Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1897, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1897-26 PAGES. The weather cf the past week has extremely favorable for evening riding, which, coupled with the bright moon, made rr riding extremely enjoyable. The at- mosphere was just cool encugh to make the exercise bracing and exhilarating. Next week will be equally as good. The full moon will appear tomorrow evening at 11:36 o'clock, and all next week will be on the decrease upti! Monday, the 18th, when the last quarter is scheduled. This fact in- sures comparative good light for road rid- ing all-of the week, as in the past, when the moon was on the Increase. The weather last Sunday was excellent for road riding, and many took advantage of the fact. The conjecture cf the weather places rain for temorrew. The good riding days for the remainder of the season are limited, and ail advantage should be taken of them. It is only a question of a few weeks when the high winds of the fall will appear. In the line of bicycle sport there is plenty on the pregram. The Century Cycling Ciub of Maryland holds its annual century run tomorrow from Baltimore, which will be attended by a large number of local riders. The race meet this afternoon at the Inter- national Athietic Park promi to bring out a farge number. The annval club races of the Arlington Wheelmen will be held Tuesday, und Friday the Altair Cy will hold its annual club meet, be characterized by a number of events of considerable interes and their friends. named club wiil me Cenduit road, while for the latter club the International Athletic Park will he chosen. Century Cyele Club of Maryinnd. The fifth annual run of the Century ¢ cling Club of Maryland will held to Frederick tomorrow and return, a distance be oi a littie over 1 mile The start and finish will be at Eutaw and Madisen streets. The route will be out Eutaw place to Druid Hill Park lake, around twice, to Fulton avenue to Edmonsten avenue, to venue, to Catonsvilie and then The return will be the same way, Vis Lafayette avenue to start. There wili be two pacemakers, who will ride about 1) yards in frent of the captain, ant riding ahead of the | 3 disqualified. Pacemakers | will wear distinctive es. No one will be checked at the start after 7:30) o'clock | in the merning, and all will have to check | at the finish by 9:30 p.m. in order to re- | ceive a medal h and € re- a set of leposit fame at the oute. On the oviward trip the chee 1 be tioned at Eutaw ard Ma son stre Druid lake, twice around and check e. on and Ingleside aveni . seville and Frederick. turn trip the checking stations w ed at FE Ed- Avenue ‘The sched ve Baltimor e trip $0 a.m. : at 7 distan : - ; arrive a t 12 m. es, at S p.m. Century Cycle Club. The Century boys were very unfortunate ast Sunday in not being able to enter the team rac te Frederick. With Wright hav- ing to leave town early Sunday morning, and Counselman with a sprained ankle, Capt. Byrnes saw Saturday evening the folly of entering for the prize banner, and | hence his decision in calling the centurions out of the contest. Me: Bob Williams and Tony Galeski, however, made a cen- tury run to Frederick last Sunday, and meade far below ten hours, notwithstanding the fact that Williams broke his wheel just out of Ridge were used to pull him along veral members of the club are going to Baltimore tonight to enter the run of the Maryland ary Club to Frederiek to- } morrow. are expected to uphold of the club, and they can be There ts but var! the eduled for tomorrow, rs will take trips for Several of the boys made a run into Vir- ginia Tuesda them evening, and along shua Jones and V with were J ren L. hold its regular monthly y evening, at 8 o'clock, at avenue. At this meeting | ss of importance will be transacted, all members ore earnestly requested to be present. { A meeting of several of the local cycling clubs was held y evening at th quarters of the Queer Wheelmen, 822 20th treet. fer the purpose of forming a basket bali league. Capt. Ed. 8. Byrnes repre- sented the club, which will undoubtedly enier the cycle league, and place a team in the field that will make a fair bid to ce- cure the championship honor. Capital Bi. Club. A number of the riders of the Capital Bi. Club will leave the city tonight fer Balti- more, to enter the run of the Century Cycling Club of Maryland tomcrrow to j tiver cycle brand of o. | roasted } Club will Frederick. The members will hardly enter as a club team. ‘The club was not anxious to secure the prize banner for the recent century run to Frederick. A team was entered simply to show the cyclists of the city that there was plenty of good riding material in the club capable of going any distance. Out of the large number of men who entered the run only one played out. The other men who failed to finish were the victims of broken wheels, which threw them out of the contest— The whist season at the club house was inaugurated last Saturday evening with a pair contest of whist compass. This even- ing a handicap whist contest will be played at the club rooms, for which a small en- fee will be charged, to be used in sing suitable prizes for the leading amusement committee is at work | ring a program for the coming win- ter season, which will be outlined from the program of previous years. Altogether there will be eighteen or twenty events during the season, with several extra attractions being added. » riding of Norris Macdanial, one of old members of the club, is a sort of lation to the members. He made the nt century, and finished as fresh as though he had taken only a twenty-mile spin. One of the members of the club on the trip was troubled with a