Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-20

pen, ana Wnen tley DO
hammer somahodv or
ooiho'nhS Is SURF u heeu '-o "''i''"h0o vi "
surgeon OF some sort. Surgeons, therefore.
are almost an absolute necessity in a wheel
Climb and sdontino the suggestion made in this
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mas erected as us captain member OF the
medical profession. who will be ablo at all times
oyrepair damages 10 those who ride under his
calls, although he Is not an expert at perform
ing ar operation on an iron wheel. IL now re-
mains Tor some other club to distinguish itself
py eIeclicS 10 the captalncy man who Is a
competent machinist and who can at all times
manipulate implements TO the extent of pre-
Ventine long tramps and pushing broken wheels
INTO town.
The next thing to be taken into consideration
In the election OF a captain is man who pos
sesses the strength almost of the iron steed
and who will not fail to call runs and thereby
allow the interests of the club to wane All
the club captains at present are able to fulfill
the last requirement, and evidence of this Is the
fact thai not a single Sunday has passed when
every club did not have a regularly called run
of some description, whether OF only u few
miles or an all-day trip.
As June approaches the clubmen are discuss
ing long trips through the country, and while
many of them will cover only from Saturday to
HioHuay. there are TO be number OF week or
H"u"' uips ny me ciuoS ana unattached men
the henefts Of beirr |. - o,. 90 tbo W.
are reaped Almost every trip OF this descrip-
ton Is made through the famous Shenandoah
vahev. the garden spot of this ,ection, and
where the roads are the finest in the country
At most of the points OF interest through the
valley there are league hotels, where the wheel
men save at least 81 day, and at some OF
them the rebate allowed is even more Then
too at these hotels proper provision is made
for the care of wheels. and the hired helpers
about them are fully acquainted with the man
ner of cleaning and putting into shape the
silent steed while the owner sleeps or is ont
enjoying the benefit OF the mountain air and
scenery without the assistance of his wheel
Ladies touring parties viii perhaps prove II
feature of cycling this season. The number of
female riders of the iron horses has largely in
creased. as Is shown BY the sale of wheels Mt the
numerous cycle establishments, and, as hereto
fore stated, there has been a corresponding
number OF other wheels sold.
Early morning rides through Soldiers
Home are Becoming popular. This particular
route Is usually selected because of its safety,
and even ladies unattended have gone through
there many times without being troubled As
rule there are always some inmates of'tb-
home scattered through the grounds, whi.L
renders it almost impossible for even a laS'
rider to be troubled or lnsulted.
THE CAPITAL M. CHR
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inc The boIIn,s yrere east ,,,ir tho
and the connt showed ths eIactio, of .bo foIo
lowing: President. Mr.. Irving Williamson
secretary. John l.. Writ: treasurer Ft ODDS.
captain DR. w d. Writ. executive committees
J. E. leaning. F. W Flowers +, l. Uorben
and W. I. Bingham
The term of Office Of the newly elected COM
menced when the result was announced and the
new CAPTAIN at once issued a cali for a RIM 10
Fairfax Court House. When the club house
clock indicated the hour for starting Sunday
morning there were manv members in attend
ance The weather We, good and there was
every indication that there would be no inter-
ruption of the pheasant series of rms made nv
the club under the direction of Cant. Macdnniei.
whose term of office expired Saturday NIGHT
The expeotatious of the vheelmen were fnllv
realized on SUNDAYS RIM. although the road To
Fair,nx is by no means +o he comnored 10 the
roads of the District. The county seat of Fair
fay WIS reacbed and after dinner the wb.oI
men returned home over the old Alexandra
and Ieesb,irg nike 10 Alexandria and from the
latter place they retired over the on,, bridge
Tomorrow the club will 20 to laurel going
from here over the Burnt Mills road Mr. Nc.
Comb has undertaken TO show new and more
direct route from Burnt Mills road to laurel
and il the whee,men who attend are not lost in
the woods thew will BIO satisfied.
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ino h'i"e ''i "noei'n "on' ou' reeoro-
breaking last sunday, and Notwithstanding
some unfavorabe conditions they succeeded
admirably in their undertaking. Capt ClSpp
had called run for Marlboro, and there was a
large attendance on the run. 1t was the inten-
ton of the club to lower the record between
this city and Prince Georges county seat, and
tnis propaply INDUCED me iarge NUMBER 10 turn
trrao, ,ba n,an,har. H. J;stonoo hat,-"o 80 ~
two places ia about eighteen miles and the
record was held bv Nacriu who il an Arlington
rider His time was sixtv-thres minutes
The wheelmen lost but little time in reaching
the ton of Good Hone hin and after Ieavinc
there the race was all that corld he desired
Messrs. Terry. Bowen. Hutchings and Stone
soon sped AWAY from their companions Terry
and Bowen led off and arrived Mt the village to-
gether. having covered the distance in Es8/
minutes, while Hutchings and Stone dismoupted
in less than one minute behind them The
other members arrived before dinner and
while waiting for the pot to boil the vbeelmen
visited the iail and saw Barber and Pipknev
the condemned murderers who are to he ex
ecuted next month for the murder of Frank NJ
Bowie
On the return trim in the afternoon some ~
the natives of Prince Georges. thinking thew
would have some finn with the wheelmap mt a
large rnbber snake across the road which can't
Clam Thought he would like to,br;no bome no
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