, 1881-06-19
POLITE ATHLETICS.

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| Various Spins-Nsv mcnlbers-'Cy'
! clIxtss Hfovetneni.-T11o Great Wheel
| Tour or The Rev. Arthur Edwards
| aud His Son Robie to Europe.
/ The chief event Of Importance among the
cyclists will be the first amnteur race to occul
| ut tho West Side Matinee Park, West Madison
! street, uear Central Park, on Saturday next
| Juno 25. commencing ut p. III. Ths
| two Chicago clubs, the lEricl ant
the Chcayos, will tlke lve-u.ile spi.s ,lrouud
the track for tho prize, ! gold medal. which il a
beautiful work Of art. beng in design conbi-
nation Of the badges Of the two clubs. sur.
mounted by spread eagle. About twenty
riders will participate. and tho three best scores
I Of each club will te selected in tho decision by
the Judges. This is expected to be tho snust en-
| toyable bicycle event Of the season in Chicago
| aud no doubt 4 good attendance will be seen
| by pcalple who desire to encourage polite uth-
lctics.
Extensive prepara tons ate continuing for tue
grcat Milwaukee meet and tour, July >, 1. and !,
| aud tho Quarternlaster IL pcrfoctinF arrange
nleats to make the trip a pleasant one for all
Chicago cyclists and those who redexyous here
y joint meeting Of the two Chicago clubs was
held Ut the Fairfield headquarters on State
street. on Tuesday evening last, at which
there WIS good attendance. Il general dis
clssion was had In reference to the position
Of tho various; Park COMMISSIONS. and it wus
the universal opinion that some united
action should be taken by the organized
9.cyeless in the matter; gut no p1an is
assoea oeS az BE- e'ta ad e9'e the Or
which will be precipitatcd by one.
Of the wheelmen allowing himself to be arrested
on the bOuIevArds. 1t was Understood that the
League of American Wheelmeu wishes the Chl-.
cago club to take the initiative in this matter Of
lighting for equal rights tor bicycles a1ld riders,
and pushing it To a successful conclusion The
South Park Board have decided to iine bicyclcrs
$25 for riding on the new Michigan avenue
boulevard US soon rs completed.
drill and practice on the whistle code frequently
before the milwaukee, meet.
The 1Eriels enjoyed moonlight ride on Non
day evening to Tweuty-fOurth street and return,
and were out from to II 80 p m, and had some
The lust matinee at the West Side Trottil1g
Park occurred lust Saturday under the auspices
OF the 1;rels. Fred Allrch won the quarter
mile dash IN = seconds, over Lyons, Cowles,
and Mecker.
dny twenty one riders were in line.
Among the Now members MEMBER Of the C Chicago nM Glub
arc Iafnyd n; Charles hofen; SCI W. ); A a. H1a
membership now aggregates twenty-eight.
George 7. Hotfnlun, Treasurer Of the Chicago
years tour in Europe. Hu lid no riding. while
abroad, but attended the Ercat HAMPTON meet
OF wheelmen in England in May, where 3.sU
bioyciists Ill line, and describes the sight as
grand in the extreme. He saw many wtleelmen
in Edinpurg, aud met English cycle tourists i'll
Nunwich. In Paris there are few riders, but
throughout France they are scarce.
The wheclmen will be lodged in tents ut
Oconomowoc during the great July meet.
Llewellyn Winter an English enthusiast. viii
4. s. Parsons. Of Bostou, ex-Corresponding
% G . s q and iho
cycle clubs. He nadc many friends by his
genial manners.
Yale College tits fall. the examination being
heId ut Chicago july !.
The Rev. Arthur Edwards, e1itor Of the Chris
tian .ldrocate; and WHO is member Of the Chi
cneo Bicycle Club, will leave Chicago to-morrcw
Monday at $50 viz the Eric Line for New York
CITY. There he will remain at the st. Denis.
Hotel until Thursday, when be will take Passalo
OH the steamer Nebraska. Of the State Line, fur
England. Hr will be accompanied, By, bis son son
td a5n two a. viii fdworas Tensu 4ffd I'll suuer IL 'fa 20
France etc, On tleir bicycles. The Doctor will
ride nf md the h Ext @
will bc unique and full. Of interest. md the
Doctor VIII KEEP & s faeH pen 0asy sd en- nroee
thirty miles north in the lake reeion looking 1T
Lochs Kathrine. Lomoud. and LovE: Thsy @ WI
@ Rosiyn n Castle, Abbottsford, berwick Tweed,
ss% ssesiaf; ~ viii way , asSeassts5;, sS;ts
EAtHElux NottAtlj. tuI E4NAt E"N-At ~
bicycle manufacture, Strattord-on-Axon.
oxford, Cambridge, and London. Then
they will rest for fey weeks.
take spin to Southampton, Aud sail across the
Cpnsucl. Tho wheels will le utilized again 70
Paris. From this point the Doctur Is undecided
whether to proceed north through Metz 10 IRE
men or southward through Spain 10 Portugal.
THENCE via sailing vessel buck to England.
These courageous tourists design 10 rluo t1t,lr
nachnes Ail this great distance, perhaps .,uUo
miles, making from twenty to sixty miles ua'is,
according To tho state OF tho roads und weather.
Young Edwards, who Is a1ect1onatcly Raoua
us tho "ktd." is 2 slight, youth With
Il wcl;-knit franlc, and Is pointed out Us n very
skilful rider on the largest professional mems
tuuchncs Old riders unhesitatiuglY say that lho
.'kid" will bear the fHt4HltS VI the Ereat touT
with greater eASe than his father, = n!1u!e-hseo
gentleman, but both have the skill and piucS 70
succeed in this unusual underfaktns, ano the3r
progress will be watched with great Interest
The Doctoris we'll supplied With pasSpo5t anu
has also BECOME 1ne,nuerof the bicycle Iourln:
Club, of England. which issues d hanop'oh c1
mrels where cyclists can obtain reduced rates.
names OF bicycle C0nsuls, and the address pL
sIniItlics who make !. specially of repairing INC
f,Icvcle fuuu9 Hnbi1s has made thfee nAes ~
II ffeen minutes, fifteen miles in Que hour ano
forty four minutes, while II Is IN ordinary occut
rence for his futher u spin twenty miles nelols
urea eakrust They both ride down town dally on
rhefr 1naehines from tho Doctors home, lndiana
avenue near Twenty ninth stree-.
Gentlemeu's Furnishing Goods at
r. 1 T1I,T4 Mt d CO.3S