wheel, the crank of which ran so close to the chain as to break it three times on the trip. Mac- Ganial fixed the wheel each time, and when within twenty miles of the city traded his w 1 for the damaged one of his club mate a finished the trip on it without a mis- hz. a possibility of Miles’ Cycle Infantry. The Miles Cycle Infantry will not take @ practice marsh this evening, but next Saturday evening a trip will be made to Fort de Russey, where the night will be spent in practical field work, signaling, guard duty and the like. Arrangements are now in progress for a monster smoker, the date cf which has not been set, but which will be held some time after October 15. The affair will be held en a large scale, and the corps expects to secure a number of new men through the event. - The of the recent court-martial, | suppers are a We failure to attend the practice marches will be promulgated next week. While the de cision is not known, it is expected that sev- eral inen will be discharged for the good of the service, and that several non-com- ioned mea will be reduced to the ranks. During the past week the roster of the company was increased by the names of eral new enlisted riders. During the winter a crusade will be made to bring the company to as high a standing in point of membership as is possible. The new regulation caps for the corps are ed to arrive in a few days. ast Saturday evening the command held a very successful telegraph drill in the ar- mory building. A number of instruments, with wires and terles, were placed round the club quarters, and the prac- tice in the art highly appreciated. During the winter a course of lectures i red by Capt. S. will be held once @ great aid in the a month, iime of duty which will be pursued by the club. and will b Hyattsville Cycle Clab. The Hyatisville Cycle Club has been tak- ing a rest since the recent entertainment given in honor of the visit of the local di- vision of the league. Very little riding has been indulged in and very little work done. At a meeting of the club held Thursday evening the members unanimcusly decided to give a grand oyster roast Frid - ing. Arrangements have been made for securing a boat load of the choice Cox sters, which will b: roducing the new used for the occasion, variety of bivalves. "The oysters will be and served by experienced chefs, and a cordial invitation is extended to all of the wheelmen of the city to be present. The roast will be held out on the iawn and served at tat while the club house will be illuminated and reserved as a recep- tion hall and dancing pavilion. A number ef the pretty girls of Hyattsviile will assist at the feast. A large number of the members of the club attended the concert which was given Wednes evening z Masonic Temple by the Riverdale Athletic Club. The eer was excelleat and very much enjoyed. The only members of the club to particl- pate in the recent century trip were Capt. Harry Gore and William McDevitt, both of ed in good shape, vi cont bGXee gi hape, and with the A special meeting ‘of the club was held last evening. at which varicus committees were appointed to succe: sfully conduct the oyster roast for next week Alpha Cycle Clab. The Alpha Cycle Club held a mecting Tuesday evening at the residence of Miss Ella Brown, 2021 H street, which was attended by sixteen members. The mat- ter of drawing up a constitution was dis- cussed, and also the question of club colors. Committees were appotnted in regard to cach subjget with instructions to report at the next meeting. Several new members were admitted. After the meeting a very pleasant trip was taken through the mall to the Peace ; Monument, around the Capitol to Maryland avenue, nee east to 15th street and out Florida avenue to M street and home. Those who participated were Miss Facer. Miss Redding, ‘ss Rainey, Miss Browne, s Mullaly, Miss Millrick, Messrs. Craig, Mooney, Daly and Wissner. The club will hold a meeting Monday evening at the residence of Miss Browne. After a shcrt business meeting a run will be taken. Last Sunday several members of the club took a very pleasant trip to Great Falls, spending the day at Dickey’s hostelry on the Virginia side. Altair Cycle Club. The annual ciub races of the Altair Cycle be held Friday evening, and many of the members are now in training to make the best possible showing. The committee im charge of the meet consists of Messrs. F. Baker Weaver, C. R. Murray and David R. Reynolds. A sanction for the races has been secured, and the events will most likely be run off at the Inter- national Athletic Park. ‘The full list of entrants will not be known until the day of the race. A majority of the members have signified their intention of participating, and many are holding off until the last minute before announcing themselves. The prizes for the races will be better than ever before. The commit- tee has secured some good trophies already, but a completed list will not be known until next week. The one-mile club champlonship will be an honor most fought for, and a number of men are hoping to win it. Captain Ed. Hanger now holds this honor, and he will defend it. The organization held a meet- ing Monday evening, at which the club races were discussed, and another meeting will be held Monday evening. Arlington Wheelmen. The team of the Arlington Wheeimen was the only one to show up last Sunday to run off the tie in the century trip for the prize banner. Though the club hardly thought it necessary, the entire trip was made. On the way back the chain and pedals of Charles Butler’s machine were broken, and his companions pulled him in the city by means of ropes, covering a dis- tance of fully forty-eight miles in this manner. The