upward ride. One rider stated that he saw Rhodes just a quarter of a mile ahead of him on the level stretch above the elbow, and bending down on bis handle bars he spurted to overtake him. When he looked up again he was surprised to see Rhodes pedaling to- ward him. Rhodes’ Giaim, On his own behalf Rhodes dented every- thing in toto, and he vehemently claimed that he rode the course. He had no membrance of making any remarks to the riders except one, and that was when he had made the turn ahd was fully a mile on the return trip, The rider to whom ho made the remark was called in, and he stated that he met Rhodes fully two miles from the turn, and he was then off his wheel, standing by the roadside, with his wheel headed toward the turning point. Tris rider was Ball. the testimony of one of Rhodes’ witnesses it was fo Rall passed the scene of the than two minutes after the occ With only this start it would have been Impossible for Rhodes to have met Ball two miles, or even one mile, from the turn- ing point, the latter distance being equal to a lead of two miles. The trial lasted fully four hours, and, though Rhodes was given every chance to exonerate himself, his main defense was in his own claim. ‘There was a preponderance of evidence, and there was only one course left for the officials. After givinghim a sound talking and advising him not to enter any more read races in the District, his dis. qualification was announced, and Gatley given first prize and Mudd time prize. The list of winners,as announced by the judges, was published in The Star Tuesd, Going Over the Course Again. Entertaining the idea that a vindication of his course would be to demonstrate that he could ride the course in 1:02, Rhodes made the attempt last Sunday morning. A number of wheelmen were present to watch the result. He did not come up to his time, however, and the best he could do was a fraction over four minutes above the hour. This was the exact time by the stop watch which the timer placed in his pocket while he and others followed the puce set by Rhodes. When taken out the Watch had stopped, and Was started again, ro account being taken of the stoppage which is thought to have been at leas three minutes. foul riding Thompson was su! ms ed out of the Washington Road Club, at its meeting held Wednesday even- ing. After being awarded the first. and time prizes in the Dupont road race he be- came an ardent aspirant for the ciub rac- ing team, bat the decisive action of the club kills all his hope The action of the 1b shows .ts determination to have only Fortunately for himself, Rhodes an unattached wheelman, Following is the text of the adopted ington Ro: nounce all resolutions rarding foul riding of the Wash 2 de- Club That we publicly y, at any time, r aid or abet any particl- pant in a 1oad race in a way that is con- trued to be foul or In direct contrariety to the rules governing such races; that we do hereby pledge ourselves to receive no en- tries from those who race in a manner that would be applicable to the above resolutior And we further agree to, individually and collectively, use our Influence toward t end with the officials of any race given without this organisation We do hereby agree that should any, member or members of this organization at any time ride con trary to the above resolution, he or th shall be expelled at the frst opportunity The Milttary’ Relay. Considering the cirpum$fances, the recent relay ride of the miljiary cyclists is an ex- tremely creditable affair, &ind has placed the company in a very-g00i! ight before the eyes of the public. Under ordinary circum- stances the time copld have been reduced ccrsiderably, and the distance covered in eighteen hours or less, or an average of between thirteen and, fourteen miles an hour. In the relay, the,-distance covered averaged but a fraction less than elev miles an hour. For;the distance there are scme individual riderg in the city who could have covered it In thesame time. The men In the ride, nowever, were ngt men with repu- tations as fast riders, and on this account the performance is creditable, considering the fact that the generally good roads were almost impassable In many Instances, As to the time of the ride there has been a good deal of variation. Some papers gave a credit of one hour and twelve minutes ahead of the schedule, -@hile others an- nounced a loss of forty-elght minutes, The correct time was twelve minutes, which was published in The Star. By the original schedule the ride was to have