Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-20
WHEEL NOTES.

Club runs are going out Of favor. Hills
climbing is now the craze.
Fred Wood. after sojourn of year and
a half in Australia, reached England
April 20
Howell is in his twenty-ffth year, is ex-
actly six feet in height and weighs 1S2
pounds.
The Massachusetts division, L. A. W.,
will hold its annual meet at Cottage City
some time IN August
The English credit Rowe with high physi-
cal ability, but award the palm to Howell
in the matter of generalship.
Camden wheelmen intend holding a race
meeting on Decoration Day, and hope to
have Philadelphia well represented in the
entries.
Samuel P. Hollingsworth. the long dis
lance bIcyclist, was married to Miss Lottie
Ham, at Russiaville, Ind, where both re-
side, on May 2.
ZIP. Davies, the fast rider Of the Toronto
Wanderers, has been quite seriously injured
bv taking header on the track. He was
insensible for hours.
W. A. Rowe is matched to ride 15-mile
race at North Shields, Eng, on May 26,yTith
II. IL 4-HSHoAf q AoS@A iAN@S- ~
race is to be for G225 side.
Where is the Pennsylvania Divisional. A.
W. to meet this year, and IS the meeting 10
be made a big thing, or IS the division be-
coming the least little bit lazys
Captain Fleming, on account OF business
engagements, will be compelled to resign
his Office in TIE Century Whcelmen. His loss
will be a serious one TO the CLUB.
Crocker is the favorite among the batch
of professional riders who recently left
America for England. In all probability he
will meet Rowe on some of the English
tracks.
The New York City wheelmen are going
wild over road cyclometer records. Several
of the New York Bicycle Club men have
already got some 500 to GOO miles to their
credit.
If six-days bicycle race can be arranged
in America during the last week OF October,
Manager Morgan will enter his present
team, Dubois, the Frenchman, and first
class English rider.
An English gentleman writing on the late
Howell Rowe races, says: II think we shall
make champion of Rowe when he's had
some English track experiences and some
miscellaneous practice"
The coming man among the amateurs
this year IN England is Osmond. English
r1en say that he can do up all their own
amateurs as well as any amateur who may
travel over to them from America.
A number of the members Of the Wash
ington Cycle Club, which recently voted to
receive lady members, are trying to upset
the rule, and at the last meeting of the club
motion to reconsider was carried, and then
it was voted to lay it on the table.
A Elwel chief Consul Of Maine, is try
ing to get up a party of riders to take a
cycling tour through Ireland, England,
France and Switzerland. They will leave
America the latter part of this month, and
will be gone until about the 1st of Septem-
Der.
Rhode Island glories in the fact that they
do not need any Liberty bill to secure the
rights of whcelmen They claim that no
where is the cyclst more free and untram-
meled than in Rhode Island. On the other
hand they deplore the fact that their high
ways are execrable.
At the annual meeting of the Canton 70. J
Bicycle Club the following officers were
elected: President, C. w. kepllnger; Vice
President, W. a. Bell; Secretary and Treas
urer, W. G. Saxton; Captain, N. T. Krause
First-Lieutenant, c. H. Fessler; Second, G.
L. Oberly; Bugler, c. A. Vignos; Bugler, l..
R. De Vile.
The Waltham Massl Ramblers have just
elected these new officers: President, Hen
ry Haak; Recording Secretary, NJ. B. Gil
bert; Financial Secretary, Henry Ward
Treasurer, II. Duddcsoa, Sr.; Captain, E.
G. Bigelow; FirstLieutenant, G. II. Adams
Second-Lieutenant, A J. Cushing; Color
Bearer, H. Duddleston, Jr.