team of the club is receiving honors on all sides. By winning the banner three on the program, which are promised by individual members of the club. The banner will be cf yellow, with red and black trimmings, the club colors, with the winged “A” in the center. On account of the century run for the two preceding Sundays, no run has been called for tomorrow, the riders being given time in which to rest. The regular meeting of the club was held Tuesday evening, at which four new mem- bers were elected, and three applications received. Guy Mitchell, one of the charter members of the club, returned to the ac- tive roll. The other new members are Messrs. Sommerville, Loeffler and Cassin. One of the pleasing features of the meeting was the gift of a large bunch of flowers, red roses, with the ribbons holding the same of club colors. During the week William Dykeman, one of the club members, held a contest for a new bicycle, which was won by Rudolph Jose of the Washington Road Club. Levant Wheelmen. The regular monthly meeting of the Le- vant Wheelmen was held Tuesday night. The attegdance was not so large, but a considerable amount of business was trans- acted. The president appointed a commit- tee of two, Messrs. Charles Grace and Thomas Pollcck, whose work will be to provide amusement for the club during the present month. After their tjme has expired new committees will be appointed every month. = io the trial of @ mumber of members for Last Sunday thirty-six of the club mem- bers had their photographs taken, which they will make up into a group for the club rooms. The committee on music purchased a handsome piano, which will be placed in be parlor of the club today. There will be no run of the club for to- morrew, as it is Captain Hutchinson's birthday, and he has invited all of the boys to his home, where he will entertain them. Quecr Wheelmen. The Queer Wheelmen held a regular meeting at their club rooms,$22 20th street, Monday evening. It was well attended, and in consequence a large amount of busi- ness of importance to the organization was transacted. It was decided to place all names of ex-members, who have been drop- ped from the club for non-payment of dues, on a bulletin board, made for the purpose, and which will have a prominent place in the club rooms. This board is Intended to act as a black list until a satisfactory set- tlement has been made with the club. After the regular meeting of the club Mamager Neumeyer jr., of the basket ball team, called an informal meeting and re- ceived applications of candidates for the team. The team wiil most likely be se- lected from the following candidates: Pit- kin, Clokey, Burgess,Von Boeckman, Slack, Ross, Tierney, Campbell, Schwinghammer, Loftus, McCoskey, Munder, William and Al. Becker. Mr. Hopkins’ Burgess was elected captain, and he will endeavor to have the team representing the Queers make 4 fine showing. There will be a meeting of the commit- tees of the Eastern Athletic Club, Mount Pleasant Athlet'c Club, Ceutury Cycle Ciub and Queer Wheelmen at the latter's club- house Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. It is hoped that the Washington Light In- fantry and the Central High School will have their reprezentatives at tuis meeting, as each club has received an invitation to jcin the new basket ball league. The pro- totors of the rew leagae are anxious to h a good attendance at th!s meeting, so as to elect cfficers and form a scheduie of games for the season. The club run last. Sund Chase and a cross-country run to Cabin nn bridge. On the return trip a short op made at the International Ath- letic Park to let some of the members have a scorch, as it is net allowed on the road while on @ clut run. Parker proved to be a Michael at the business in speeding und the track. The club will have a chestnut run Sunday, ober The members have not de- ided upoi the place they will visit, they i 21 destinations in vie he run of the club for tomorrow will be to Fails Church and return via High View. Start from club house at 10 a.m. Spoke and Hub Bicycle Club. The Spoke and Hub Bicycle Club gave a feist Thursday night to their friends. The was well attended and was a great s ss. President Mooney was at the hed of the table in the place of nonor, y was to Chevy and was active in seeing that all of the guests enjoyed themselves to the utmost. During the feast jokes and humorous re- marks were in order, and afterward eral of the musical and literary members of the club gave selections in their line. Messrs. Coxey, McCrystal and Robinson entertained all’ with their songs. Last Sunday the club took a run to Suit- land Park. and qvite a large number turned out. The pacemakers set a hot pace, both going and coming, and excellent time was made. The Rialto Cycle Club. The members cf the club who made the trip to Baltimore Sunday morning re- turned home that evening after spending a delightful day in and about the Maryland City. The members contemplate making a similar trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City, when the young lady members of the club will be invited to participate. The date for tne trip has not been decided upon, but will be in a short time. The regular club run of last Wednesday Was a most d htful one, sixteen mem- bers participating. The route led over the moonkt roads of Soldiers’ Home and on returning the remainder of the evening was spent riding through the city. To- morrow morning a party of twenty mem- bers will make an early start for Great Falls to spend the day. The club is in possession of a series of interesting photo- graphic views taken during their many rides, and as several members will take their cameras on this trip they