Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-25
AMONG THE wHFEINEN.

dations elsewhere.
AMONG THE wHEELMEN.
Gossip of Interest About the Riders of the
Silent Steed.
The E.ks Of Springfield. Ohio, have hired the
elaborate scenery from the Dayton Bicycle Club
for their third annual minstrel entertainment.
~! the scenery. mechanical electrical effects
t'a- created such favorable sensation at
The la.e DAYTON minstrel show will b, shipped
- Springfield. and they will produces the same
scenic effects for their first part ard afterpiece
that the bicycle club gave at the grand. Ths
scenery Will be brough. back to Dayton for the
hospital benefit the Dayton Bicycle Club have
SO kindly volunteered to give.
ST. Paul wheelmen have q scheme on foot to
hold a bicycle tournament in that city during
the worlds fair and at the same time as the re-
gatta is held at Lake Minnetonka Consul
Choate, on behalf of the league, will offer to
build and equip first-class three-lap track. to
secure a place for MINNEAPOLIS in the racing
circuit and bear q share of the advertising ex-
penses provided the Business Union will offer
the prizes to be competed for. The tonrna-
ment WILL however. be held on the Minneapolis
track instead of ut Minnetonka.
The auction party OF the Haverhill Mass. Cy-
e.s Club took place last week and was a most sue
cessful affair in spite of the untavorable weather
The rooms we're crowded by the members and
their friends. The Junior orchestra rendesed
a selection. and one of Brays finest collatious
was then disposed Of, followed by an informal
entertainments Banjo solos were contributed
by Messrs. Rogers. Ttcomb and Walker, and
readings and recitations filed out the evening.
Mr.. j. ". Rist OF Chicopee Falls, Mass, dur
ing the recent tremendous blizzard rode
through drifts Of snow and sleet to his place
of business. distance of over half mile. In
doing this he continues his record OF riding
every day, Sundays excepted, for over a year,
distance every day. Mr.. Rist is sixty-three
years old. One Of his specialties il to
stop his wheel, climb from the sad
die to the bars and sit there, hands
of, perfectly still, and smoke his pipe. Another
is TO ride down hill with one foot on the saddle,
machine. hands of, at the same time, while
carrying 40 pound lawn mower
The Penn Wheelmen of Reading. Pa. at their
meeting last week appointed the following COM
mistes to make arrangements for the annual
race meet: John Gaenzle. r. D. Frame. A. j.
Geiger, T. B. Skaters. G. Packer. The club
will hold a benefit at the Academy of Music be-
fore the close Of the season, arrangements for
which are now being made. A tramp smoker
will be held at the club house the latter part OF
the month.
At the last meeting Of the New Britain (Ctl
Wheel Club the members discussed in an infor-
NAL way the matter of forming an athletic club,
the scope and appointments Of which would be
larger than the wheel clubs 1t was suggested
that the entire building in which the wheel club
is located be rented, and that bath rooms and a
gymnasium be added. Special inducements
will be held out to members Of the Y. N. c. A.
Wheel Club to Join the club
At the last monthly meeting OF the Carolina
Cycle Club OF Wilmington, n. c.. arrangements
were made for a series of races to take place at
Hilton Park the first week m AprIl The follow
ing resolution was, on motion. adopted viz
Resolved, That any member OF this club riding
on sidewalks, in violation of city ordinances. or
riding al a speed of over four miles an hour on
sidewalks of other streets shall be fined if COL
iding with pedestrians.
meeting of the Graplts State Wheel Club Of
Nashua, \. H., was held recently, at which
there was large attendance. vote of thanks
was rendered Senators Howard and Hammond
for the way in which they voted on the bicycle
bill IN the legislature and used their efforts
against the measure which had SO MANY obnox-
ious features.
The Central City Cycle Club Of Macon. Ga,
was organized last week. The club will soon
get to work on track that will be made in the
mile track at the park preparatory to q spring
tournament.
The Staten Island Yacht Club is to organize
a cycling department, under the supervision OF
Commodore Chas. L. Hoyer.
The Portsmouth lva.) Bicycle Club had a
road last week.
Road Making In Maryland.
From the New York Evening Post.
The road reformers might well hold I'D the
system of road mending existing in Charles
county. Nd. as model. 1t is thus outlined:
There are Eve road 'eorps." Each corps has
a supervisor at an annual salary Of $500. and is
provided with one tent, two horse carts, one
pair of good mules. ploughs. scoops. shoveIs,
picks. hoes and all other implements necessary
for the work.
I The different corps 90 upon the roads in May
in their respective districts (the fifth being I'M
/ der command Of the county commissioners and
working under their direct orders wherever
/ emergencv calis). and remain at work upon the
/ roads until about the middle Of November.
when all the inducements are returned to the
county commissioners and the teams sent to
winter quarters provided for them. Each
| supervisor is allowed to hire q specified num-
Der OF men ct 81 per day, and is required to
make monthly reports of expenses. &C., to the
county commissioners.
/ One OF the most important features in the
system IL that each supervisor, after throw
ing up and rounding the roadbed and ar
ranging proper drainage, is required to put
sufaelent quantity of gravel on the road
bed to make II permanent. just now the
| county commissioners. who are naturally
proud OF their fine roads. considering the
matter Of prohibiting the hauling of heavy
timber over them during the winter months.
much damage to highways having been caused
| by the practice.
| Mrs. John W. Mackay will sail for New York
on the American line steamer Paris today.
Mrs. Mackay has received a cable dispatch from
her husband stating that his condition 10 con-
| tinuing to improve.
dispatch was received at Gloucester, Mass,
yesterday stating that the Newfoundland gov
ernment bad officially announced that license
fee Of : so per ton will be required OF all ves-
sells taking hal: at Newfoundland ports.
The tventy-second ANIMAL chess team match
between Oxford and Cambridge was played in
London yesterday and was won BY Cambridge
| by six games to one. Cambridge has won
fifteen and Oxford six matches, and ons, in
/ 1854, was drawn.
| FOR MALARIA
Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
| DIR. l. G. Davies, DeSmet, OAK, says III have
used IL In slow conyaescence and prevention from
mAlarial diseases, where the drinking water was