Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1897, Page 23

| The talk in local cycledom during the Week was the surprise at the Monday race | meet. The success of Moran has placed | him in the front ranks in racing circles. | He won all of the open events in which he entered to the surprise and gratification of | the large number of people. Halstead, in winning the quarter-mile dash, gave an ex- Hbition of pretty riding, his victory being all the more creditable because of the fast company. Hanger also made a pretty race in winning the third-mile handicap. There | was an extremely ciose decision of the between him and Moran, when he | was awarded first in a rather doubtful heat audience vented its disapproval | of the decision in no uncertain manner, a limited number who ap- 1 to approve of it. Again there was nm in the trial heat of the in which Wilson and Mat- involved. It was apparent to | y that the latter had the best of the | though the judges gave the honor to | This caused additional disap- | | H | ‘ture of the weather for tomor- it as pleasant, t of today. Last Sunday, while start- rather threatening, wound up to be the rainy appearance of things to the hot sun. Club Runs for the Week. Century Cycle Club, tomorrow, century run. art at 6 a.m. from club quarters, 1420 New York avenue. Golden Rod Wheelmen, tomorrow. to Chevy Chase lake. Start at 9 a.m. from club house, 64 C street northwest. Cycle Club, tomorrow, __to Start at 9:30 a.m. from club's 641 Pennsylvania avenue south- the same kind Ir Cycle Club, no run scheduled. Chain and Sprocket Club, Thursday, for Takoma Park. Start at 7:15 p.m. from house, 1115 9th street. Washington Road Club, tonight and to- morrow, for Chain bridge. Start at 1¢ this evening from club house, 1224 F street. Hyattsville Cycle Club, Friday, for Cycle age. Start at 7:30 p.m. from club house at Hyattsville. Century Cycle Club. The Century Cycle Club has not made a regular run for the past two weeks, with ception of the Hyattsville run, the on being the opening of the club © of the Hyattsville Cycle Club, when they carried out eighteen members and en- joyed themselves greatly. Last Sunday the | beys made individual runs, some going up | to the Internationa! Park, while others made trips in various parts of the country. President Charles H. Coons, with several of his friends, went to Philadelphia, and from there pushed’on to Atlantic City over the cycle path, and he reports that it Is | one of the finest roads in this part of the The only bad luck he had was | aking of the chain on the tandem | he was riding, showing that there | ers in the club besides the captain | n break chains. | * Frank Hourigan, with Capt. | 2 nes, made a most enjoyable trip | over to the eastern shore of Maryland, and had with them Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Robert Rowe, who rode a tandem } t ‘Toichester Beach to Rock Hall, where Byrnes and Hourigan left them. Hitting | up a lively pace, the two centurions rode | on io Chestertown, a distance of twenty- two miles, and called on the Chestertow Cycie Club. For a small town the club had very nice quarters, the membership be- | ing about twenty-five riders. The two then | on to friends of Capt. Byrnes, | they spent a most enjoyable time, and iater on returned and were the guests of Mr. Robert Wilson of Kent county, Md. | The roads in that section of the stay are fine, and in the near future it is most like- ly that a run will be called for the eastern shore, going from here to Baltimore by train. A. E. Weesner, the popular treasurer of the club, has been away for some time in| the northern part of New York state, and | what surprises the boys most is that he | Went north to get married, and he, with bis bride, are now in Wabash, Ind. He will return to the city in a few days, and the | Century boys will give him a great send- | off on his return. | A century will be made tomorrow, to take the place of the run that was called off two weeks ago on account of rain, and | it fs most likely that the whole club will | turn out, as the boys are one month be-| hind in century riding as a club. The) course for the century run will be to the Argler’s club house on the Conduit and} return to the city. thence to Centerville, | Md., and return and then to Ashton and | back, making in all an even 100 miles. it is expectel that some quick time will be made on this run, es the roads are in good cond At next meeting the road race will | be brought up. It is now the intention to! ride a handicap race from this city to Bal-! timo The Baltimore end of the race | will be taken care of by the members or | the Century Cycling Club of Maryland. { ‘The club feels proud of its new member, | Lee Counselman, the winner of the recent River View road race, and also of George | Wright, who would have finished in a better | place had he not suffered a fall on Stony Hill, which put him back considerably. Little Sam Dodd, one of the club's new memicrs, is getting down to some fast} road riding lately, and made a good show- | ing the recent meet of the Star Cycle Club at the International Athletic Park. are several riders in the club who | on riding # double century, among | 3 Anderson. On the coming cen- + will make an effort to accomplisn The start will be made at 6 a.m. Owing to the cloudy weather last Sunday morning the riders of the Golden Rod Whi en deemed it best not to take the run to Baltimore, but a short run was taken to Cycle Cottage at 8 a.m. The ride was very pleasant going, but return- ing the heat was intense, making riding extremely uncomfortable. regular meeting of the club was st Wednesday evening with a large a number of applica- for membership, which will be placed before the board to be acted upon. As there was no short run for the! evening the club spent the time in playing different games and other amusements. | A run has been calied by Captain WU-| lard for Chevy Chase lake tomorrow, leay- ing the headquarters at 64 C street north- west at 9 am. Arlington Wheelmen. The Arlingtons, under command of Lieut. | Murphy. carried twenty-three members to Dickey’s last Sunday, Capt. Potts having gone for a short stay in Richmond. The captain was ace nied by the father of the ciub, * Larcombe. Tae boys who went to I 's have not stopped talking yet. Everybody seemed to be in good spir- the run, turn themselves louse making Was the order of the day. d As for the first time this 1 thelr Mandolin, Banjo and ib out, and the way the bovs playel under the direction of Prof Clark will long be remembered by those who took the trip. The regular meeting of the club was held Tuesday evening, and