expect to add materially to the already large collec- tion. ‘Thursday evening the club was enter- tained by Mrs. Walter Scott. During the evening the members indulged in a guess- ing contest, the occasion being the an- niversary vf the birthday of the hostess. The regular run of next week will be on Thursday evening, starting from the resi- dence of Miss Marie Hall, No. 417 4th street northeast. A run will probably be called by the captain next Sunday for Alexandria, via Arlington, returning home by the evening boat. Chain and Sprocket Club. At a business meeting Tuesday the Chain and Sprocket Club decided to give-a series of four dances. The first will be held Fri- day evening, October 15, at Carroll Insti- tute Hali. Admission by card will be strictly adhered to. The Chain and Sprocket Club march will be introduced to the public. A road race now in question will prob- ably be held about November 1. This will be exclusively a club race. The commitiee appointed will meet Tuesday next to make arrangements as to time, place and other particulars. ——>+——_ THE INTERCITY RACES Beginning with this evening, the first of the intercity, or divisional races, as they should properly be called, will be run off, the commencement of the championship contest between the District and the state of Maryland. While the commencement of the series is made rather late, it is much better than no races at all, ond the trou- ble will be that the entire set will have to be run off in a month at the least. The contest will be watched with interest this year, and it is the sincere wish of all of the tocal riders that the District boys will win. As things now look, they stand an ex- cellent show of capturing the trophy, and in all of their attempts it is safe to say that they will not lack encouragement, On the other hand, the merits of the Ral- timoreans must not be overlooked. The best riders of that city will be selected, and if there are any better riders found in the whole state, it is quite certain that they will be used; Baltimore is anxious to cepture the championship emblem, and if she fails it will not be because she did not make a strong fight for it. Losing the pen- nant in the base ball championship for this season is bad enough, but if the Orioles lose the cyclist championship to the much;despised Washingtonians, their cup of grief will be full. ‘The races were inaugurated last season, soon after the opening of the International Athletic Park, and were first known a& the irtercity races. The Washington boys cov- ered themselves with glory, and won the series by the score of sixty to forty-four points. The series embraced five races, and extended through’ the season. After the - tampooeD trophy, which was do- na! by a Baltimore newspaper, was won ‘The world's ining tables cut ea the gem by the local riders, the Baltimore manage- ment insisted upon Be ies we in the regu- lations governing th and refused to ride unless the series was made an inter- division event, instead of an intercity. In other words, the Baltimore people wanted the entire state to pick out riders for the series, while the Washington end was con- fined to only residents of the District. The concession was granted, but it is quite ¥kely that the Maryiand'riders will all be picked from Baltimore. The series was gotten..up through the efforts of Mr. W. S. McKean, who was then general manager of ‘the International Athletic Park, and Mr. Conway W. Sams, the chief consul of the Maryland division of the League of American Wheelmen. Last season the races were run off under the agreement which was drawn up, and in the fall the articles were changed some- what. This year the new agreement will be used. The delay in starting the series until the fall of the year is due entirely to the management at the other end of the line. For a time it looked as though no series would be held this year, and in spite of the fact that the Baltimore people were the sole cause, they made a big bluff, as it were, and threatened to ciaim possession of the trophy cup through default. This, too, afier they had been written to several times by the local management. The record of the series is kept by means of points. Bach division is allowed a team of three men, and the distance is one mile. The winner of the event is allowed six points, the second man five points, the third man four points, and so on, to the last man, who scores only one point. Thus it will be seen that in each race a score of twenty-one points may be made, while for the total series the score will amount to 105 points. Last year the total score was only 104 points, but this was due to the disbarment of Fred Sims, at the opening of the series in Baltimore, it being claimed that he was not a resident of the District at the time, according to the interpretation of the racing rules. Having won the championship last year the series this fall will be opened in this «ity. The second race will be run in Balti- more, the third in this city and the fourth in the other city. The place of the fifth race will be determined by a toss-up. On account of the cold weather at this time of the year it is. necessary to run the series off in quick succession, and itis pos- sible that one race of the series will be run off every week, which would make a total of five weeks for the set. It may take a longer time, and if this city wins the toss-up for the fifth race it may be held as late as Thanksgiving day. Last year the weather on Thanksgiving day was mild and springlike, and it is on this that the prospects for a race this year are based. The composition of the Washington team this year will be entirely Gifferent from that of last season. This is due to