Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19

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and dust on the road
beds lately that wheeling has not only
been uncomfortable. but the bearings of the
wheels were in danger and the chains nat
urally refused to do their duty with the
degree OF comfort which charactertzes cy-
cIe roing on the country roads In some
nc radn Oh the country there has been
weeks and where there are piked roads the
stones loom up through the loose covering
ana make 1t not only bad for wheelmen
but also for wagons and Carriages. While
the teams cannot get away from the rough
foads the wheelmen in many instances can
take the narrow side paths or can even
roe over the graSs-burned sod and get a
little relief.
The condition of the roads and the wealth.
century runs. for few of the wheeimen
cared to ride loo miles in the sun and
DUST and those who went out on the roads
were therefore satisfied with short rides
20 some place where they could spend a
rev pleasant hours where the air was an
Improvement on that found by riding over
light.
Run to Frederick
AS IN many other moves in cycling the
georgetown Cycle Club has opened the fall
season with century run through the
aust and eight OF the club members added
one more gold bar to their list of hundred
mile rides Last Sunday the run was made.
but those who attended were not on hand
az o'clock. The hour mentioned for the
start Capt. Cook knew. however, that
they would appear and so he waited for
them 1t was fully $50 O. clock when the
captain and eight Of his men were together
at 14th street and Florida avenue ready for
the start. This was the second regular
century run OF the club and eight OF the
nine starters finished in time to record a
the dust when he reached Mechanicsyille
ana 30 he beat a hasty retreat Four Of
tne eight who remained had never before
attempted SO long run. but they chung
to their wheels and got through ali right
There was not a single accident
capt; Cook reports this road in the same
that time. and even the eighteen miles
stretch OF pike was no better than the CLAW
ana sand. The water in the branches and
1t Is the custom of the wheelmen to dis
mount to prevent their chains from get
ting wet they were able to ride through
Such an early start was made that some
OF the wheelmen did not have their break
fast at home. but the usual early morning
repast OF bread, preserves and milk was en-
joyed at Mrs. Etchison's. Thus refreshed
the wheelmen increased their pace and sped
on In the direction of Frederick. The
could out Of the trip and so they arranged
for watermelon feast at Mechanicsville
on the return trip. A number of melons
become cool by late afternoon. At New
market dinner was ordered at Griffith's
Hotel. and on the return trip the meal was
enjoyed for the wheelmen had ridden many
miles. and there was a feeling of emptiness
in the region of their stomachs which re-
CURED something more lasting than well
water to remove Dinner being over the
clubmen remained about the county some
time and then they made another move on
their iron horses.
This time they were TO ride to Mechanics
willie. which they reached in time to spend
an hour beneath the large shade trees and
get on the outside Of a number Of luscious
melons.
The melons being devoured. the wheelmen
felt little like riding, but they were soon on
them of that tired dun feelinS s snd as tbe
sun went down behind the hills in the west
they were able to again set faster pace
century run within the time limit.
Those who made the run were Capt Geo.
w Cook. e. B. Hunt. Geo. NJ. Hunt. J. J.
and Il. B. Posey' There are reno now W twenty twenty
one century ri.=.j in the club who hold
sixty-three century bars. fiftythree of which
have been earned this year.
Tomorrow the club will be entertained at
Dickey's. the favorite place of the wheel
men, and early next month the summer
season will be formally closed by the club
with a watermelon run to Benning. where
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Hunts lawn win be used as the
place for holding the feast
Bicycle Thieves.
During the past two weeks he whee,,nen
nave ptcn kTcdlly dHulyGu Nv DIG. Gle
thieves and the police have been kept fusy
looking after the thieves AMI andeavoring
to recover the wheels. Four of the r:ne
wheels stolen have been recovered and
three arrests have been made. One white
man and two negroes were The prisoners
In the case Of the white man whose name
was given as George w. StocxEarn. three
wheels are charged against him. One be-
longed to F. w. Palmer, one to Harry
Higham and the other 10 w. +. Robert
10 U hYa..Xht gah hN no
recovery of one of the wheels from col
ored man named Ketcham. who Lad pur-
chased 1t from the alleged thief His oha,-
acter was above reproach lnl when he
learned that he had a stolen wheel ne not
only gave It up without any hesitation. hut
he also declared that he would catch the
man from whom he had made the purchase
And so he started out in the capacity Of a
detective. Before many days had chased
he found stoekham on a wheel AMI It took
mount Before he could get away n police
man was called and now ,5tockham Is
awaiting the action OF the gr'.ni jury on
In the other case the wheel was the prop
erty Of Mr.. A. L. Hitchcock of Capitol HILL
and was taken from In front Of his house
Half an hour after the theft Policeman Sam
Brown caught the thieves and recovered
the wheel. Like Stockham. they are now
in jail awaiting the action Of the grand jury
Races of Local WheeImen.
Racing is claiming the attention of the
Arlington Wheelmen and the Washington
club runs are not being made, as is usual
durIn. SuInIuef l....c. .-....y - ..,o . -
son some of the riders figured in the races
at Roanoke and other places, and later they
figured in the race events of Baltimore and
other places. Two weeks ago, as published
In last Saturdays cycle column, the Wash
ington racers figured in the events of the
Associated Cycling Clubs of Baltimore to
the extent of carrying off six out of a pos
sible seven first prizes. In those events
some of the fast men of Baltimore and
Philadelphia figured, and now the Phila,lel-
phia races are to be held and this city is to
be represented in all the open events. The
meet is to be held one week from today,
and those who are to enter from here are
already getting themselves in condition to
go over and bring home some of the first
prizes. John Woods unfortunate collision
on the Baltimore track will prevent his talk
ing part in the coming events, and his con-
dition Is such that he may be unable to do
any more wheeling this season. Although
much better, he is by no means well. Those
who will participate in the races are Messrs.
Moran, Espey and Hunter of the Washing
ton Road Club, Capt. Clapp. Robertson and
Bowen of the Arlington Wheelmen and
Howard Rhine of the Singer Road Club.
Last Sunday the Capital Ri. Club did not
take its usual weekly rum as its road men,
bers could not muster a corporaps guard.
Many of them are out of town, and those
who are not away for the summer are
snending their SUNDAYS out of the city