considerable bust- ress of importance was transacted. It was decided to have the annual club road race come off this year on Tuesday, October 12, instead of Thanksgiving day, as was done last season. Levant Cyele Club. The Levant Cycle Club took « two days’ trip through the valley last Sunday andMon- day, and thirteen riders went out on the trip, which included Capt. Hutchinson, Lieut. Norris, Messrs. Pollock, Carter Lind- say, L. L. Herrell, Ridgway, Grace, Fryer, Robertson, Leeke, H. Herrell, | trip aw £2HE EVE NING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1807-81 PAGES. Newly and Jennings. The start was made at 11:10 the Saturday evening previous, by way of the Chesaneake and Ohio railroad. Staunton was the objective ponit, and this was reached about 5 o'clock the next morn- ing. Very little time was lost in stopping at the place. The ride was started through Buckton to Mt. Crawford, where an ex- cellent bri erved at Mrs. L. H. Saunders’. Y was then continued and twenty-six miles farther away, after passing through Harrisonburg, dinner was taken at the Central Hotel at New Market. After a short rest the ride was continued through Mt. Jackson, Edinburg, Woodsteck, Maurerstown and Tom's Brook to Stras- burg, where the night was spent at the Chaiybeate Hotel. Soon after breakfast Monday morning the trip was resumed, the riders going through Middletown, Stephe City, Kernstown to Winch where a ner was taken at H. H, From there the ride was made to Martins- burg, and there the train was taken to this city, the riders getting home about 9 o'clock in the evening. There were a number of incidents on the trip. and many punctures, but nothing serious. A great joke was played on Mr. Robertson, the chief consul of the District division. Shortly after leaving Woodstock he sat down on the top of a fence for a short rest, the other riders having gone ahead. He fell off into a doze, and while thus engaged some one turned his wheel around so as to head for Woodstock in- stead of Strasburg, where he intended to} go. When he awoke he mounted his wheel and started to sprint to catch the bunch, not noticing the fact that he had passed the same scenery only a short time be- fore. The ride into Woodsteck was about six miles, and when the rider reached the village he found out that he had been the victim of a joke. He did not attempt to ride over the route again, but meeting a belated member of the crowd at the place, both took the train for home. jar meeting of the club was held vening with a good attendance, ch business of interest to the m bers was transacted. Arrangements were completed for a temperance meeting at the club for this evening. ‘The run of the club for tomorrow will be to Dickey’s, starting from the club house, Gil Pennsylvania avenue southeast. at 9:30/a.m. Altair Cycle Club. ‘The regular meeting of the Altair Cycle Club will be held Monday evening at the club quarters, 1208 32d street. On account of this fact no run has been scheduled for the evening. Last Sunday Messrs. R. W. and Albert Cox, Devereux Green, Howard Fisk and Dr. Snyder made a trip in the Shenandoah valley. The party left the city by train! Saturday evening shortly before midnight, and rode to Staunton, Here the ride was | begun toward the city, all day Sunday and | Monday bemg spent on the road. The riders reached home by train Monday even-! ing, after making a thoroughly enjoyabie | trip. Mr. F. Baker Weaver, another club mem- | ber, left town Saturday evening and spent several days at Colonial Beach. Messrs. Britt, Braitmayer and several | members of the club, calculate making a} el tomorrow to Baltimere. A number of the club members are mak- ing arrang:ments to spend several weeks in camp at Colontal Beach, leaving some | time next week. Capt. J. E. Hanger, jr., is receiving the | corgratulations of all of the club members | on his good work in winning the third-mile | open last Monday at the International Athletic Park. Chuin and Sprocket Clab. ‘The Chain and Sprocket Club will give a run for ladies July 15 to a lawn fete held by Trinity P. E. Church at Takoma Park, . C., on the church grounds. Invitations have been sent to the different clubs in the city to join the above club, with their friends. The roads are first-class, the dis- tanve short, and the hospitality of the Ta- koma residents needs no comment. The effort of the club is to make this an ideal run, which will leave the club house, 1115 9th street northwest, at 7:15 p.m. At the regular business meeting Tuesday four new members were added. As there was no special business, an early adjourn- ment was made, after which the club was entertained at the residence of the secre- tary, Joseph Milans, with a pleasing pro- gtam, during which refreshments were served. Washington Road Club. The Washington Read Club will be in camp all day tomorrow at the Virginia side of the Chain bridge. The bulk of the mem- bers will leave the city about 10:30 this evening, pitch camp and remain over night and all day tomorrow. The return home will be made Sunday evening at o'clock. Last Sunday Messrs. William Jose, Royce Hough, Harry Shuster, Rudolph Jose, W. . Fitzhugh, W. J. Tubman, A. C. Gensler and B. E. Dakin took a trip down the river. ‘There was a meeting of the club held Wednesday evening, at which several new members were admitted. The McDonaid trophy, won by the team at the Frederick | Traces, was placed on exhibition and much admired. Messrs. Hardy Pritchard, Gco. . Smith and A. C. Moran, the successful racing team of the club, wiil participate in the team race next Saturday at Haltimore. Capt. W. J. Prince was in town to spend the Fourth of July holidays. He was at the race meet Monday, and Tuesday evén- ing returned to Atlantic City. C. Royce Hough, the well-known athlete, is in training for track races, and will rep: resent the club in all contests. A. C. Moran, the champion racer of the club, will attend the league meet this year at Philadelphia, and confidently expects to capture several national championships. Hyattsville Cycle Club. The Hyattsville Cycle Club held a special meeting on Thursday evening, at which time the bills of the lawn party given by them on the evening of July 1 were pre- sented and paid. At the regular meeting to be held on ‘Thursday evening next the semi-annual election of officers will take Place, and this will be followed on Friday evening by a run to Cycle Cottage, where | required. Also make sure that the ma- the newly elected officers will be toasted. Several new applications for membership have been received, and the club just at present is in a very prosperous condition. ISOME CYGLE CHAT