the fact that the men who composed the team last year have all turned professional, and cun- not ride in the series, which is str an amateur contest. Last season the races were opened at Baltimore July 25. The first race ia Washington was August 12, and August 209 the third race was held in Baltimore. The two concluding races were held in this city September 7 and Septem- ber 21. The team of last year was a good one, and if the team this year can o1 fol- low its example, the local cyclists will be happy. It can be said to the credit of the ast year’s team that it was successful in uring a first in every r with many seconds, which score up wonderfully The first of the races held in thi: year, August 12, the local boy teen poinis to their oppdnents’ s tcam was composed of Billie Sim: Mudd, jr., and George S. Ball, who § ceeded in finishing in the orde ce of the series, the swelled amed, The fourth, fifth and sixth places were se- cured by Robert A. French, Fred. A. and F. Pridham, the Baltimore team. In the fourth race of the series, and the second that was held in this city, the Washington boys scored eleven points to the other riders’ ten. Ivers Mudd won the race, vith Billie Sims third and George S. Ball sixth. Clarence M. Knight finished second for Baltimore, Claude Leatherbury fourth and F. A. Myers fifth. At the last race of the serfes, which was heid at the International Athletic the score was 12 té 9 in favor of V ington. Mudd won the race, Billie was second and Bal! was sixth. Leathor- bury, Knight and Myers finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively, making the total score of the series 60 to 44 in favor of Washington. — SOME CYCLE CHAT There appears to be more or less discus- sion regarding the distance between this city and Frederick and return. All admit that it is 100 miles, but many claim that the trip is much longer. The road book of the local division of the League of Amercan Wheelmen, which was_recently published, placed the distance to Frederick and return at an even 100 miles, with the starting point at the new post office build- ing. If that be true, then the big trip re- cently made to Frederick could not have been a century run by a mile or so, as the start and finish were made at 13th and K Streets, and not at the new city post office. However, the road book is not infallible. The old century to Frederick, if the writer remembers correctiy, was started at 14th street and Boundary, and on the return trip wound up at Sligo, which is placed by the road book as being eight miles from the city post office. This would make the total distance, if the old century run was correct, to be something like 108 miles. There are many riders in the city who are willing to stake their all that the distance from the post office to Frederick is more than fifty miles by the route taken. In Mitchell's Traveler's Guide Through the United States, published in 1835, and giving a list of distances of all of the old stage routes, the distance from Washing- ton to Frederick is placed at forty-three miles. This is, however, by way of George- town and Rockville, and over the Fred- erick turnpike, a route that can hardly be called good for a bicycle just at present. The trip by this route is fully ten miles shorter than the route described in the road book, if not more. Several local riders have secured a place in the table of points kept of the national circuit races, which determine the leading riders of the country at the end of the year, and at the same time give the head man the title of champion. On September. 27 Bald stood 108 points, having won twenty firsts, eleven seconds and four thirds. Arthur Gardiner was next best man, with 50 points, the result of eight firsts, ten seconds and seven thirds. Tom Cooper was third, with eight firsts, three seconds and six thirds, or a total of 44 points. George 8. Ball and seven others are tie for the thirty-third place, having won one race. ‘This gives him four points. It was by coming in first in the two-mile handi- cap won at the circuit races in this city. W. F. Sims and twenty other riders are tle for forty-seventh place, each having one second to their credit, scoring two points each. Both of these, races were run off in this city on September 24, To the minds of E good many the same rules which apply to sitting in the saddle cn the back of a horse apply when sitting on a bicycle saddlé. THis is a mistake. While it may not be goaii form in horse- back riding to permit da$light to be seen between the rider and the saddle, there is no’ set rule in this pespect regarding cycle riding. Indeed, there are times when i is advisable to pérmit daylight to show when riding a bicycle. To begin with,there is a wide difference between the ‘horse and the bicycle. The only similarity les in the fact that both are, used as a means of locomotion. teycle is much more delicate than a horsé; and‘its lightness pre- cludes the possibility of standing as much of a strain as a horse, When riding across rough places on a wwheebif the rider sits perfectly rigid in the saddle he not only feels the vibrations more seyerely, but at the same time the strain on the machine is increased several fold by the rather eccentric motion of the wheel in going over the ground. If the rider would rise up in the saddle suffictently to make the weight bear almost entirely upon the pedals and the front handle bar, the strain on the }°; wheel would be diminished slightly, and what extra strain there is would. be more evenly divided over the whole bicycle.- A road, but. abies has to roll “ ‘the nut e aS over 1e road, and is subject to feel all slight de- pressions and inclines, § —_.