been made on the twenty-three-hour plan, starting at 7 o'clock a.m. Sunday and reaching New York at 6 o'clock Monday morning. Under this schedule the first two relays were from this city to Columbia, twenty-eight and a half miles, and from Columbia to Baltimore, twenty and a half miles, or a total of forty- nine miles. Three hours were allowed for the first relay and two hours for the second. Later the route was changed to Baltimore via Laurel, by which over eleven miles were lopped off, making the first relay eighteen a re- | miles and the second twenty miles. One hour was taken off the schedule for the de- crease in the distance of the first relay, making a twenty-two-hour schedule, by which New York should have been reached at 5 o'clock Monday morning. The men reached the place at 4:48, or just twelve minutes ahead of time. A Trip to Baltimore. There was a good attendance of wheel- men Tuesday evening at the residence of Mr. William Henshaw, at 1002 K street northwest, to arrange for a united trip to Baltimore for fraternal purposes. Consider- ing those present and those absent, a crowd of about fifty announced their intention of going. According to the announcement of the railroad people on a fair crowd a rate of $1.20 for the round trip, good for two days, could be secured, while if 150 went in the party a special train would be sent. At the meeting it was decided to make the crowd as large as possible, and to send out letters to all of the clubs, inviting their co-operation, These letters were mailed curing the week, and in them are set forth the advantages of a united run,-and ask- ing the co-operation of all riders of the city. No date will be fixed until a reply has been received from most of these. Schade's Achievements. Schade of the Washington Road Club covered himself with glory at the anunal fall race meet of the Portsmouth Cycle Club, over the half-mile shell track of that place, winning ‘all five of the events in which he was entered, including the cham- pionship of Virginia, and not including the lowering of the track record to 2:19, seven seconds telow the then existing record. The mile handicap was the feature of the meet. In this race Schade was scratch, with nearest man at sixty yards. and limit men at 180 yards. It was a stiff handicap, but nevertheless Schade, after a game and determined effort, gradually picked up the field. On the turn into the stretch, excite- ment ran high, for Schade was yet in fourth place, but here he showed his met- ‘le, winning in a wonderful strong spurt, by several yards, amid great enthusiasm, his time being 2:23. He won the champion- ship race in D. It is understood that George Ball, who made second time place in the Thanksgiv- ing day race, will shortly go over the course with pacers, and attempt to lower the existing twenty-mile road record. Last Sunday Messrs. C. E. Wood, H. Z. Greer, George 8. Ball, C. L. Petze, Dr. W. W. Hodges and C. I. Ronsaville rode over to Baltimore, starting at 6 o'clock in the morning. The riders took the course easy, as there was no intention of making a cen- tury. At Baltimore Mr. Petze remained over, expecting to stay for several weeks on account of business. The Rond Club. Mr. William Jose, the pcpular Road Club member, left town Monday for a business trip through Virginia and West Virginia. He will be away for a month. Mr. John Wood of the club, who has been down south oll summer, is expected to ar- rive in this city Wednesday. The run of the club Sunday will be a morning trip to Forest Glen. A number of unattached wheelmen have been invited to participate. Fred Schade was to have entered the races last Saturday at Atlanta. His prep- arations extended so far as securing per- mission from the racing board of the L. A. W., but the manager of the cycling events for obvious reasons failed to send him en- try blanks. Ag the meeting of the club Wednesday evening considerable business was tran- sacted. The club not only dropped Thomp- son, but passed resolutions condemning un- fair riding on the road, through pacing or other means. It places itself on record for fair road racing, an example worthy of emulation by the other clubs. Mr. J. Jolly Jones was admitted to membership. In re- gard to the race for the club road su- premacy of the District, the club refused to accept the championship by default, pre- ferring to win it in competition or no other way. As the club declined to accept the championship it was the sense of the meet- ing that now there are no champions, that no