Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-11

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| EfIUfSX will again be on the
NAMM read for what promises
| II NNNW TO be the mos; eventful
| II AWFH and brightest season
| II mIHN ever enjoyed here. The
| " II number of wheels will
be largely in excess Of
the number last season. and while one club has
disoandca during tbs winter months there are
bright prospects for the organization of one or
more clubs early in the spring.
Local dealers are pushing their 90 wheels
Forward and the increased output leads to the
belief that there will be several hundred new
riders here next season.
| Inc good roads convention held here only n
| snort While ago is of considerable interest to
wheelrnen and good work is now being done In
connection herewith by the League of Ameri-
| c1n Wheelmen. Col. Pope's move TO secure a
road exhibit at the worlds fair also interests
the wheelmen and the number Of signatures 10
| the petition TO be presented to Congress will
represent all sections of the United States.
| During the week several social events have
| taken place in cycle circles which showed
! evidences of what the wheelmen can do when
! they make up their minds to entertain their
friends. In place OF the paper chases. wnter-
melon runs and oyster roasts dances and enter
tainments were provided
| Two of the entertainments were given We'd
| nesday evening. One was a souvenir tea and
dance by the members of the Capital BisClub
and the other was a dance given by the Nomad
| Club.
The Nomad dance washeld at Prof Sheldon's
Academy and an enjoyable evening was spent
| by the members of the club and their guests.
Thursday night the LA W. entertainment and
! soiree was held. published in yesterdays
| STAR. 1t was the first event of the kind given
| by the members Of this division, and for its
success the wheelmen are indebted to the chair
] man n IL
| Holmes.
DRINKs FOR SUMMER RIDES.
I'm time of peace prepare for war" writes
c. II. Hayward to the bicycling World in
reference to the question of what to drink on a
run in hot weather.
| although at the present time the heat anA
WEAKNESS of summer seem far from us. still ere
long they will be again upon us and the weary
and heat-worn cyclist will endeavor to assuage
| his thirst by frequent draughts of water poured
into his fevered stomach.
| There have been frequent letters in the
bicycling World on drinks for summer riding
Oatmeal water has been advised. but one great
difficulty with it is that it is not portable.
/ second that ii sours and then Is worse than
useless. and a third that it causes some natures
to tend to fatulence if used to any great ex-
tent. Beer goes to the legs, and if used too
| often Will cause severe cramps. especially il
there is a tendency to govt. Whisky goes to
| whisky ard soda toward the end Of long
hot ride is very revivifying and refreshing.
| Soft drinks, especially the sweet ones. lie on
the stomach and produce the fever of the
stomach, throat and mouth commonly called
| cotton mouth
81 should like to coll your attention and that
OF all cycle riders to the drink that have
found to be the best to assuage the thirst and to
keep the stomach cool and in a healthy condl-
ton, and that drink is vichy water. l do not
H. -. al.
| with him, but the granules NAV be bought
cheaper, and bottle of one-half an ounce or
one ounce at the most will do for the longest
| days ride. A few Of the ,-~anules thrown into
| the cup of water will take away the thirst more
quickly than anything l know Of and the de-
| sire or need for it will remain away longer
asked one of the first physicians of Philadelphia
before recommending il. and he assured me that
1t would be more beneficial than otherwise 10
| every one.
ION arriving at home after a long ride 1
generally take glass of claret and water and
after cooling off plunge INTO a bath, but the
claret is optional
Brooklyn's Bicycle Rosa.
| The executive committee of the Good Roads
Association of BROOKLYN held a meeting re-
| Gently at the rooms of the Bedford Cycle
Club, on Bedford avenue rear DeKalb avenue
| in that city. 1t WAS reported that Park Com
missioner Brewer OF Brooklyn had received a
| committee of the association and promised to
at least make a start on the bicycle road along
the Ocean boulevard to Coney Island. He
| favored The idea. but the appropriation for the
Ocean boulevard was too small to permit more
than beginning on the new road.
! The committee last week appointed a sub
committee TO cooperate with the park COM
missioner: The building of section of the
road will be commenced in the early spring. 1t
VIII nave cihder oeu ana covering OF gravel
savannah's New Track. =
Work on the new bicycle track at Savannah,
Ga, has been discontinued and will not be re-
sumed unti the weather moderates Nearly
half OF the concrete track has been completed,
however. and is used occasionally by the Savan-
nan "Ieeilhen. me 'TacA wouiu nave been
s ny ms Iile. out tne coiu weather
IroHe inc We eohcie'e; causing IL 10 dry in
CRACKS, anu M, /. was cohsiue,ed pest TO stop the
"olh uu'ii ""ihe, weatner. ne Track IS
.HuuH W souto 70 oe isu :" rue upon. Tvs
sH,'iIine cs,ftes pio.n pi,iai,s ior great many
riaers. ana tne'e are "heeinaen m savannah
now VINO nave nad 70 alseon.inue the use OF the
machine on account OF a too violent contact
with the track.
Lady Cyclists in Chicago.
The Ladies' Columbian Bicycling Club of
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