—— _ .. Chief Drawback im Art. Critic—The great. trouble about pictures gnough to buy one has taste enough to: THROUGH ENGLAND AWHEEL Dr. William Jarvie of Brooklyn and his daughter, Miss Jarvie, have just returned from a trip through England, under what were apparently perfect conditions in every respect. “The first thing we did, planning for our Touring said Mr. Jarvie to a New York Times reporter in describing his trip. “We joined the club a year ago, when we plan- ned to take this same trip, but abandoned it for the time. From the club we obtained maps and bocks, and with these it was possible to go from one part of England to any other part with no other informa- tion, if one had common sense and a head for locality. There are excellent guide posts at most of the cross roads. 4 “Our entire trip lasted eight weeks. We left here July 7, and reached here again September 15. Our actual wheeling trip did not begin until, July “An important part of our arrangements was concerning our baggage. That I could learn nothing about before I left home, vut we found that it could be very easily and satisfactorily managed. We took with us three pieces of luggage and each a smail peckage containing a lew necessary toilet articles. “As for the transportation of our ‘ug- gage, we had so little trouble with it and at was of so little expense that we found we could have it sent along with us from day to day. Sometimes we did not open it at all when we had had an easy day and were not much heated. For the three pieces we paid from 50 to 60 cents, varying a lit- tle, according to the distance. In town here we would pay 50 cents for each piece of baggage transported from the ition to the house. “The roads in England are exactly as the Kentuckian described his whisky—they were all good, but some were better than others. In North Devonsaire it was very hilly, but in middle and southern England the roads were better than the roads we have in Cen- tral or Prospect Park. The North Devon- shire roads were not So good, for there is a great deal of coaching there, and it is nec- essary to use the drags, which dig up the roads a little. “We were not riding to cover distances. We simply used our wheels as a means of locomotion, and there is nothing that is so sutisfactory for such a trip. I have tramped a good deal, spent several sum- mers in Switzerland, gone in carriages and coaches, but there is nothing equal to the bicycle. It is as independent to go on foot, but, while you do not care to ride faster than eight miles an heur with a wheel, you can see as much of the country as you wis to in that time, and {i takes you along much more quickly. Weather Conditions Favorable. “The first four wecks of our trip the weather was perfect. It did not ‘rain per- haps more than twice in the whole time, but the last part of the time it rained per- haps twenty times a day. But the roads dry quickly. We would do our riding be- tween showers, and there was only one time in the whole trip that we were thi oughly wet. That was in going from Bide- ford to Clovelly. Then we were wet through. We had started before it began to rain, and there were no very good stup- ping places, and so we kept on. We had dry ciothing awaiting us, and as there is no danger of taking cold if yeu keep on work- in, suffered no inconvenience from it. We made no preparation for rain; our suits were intended for all kinds of weath- er, neither too hot nor too cold; not too heavy, and yet warm enough. If you are wearing woolen clothing and are wet through and the clothing dries on you, there will be no inconvenience from it. I think if I were goiug again I should lave omething waterproof to put on in case of sudden showers. But waterproof iat rial gives no outlet for the heat of the body, and if worn any length of time the moisture which will form will dampen the clothing, and when the waterproof is re- moved there is a cold, clammy feeling, which is very disagreeable. 1 know tnat from experience. “Another thing that I would have for another touring expedition would be a gear case to cover the chain ana sprocket of the wheel. They are not so much used here, but they are used very generally there. It is all very well not to have them when you are at home and only go out in pleasant weather, and perhaps have some one to clean your wheel, but in touring, when the roads are a little muddy, and the mud gets into your chain and sprocket it is a great nuisarce. They tell me these gear cases need not be removed more than once a year. “Our program for the day in. touring was something like this: In the first place, I may say that it is much more difficult to ge: an early breakfast in England than it is in America or even on the continent. The best we could get would be bread and butter and coffee and eggs, something which wculd not require the use of the reg- ular stcve. The very earliest we could get this would be between 7 and § o'clock. And this seems strange, for it is hght so early in Engiand. We would then ride our wheels until about 11, when we would stop for something to drink. Miss Jarvie would take milk, and my favorite tipple was shandygaff, half ginger ale and half beer. The beer gives the tonic qualities, and the ale gives life. British Fare Appreciated. “We stopped for luncheon about 1 o'clock. This was always cold, but excellent. There would be beef and ham, which were very good, and in the larger inns meat pies, veal and chicken piez, with salad, lettuce, bread and butter, and some light dessert. In some of the moderate-sized inns we would find the table spread and the joint and ham delicious. Very often we would have to do our own carving. The climate is such that it is possible to ride at any time during