club can claim the honor. Cc. Bi. C. Last Sunday Messrs. Jannus and Towers, with several other riders of the Capital Bi. Club, took a spin to Marlboro’, the weather proving favorable to the run, though some- what cold. The first german of the club has been Postponed until the evening of December 20. It was to have been held at the club house last evening. Irving Williamson, the president of the club, who has been sick since last August, has almost entirely recovered, and is now able to be out again. A pool tournament is to commence on the evening of December 11, and as every mem- ber will enter, the tourney will continue for about a month. Dupont Cycle Club. A meeting of the Dupont Cycle Club was to have been held last Monday, at which arrangements for the coming club race were to have been completed, but on ac- count of the forced absence of a good many members the meeting was postponed. The run of the club Sunday will prob- ably be up the Conduit road. Last Sunday no run was taken. - Hardy Pritchard,a promising young rider, was admitted to membership at the last meeting of the Arlington Wheelmen. Other Clubs. The Potomac Wheelmen are doing but little riding at present. The interest of most of the members appears to be cen- tered In the exploits of the basket ball team of the club. The Queer Wheelmen have no run sched- uled for Sunday as a club, though some of he members are most likely to take a short morning spin. The club is proud of the suc- cess of its first dance, which was held Wed- resday evening at National Rifles’ Armory. It was the event of the ‘on in the social bicycling world, snd pretty full numbers. The success which las crown- ed the hard efforts of the me is grati- fying to all, and by the dance the club well ublished its social reoutation. The Liberty Wheelmen are doing but It- tle road riding at present on account of the weather, but if the her tomorrow is propit the club riders will be seen out ont A The Alt Conduit rr r Cyclists enjoyed a spin up the Thursday evening. Cycling Notes. The wheelmen of Philatelphia recently held a lantern parade in which 2,000 riders participated, the Penn Wheelmen managing the affair. The parade was the largest of the kind ever he'd in that city, and the cos- es were more varied and of better order any similar parade. Wind! s to lower recor: er, Mass. gler is now at his home at San Jose, Cal., and nis pacing team Is with him. During the winter he will for records on the San Jose track. In view of some of recent performances, he will Goubtless ower some. Ex-Gov. Campbell of Ohio has become interested in the bicycle business, and is counsel for a stcck corporation manu- facturing pneurratic tires, the invention of an Ohloan, which is claimed to be puncture proof, even with a bullet fired at close range. Up to November 1, E. C. Bald had won fifty-eight prizes, forty-eight of which were won on the national circult, repre- senting approximately $8,000 in value. He entered thirty-nine of the one-mile races on the circuit and won twenty-four of these. In addition to these he won fifteen second prizes and eight third prizes on the circuit. Of the ten races off the cir- cuit, seven were for one-mile firsts, one a second, and two thirds. The board of education of East Orange, N. J., has erected a frame building 16x00 feet, for the storage of wheels of the pu- pils during the time they are occupied with their studie: The trans-continental record ts now hell by D, B. Blakslee of Chicago, who rode from New York to San Francisco in forty- six days and seven hours. The previous record was forty-eight days and eighteen hours, held by Martin Duxbury of Provi- dence, R. L. Sanger has succeeded in tleing the un- paced record of 2.00 2-5, which was recently made by W. W. Hamilton, at the track at Denver, Col. Sanger rode over the same course and his record is claimed to be more meritorious, because Hamilton re- ceived some little pacing. The new third-mile wooden track at Point Breeze, near Philadelphia, was opened on Thanksgiving day with a successful meet. P. J. Berlo holds the American two-mile paced track record of 3.4% 1-5, breaking recently the record of 2.48 2-5 made by C. T. Cox, both times being made over the Fountain Ferry track at Louisville. The Canadian record for the same distance is 4.30 1-5, held by Harley Davidson of To- ronto, pn up his proposed and has returned GOOD INDOOR SPORT Opening of the Washington Chess Club’s Tournament, PROGRESS OF THE CAPITAL B'S GAMES Some Recent Interesting Whist