Acccrding to the figures submitted by the general superintendent of the Long Island railroad, by closely packing wheels in a full-sized baggage car the car can be made to hold 200 to 225 wheels. This does not include the packing of wheels one on top of the other, but simply using the floor of the car and placing the wheels close enough together so as to prevent any from being injured while in transit. The rail- road in question is well patronized by the cyclists of the metropolis, and = ite rides for the wheelmen of New York, and the average reader will be surprised to know of the large number of wheels that are transported. One day recently, without notification of any kind, the rail- road handled between Patchoque, Brooklyn and Long Island City between 1,100 and 1,200 wheels. Frequently the road handles from 900 to 1,000 wheels, especially on holi- days, this serving to show the large num- ber of cyclists who live in New York and vicinity. It may be needless to add that the railread charges nothing for the trans- portation of the wheels. A physician who has just written a book endeavors to show the effect upon the heart of overexertion. He is much opposed to racing. Further, he makes the declara- tion that fast riding by children is danger- ous and almost sure to affect their health in later life. “The cyclists who habitually ride long distances musi now be consider- able, ys Dr. Herschell. “The number of individuals who make a profession of cy- cling is rapidly increasing, particularly that class who travel over the country attending meetings. These will average two or three races a week for six months in the year; and, as they are handicapped according to their former and previous performances, such races are usually hotly contested. Among amateurs every large club has its record for long distances against time. “It is an open question whether we should allow little children to cycle. They are all eager to do so, as they see their elders crazed upon the subject, and the cycle man- ufacturers are fostering the idea by placing on the market diminutive wheels. Of course, cycling for short distances with low gear and frequent rests can do a child no manner of harm. But, to insure this, consiant supervision is necessary. My experience is that when a hoy learns ycling he does not confine himself to what uld be harmless to him, but is even more inélined to overdo it than grown-up peo- ple. When out with a party he will of necessity have <o keep up with his elders, and when alone he tries to break record: The average boy has very lofty ideals the way of athletics. I read in the cycling papers quite recently of a little boy who, at the mature age of four, has taken to the path. What effect will the continuous high pressure in the arteries of this infant have upon the development of his circulatory system? Time only will show. We have at present no data upon which to form an opinion, as it is probably the first time in the history of the world that the problem has been presented to us, and that any- thing like cycling has become a factor in the evolution, development and growth of our children. When we allow a child to ride long distances upon a cycle we are carrying out a physiological experiment which, although possibly of interest from a scientific standpoint, must be utterly un- justifiable. “The amount of disease which will be produced by cycling in the near future rests with that large body of family phy- sicians whom I am addressing in this es- ay. They must insist upon making a thorough examination of the heart of every patient cver middle age who may be tak- ing up cycling. Having made such an ex- amination, the practitioner will be in a position to allow the patient to cycle with- out restraint, or to put an absolute veto upon this form of exercise, or to lay down rules for its safe indulgence; and to pr scribe the daily amount, the pace and other details which may enable the patient to use the cycle not only with impunity but even with advantage. On his part every intend- ing cyclist will be well advised if he con- sult his medical adviser and be thorough- ly overhauled before commencing to learn.” When applying graphite to the chain it is advised not to smear it on like sauce, too much being as bad as not enough. It is claimed that a little of it applied to the inside joints of the chain will suffice to lubricate for fully one hundred miles of or- dinary riding. After each ride the outside of the chain should be wiped clean, so as to prevent the dirt and grit from getting in the graphite. It will not infrequently be found that a chain becomes alternately tight and slack as it runs around the sprocket wheel. If the alternation takes place with each revolution of the pedals, and if there be no dirt on the periphery of the fron: sprocket wheel, very probably the crank axle is not fixed centrally in the rear sprocket, in which case a competent repairer may perhaps put matters right. On the other hand, if the alternation is observed to have some slight relation to the position of the chain, but not of the pedals, and recurs either with each com- plete revolution of the chain or with each half revolution, the cause probably depends partly on whether the chain is new or not. If it is new, there may be a stiff link, which does not properly straighten out af- ter leaving the chain wheel. In this case ease of running will come with work. Says a veteran rider: "Endeavor to culti- vate the art of riding without curving the back; it is quite possible to lean forward ard yet keep the spine straight. Cycling is frequently robbed of its splendid health- | giving qualities by contraction of the chest muscles, resulting from a careless and un- graceful position on the saddle, and many are deterred from adopting the pastime lest the ‘bicycle back’ be acquired. Begin- | ners should never attempt to ride long dis- tances. Some preliminary training is nes essary ere seventy or eighty miles can be covered without stiffness and exhaustion resulting. The pace should be steady all through, and any inducement to ride fast at certain places should be curtailed, so that all superfluous energy may be reserv- ed for the return journey, when it is most chine is all right before setting out. These matters must be considered if the ride is to be carried out with comfort and ease.” The appearance of the sear case has not been as general in this city as was anticl- peted. Almost all of the cycie stores, ex- pecting that a demand would be made for the same, secured.a supply, which was more easily acquired than has been found to dispose of. The scheme does not seem to have taken