the day without inconvenience. There is never the extreme heat we have here. The time we stopped depended upon the place. Sometimes we would stop an hour and a half at noon. “The inns in England are all delightful, always clean, and, while there is not a va- ried bill of fare, everything is good and well cooked. There is nothing better than the bacon they have. The second and third class inns are infinitely better than the corresponding establishments in this coun- tr ‘Most of the inns are old ones, there are very few which are new, and the increase of coaching and bicycling is bringing them prosperity again. They were all delightful. Dickens has never written anything about them which was not deserved. There was ene delightful old inn twelve miles from Manchester. It had a beautiful lawn around it, a lawn such as we never see in this country. Inside there were charming old silver and pretty blue china. The pro- prietor, seeing that we were interested, took us around the building, and in the pantry we saw the arches of what $00 or 900 years ago was a cloister. Everything green we had on the table that day was taken directly from the garden. The pota- toes were dug for us, and the lettuce and the strawberries were picked fresh. “We came to one beautiful little inn not far from Stonehenge. It was all covered with roses. There was a taproom, and cpening from that a little room which was the family parlor, and there our luncheon was served. The daughter of the house waited upon us. A number of generations of her ancestors had kept the inn. There were family portraits upon the walls, and, what I was very much surprised to see, certificates of two sons who were at Cam- Lridge. We saw frequently Sunday schoo! certificates given for punctuality and good scholarship at the places we stopped. We looked upon the meal that we had that day as one of the pleasantest that we had. I remember we were served with eight eggs, which we disposed of, some lettuce, and my daughter had milk, and I my shan- dygaff. The whole cost us 50 cents. Fruit and Flowers Covered Cottages. “We got into the habit of having after- noon tea while we were riding, stopping about 4 o’clock~for this, and dinner we had as late as possible, between 7 and 8, to give us a long day. Our longest day's ride while we were away was forty-eight miles, and one day we did not ride more than UNTIL NOVEMBER Ist $3 A MONTH While the reasons for Doctor MeCo been made very clear, aud while Doctor Met himself has been quoted as saying authoritatively that although, he will live up to the le agreement, he will under no circumstan to the rate being extended or renewed ber 1, there is one very important po! be constantly borne in mind, and that is this: That Doctor MeCoy is in no sense ne his practice to the rate: that he Is giving for the period as agreed, but he is maintaining the practice and treatment at the same standard that It was under the higher rate. So, throughout this period it must be recosutzed by all the people who are taking advantage of the rate, and by all their friends, and by the pubile, that Doctor McCoy is not giving a §8 treatment under the $3 rate; that ft is in no sense a cheap treatment, but that he is giving to all the New Treatment, the splendid treatment, for the presen- tation of which the offices of his national practice Were established in Washington. It is the “‘Treatineut that Cures’ that all who are taking advantage of this rate are getting; the Wonderful treatment— ‘That has lifted the darkness and blight of the ‘8 agreeing to } the extension of the $3 Rate until November 1 have | ble" from those hundreds arrh im the Th f thousands ial Tubes t reaches nose to ery sore spot deepest part of th most recesses of middie ear, and instead of irritating amd infoming and feeding the fires of Cixeuse, soothes, quiets, heals and @ves, Dortor MeCoy is giving under this rate as well | the benefit of the Discovery ia Deafuess which has lifted the dark ELL Of th 1 “incur. able” from these hundreds of t impaired hearing. ve {8 no injustice in the tim being short, . becaui ves under . ted UNTHL CURED at t ot $3.2 month. It is simply that the time limit of application is definitely we ousands of cases of of the oppor. ats prlying for treat- paticais renewing before November wi be treated UNTIL RED at the uni- form rate of &3 a month, medicines included. AUNT AND NIECE ALMOST STONE DEAF BEGAN TREATMENT TOGETHER. THE NIECE TESTIFIES THAT SHE CAN HEAR ORDINARY CONVERSATION. Mra. Mary E. Main, 1522 14th at. n.w.: “AFTER HAVING REEN TOLD BY ONE DOCTOR THAT MY DEAFNE-S WAS INCURABLE, 1 WENT TO DOCTORS McCO¥ AND C |WDEX FO TREAT- MENT, AND AS A RESULT OF THEIR SUPERIOR SKILL I AM NOW ABLE TO HEAR. “My deafness bezan three years ago, in the left ear, and in 9 short time that ear became absolutely stone deaf. “Last winter the hearing in my right ear began to fail, and as it was growing gradual believed that it would soon have become the left “My left ear was very deaf; when my right « was closed I could not hear a sound with it. ter how loud. suffered terribly with my head, There was a continual throbbing back of my ears that is almost impossible to descril Mrs. Mary E. Main, 1522 14th st.n.w. Cured of deafness. “It disturbed me so I could get no rest. All day long I suffered from it. My hearine*had become so bad that I could not hear what people were saying Unless They Shouted to Me. And then I would have to put my hand up to mr ear, in order to catch the sound. If I not looking at them I would never know they had spoken at all. “Last spring I went to the Mothers’ Conzress, held in the First Baptist Church, on 16th street, but T could not hear a single word that was said. “You