Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-08
ABOUT w.HEELMEN.
Not Many Runs Until spring-Enort to Hav
the League Meet Here

Not MANY Runs Until Sprsng-EnOrt to Have
the League Meet Here.
"say, mister, you ought to put runners on
| them Wheels" cried a small boy as q depart
ment clerk rode up Pennsylvania avenue on
his bicycle the day after the snow storm.
Although the ground has been covered with
snow nearly all the week many bicyclists have
remained on their silent steeds and ploughed
| through the snow banks and slush and over the
| slippery pavements, and not single accident
has been reported. The pleasure riders have
put up their wheels until the snow has
disappeared, and there will not be much
| club riding until spring. Now that the
riders cannot get about on their wheels
| SO much they are engaged in planning trips for
the coming season. The Shenandoah valley
trips are the favorite for the riders in this To-
cality on account Of the good roads and many
places OF interest to be seen along the route. A
trip that is being looked forward to by many
riders is the excursion trip to Denver with the
knights Iempiar in August The railroad fare
will be cheap and many wheelmen will take adj
vantage of the opportunity to ride over one of
the finest roads in the country. That is the
road from Denver to Pixies Peak, distance
OF between eighty and ninety miles In that
country there is good cunning, and wheelmen
especially enjoy the sport, as they go out early
In the morning. taking their guns on their
backs. and returning in the afternoon with .
good lot of game.
THE NEXT WHEEL MEET.
The question Of the leagne meet next sum-
mer is being discussed and it is the general
opinion of the members that the meet will be
held here. This city is undoubtedly the favor
lite place Of large majority Of the league men,
bers. Capt. Peck of the Massachusetts, division
favors this city. and in event of its selection
he promises to get up tour Of the Massachu-
settS men through the historic backgrounds,
ut could train from Washington to Gettys-
burg and there again mount tho wheel, says
Capt. Peck. "A trip through this territory
would be of great interest to all, and, as
roughly mapped out, would take about nine or
ten days. We could ride to Emmittsburg.
Blue Ridge mountains, through Buena Vista
and Monterey to Waynesboro. Hagerstown,
Williamsport. cross the Potomac to Falling
Waters, Martinsburg. Bunker Hill. Winchester,
Middleton, Strasburg, Cedar Creek, Toms
Brook. Woodstock, Mount jackson. Newmarket
and Harrisonburg. Here a train would, for
comforts sake. be taken to Lexington and
Luray caverns, the wheels i'll the meantime
having been forwarded to Hagerstown. From
Hagerstown the route would lie through Car
Isle, Pa, Harrisburg, Lebanon, Reading,
be of inestimabe value to those interested in
American ways and customs
THE NEW CLUB HOUSE.
Work on the Columbia Cycle Club house at
Mount Pleasant will be commenced in few
days. The membership of this club has largely
increased during the past season and dozen
applications are now awaiting action.
Several members of the Nomad Club have
resigned
The New Year eve meeting of the Arlington
wheelmen was a success and several new MEM
bers were added to the list. After the meeting
supper was enjoyed at Losekam's.