so readily in this country as in England, though it may take several seasons before fully introduced. One of the chief aims of the bicycle man- ufacturer is to construct the bearings in the wheel he is manufacturing so that they will be dust proof, and having accomplish- ed this he loudly proclaims the fact throughout the width and breadth of the land. But so busy has he been paying at- tention to the hub and axle bearings that the chain, containing 100 separate and dis- tinct bearings, as each rivet constitutes a bearing in itself, has been completely over- looked. And not until very recently was the fact appreciated that this very vital portion of a bicycle was the most exposed to the elements. Our British cousin realized this a season or so ago, and several gear cases, as they style them, were intreduced across tho water, but their attachment detracted from the appearance of the bicycle, on account of their bulk. They were not in line with the average American rider's ideas of what a gear case,should be, or rather they were in line with"his ideas of what a gear case should not be, for the average rider can tell better what he dces not want than what he does want. American inventive genius, when once set to work, was not long in achieving the de- sired result of making a gear case that added to the appearance of the wheel in- stead of detracting from it and at the same time fulfilling all the requirements of a gear case. In the construction of most of the American styles aluminum and translu- cent celluloid is largely used, thus reducing the weight of the attachment which here- tofore has been one of its chief disadvan- tages. In most cases not only the chain, but the rear fork tubing on the chain side, ee atern this style is Collisions that occur frbm 4illful careless- ness in this respect ate-imexcusable, and the injured person ofty tins himself to blame. A toss of twenty -fwet to the curb- Ing ought to teach most ridgrs the hazard- ous nature of this risk, but it doesn’t seem to. There must be a cé¥tain’exhilaration in turning a corner swiftly, akin perhaps to the “angle” in racing;:ait ay rate the fas- cination, whatever it is, lures many men into unnecessary falls. ~ Don’t try to see how Sear you can ride to the tyheel ahead of Such knowledge may be interesting, but it is dangerous to gbtain it. The least,teugh of the two wheels will give you ane of the hardest falls known, while the man in front rides safely on. ea A great many accidents oecur from inde- cision on the part of riders when trouble seems imminent. I haye often noticed in walking on a crowded atreet that two men who study which way the-other is going will invariably collide. The same rule ap- plies to wheeling. Make up your mind quickly and act. The saying that ‘no two minds think alike” is clearly verified, anda leader is needed to take the initiative. To avoid accidents due to vehicles and pedestrians I would advise a dismount. No Matter who is in the right, get off your wheel. Safety is worth more than the :at- isfaction of proving the case. In many in- stances where time is a factor a quick drop over on one foot or the other will save one from the danger. It takes less time than the regular dismounts, and if perfected by a little practice will not injure the wheel. Too many people seem to forget. that there are others awheel, and in following their own desires are soon mixed up.in a collision. If every one would keep their mind and attention on riding there would be little difficulty, but not a few riders must needs turn tbeir heads back to talk to friends and do other equally unwise things. In country riding it is different, but in the city “eyes always to the front” is the proper motto. ————— FOR WOMEN CYCLISTS One good thing that the bicycle has done for women is to wonderfully increase their power of endurance. That this re- sult is directly due to the use of the wheel, and nothing else, is apparent. This being the case the use of the silent steed has in- deed proved a Godsend for the women of the country, and it is no wonder that the members of the fair sex are taking to its use in largcr numbers every season. Con- sidering the fact that it has only been within the past two or three years that the females have taken to the use of the wheel, it is an encouraging sign that its beneficial effects are so easily seen. The average woman rider, especially one new to the use of the wheel, will find, and has found, herself almost completely ex- hausted after taking a journey of five to seven miles awheel. Take the same wo- man six or eight months later in the sen- son, and, if she has been riding with any degree of regularity, it will be surprising to learn that she can go on trips fifteen or twenty or twenty-five miles and not feel as tired as she did at the end of her first journey. The use of the wheel has tended to increase her powers of endurance. The flabby muscles have become strengthened, the system improved, the constitution in- vigorated and the whole body built up to a considerable and noticeable extent. This is a much better tonic than anything else that could be done. No physician could have prescribed any medicine that could Possibly have the same effect on the en- tire body in the same time. The female bicycle, population of this city have not, it seems, attained the same degree of proficiency as that of a number of other cities in the country. This may probably be due to the fact that a majority of the fair sex in this city use the smooth thoroughfares almost entirely for their ex- ercise on the wheel. Yn othtr citles this 1s not the case. The smooth streets are con- spicuous by their absence and the riders are forced out on the roads, which afford far better riding than the average streets. Once on the road the rider is immediately invigorated by the bracing atmosphere and charmed with the ever-changing scenery as viewed from the skimming wheel. All this tends to build up the system and it is no wonder that hurtdreds’ of women in other cities are capable of taking trips of from forty to fifty mites a day, even more, without showing any sign of fatigue. z In this city there is only a lumited number of women waolapsaere to stand such long trips. It is pleasing to note, however, that the number is rapidly increasing, and before the close of the cur- rent year there will be any number who will be competent to Indulge in such !ong trips. There ts a certain degree of pleas- ure in knowing that one can ride some- thing like fifty miles in the course of a day. It not only affords satisfaction in knowing this, but it gives additional sat- isfaction because it increases