Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-31
THE EVENING STAR,
Spinning Through England.
FIVE AMERICANS MAKING A RAPID JOURNEY on


FIVE AMERICANS MAKING RAPID JOURNEY on
BICYCLES.
IgZag tour through England on bicycles
nom Liverpool through London TO Portsmouth,
on the southern coast and back again TO Lon
Frank "; Weston. secretary OF the Boston BIZ
cycle Cluo, and acting captain OF the party,
arrived In New York yesterday In the City OF
Richmond. He says that the anchor OF the
steamship in which they sailed 10 England had
hardly dropped at Liverpool before a consul
ana vice consul OF the Bicycle Touring
weem hs S fss then them an ENG
members, residing In all parts OF England aud
IN every important city It has a consul whose
duty IL is TO afford Information as 10 roads and
routes to strangers who may visit his district
and also as TO good hotels to stop al. With the
prices they charge for entertainment These
prices have been reduced by arrangement with
The most the English hotels to below the rates
usually accorded TO commercial travellers
clerk In England On small salary may there
fore make bicycle tour for very moderate
sum, and by consulting the consul or vice
consul OF his district he may calculate 10 a
nicely what his trip Will cost him This CT 10 Is
10 ce made International Mr.. Weston has al
ready oeen appointed consul al Boston and W
;: Sullen consul at New York. The touring
CLUB Is quite separate from the local clubs.
IN me nail OF the Angel in Liverpool the
yard bicycles awaiting them. Before they had
inspected the bed in which Oliver Cromwell
slept ara the one that is two centuries older.
the cohSulS OF neignooring cities ana me
leading rCeTs OF Liverpool began to crowd me
reception rooms OF the Angel. The Americans
were escorted on short run TO take the sea-
sunless out OF their legs, and the next day they
were Introduced to English roads and haad
Scapes by journey OF twenty -four miles 10 the
no,e village OF dale AS they spun along they
hotlced here boy darting past them on his
Wheel and there an old man guiding
his bicycle down a side street. Clerks
ana business men were riding about the
tons. Bicycles were eyerywhere Whe5
they re-entered Liverpool the psrty had
oee zee 9 increased to p by persons who had ridden
out 10 meet them on Tire road. as they gliied
through Seton park they passed scores OF men
ana boys taking their evening exercise and
among inem white haired man at least 80
horses and wagons had never been Invented
me flISt part OF the road TO Hale was macad
nhizea, ana MT: Weston says that, Ike all
The Americans thought tney would not He
English roads. When, however. they struck
lhe natural country road, kept In perfect re-
came 10 them like revelation. Progress was
no longer labor; 1t was merely volition.
Inc .nSy wiileu 10 go, and they went. The road
b eu WAS as mace OF gravelly soil. on either
separated from them by green hedses in,
stead OF fences. Ntne-clad cottages OF brick
ana an stone replaced the white wooden houses
Oh america and gave a suggestion of
permanence and home comfort. The
gllnpses of landscape made a dsep i'm
pIeSSsIon on Ihe visitors, as they bowled along
Inc temperature was delightful, as they after
ward found ii TO be even in July and the Air vas
l1n r The party on arriving at Hale
uTeW up oefore little garden or roses and
ascenCed rustic porch shaded by two Spreading
laDurnulnS. This was the village Inn TheS
were welcomed by landlady who looked com
lOTtdD.e IRON mead to foot Her three co,nnly
daughters waited on them at table Her huS-
band was experimenting the laborers on his
IaIm. Blcyciists, Mr.. Weston says, have appe-
tltes to which yachtsmen I'D rowing men are
tota! strangers; yet when L1e party had eaten
Ems n9ht have em n s Es ape ss a in iae
hlteo states, they found their bill amo ;ntei
10 the English equivalent OF ffty four cents,
me tnlrd cup OF tea was as hot as the Iirst, be-
cause cause the teapot was enveloped In a bright red
manner jacket called cOsey.
" one good result OF bicycling In America
lnterlected Mr.. Weston, Ia his Conversation at
me Inc Metrepontan hotel last evening, "wtl be
lhe cfeatlng and sustaining OF comfortable and
Hale" WIZ WV ~
On the run back to Liverpool speed was put
ON, and the first seven miles were made in thirty
I'VE minutes. or at the rate OF twelve miles an
hour. Throughout the tour, however. ali sng
gestlo o OF racing or OF making unusually good
The next day, June 2, at noon, the Americans
glroed themselves for the real work OF the tour
On crossing the ferry at Liverpool to Birkan-
head. they found the members of the Rirken
head CLUB In uniform, drawn up In line each
mans arm resting on his glistening blcycle
alser cordial greetings the club mounted and
tuS JWenty-Ola miles
10 Chester, Where banquet was awaiting them
st me blossoms. The five tourists walked
around the city on Its ancient walls, aud In
Spected some OF its other antiquities Each
Succetqlng Gays en1oymentS We're or a piece
WIN those already described From Chester
they ran to Chirk, I'm Wales, 22 miles. From
GhlTk they rode to Shrewsbury, % miles: 10
We've m9m champion III 81 miles; to Birmingham, Is
mites; 10 coventry, is miles; to Stratrord-on-
AvoD, rs miles; TO ChelteDham, IS miles: to
gloucester, miles; to DurSley, IS miles: TO
Bath, 81 miles; to Marlboro 80 miles; to Maiden.
head, 10 miles; London, 81 miles
The party arrived In London on June 81
TWO days arterWard they resumed their Journey
rlnlhs TO Farnham. Sc miles; to Winchester. IS
nue.; 10 southampton, ID miles; TO Ports
mouth, by way of the Isle OF Wight, IS miles: to
Arundel, 30 miles; to Brighton, rs miles; to
don, Is miles.
completing their tour on July 4. and MT. Weston
celebrated the day by riding over its smooth
miles. '' ~ "
AT Coventry, at Winchester, at Brighton. and
10 London the Americans were banqueted. AT
coventry, MI. Weston says, the road ways in the
Vicinity were were lined with people, who had come
places In England, bicycling CITY, Many
business men there traverse the streets on
bicycles and tTicycleS The latter are the most
convenient 10 streets where there Is much
traffic. Forty-five members OF the Coventry
Club rode out 10 wait for the visitors at place
Wnere TWO roads meet because they did not
know which road the Americans might take
Ihe mayor or the city presided at magnificent
banquet on the day or their arrival and two
days afterward they were panQueted by men,
beiS OF the Bicycling Tourney Club, one men,
Ter OF which had ridden 300 miles from HIS
nome TO De present. out OF curiosity the aver
age was calculated OF the distance ridden by all
the members OF the Tourney Club who were
present 1t was found to be forty seven miles.
~ I. Sun. Aug. 30.