Contests. AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP The pairing of players for the tourna- ment at the Washington Chess Club result- ed as follows: Hanna and Walker, Doug- las and Usina, Gichner and Patterson, Wright and Gvwyer, O'Farrell and Tharp] and Otte and Tibbetts. Mather is a “by: Singularly, most of the strongest players are matched to play an individual match for supremacy with other strong players, and consequently, some of them will be “knocked out” in the first round. Concerning the pairs mentioned, it might be said that Mr. Hanna has shown himself superior to Mr. Walker in match play, out of six’ games previously played between them having won four to two for his op- ponent, but Walker has recently defeated Tharp and Gwyer, and may be expected to acquit himself creditably. Usina has es- tablished the reputation of being strong in match play, while Douglas’ strength is yet to be ascertained. Gichner is another unknown quantity, but his opponent, Pat- terson, is a veteran problem composer and correspondence piayer. Wright has here- tofore shown himself superior to Gwyer, and may be expected to win the match be- tween them. O'Farrell and Tharp are both strong players, and will bear watching in this tourney. The captain has had a longer experience, but Mr. Tharp showed unusual ability in the last Libbey cup con- test. As between Otte and Tibbetts, the latter has shown himself in practice play the equal of any of the entrants, while Mr. Otte is a young player of splendid promise. The- first gume of the tournament was played Monday evening, between Messrs. Otte and Tibbetts. Mr. Otte had the best of the game at one time and should have won, but played unadvisedly and finally lost. Both parties were nervous, and made over fifty moves each inside of two hours, twice as fast as the rule requires. On Wednesday evening Mr, Wright de- feated Mr. Gwyer in a game well played on both sides, and Hanna won easily from Walker, who lost his queen early in the game in a vain effort to save a piece. Thursday evening Tibbetts won handily from Otte, and O'Farrell won from Tharp in ty-one moves. The latter played well for about twenty-five moves, when he bfundered and lost a piece. Then he lost another piece through a slip and resigned. This evening Messrs. Wright and Gwyer, Hanna and Walker and O'Farrell and ‘Tharp will each play their second game at the club rooms, 614 12th street. The pub- lic is invited to witness the games. The Cupital Club's Chess Tourney. Little progress has been made in the chess tournament at the Capital Bicycle Club, the contestants seemingly being afraid of each other. Quackenbush con- tinues in the lead, so far as percentage is concerned, but has not played any games during the week. The race betweeen Usina and Barrick is close. Macdaniel won three games out of five played this week. Th score is as follows: Quackenbush, won 3, lost 0; Usina, won 8, lost 2; Barrick, won 9%, lost ; Douglas, won 4, lost 3; Carr, won 5t%, lost 442; Macdaniel, won 6, lost 7; Falck, won 2, lost 4; J. L. Wirt, won 2, lost 13, and Calver, won 0, lost 4. Congress has reconvened and Senator Vilas of Wisconsin is again seen at the rooms of the Washington Chess Club. The Senator is very fond of the game, and after the daily adjournment of Congress usually goes to the rooms of the chess club to Spend the interyal unt the arrival of the dinner hour. He is a strong player, though without pretensions in that direction. His playing is careful, but he is quick to ap- preciate the beauties of a position. He holds his own in “skittle” play with the best of the local players. The paraphernalia for tournament at the Washington Chess Club is about ready, and play under the new system will commence next week. The Mt. Vernon Club Tournament. Few games have been played thus far in the checker tournament, class at the Mt. Vernon chess, checker and whist tour- nament. The score thus far Is as follows: Mundelle, won 2; Whitford, won 1, drawn 1; Farquhar, won 1, lost 1; Wendell, won 2, lost 2, and Fitch, lost 2, drawn 1. Class B players have played a large num- ber of games. The score of the leaders is as follows: Murry, won 11, lost 2, drawn ; Stephenson, won 7, lost 2, drawn 3; Grove, won 10, lost 5, drawn 3, and Bur- ton, won 15, lost 14, drawn Several new players have ter tournament. Mr. McHardie, who defeated Mr. Mun- Celle In a match last winter for the check- er champtonship of the District, is again devoting some time to the study of the game, and will be heard from later