the cycling sphere of the rider and enables her to visit new fields with new scenery, and continually brings to view new objects of interest. This applies when the start and finish of a ride is made in the city. The power of endurance is of additional value when out on a tour of any sort, as It gives the rider plenty of time to enjoy the trip and yet cover an allotted distance dur- ing the course of the day. The whole secret of successful riding lies in the statement made by Mrs. Rinehart, the female century rider of Denver, who was in this city a short time ago. She says that the great trouble with the wo- men riders is that they do not take enough of exercise In bicycle riding. In her opin- ion, regularity is everything, and very lit- tle can be expected in the way of good riding from the woman who rides once or twice a week, and then for a distance of not over two or three miles. Her view of the matter is without a doubt. a correct one, and contains more truth than fiction. Her case is an illustration of regularity of exercise, and she is capable of reeling off centuries in the same time and: with less fatigue than the ordinary female rider can eever one-half or one-quarter the distance. However, all female riders do not aim to become centurions. If they follow the plan adopted by Mrs. Rinehart they will find that they will show a wonderful improve- ment in their riding form. What would seem to be a big distance to some women now is a short distance to the plucky Den- ver worran. In the case of a gocd many female riders it 1s almost a matter of impossibility to take a spin every good day of the cycling season. If they could go out every good day on which they can find time to ride a change would be noticeable in their con- dition. To others it is recommended that a ride of some sort be taken every day. This is the season of the year when the early morning rides make the most’ de- lightful trips. The sooner after daybreak the trip is started, the better it is, and up to 8 o’clock in the morning the conditions are faverable for good riding. When the sun gets well up in the heavens the riding is not as pleasant as it might be. Late in the evening is perhaps the best time that is suited for the fe le riders, though a run ir. the afternoon js not, near as pleas- ant or exhilarating ag the, early morning trip. So long as there)ts daylight it is not necessary to have an eséort. If two or three riders get together ‘they need have no fear in riding of the, roads in and around the city. An escort;may be a good thing to have along, ,but Ris absence will have litule or no effect-on the ride. =o The question of havitg stomen go out on club runs has receiv a good deal of at- tention from club mgmbers in other sec- tions of the country, The clubs of this city have paid scant:attention to the fe- male riders, and the suggestion of women participating in the ‘weekly run has met with general opposition. is is not only the case locally, but in,othar places. Out in Galveston, Tex., the «matter was brougnt up by a leading club, The club officers were confronted with thé situation that unless runs were scheduled in which the members’ wives or sisters could occasion- ally take part. a majority of the members would abandon the weekly fixture and take i i fe a if Be 5 a at #2 sF es ii 5 -lay deep, and had drifted in many places, escort than to have thém take such trips unaccompanied. I am opposed to women ing part in century runs, but I apprové of their attendance on club trips, and hope the idea will be promoted this year.” At the forty-sixth annual meeting of the Universalist Sabbath School Union recently in Boston it was shown that some of the schools showed a falling off in attendance fP4, there was considerable discussion as © its probable cause and possible cure. The fact that scholars were not looked after, the indifference of parents, removals from one part of the city to another, were all advanced by way of explanation, but the greater part of the blame was laid to the bicycle. The matter of a woman being too old to learn to ride a bicycle has been stated over and over again to be a foolish thing, and an instance was cited of a well-known fe- male resident of this city who fs six:y-five years of age, and who has just learned to tide a wheel. Her case is placed in the shadow by the announcement that Miss Hattie Purdy of Derby, Conn., has started in to learn the mysteries of bicycle riding. A few days ago she reached the one-hun- dredth anniversary of her birth, and she celebrated the event by taking her first cycling lesson. An authority on costumes for riders ad- vised them not to trim any part of a bi- cycle dress with lace or frills of any kind. ‘The best-dressed wheel woman is she who is most severely plain in every detail. If one color can be secured for the whole cos- tume, including hats and boots, it is prefer- able to adopt such. Under no circum- stances wear white underskirts on a bi- cycle, as it will be impossible for them to remain white very long. Never start till you are certain that not only your wheel, but your costume, {s in perfect condition, so that nothing will break loose under the strain of riding. TOURING IN PERSIA A correspondent of the London Standard gives an account of the great hardships of a party of cyclists In the Persian moun- tains. In their statement they say: “A solitary chapar-khaneh stands at Khan-t- Koreh. Our way to Dehbid lay through the dread pass of Koli Kush, literally the ‘Shoulder of Death,’ and as we knew snow and that it was a region where taany lives had been lost, we hired a horseman to show us the way. It was then 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Dehbid was some twenty miles distant. We expected to reach it by night- fall. Away we started, well muffied up, be- cause it was bitterly cold. For the first few miles it was all our guide could do to keep up with us; but the moment we were in the pass, where the snow lay a foot deep, and the track was narrow, skirting slippery rugged ledges, cycling was out of the ques- tion. The great hills frowned wild and des- perate; the gale swept the loose snow in icy clouds down the ravine; the horse slow- ly and cautiously climbed the rocks; we fol- lowed silently. At last our guide dismounted, peered strangely about, and then, trembling, and in a tearful voice, said he had lost the way. The darkness was pitchy; we were on a bleak mountain side, 8,000 feet above sea level; our limbs ached with cold. We prcp- ped the bicycles against a post, and went on without them. We plunged to our waists in snow, and we felt like succumb- ing. We had te cheer one another. One of us descried a light far to the left—a pale green light—like the reflection of a Jamp in a courtyard. Famished with hunger, dead weary with walking, we labored another hour through the drifts. But there was no house, only the snow for ever and ever. The lights had been from the eyes of prowl- ing beasts. We were on a rocky slope, blown free from snow, and about were tufted, rank, crackling bushes. We set about pulling a number up, and got them ablaze. The flames, as they leaped, sent a strange glimmer over the snow. It was then 2 than we could feed it. lay down on the froze very close, and putting our arms rou: ‘h other for mutual warmth, kept one another awake by talking and oceasional kicks. 