can judge how deaf I was. One night there was a fire right nest to us. There was the asual noise and confusion, the shouting of the fire- men, the puffing of the engines and the clanging of bells, but I knew nothirg about it until told of it next morning. “Last Sunday the hearing returned to my right ear. The first sound that I heard was The Ticking of the Clock. “1 was standing five or six feet away from it and could hear it plainly. That awful throbbing in my head has ceased, and T can now hear ordivary coa- versation. THE AUNT TESTIFIES THAT SHE CAN AGAIN HEAR CLEARLY. us and unfail ALMe 2 ATMENT ON THE SAM NOW THEY HEAR AGAIN DISTINGTLY d for a Wroken limb, “When I entered that be : when Td in m, Almost To and my left one not hear ordinary sounds witi It, # ing worse right along, and th It was a fearful ching to me felt that in a short time I wo altogether atid be “And then th bead —w was I coma Noises Like Crickets Chir and bees humming—that kept me awake at night, I cannot say too much of tay gratituds for Doct MeCoy wh “ssi. ly disay ie isan Is ing said in an ordiu le nots ly, Lan Ml can ry tone with my CURED OF ASTHMA. Mrs. Jenny Smith, G0G Gth xt. s.wa “I don’t think any ove ever had Asthma worse than T had it. “I coughed incessantly, and was*so short of breath that I could not lie d night; 1 have Spent night after night sitting up in onder to get y breath. t was a year in July si tack, and I feel that J a * Thad my last at- upletely cured.” CURED OF GASTRIC CATARRH, James G. Clark, 3218 © st. mow. “1 had catarrh of the stomach for three troubled almost constantly w not take solid food at all. I wa stantly and belched up quanti 1 can eat anything without the consider myself completely cured.” Doctor McCoy’s Second Monograph on Deafness Has Been Received From the Printers and May Be Obtained FREE on Application at the Office or by Writing for it. McCoySystemof Medicine DR. McCOV’S NATIONAL PRACTICE, 715 13th Street Northwest. Ofice Hours—9 to 12 a.m. 1 to 5 pm, 6 to 8 scenes described in ‘Lorna Doone’ are per- fect. Reading ‘Westward, Ho,’ by Charles Kingsley, on the voyage home, it seemed to me that I had been to the very places written about. We took no books with us except Baedeker’s ‘England’ and our road books and maps.” L. A. W. NOTES. Lengue Runs. The schedule of runs for the month was announced during the week, and the first trip was made Tuesday evening to Chevy Chase. The start of all of the runs will be made at 13th and K streets at 9 o'clock in the morning on Sundays, and at 7:20 o'clock in the evening on week days. The eastern division of the league wil? start fifteen minutes earlier than this time from Staunton Square. The schedule is as fol- low: Sunday, October 10—Baltimore century, given by the Century Cycle Club of Balti- more, Md.; train to Baltimore; run starts from Baltimore at 5:30 a.m. Baltimore to Frederick and return. > Wednesday, October 13—Cabin John. Wednesday, October 20—Silver Spring. Sunday, October 2i—Ashton, chestnut run. Wednesday, October 27—City run. New Members. The total membership of the division is now S46, there being twenty-three new members enrolled since last accounts. At this rate the 1,000 mark wiM be reached before Christmas. The new members are as follows: - Waggaman, J. S., 917 F street northwest. McComb, David E., office of Commission- ers. Howard, Miss Alice, 1237 10th street northwest. Lord, W. B., 607 Louisiana avenue north- west. 5 Annin, Wm. E., 1316 Columbia street. Brock, T. 8., 218 11th street southwest. Blackwood, Jos. H., Atlantic building, 925 F street_northwest. Dorr, Wm. M., 1910 G street northwest. Douglas, Howard G., 1326 W street north- west. Graves, Miss Jennie A., 1223 M strect northwest. Bm. daily; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Holmes, Caas. W., Columbian Univers't Hughes, Edward B., 800 B street north- east. Jones, Edw. S., 1503 R street northwest. Kimball F., 1316 Rhode Island avenue. Koen, Louis L., Post Office Departm Meiklejchr, G. D., assistant secretary of war. Nevitt, J. P., M. D., G18 3d street north- west. a Olin, Andrew J., 2017 G street northwest. Ravenburg, Miss M. G., 1822 W stree Scherer, Lieutenant L. C., 2113 S street northwest. Smith, Frank B., 1515 Corcoran street. Shelton, Arthur B., 1918 15th street north- west. Victorin, Anthony, 1730 17th street nort! west. a ee The Way It W From Tid-Bits. A lady who buys provisions regularly of a dealer in Boston was a little puzzicd over one of the items in her monthly bill. The item was as follows: “To 3 ib. psalmon, 7s. 6a.” It suddenly occurred to the lady that she had purchased three pounds of salmon on the date given, and the meaning of t! mysteriously spelled word was apparent to her. Greatly amused, and feeling w acquainted with the provision deai*r to tell him of the Mitte laugh she had enj: his expense, she said, when sive pay the bill: “Mr. Blank, T had quite a laagh over the Way some one in your establishment spells ‘salmon.’ ” When the item had been ointed out to him, Mr. Blank said, ia a tone of contemp? for such ignorance: “That's-the work of a new bookkkceper I have. I'm ashamel to have such bills sent out, and I shall have to speak to him about it. He is a good booxkseper, but he’s got to learn to spell if ne ys in em- ploy. Let me correct the bill. Taking a pen, Mr. Blank drew several lines acrosss the word and wrote above it: “Sammon.” “There, ma’am,” he said, complace: handing back the Dili. TU teach that bookkeeper how +o spell ‘salmon’ wien he comes in, cr tell him to find a new place. Sesee teens Every woman under thirty believes she is an actress, and every actress belicves she is under thirty.—-Puck. ell enough to THE CAMBRIDGE CREW OF 1s9S,