Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-02


proach Of Capt. Macdaniel's wheel, he being in
the lead, the young chickens turned their tails
toward the house and made off in the direction
of the woods. II that be true somebody's
spring fowls suffered, for there was enough
chicken on the table to feed the members Of
| several other clubs. After dinner the return
trip was made via Vienna and the Chain bridge
The Sunday runs of the club prove very en-
joyable, because the start is always made early
in the morning so that by the time the sun is
high enough to be warm they are some distance
from the city and usually on the hills where
there is nothing to break the force Of the cool
breeZes.
The club has beautiful route selected for the
Fourth Of July trip, spending two full days on
the road. About two dozen members will par
ticipate in the run. Several Of the members
arranged to start this morning and the others
will leave on the $50 train. The two parties
will meet at Hagerstown, where they will re-
main until tomorrow. when an early morning
ride will be made to Penmar. There the wheel
men will spend several hours and In the after
noon they will proceed to Gettysburg. where
they will visit the historic battlefield and places
Of interest. They will leave Gettysburg in time
to ride over the road to Baltimore via West
minister in time to return on an evening train,
while some Of the members will come all the
way on their wheels.
Club, has not done much riding for some time
past. He was captain Of the club at one time
and was a great rider then. His wheel is now
in the shop undergoing repairs and his pres
ence on the road runs is looked for in the near
future.
COLUMBIA CYCLE CLUB. ...-,f,
This week has been an eventful one in the
history Of the Columbia Cycle Club. Nearly all
the work Of preparing for the big meet later in
the month has rested on their shoulders, and in
addition to this they have opened their pretty
new home at Mount Pleasant with lawn par ty
and have attended to the matters pertaining to
the Arlington-C Columbia road race all Of which
has reflected credit on the club and to the
Washington wheelmen generally. The opening
Of the new home under such pleasant clrcum-
stances proved another valuable step in the
right direction and won for the club numerous
friends in addition to those already made
Under the captaincy OF H. J. Southwick the
club runs have continued as pleasant as they
were under other road officers and the attend
ance has largely increased, a. has the member.
ship of the club.
Last Sunday morning there was q run to
Brightwood from the new club house and in the
afternoon a large party rode to Cabin John
bridge. Before starting on the trip in tn. az
ternoon many Of the members assembled in the
grove near the house, where they were photo
graphed.
At meeting Of the board Of governors held
this week q number Of new members were
elected, as follows: John H. Behrens, Howard
G. Douglass, William E. Lovejoy, Jesse c.
Brooke, Nicholas Mades, Elmer E. Simpson
w. H. Walker, Elmer J. Hannah and b. o.
King.
CRESCENT CENTURY wHEELMEN.
Mr.. E. B. Terry Of the Crescent Century
Wheelmen holds two prizes won at the Scranton
meet ten days ago. One was a handsome
umbrella, the sixth prize in the twenty-dve-mile
road race. The race was run over q rough road
and the downpour Of rain had made the road
worse than it would have been had the weather
been more favorable. This popular wheelman
made a fine showing in the race and failed to
secure a better position at the finish because he
made a mistake in the route and had to 20 over
part of the road q second time. The other
prize was o gold L. A. W. pin, the third prize in
two-mile race. This race was run in q drench-
ing rain, while the road was necessarily heavy
and fast time could not be made.
There was NO regular club run Of the Cres-
cent Century Wheelmen last Sunday. Tomor-
row q run viii be made to Ashton and Monday
there will be Q run to Occoquan Falls. On this
over the path beside the railroad track, where
there are no hills to climb and where the smooth
track most Of the way IL as good, II not better,
than many OF the regularly Constructed bicycle
| tracks. -
NoxADs' raIP TO VIRGINIA BEACH.
| The rosy cheeks and red noses of the mem.
bers Of the Nomads are the result of over.
indulgence, not in the usual cause Of nose col
orings, but in fresh air and hot sun. The many
pleasant runs Of the club were followed LAST
Saturday by trip to FORTRESS Monroe and vir-
ginia Beach, where two days were spent in
bathing and sports such ~ are found Ct tn ose
places Tho party returned homo Tuesday
morning. Tbs regular Wednesday evening
runs Of the club ere still being made 10 country
places, and some one suggests that the old rull
| ''no pairing or b dead letter.
Soon VIII come the time for watermelon runs
when the club members can sit about In the
vicinity Of watermelon patches and discuss tn
i sweet qualities Of ths melons.