1t was uncomfortable, shivering witn numbed limbs, not knowing where we were, nor what our fate would be before merning came. “Every half hour we rcse and stamped our feet and ran about. Then we lay down again, half dazed, at tim even wishing overpowering sleep would take possession of us and put an end to our trials. At 6 o'clock in the morning there was a dim, sickly dawn. We set off to find the line of telegraph poles that we had previously fol- lowed. There was a heavy mist, and an hour and a half elapsed before we dis- covered them. Our clothes were covered with mud and sodden with wet, our feat- ures drawn, and our eyes bloodshot. The haze rose, and we saw two horsemen ap- proaching. They dashed ahead on spying us. They had been sent out by Mr. Jef- feries, who is in charge of the telegraph testing station at Dehid, to look for our bodies. In case we were alive, they brought a flask of whisky. They lifted us on to the horses, wrapped their great felt coats about us, and led the way to Denbid,whe-e every- body was relieved from anxiety. We had been on the mountaias for eighteen hours, without having tasted a morsel of food. UNITED WHEELMEN 15 o'clock. The fire burned quicker It went out. soil, We As the result of a committee from the United Wheelmen waiting upon Commis- sioner Wight, as stated in Tae Star at the time, the following letter has been re- ceived by the secretary, Dr. W. W. Alleger, who has been the prime mover in the mat- ter. The other members of the committee were Messrs. Mashmeyer and Lewis. The letter of Commissioner Wight is as follows: “In reply to your communication of the 17th of June, I beg to say that attention has been given to the several matters re- ferred to in your petition. The members of the police force composing what is known as the ‘bicycle squad’ have been required to appear in police uniform, and are now wearing the same. The police are enforcing all regulations applicable to the request under the head of the second par- agraph of your letter. “In regard to the request that the crdi- nance requiring wheelmen to display lights after dark be changed to one hour after sunset, 1 would say that this would re- quire a change in the regulations. I will bring the matter before the board, and notify you of their action. I return under Separate cover the interesting correspon- dence which you were kind enough to lend me, and for which you will please accept my thanks. “When you were in my room one of the gentlemen with you asked me in regard to the matter of vehicles crossing 9th and F streets and 15th street and New York ave- nue on the side of the street prohibited by the regulations. I have had the matter in- vestigated, and the police department re- Ports-to me that it is true that this is sometimes done, perhaps frequently, but the conditions are such as to make it ap- pear that the enforcement of the regula- tions compelling persons who are driving to cross the intersecting tracks of those fapid transit roads would be more danger- ous than to allow them to cross on the left instead of the right-hand side of the street. This is sustained by tho fact that for some time past there have been very few, if any, accidents at these places, The officers stationed at these points are in- structed to use the greatest possible care and do the best they can. “In regard to the other suggestion of re- ceiving bicycles as collateral when arrests are made, I would say that the difficulty Mes in the fact that many wheels are rented, and it is difficult to establish own- ership, so that a wheel might be left as collateral which does not belong to the party arrested, and in this way the of- fender would get off without proper pun- ishment. In the opinion of the police de- partment, it is not advisable to accept bi- Sycies’ as eae noticeable that the Commissioner makes no mention of the request to compel have been compiled in pamphlet form, and are as follow: ‘No person shall ride or drive any horse or any other vehicle drawn or propelled hy any mechanical motive power, in any street, lane or alley, at a faster pace than eight miles an hour, nor shall any such yehiclé be driven around any corner at a faster pace than five miles an hour. This provision does not apply to a certain sec- tion of the city for a certain period of the year, nor to the fire department or police patrol system; nor to any ambulance whose driver shall have received a permit from the chief engineer of the fire department. Nor Shall any person, except a member of the fire department or the driver of such ambulance or patrol wagons, or the motor- men or conductors of street cars, or per- sons riding bicycles or tricycles, as here- inafter provided, ring any bell or gong upon the public streets from any vehicle. No person shall ride any bicycle, tricycle or similar vehicle in any street, lane or alley unless the same be provided with a bell fastened to the handle bar thereof, which bell shall not be less than one and one-half inches in diameter. Such bells shall be used when necessary to give warn- ing in crder to avoid a collision, but not so as to create a nuisance. No person shall ride a bicycle or similar vehicle at a pace faster than ten miles an hour, nor perform any tricks or fancy riding upon such vehicle upon any street, lane or alley with- out a special permit from the superinten- dent of police. No persons are allowed to ride a bicycle or similar vehicle faster than eight miles an hour in certain sections of the city. Nor shall any person coast upon such vehicles or ride with both hands simultaneously off the steering apparatus of such vehicle within the business section of the city. No person shall ride or drive vehicles abreast upon any street in such a manner as to occupy more than one-third of the travel roadway. No more than two bi- cycles and no other vehicles shall be ridden or driven abreast on any street in which car tracks are laid. No person