on. A Distinguished Whist Party. At Dr. Walls’ home, on New York ave- nue, last evening an interesting party gath- ered around the whist boards, the players being Senator Gallinger, General Powell Clayton, ex-Congressman Bailey, Messrs. Chapman and Usina, Dr, and Mrs. Wall: and another lady Mrs. Walls is quite ex- pert in both whist and chess. Interclub Whist Mate! ‘A team of the I Street Whist Club visited the Washington Chess, Checker and Whist Club t Saturday evening. Through # misunderstanding on the part of some and a reluctance to participate on the part of others, the only representatives of the Washington Club were the veterans, Dr. Walls and Mr. I. Y. Knight. _ Against them the I Street Club opposed Messrs. W. YV. Lewis and J. T. Macey. The contest’ be- tween these pairs was close and intere: ing. The match was sixteen boards, dup cate whist. When, early in the “ph over,” the visitors gained three tricks on one hand, the hopes of their friends were high, but the steady play of the Washing- ton Club players was too much for their vounger competitors, and though they could gain but one trick at a time their score was eight tricks gained against six for the I street players. Several spectators watched the play. Another match of larger teams on both sides is talked of. The Ameri¢an Championship Series. The match for the chess championship of America between Showalter and Lip- schutz 1s dragging along. Both parties have taken advantage of the rule permit- ting the postponement of four games each in the match. They have both nearly réached the limit, and will soon have to play or forfeit the games scheduled. Sho- waiter has won four games since Lip- schutz scored one, and should win the match. The score is: Showalter, 5; Lip- schutz, 3, and 2 draws. the continuous “Joined the lat- More Cycling Records Smashed. A. G. Barnett, class B, broke three world’s records at New Orleans yesterday, irrespective of class or track size. He rode five unpeced miles from a standing start, tied Fred Lought's record of 4:50 for two | miles, lowered F. B. Stowe's world’s record of 7.41 1-5 for three miles 18, 10.2 four miles to 9.50 and 12.57 2-5 for miles to 12.18. He “did not attempt mile record. He failed to equal an flying start unpaced records for fi or less, but if the them and the two miles’ again today. John S. Johnson, who is training for at- tempts at records from two miles to the hour, made a quad paced half in .D4 4-5 and the mile in 1.54, fastest mile ever made ou a four-lap track. His riding was not for records, but Barnett’s was official. It Was a Close Game. The Washington Athletic Club and the Corcoran Cadet Corps basket ball teams vlayed an interesting game at the club house of the former last evening, the home team winning by a score of 3 to 2. A num- ber of spectators were present, and after the of the e miles weather is good will go for standing start the game dancing was kept up untila late hour. Akers, Suit, Horan and Brinkley played a gcod game for the athletic club, while McGlue, Davis end De Moll played the geme for the visitors, The teams lined up as follows, Burton being substituted for Prosise in the lust inning on account of a slight injury to that player: Washington. Corcoran Cadets. Suit. e. Davis. Akers Brinkley. Mullen. &. Sanderson. Score—W. A. » C., ers, 3; McGlue, Free throws—W. A. C,, 3; C. C. Referee—Charles Greene, P.W. UmpireI. P. Tade. Scorer—F. B. Libbey. ‘Time—Three 15-minute innings. WON BY CARROLL INSTITUT! Another Set of Games Bowled With the Y. M.C. C. The sixth set of games of the District Bowling League was rolled last night on the Carroll Institute alleys with the Y. M. C. C. as opponents. The Institutes took both games. The second game was won by gcod bowling in the last box. The high score was again broken by O'Connor of the ¥. M. C. C. breaking Shlisinger’s, of the W. A. C., record of 220 by six pins, which makes his score of 226 the highest that has been bowled in the league this year. Armstrong led the C. I. team with a score of 183. The scores were as follows: ist zame. 2d_game. Institute. Str. Spa. Sco. Str. Spa. Sco. Rice... 2 0 10 1 6 #16 Merritt. 3 4 «16 2 2 221 Whelan 2 3 136 3B 5 175 1 5 45 1 4 135 Oo 6 14 3 4 18 Total..........8 18 699 0 21 783 = Ist game. 2d game. ¥.,M. C. C. Str. Spa. Sco. Str. Spa. Sco. B. Lehmann... 0 4 117 Oo 4 110 Hill. - 2 8 130 3 4 156 Gorman - 1 8 106 2 2 ms Kennelly - 2 4 147 1 2 #18 O'Conner... o 2 w2 7 2 226 Total.......... 