Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-11
FIRST DAY. JUNE %.

g. z miles, safety Team race g menl<
10 mile miie sais Open
II. Quarter mile. ordinary Stated A W. champ ship
L. Half mile safety. Open
The District contingent will leave here on the
IL O'Clock Blue Line train Saturday night and
reach Mauch Chunk at $50 o'clock for break
fast. As there will be stop Of three hours the
riders will have an opportunity to take ride
over the cinder track. From Mauch Chunk
they will go over the Philadelphia and Reading
road to Scranton via Wilkesbarre, through the
mountainous country, and reach Scranton at
l2:4O. From the depot the party will be
escorted to the Lackawanna Valley Hotel by the
scranton club. Among the attractions will be
the races, theater party, smoker and other
amusements, which will be free to the L. A. w.
members. While there formal invitation will
be given to the Pennsylvania wheelmen to visit
the meet here next month.
PREPARING FOR THE MEET.
The members of the L. A. W. committees in
charge of the affairs pertaining to the meet next
month are still busily engaged in the work Of
perfecting arrangements. Several of the COM
mittees have about finished while others have
their work ahead of them. Chairman Over
man OF the reception committee and Chairman
Humphrey of the hotel committee are still re-
celv1ng communications from outside wheel
men asking for quarters and other information.
Chairman Smith of the racing committee is
has received information that several high
grade wheels will be donated as prizes. Silver
ware and cups, as well other prizes have
been ordered, and so far a. this committee is
concerned the work is in good shape. The
track on AnalOstan Island has been banked and
the track is now in excellent condition.
The racing events are officially announced as
follows:
JULY 10. 2:3oP.M
One mile safety. Novice open.
8upTtsr mile, ordinary: L. A. W. championship.
8asr!sF n Its saissS, . o1 p ", championship
aat MILE mile. . saitssyh I'd Shsn
Two mile, safety. i. 4 w. championship.
One DAP si Jt 4 s.? 70 'aHssao'iFsns 4
JT HsrP as S isf .sss ssndifap
one mile safety. open a. 'A'p''"'''''
9ns one mile s ordinary. OPEN w. championship
One mile tandem w. championship.
While the meet is the principal thing to en-
gage the attention of the L. A. w. members
they are also working hard to secure member
ship of ZOO before the meet.
NEW L. A. W. MEMBERS.
The last list Of names sent to headquarters
included Geo. Nordlinger Chas A. Landis,
Geo. j. Simpson, F. G. Sutor, Fred Briggs,
Thos. NJ stearn, Jno. NJ. Monday, A. O. Hut
terly, W. F. Lannan, W. B. jackson, A. ].
Knapp, Geo 7. killian, VIM. c. Bates, jos. H.
win Goodwin, C. n. Wilcox, Fred Gentner, r.
s. Cooper, Jas. A. Edgar, Thos. A. Gibson,
Victor V. Terrett, W. G.. Read, L. j. Kessel,
Egbert Pitkin, Chas. l.. williams VIM.
F,aeker, John T. Hough. Frank H. Thomas,
b bp NJ ni.: TR Wy, C RS, W Terry,
VIM. F. Raglan, Chas. A. Raglan, W. W. Hodges,
Fred. W. Miller, Edw. A. Duckett Bernard A.
Clarke, Merritt o. Chance, C.. B. Swan, w. E.
Swan, Harrison E. Crook, E. G. Roberts, Fred.
W. Duvall. Geo. H. Snyder, William Cohen,
John Woerner jr., Thomas Dooley H. K. Glib,
son, Geo. Reinhart, Z. E. Stevens. Z. d. Over
and, Nelson P. Webster, Samuel NJ. Shute, IT,,
S. NJ. Leitzell, C. A. Hughes, H. C. Noordzy.
Ed. W. McRae, F. L. Martin. F. L. Mitchell.
?. n. HowcOtt N. NJ. Bowie, @. E. Ferguson,
1. V. Cobeigh, Winfred Beck T. N. Staples,
C. W. Spates, E. P. Ellis, Lawrence Jensen, c.
E. Bernhard, Lewis E. Collins. W. B. Hoover,
II. J. Palmer, w. r. Sparks, VIM. Brookmire,
]. W. Haslett, H. d. Feast, A. B. Seibold, Chas.
J. Young, l.. s. Thomson, W. o. Howenstein,
Julius NJ. Myers. John H. Strider, N. F. Collins,
Geo. E. Frech, VIM. H. Lewis, W. W. Nesbit,
VIM. r. King, Albert speiden, Frank Lothrop,
Z. c. Reynolds and Mrs. NJ. E. Oliver.
NOTES.
Congressman Harris of Minnesota and Hill of
Illinois have purchased wheels and it is thought
sional Cycle Club.
The military cycle company will make trip
to Cabin John bridge next Thursday, the regu
lar drill night.
The Position of the Rider.
Concerning the position of riders on wheels
the following article appeared in Cycling:
There is no point in connection with safety
bicycle riding that is so important and so much
abused as that Of position. Riding far back
over the rear wheel was at one time considered
to be the correct thing for speed though no
body who has had experience of riding in such
position could by any stretch of imagination
call comfortable. Even now we often see youths
sitting back with curved spine, contracted chest
and outstretched arms. in the fond belief. evil
IDENTIFY. that they are posing 'fiiers' of q very
advanced type and superior description. 1t is
nm utter fallacy, and We know Of nothing so en-
tlrely wrong In connection with cycle riding
as this same backward position. 1t is not to
be wondered at when young fellows place their
bodies into such fearful and wonderful shapes.
that people on the sidewalk or anywhere else
should call the sport of cycling unhealthy Such
position is unhealthy and, We maintain, alto
gether opposed to speedy riding and comfort.
man to attain to anything Of pace, to pedal
easily. to exer. to its fullest extent the com
bined strength Of arms, shoulders chest hips
and legs and the weight of his body. should sit
his machine in an almost vertical position.
Apart lO&n the question OF speed. Just imagine
the pleasure and healthfulness of such posi-
ton; no part of the system il cramped the chest
instead Of being contracted is expanded, every
breath of the country air gets right home to the
lungs, and the heart is allowed its normal and
necessary amount of room to beat in Fortu-
nately these facts have dawned upon a great
number Of the more sensible riders and the
highest grade mounts are this year mostly built
in favor of a somewhat vertical position, bat
we still find many OF the younger school Of
wheelmen assuming the old-tinle humpbacked
position, and it is particularly to them, should
any Of them read these lines. that we tender our
advice. In no case should the peak of the sad
die be more than about three inches behind the
crank axle This, if the machine is correctly
built and the handles properly placed, should
put you In such position as to enable you to
get all speed possible out of your machine
with comfort and thorough enjoyment, besides
increasing your pace mp hill to q very percspti-
BILE extent"
Forming New Clubs.
Concerning the question Of new riders and
old clubs, Editor MacOwen, in the american
Athlete, says: Once more we reiterate our re-
marks touching the forming of new cycling
clubs in centers which already boast . super
fluffy Of such organisations. Once again We