Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-27
pensss and Chicago was selected as the place
for the next annual meet
Cycling Notes.

Cycling Notes.
as a bicycle baggage?' is a question that il
being discussed among the wheelmen. Baggage
agents generally are opposed to carrying the
wheels upon presentation of a ticket, the same
A. trunks are carried, although a large majority
Of the railroads carry them in tina. way. Bag
gage Agent Nettleton Of Kansas City is reported
to have expressed the sentiments Of his CO.
laborers when he said:
"A bicycle is more trouble than horse in a
baggage car. 1t will neither stand nor lie
down. The baggage man must be an &C.
complished acrobat to take care of bicycles and
prevent damage. During the worlds fair travel
1t will be an immense Inconvenience to permit
the transportation of these Wheels MANY
trunks, valises and bundles will have to be left
behind to catch up with their owners when
opportunity offers if bicycles are to remain on
the baggage list or even permitted to be carried
In the car as special"
The Bicycling World saws:
What are wheelmen going to do about it?''
''I'll tell you:
MAKE your arrangements for special trains
wherever you can now, and patroniZe only
those roads which have been your friends in
the past and which will promise to take care of
you in the future"
One Of the largest makers has taken space at
the Columbian exposition in which he intends
to show the evolution of the bicycle or veloci-
\
time. An interesting exhibit in this depart
ment will be an immense bicycle perfect in
all Its parts the best machine which the
manufacturer now makes, but rising to the
height OF thirty-nine feet The main wheel is
TO be thirty feet i'll diameter.
Charles Carr of the Century Wheelmen,
Philadelphia, has offered very handsome sill
yer and gold cup to be contested for annually
ana to be awarded to the member attending
the greatest number Of club runs during the
year Should the cup be won by the same
member two years IN succession it will become
MS property. In case of tie it will be awarded
to the one having the greater mileage.
AT the meeting Of the Buffalo HANDLERS last
week the captains report showed that the mile
age for 1892 was l53, 004 miles. This distance
was covered by ninety. three members. This is
an average Of 1868 miles. The first seventeen
men on the list wheeled 57.650 miles, or an
average Of 8. 3sl miles each. The report showed
that ninety-five centuries had been covered one
OF them being double.
The Sparta Cycling Club put their play 1.-The
Spy of Gettysburg." on at Newaygo January 81
and at Sparta February 2 and 3. With the cash
left on hand after all bills are paid they pro-
pose to furnish new club rooms Last spring
there were only three wheelmen in the town.
and now they have a club membership of
fifteen.
Miss Annie Oakley. the crack shot of Buffalo
Bills Wild West troupe, has added new fea-
ture to the exhibition. that of firing at glass
balls while riding a bicycle 'hands off," at
full speed. She is a very expert wheelwoman
England counts a cyclist for every ninety
three inhabitants. France one for 1873 and Bel
GUM comes third in list of several countries
with one for $50. America has one for 2O9.
About Nav / a message will be taken from
Gov. Altgeld Of Springfield, ILL.,. to Gov. Peck
at Madison, Wis, by relay riders stationed
seven miles apart.
Twelve members of the Somervie Mass }
Cycle Club have recently organized themselves
into bachelors club.
". W. Taxis, Philadelphia's crack, is in train
ing at Absecon, Atlantic county, n j., for the
coming seasons races