driving or having charge of any cart or other vehicle shall stop such on any sidewalk or cross- walk of the city, or intersection thereof, in such manner as to hinder or obstruct traf- fic thereon, except when necessary to load or unload therefrom, nor for a longer time than actually necessary, and in no case to exceed ten minutes. Bicycles are exempt from this section, though no person shall place or leave any bicycle upon any ro: way or sidewalk in such manner as ‘ to hinder or obstruct traffic along or across the same. No person shall ride any bicycle or simi- lar vehicle upon and along any sidewalk. Tricycles ridden by children under the age of ten years are exempted from the provi- sions of this subdivision, except on such reets or portions of such streets as may e from time to time specified and desig- nated by the superintendent of police as busy streets. All persons riding or driving vehicles of any kind upon the roadways of the city shali keep to the right and as near the curb as practicable and shall pass ve- hicles on the left of the vehicle passed. In turning corners to the left they shall pass the center of the street intersection upon their own left, and in turning corners to the right shall turn as near the curbstone as 1s practicable. 2 Membership. D.C. Div. Total L.A.W. July 2, 1898. 57,344 July 2, 1897. 85,083 Gain ... - 467 27,789 New Members. HB. C.: Burnside, Jas. B., Post Office Department. Cap. B. C. Eason, John Jay, jr., 1224 10th street. Cc. and S.C. Bergman, Wm. east. Unattached: Brothers, O. C., jr., Congr "4 Fry, Henry D, M. D., 1133 14th street northwest. Philip, J. F., 1722 16th street. Rheese, B. R., Spring street, care station F. Sturtevant, Chas. L., 928 F street north- west. Foote, Mrs. K. 1517 Carolina street. Allison, Isaac, 1100 7th street northeast. Appel, Rev. J. B. (P. O. Carmel, N. Y. Brooks, Miss Annie S.. 1: Coolidge, A. B., 111% G street. Farmer, Harry, 153 10th street. Leavell, B. A. 025 Pennsylvania avenue. Johnson, Philander C., Star office. May, Edgar H., 2119 F street. Miller, Guion, 400 Louisiana avenue. Murray, S. T., 142 9th street. Paul, Henry M., 2201 K street. Renshawe, Jno. H., U. S. geological sur- vey. Rogers, R. C., 2021 Portner place. Spencer, Hallowell M., care W & Sons. Millis, Frank M., 610 3d avenue. Marean, Earle F., 1900 Lincoln avenue northeast. 1900 Lincoln avenue Marean, Guy B., northeast. Taff, H. F., 10 B street northeast. Lengue Runs. Rain prevented the runs of the L. A. W. last week. The run Sunday will be to Baltimore by train, and from there the members will ride down the famous shell road to North Point, a distance of twenty miles. While in Baltimore they will be the guests of the Baltimore wheelmen, headed by the pres- ident of the Harlem Wheelmen. The party will leave on the 9 a,m. train on the Balti- more and Ohio. The next week day run will be on the 14th, and will be to Forestville, starting from 13th and K streets northwest at 7:30 p.m. A large century run is under preparation, and will take place some time in September. It is the intention to make this century the best attended and most attractive vet held. Each rider will be systematically checked, and each survivor will be presented with a suitable medal showing that he attended and finished the run. Monday the committee appointed by Chief Corsul Robertson for the purpose of making suggestion as to changes in the Police regulations, will be again keard by the Commissioners. The vonmittce is com- posed of J. W. Babcock, ‘320, B. McClellan, Brainard H. Warner, W. W. Allezar, M. D.; W. K. Larrimore and john N. Oliver. The points to be looked after are the passing of vehicles, turning of corners, limit of speed, use of lamps, gless cn streets and sprinkling of streets too freely. —— PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS . Moses According to a tabulated statement, Jay Eaton, the indoor king, was, up to June 26, the head of the pothunters, having won ten firsts, six seconds and two thirds. Eddie Baid stands nineteenth in the Uist, with three firsts, three seconds and one third. John Lawson is twenty-seventh on the list with three firsts and one second. Jimmy Michael, the Welsh midget, says of Rivierre, the celebrated long-distance French rider: “He is not a fast man, but is a good plugger, and can knock off ais kilometres as well as the next one. His endurance is wonderful, and when he gets up speed he can hold that pace for hours. I remember once he was in a twenty-four hour race, and he did not dismount from his saddle but once during the entire race. He had to repair his tire and he was not off his wheel five minutes.” Gaston Rivierre will most likely visit this country this season, and participate in long-distance match races. While the Frenchman is one of the oldest racing men in the world, he seems to be as good as he ever was. Either Harry Maddox or’ Charlie Had- fleld will have a ten-mile match race on the new board track at Newark, N. J., with little Michael, on July 31. Frank Waller is understood to be willing to meet Rivierre for a twelve or twenty- four-hour contest, while Michael is willing to have-a six-hour match race with the Frenchman. The race will be held where in this country. It now begins to look as parties, it is no more than just and | Windle will not take a team equitable that other vehicles should be | Scotland, t month, to participate in the made to come under the scope of the law. international. cycle ontet owing to a report of the regulations arding cycliag | two ‘years, hes Wwe Smimey for tne ‘won more for im different cities of thet ° other fellows than he has for himself dur- sbowed the different state of affairs re- his entire racing career. city of Buffala edopted September 9, 1806, iapanioc eunion tans ancien bbe moe merman, Earl Kiser, John 8. Johnson, EB. C. Bald, Fred Loughead and Tom Cooper, to be run in five heats. It is hardly likely that the project will materialize. Lucien Lesna, the French rider who broke so many redords In Australia, and who is expected to visit this country, is said to be anxious to have a match race of one hour with the Welsh midget. Charlle Murphy has made such a failure on the cycle path this season that he has @ecided to quit the game for good. His last appearance was on the Manhattan Beach track two weeks ago, and he will open an establishment in Brooklyn. Owen Kimble {s said to be injured less than was at first feared, though so badly crippled that it will be fully a month be- fore he will be able to enter another race. The electrician at the Auditorium track at Loutsy has constructed an elec- trical which can be run around the track at