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

%SNtk and then the roads
"UN> will be travelled more
NS than ever. There has
axnr been SO much sand
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
uraliy refused to do their duty with the
degree Of comfort which characterizes cy-
GIG Iloins on the country roads, In some
sections Of the country there has been
no ram or any consequence for several
weeks ana where there are piked roads the
stones loom up through the loose covering
ana make II not only bad for wheelmen
put also Tor wagons and carriages While
the teams cannot get away from the rough
roaos the wheelmen In many instances can
t Isa tne narrow side paths or can even
little relief.
The condition Of the roads and the wealth.
er mas also prevented the usual number Of
century runs. for few of the wheeIInen
cared to ride 100 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 SUN
Run to Frederick,
AS In many other moves in cycling the
georgetown Cycle Club has opened the fan
season with a century run through the
oust ana eight OF the club members added
one more gold bar to their list OF hundre1
mile rides Last Sunday the run was made
but those who attended were not on hand
at : 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 l4tn street and Florida avenue ready for
the start. This was the second ray,,is =
century run of the club and eight Of the
nine starters finished in time to record a
century. The ninth man was overcome nv
the dust when ne reached Mechanicsville
ana SO he beat hasty retreat. -Four of
me eight who remained had never before
to ths}r ab 80 long , run but they clung
there was not single accident
Capt: COOK reports this road In the same
c ep as all others in this vicinity at
tnat time, and even the eighteen miles
strstch OF pike was no better than the clay
ana sand The water in the branches and
e. creeks ~; was low. and at the streams where
mount to prevent their chains from get
ung wet they were able to ride through
"s HncS wetting any more than the rims.
Such an early start was made that some
Of the wheelmen did not have their break
iast at nome. but the usual early morning
toyed 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 echanicsville
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 wheemen had ridden many
miles. and there was a feeling Of emptiness
in the region Of their stomachs which re-
quired something more lasting than we'll
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
Vile. which they reached in time to spend
an hour beneath the large shade trees and
get on the outside of number Of luscious
melons
The melons being devoured, the wheelmen
felt little like riding. but they were soon on
their w sss ard the fesn soon 500 cured
sun went down behind the hills in the west
they were able to again set a faster pace
and reach the city in time to record their
century run within the time limit.
Those who made the run were Capt. Geo.
w. Cook, E. B. Hunt Geo. NJ. Hunt ]. J.
and Il. B. Posey. There are ' now W twenty twenty.
one century riders in the club who hold
sixty-three century bars, fifty-three 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
with a watermelon run to Benning. where
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Hunts lawn will be used as the
place for holding the feast.
Bicycle Thieves.
During the past two weeks he wheslInen
have been greatly annoyed by bicycle
thieves and the police have been Kept tusy
looking after the thieves AMI nndeavoring
to recover the wheels. Four of the r:re
wheels stolen have been recovered and
three arrests have been male. One white
man and two negroes were The prisoners.
In the case Of the white man whose name
Civ Ganrpa SfnOL1nr1
wheels are charged against him. One be-
longe6 to F. w. Palmer. one to Harry
Higham and the other 10 w. +. Robert
son. His arrest was brought about by the
recovery of one of the wheels from :. col
ored man named Ketcham. who lid pur
chased 1t from the alleged thief. His okar-
acter was above reproach Ln1 when he
learned that he had a stolen wheel ne not
only gave II up without any hesitate ion, hut
he also declared that he would catch the
And so he started out in The capacity Of q
detective Before many days had chased
he found stockham on a wheel AMI IT took
him just few seconds 20 make him dis
mount. Before he could get away a police
man was called and now >Stockham is
awaiting the action of the grant jury on
In the other case the wheel was the prop
erty Of Mr.. A. l.. Hitchcock of Capitol Hill.
ana was taken ,t from M In h 'front.' 81 his house
Brown caught the thieves and recovered
the wheel. Like Stockham. they are now
IN jail awaiting the actlOn OF the grand jury
in the fall.
Races of Local Wheelmen.
Racing Is claiming the attention Of the
Arlington Wheelmen and the Washington
club runs are not being made as is usual
Qurln, me SUiIIIIIer 4.,--.y $3.50
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
ington racers figured in the events of the
Associated Cycling Clubs of Baltimore to
the extent Of carrying off six out Of pos
sible seven first prizes. In those events
some of the fast men of Baltimore and
Philadelphia figured, and now the Philadel-
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 TAX
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 IL 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 Bi. Club did not
take its usual weekly run, as its road MEM