New-York tribune., 1886-05-23
OUTDOOR SUMMER CONTESTS
wHEELMEY TO MEET At BOSTON,
THE PREPARATIONS on A LARGE SCALE.


ApARApr BRASS BAND AND DJNNFR-EXuIBiroN
OF MACHINES.
The note OF preparation now dominates the har-
mony of the world of wheclmen, preparation that
points toward q great and glorious time at the
League meet to be held in Boston the latter part OF
this week The League of American Whcelmen is
a great institution. Like the average college
alumni association il lives to dine and dimes to
live Or perhaps 10 would be more &c curate TO say
that il lives to dine and parade and parades anu
dimes to live OF course il has a board OF othcers
And a racing board The latter has bored the
racing fraternity greatly of late by suspendlng all
the principal flyers" on the damning charge OF
being "makcrs' amateurs" The board OF officers
also axes itself heard semi annually to lie extent
of sxty-seven and a bali columns of proceed
tDes.~ stenographc reports. and published Iii the
~oficlal orgau" Besides these, the League has
n representative OF consul sort of good
Samaritan wheels, in every town OF lmpor-
tance. Tie pay OF a consul is epriVlege OF
having his name published once year In the
@oficlal organ" His mercerary characteristics
are a suitable capacity. liquid mcasure,-endur-
ance and leisure His duties are TO take III tno
wandering tourist that comes down 1roh Jelio"o'
steer him to the League hotel. which Is some Pot
hostclrv selected by the consul and thereby eh''.u
e. wear IN its Office a certificate of the tact ana OF
good moral character: bind up his wounds ana
treat him i'm the customary manner Then II Ne
thoroughly understands his duties he Will take the
stranger ont TO the rOughcSt piece OF road IN the
neighDorhood under pretence OF showing him the
good riding and ran him over 1t until be drops
out of tho saddle from exhaustion. Stll. as was
said before all these things are secondary to tho
annual paradesand banquet.
once year the League has a meet in some large
oity. Every wheelman who can beg borrow or
# & iva Al mi an hIS up
uniform and goes the The board Of officers
m! the delegates from the Leasue clubs get
to.ctAcr and wranGle over parliamentary law for
thr space Of three days and nights IN heroic effort
10 al mt the necessary columns Of 0iclai pro-
oeediu.s' But the great body OF wheelnen are
taken N tow by Their resident brethren and kept
gong day and night IN the endcayor to sho" them
lie town. hiding parties are made up to traverse
all tie good roads III the suburbs there are |
theatre parties and receptions. lhen on the last |
dov thrIr - 4 grand vind-up with long procession
of uniformed wncelman glItterng machines. |
The night is passed in the absorption OF the various
clements that 20 TO make up TIE modern hotei
BANQUET aud the less varied elements that mako up |
the modern atitr-llnncr speech. lhen there Is Il |
grand packing away oI wheels ID baggage cars,
shaver OF goud-bys' and " see You at the next |
meet aud tue League OF American heeImen Is Il |
year Older. . . o
BOSTON Is the best place for the annual festival OF
Wheeling when all things are taken mo consdefa-
ton There are more roads 10 be ridden over and |
more facilities for wheeling III every way lhiS, |
torrth,r with the fact that the sport was never !
more parnlar than il this year leads on to the
heiiet ,ii the coming meet will be the greatest OF
ts / iu. iLer, W MI be several thousand wheeimcn
in the City and from Thursday mOr%!ng to Monday |
night tnerc will be hall dozen paIties ana enter
taimcnis all going at once, SO that the visi.hH
wheclmau Viii be IN more unhappy condition /
than tie small bog at The three-rlns circus Inc !
whole affair Will eliminate on Saturday, when |
there will be a parade The regular league races
ami banquet at the Hotel NendOmc III the !
eyenne HE piGsrte 5 oi roItan taI"Ge s6IaCy
Boston - ALWAYS about half tone above the ptch !
Oh all matters of taste and culture, ana Boston |
whceiieL form no exception TO the general run OF /
,norrr. Ainerians They have come 70 the con- /
clu~o.i mat paradcs vulgar and childish, WEI !
perhaps they are not far from the truth. Most
thousiltlu wheelmen viii admit Tie last count ol
the IuGlciIucnt but as lNrIy crowd as the aver
CHILDISH once year What fuIth@r wrings the !
Rostoui IAN soul is that tne committee OF arrange
ments have cOatTacted ioI a brass band IN wagon
t. head tie procession. ne iuea o. flDlhS nehfi"
n band WAGON like a." hippodWme gent, III
Bamulus grand opening pageant, IS calculated !
10 mIench the dyspcVtIc boston mind almost out OF
Ncw-York wbeclncn are going in a crowd. |
They ave roins for = good time and they wouldn't |
worry Their prcc souls If there was oanG sand
wlched Ia between every two cIqDS III ne @ l'ne' /
day n.r rht. and there VIII te huch a Hood of /
bicycl ~ song and story let loose on the moonlit |
watsIs OF thc sound "a viii drive the suscrptihc |
Connecticut mernams 10 thc verge oI tmo'IUILi /
INSANITY The Cltzcns' Climb viii send nifty men. !
They Will put up at the Hotel Nendomr. ana the /
Ma,sac causetts Cub has offered them tho freedom /
OF then house as long IS they stay IN Boston Inc /
Kiug> County Wheelnrn, Of lrooklyr. hope to send /
,.arIv a. many men. Ihr \ew-lOrk CLUB, the |
Ixion> the Iiarir;. Whecmen. the Brooklyn !
Bicycle Club the Long Island Whecmen ana all /
thc clubs Of New jersey Will >;nd large deIeea-
tions and the old City of Bristol VIII fairly swarm
wlih study wheeimcn. If more than 800 20 the /
fare vail 10 only - for the round tHP Ihe |
citizcns " III not come back till Monday night.
ore ot the new features OF the meet this year |
will be an exhibition OF machines under the man
ageInent OF the Boston Club. Every year III Ing |
land here is a grand exhibition known as the !
Stanley show 1t is held in London bv the Stanley
Club. and hundreds upon hundreds OF different
stv les O mach hines are exhibited. Every manuiact-
uTl ,ruds "a specimen of every latest type and no
buyer thinks of making his purchases until he has
been Ia the Stanley show. The efforts o! the
Boston Club will not at once equal tins Lnglsh
exhibition, but tLey promise TO afford ine
beglnniug as every American manufacturer has
put in u bid for space and will, of course. attempt
TO GU shine his nelghbors.