The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-05
CYCLERS' CONVENTION,
Tenth Annual Meeting OF tho League of
American the PrOmipent
Clubs Present,

Clubs Present,
HAaERsTowS, MDo July At look
now as II the tenth annual meet OF the
League Of American Wheelmen in this
city will be the most successful ever held
Light local showers have interiered
somewhat with cycling, but the visiting
wheelmen have been provided with
plenty Of other amusements to I'LL In
their time. President LuscOmb was re-
ceiyed by the resident and visiting
wheslmen and escorted by the band, the
wheelmen and citizens to the Hotel
Hamilton, He was welcomedto Hagers'
town by Colonel Buchanan Schley, A
formal reception was rendered him.
AT the business session in the Hose
Opera House the following programme
was observed in discussing matters OF
fraternal interest: "Rights aud Priyi-
leges OF Wheelmen in Cities and on the
Road" Berry, OF st, Louis; Patter, OF
brooklyn; Lord and Sadtler, OF Balti,
more, Improvement OF Highways and
Conditions OF Roads," Butler, OF BuiEa-
10; Share, OF Brooklyn; Seed and Mealy,
Of Baltimore. "RaCing and Its Rules, .
Devel, Of, Rhode Island; Atwater, OF
Washington; Hodgson, Of New Orleans;
Clause, Of Baltimore, and Irwin, OF Ha-
gerstown, ,"0ur Constitution and By
Laws, the Scope and Development OF the
Laws and the Advantages Of League
Clubs" Emoy, OF Boston; Shryner, OF
New York; LeCate, Bartlett and Carr,
Of Baltimore. "Railroads and Transpor.
tation," Brewster, OF St. Louis; Chism,
Of Baltimore, and Bamberger, OF Hagers-
town, "Wheela and Their Appurte-
nances from the Practical Riders Stand
point" Bidwell, OF New York; Mitchell
and White, OF Baltimore.
THE CHIEF coNsuLs MEET.
A meeting Of chief consuls was held
and uniforms and their manufacture
and the establishing Of State and divi.
sion official organs, etc., were discussed.
Several hundred League members have
registered. The wheelmcn's organiza.
tions so far represented are the Mary.
land, Baltimore, Crescent, Centaur and
Chesapeake Clubs, Of Baltimore; the
Cycling Ramblers, Westminster, Poto.
mac Wheelmeu, Cumberland; Patapsco
Cycling Club, ElllCot City; Easton
Bicycle Club, Easton, Md; Hudson
County Wheelmen, New York; Dor.
chester Cycle Club, Dorchester, Mass.
New Bedford Club, New Bedford, Pa.
Massachusetts, Club, Boston; Allegheny
CycleR, Pittsburgh; Reading Wheel.
men, Reading, Pa. berkeley Athletic,
New York; Columbia Cyclers, Philadel-
phia; Washington OyClers, Washington
Juniata WhGelmen, New Bloomfield,
Pa. Blennerhassett Wheelhen, Parkers.
burg, w, Va; Wissahickon Club, Ger.
Pa. Columbia Athletic Club,
Washington; Boys Club, Carlisle, Pa.
Wheeling (W. Va Wheelmen; Dayton
Bicycle Club, Dayton, Ohio; Chester
County Wheelmen, West Chester, Pa.
Boston bicycle Club, Boston, and the
Milton Bicycle Club, Milton, Pa. Many
wheelmen are also present.
The decorations OF stores and residences
are elaborate. The social pleasures have
boon uninterrupted and visitors express
delight at the open-handed hospitalities.
opBNINd OF TIE MEETING.
The meeting was opened Tuesday by
President Lucumbe. The first subject
called, which drew u response, was
Racing and its Rules" Chief Consul
Hodgson, OF the Louisiana Division,
said, concerning handlcaps, that his ex.
perieuce showed them to beas imperfect
to.day as they were four years ago. II
have yet, ," he continued, ITO find q sin-
gle instance where in a handicap race
there was close finish between ma.
iOrity OF the contestants as 1t should be.
The men arc 1T the close all strung out,
whereas II tho handiCappers had done
their intended work, which l think Is
all those entered would
make finish. HandiCaps cannot be
made In such manner us to give all an
equal chance, which Is the object OF the
system. Races other than scratch COLI
tests should be run by class, but even
.hese arc not infallible, though much
more accurate than the present system"
w, II. DegraG, OF the Harlem IN. W
spoke in opposition to the
entry in the League races OF the repre-
sentatlves Of large athletic clubs which
pay the travelling expenses and entrance
ices Of their men, claiming that it has u
tendency TO draw tho good riders away
from the smaller and less wealthy clubs.
j. Powers Bruce said that the League
should extend It's mantle OF protection
to professional wheelmen OF good char
acter as we'll as to amateurs, Il change
which could DO made without affecting
The amateur racers, and which would 10 |
The means OF making race meets vastly |
more interesting.