Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-29

~ af\ And stu he Kept on go
AAT W ing in the cleaning
rNS& mi nigh, ,,..,.,,,.. Crow.
AHl ing in ratio with his
w flight
His pneumatic tire
pan ted, until its wind was Lost,
HIS tired treadles slznted. his brake bar broke
and crossed;
But vet he scurTied onward, his century" TO
win
Till for cruelty to animals q policeman took
him in
League Bulletin.
Country roads are in good condition and
many voters are owners Of iron horses and will
maze their tour TO their voting place on wheels.
Early next week many Of the voters will leave
here and take plenty OF time for wheeling
tour before reaching their homes. The return
Of many OF them Will depend upon the result
Of the voting At sny rate. so long as the
wheelmen do not have tOpart with their wheels
they wiz be in better shape than the others,
for they will not have TO walk home
eff Harrison IL elected said one wheelman
70 . sTAE reporter. I'm not return home for a
month. for III ride through the country and
congratulate the voters IL, on the other hand,
Cleveland IL elected III return home the next
morning and work hard until the 4;h day OF
March"
CAPITAL BICYCLE cIrr-
Capt Maedaniel Of the Capital r'oycls Club
says that il il too late for long Gun ~ runs.
for the reason that the change H. u.porature,
when wheelnlan di-mOunts and -emaIns in
the open air. Il great thst rad results are
likely 10 follow. Unless wheelInen go in the
house and get to the fire until their clothing
Gets dry he thinks they are pretty apt 10 take
cold For that reason lengthy club runs have
been abandoned for the season and the mem
bers are content with short rides
Concerning the question OF lamp and bell on
bicvcles which question has been discussed re-
Gently, Capt AAcdsniel thinks they are a pro
lection only To the rider, and that so far as the
pedestrian II concerned they are a nuisnnce.
During the l. A. W. meet in July he thinks
that fact thoroughly demonstrated. because
then there trouble at all even with sew
eral thousand visiting wheelmen here. Both
the light and bell, he thinks. are apt to puzzle
pedestrians. and In support of that statement
he cited several instances in which pedestrians
turned and either against the wheel OF came
near doing so because they were attracted either
BY the lamp OF bell
While the captain entertains such ideas he
also thinks that reckless vheelmen should be
hned 1Et the same a reckless driver. Wheel
men riding without brakes. he thought. should
not be tolerated because Of the dangers of
running against pedestrians. nor should wheel
men be permitted to indulge in racing through
the streets. He referred 10 a on Pennsvl-
vaniA avenue one night where the riders went
~ n DrtAk-HcCk speed. IQtlr gait was eucn
that they could never stop their wheels in time
30 have prevented accident had q driver or
footmAn appeared in their path
what object to" said the captain. sis
That all wheelmen should be made to shoulder
What few fools do
ARLISoToS AND cREscESTs.
The century run Of the Arlington Wheelnen
and Crescent Century Club last Sunday the
road between here and Frederick proved disas-
IA. ffs.t I'D ID Of Oh
vheelmen feel like saving something other than
their prayers. The threatening weather early
In the morning kept many OF the wheelmen
from turning out. and the result that only
Gx ~heelmsn were ~ 18th street and Florida
avenue when the start was made. tack in
the tire Of one wheel had prevented its rider
from making . trial The atmosphere was a
little more than bracing early in the morn
ing. and the slight downfall O' rain hal helped
make the weather more unpleasant.
sir sturdy wheelmen started az o'clock ard
for the first few miles there 10 hitch in the
run except that one OF the starters had 20
abandon the trip because of punctured tire.
On and on the wbeelmen went and when more
thsn twenty miles from home Ed. Terry was
put In the predIcsment Of being without all
Iron horse that would take him over the road
One of his pneumatic tires had gone back on
him and II was foot II or ride IN wagon. Terry
n a good pedestrian. but he did not like the
Idea VI holding up one end of his silent steed
and 90 he put down the siiyer and n cOunt-v
.so" go ,He 10 ~ wa HinHAE SHiiIs 20
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AN ESJoHAbLE ROAST.
Wednesslav evening tl, C,eorve.o,x, ctrh I'D
an saiox.ble t,u,e ~. a, ,,-..s- -. -. ~
country ,bove the Chain bri.ige. ,I,borsb ~.
youngest club IN the citv the nember- OF this
club have had many enjOy able gatherings this
fall ~ most Of the Older clubs and they have
had many more runs than the others The
Affair "Wednesday night successful. and TO
Capt %. W. Cook the club l. indebted for the