any speed desired. A TIP FOR TRAVELERS That is Especially Applicable During the Hot Weather. An Experience In a Railway Car Dar- in; the Dog Days—A Story With a Moral. Written rf The Evening Star by Cy Warman, psright, 1807, by S. 8. McClure Co.) The local stood at the station in the quiet little town of St. Thomas the other day, and when the big locomotive, with a rush and a roar, came tearing down the track, bringing with it the express from New York, a modest-looking man swung down from a sleeper and entered the the local train, bourd fer London, Can. He had about him an air of case and com- fort, in his hand a red rose, and in his hair the mist of Niagara. It was a warm ard dusty da ut it was not hot. The shady side of the car soon filled up. A man with a Scotch-Irish accent and a reef of red throat whiskers that made a fence round his face, took a seat on the sunny s threw up the shade and raised the w: Other passengers came in, took se: began to Jam their windows up also. r car of A stout woman with a slim child took a place at one of the windows, and the train pull- ed out. “Will you kindly close the front door?” asked the red rose man of the news butcher. The Peanut exchanged smiles with the monkey-faced man, walked to the frent of the car and shut the door with a bang. Then, thinking, perhaps, that he had done too much good for one day, he pushed a spring and let the top half of the lass drop down, The fireman was raking Lis fire, and now the dark yellow smoke sucked In through the opening in the coor and filled the car with foul fumes as thick as London fog. The wind we had was neither head nor beam—it blew bias It swept the dust and grav der the train and brought {t up on a line with the open windows, where ft met and mingled with the smoke, soot and cinders that were blown above the top of the train. People began to cough. “Wil you be good enough to close that Window in the front door?” said the man ©” the mist to the conductor. “Bedad,” said the monkey-faced man, “that felly must come from a hot place,” and then he smiled @ smile at the Peanut that threatened to break the fence down. “He's a fool, the dude with the rose,” said the fat woman as she jammed her window up as far as it would go. The pale child in her lap was nearly suffocated by the smoke that had been pouring in through the opening in the Coor, but now, as she held it in the open window where the eddying wind swirled end swept the smoke and dust in, it fairly gasped for breath. Other passengers saw this, and out of the goodness of their hearts went sympathy for the suffering child, and cut of their ignorance hatred for the mod- est traveler with the mist in his hair. By this time all the windows on the sunny side were wide open, and the smoke was so thick that you could not see a car's Jength. “I don’t wish to run your train.” said the stranger to the conductor; “but if you will close all the windows, I agree to jump off at full speed if the car is not reasonably clear and comfortable at the end of ten minutes.” Three or four voices said “no.” The fat woman looked at the traveler in disgust. The red reefer turned square round in his seat and faced the stranger, but the stranger never flinched. He knew what he was talking about, he had seen it wot he explained afterward, in the Mojave desert. “If you all want a good time,” the) black porter on the Sante Fe had said, “you all must keep yo’ windows closed. Yo’ can stan’ de heat, but yo" can’t stan’ de dus’. De alkali git in yo’ nose and hu't y —it git in yo’ th’oat and choke yo’. I tell yo’ now, yo’ all can’t stan’ de alkali.” The passengers to the Pacific had taken the porter’s advice and this traveler had re- membered how all the people in the train were indebted to Mr. Pullman's employe for a pleasant journey across the American Sa- bara. But these flag-station tourists of the north knew nothing of sunstrokes and Sa- haras, and so were inclined to protest against the absurd suggestion of the man with the rose. The conductor knew that the modest man was right. The brakeman knew it, too, and at a nod from the cap- tain began to close all the windows. “That felly’s a fool,” observed the red man. “You be quiet, old brandy and soda, shouted the conductor, “or I'll ditch you. Now the fat woman gave a yell that caused every one to look in her direction. “The child have fainted.” yelled the red- faced man. “Bedad, I'll break the windys on his face,” and he made a rush at the traveler who had caused all the comrno- tion. By this time the conductor. working from the front and the brakeman from the rear, had closed all the windows, and now as old brandy and soda dashed down the aisle the brakeman flagged him. The man struck at the brakeman, and the latier hit him under the ear. Ali the people stood up along the walls of the car, while the trainman and the irate passenger walloped each other up and down the nsty aisle. Women eccreamed, men stood up in their seats and shouted “Hit "im!" And both combatants took the advice—or tried to. In the meantime the fresh air came in through the transoms, and swept the smoke and dust out through the door at the rear end of the car, while the battle went on in the open. The fighters a, and fell heavily to the floor. The brake. man was on top. “You old chimpanza said the trainman, breathing fast, “I'll isfigure your features if you don’t cool down.” ‘The conductor and the man with the red rose pulled the actors, or rather the pugi- lists apart, and the bewhiskered voyager, with a bad eye, sank into a seat almost exhausted. Nobody said a word now. The brakeman dusted off the knees of his trousers and went forward. The modest man, who now sat facing the de‘eated fighter, opened his hand grip and pasced a leather covered flask to the man who had wanted to “break his face” a few mo- ments before. The red-faced man took the bottle and tried to pull the top as he would a cork, but the democratic owner of the flask unscrewed it for him, and he took a good, long, strong pull. He breathed some more now, very distinctly, and took another drink. Up to now not a word had been spoken by anyone in the car, since the cessation of hostilities. “Would yez leave me give me pardner a dbrop?” asked the vanquished, leaning over toward the tourist. “Sure,” said the rose man, and the other, pressing his hana over his wounded eye, went forward to look for the brakeman who had given him such a delightful fight. a ae Re Forget to Prey. From, the New York Times. He was a very small boy and lived near enough to the country to be able to revel in the delights of a “really, truly” barn. It wae his first thought in the morning and