5 16 602 13 14 723 The league record is as follows: id Won. Lost. » 5 3 4 4 ~ M. oe 3 5 The next set of games will be bowled on the alleys of the W. A. C., with the ¥. M. C. C, as opponents, Tuesday next. The Columbia Harriers. A new athletic organization has made its appearance in the high schools of this city. It is known as the Columbia Cross Country and Harriers’ Club, and has already been successfully organized and put on foot. One run has been taken, the club estab- lshing a rccord of eight miles in one hour across country. The members propose to take another next Saturday, and will try to lower this club record. The run will start at Woodside, Md., and across country toward Chevy Chase and return. A ma- jority of the members are pupils of the Central school, and it is expected that it will soon become one of the most popular athletic organizations in the schools of the District. The membership at the present time consists of J. H. Rovee, captain; G. W. Curtiss, Frank Coffin, W. G. Stuart, John Curtiss, Norman Underwood, Jesse Underwood, C. H. Van Horn, Arthur Cur- tiss, W. Coffin, J. D. Fleckers, A. S. Cody, W. A. Barr, Hallie Pipes, Frank Burkfeldt, Elmer Brown and Maurice Curtiss. . The Syracuse Tournament. Following are the latest scores in the Syracuse pool tournament: De Oro, 130; Stofft, 91. Scratches—De Oro, 5; Stofft, 1. Clearwater, 128; Horgan, 7%. Scratches—Clearwater, Horgan, 2. —— LONDON'S ANNUAL BUDGET. What It Costs.to Take Municipal Care of Five or Six Millions. From the North American Review. London's annual budget, as nearly as I am able to estimate it, for taking care of between five and six millions of people {s as follows: Cost of lighting. Water supply Police Schools . Streets 70,000,000 Paupers 12,000,000 Private charities and hospitals of all kinds. 20,000,000 Health Fire protection . Interest on debt Total .. S10" . As an off-set for this enormous expendi- ture we have an income that when com- pared with the rest of England is simply sigantic. The assessed rental value of houses for London is upward of $180,000,000, nearly 30 per cent of the total for all Eng- land; net profits of trades or professions, $265,000,000, or over 41 per cent. In the schedules relating to particular properties and public companies London represents nearly 6 per cent, or a total of $445,000,000, and in salaries and fees nearly 7 per cent, or $115,000,000, a total annual income ex- ceeding $1,000,000,000. Perhaps these astounding totals repre- senting incomes may give American read- ers some idea of the volume of earnings that pour annually into the coffers of this great center of the world’s wealth, trade and commerce. The items of expense given in the table above only represent the more striking expenditures. It would be safe to esti- mate the total cost in round ‘figures, s2 at $110,000,600. Nearly a quarter of this goes for furnishing artificial ight; another quarter for pauperism and charities. Lon- don’s gas bill represents nearly one-third the amount expended for gas by the United Kingdom. Nor is the item of pauperism and charities large when we bear in mind the appalling fact that twenty-seven out of every hundred deaths in this aggregation of humanity occur in public institutions. Every fourth person you meet on the crowded, bustling thoroughfares of lying London dies a pauper, an inmate of a hos- pital or of a lunatic asylum. ——<+0-+ Jointless Bicycle Rims. From the Philadelphia Record. The manufacture of bicycles on a large scale has led to the construction of a num- ber of special machine tools of novel de- sign, and to the adoption of some new meth- ods of producing separate parts of a wheel. One of the latest companies to enter the field produces nothing but so-called jointless rims or felloes. The earliest safety ma- chines had heavy, solid rims for the tires, which were subseqvent!y abandoned in fa- vor of lighter and stiffer rima, made of a tube indented longitudinally to receive the tire, and with the ends brazed together to make a ring. The jointless rim is really composed of two separate rings, which are ultimately soldered together, the joint being longitudinal Instead of transverse. Users of such rims claim that they are more uni- form in size than the older style, and that the metal of which they are composed is of better quality, as it has been softened by the heat of brazing. tee One Effect of the Quarrel. From Harper's Baza:. a day without can’t set tow Tharksgivi foo! more, it affects us doctors I don’t suppose there will be half as many colds caught this year. It is really too bad.”