Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17

Chairman RGynlond join the i m m n S e
throng of wheelmen who will fraternize for
three or four davs, commencing tomorrow
morning, at the Nations Capital
There are in Washington nearly 10000
cyclers alone, and it is estimated that by
sundown tonight $4,000 wheels with their
owners will be moving silently over the
magnifcentlv paved streets, the broad and
slightly avenues and the boulevards that are
the perfection of thoroughfares for cycling.
No better place could have been selected
for national meet than the nations Capt.
tai. Ii has hotel facilities sufficient to ac-
commodate all who NAV be there and its
surroundings are most attractive. To-day
the visiting wheelmen will be re-
ceived at the Ebbitt House, where
the national headquarters have
been established, although the great Capt.
tai CITY Cycle Clubs house will be open to
guests from the beginning to the end of the
meet Tomorrow there will be runs to
Cabin Johns Bridge, Arlington and the
Soldiers Home. Tuesday morning there
will be an early run TO Bladensburg, fol-
lowed at 10 o'clock by the grandest bicycle
parade in the history OF the L. A. W. The
bright insignia of every club of note in the
country will glisten in the light of that
mornings sun and the event will be made
memorable hy the presence of the President
and his Cabinet on the reviewing stand.
On Tuesday afternoon the League conyen-
tion will be held and in the evening the
Bicycle Band will serenade the Congress
sional Bicycle Club and the officers OF the
/. Nv. The opening races will take place |
on Tuesday afternoon and will be continued |
on Wednesday afternoon. In these the |
most noted riders in the, United States will |
compete These include George Banker, of |
Pttsburg, who has been racing under the |
Manhattan clubs colors this season; Arthur |
W. Porter the famous Massachusetts, rider, |
V no will make an effort tc again lower the |
25-rnile record: H. Tyler, who holds the |
half-mile safety record of one minute and |
six seconds; Henry Max, OF Newark, and |
o1hers. Perhaps the greatest interest will |
center - 'NH Congressional Bicycle Club, |
which has now a tull membership in the L. |
A. W. To this belong Tom L. johnson, of
Ohio; ex-Speaker Tom Reed, of Maine, and
Jerry Simpson, of Kansas. They are all
enthusiastic cyclers, and will take promi-
nent part in the events of the week. Then
Henry George has signifed an intention of
dropping his doctrines for time and show
ing some of the younger cyclers that age is
no bar TO rapid work on the wheel An
other interesting character at the meet will
be Howard E Raymond, the new Chairman
OF the Racing Board. He is member
of the Brooklyn Bicycle Club, Chair
man of the New York State Division
Racing Board, President of the Wheelmen's
Racing League and an authority on all
racing matters. The lady riders will also
be largely represented and there is serious
talk of forming separate organization for
them, which shall act in all cycling matters
of general interest with the present bodv,
with representative in it. 1 have heard
that there will be fully a hundred lady
riders in the parade, and that on the last
dav ladies' run will take place In fact
they will take part in almost every event of
the week, except the racing.
The large attendance at the tournament
of the Pittsburg Tennis Club during the