Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-26

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| have not been
| merous, and ma2y
riders have confined their trips TO the con-
crete streets and the Conduit road, where
| the mud disappears a short time after the
rain ceases falling. Should the weather
| prove good there will be several straw
| berry trips tomorrow, and the road riders
of the Capital BIZ Club will perhaps make
their annual visit to cherry trees either in
Maryland or Virginia. Wild strawberries
are ripe now, and in some sections of the
| country they are very plentiful. Between
| here and Great Falls many patches of the
/ Wild berries well as u few patches of
| cultivated cnes are to be found. Along the
| line of the canal and river as well as about
| Dickey's, on the Virginia side, and Car
rolls, on the Maryland SIDE the wild ber-
Iies are extremely plentiful, and where the
| berries are cultivated the farmers are gen.
orally glad to sell the wheelmen what they
| want.
On these trips it is customary for the
wheelmen to take along a supply of sugar,
so that in walking through the patches or
| fields they may have sugar in one hand in
| which to dip the berries, while with the
other they can pick. This season the ber-
ries are not so sweet as usual, because of
| the rain and lack of sun, SO chat the sweet
article is more necessary this lear than
usual.
Just low after the rain the country in
| the vicinity of the Great Falls looks its
best. There is no dust and the foliage is
| green. Vegetables and early fruits are
plentiful, and the wheelmen are always at
home in that part of the country. \ few
days ago, when the river was unusually
high, IT was impossible to get across the
| Di,lya
lower and the boats can be handled with
| out any fear of danger.
The Racing Question.
The racing question is at present agitating
the minds of the wheelmen. Race meets
are being held in other cities, but the wheel
| men here are not likely to extend many in
| vitations to the riders of other cities to
| come here this season, for the local men, SO
| far as has been announced, will have no
| meets at which outside wheelmen will be
| invited. The race track question has not
| been settled. and 1t is thought that the
matter is no nearer being solved now than
II was before the Georgetown Cycle Club
| fair was held.
| A track is wanted and until one is OBJ
tanned nothing much in the wheel line may
| be expected. The proprietors of Marshall
| Hall will come to the rescue however, and
| build fine track, on which some good
| racing may be expected. Already the track
| at River View has been used this summer
and some good prizes were given.
1t appears that the promoters of the L. A
w. affairs in the District are outspoken
against racing at river resorts, but the
racers are decidedly against them, for they
say, I'VE either nave TO race there or not
at ALL and II the officials are not satisfied
| the trouble may result in the loss OF some
| league members.
Last week, when a number of wheelmen
went to the Norfolk race meet, they brought
home seven prizes. W. T. Robertson captur-
Ing three of them. F. W. Hutchings won
two prizes and F. w. Schade and c. r.
Cause each won one prize
1t is often announc ed that there are many
ways In which member OF the l.. A. W.
is protected in case of trouble or accident
but some wheelmen are now thinking that
the general provisions OF the organization
do not apply to this division, for in the case
of d. l.. Sandoe, who was run down by a
| wagon. he has had to employ his own
counsel When the accident happened he
was a member of the L. A. w, and George
Atwater. no was then chief consul brought
the suit for him, but the slowness of the
civil courts kept the case pending so long
| that the rider has dropped out of the L. A
W., and there has been a new chief consul
elected. The new chief refuses to have any,
thing to do with the case, although at the
time of the accident the victim was a league
member.
The Clifton Races.
Next Wednesday, May 80. the Clifton
races in Baltimore will take place. and
more than a dozen local wheelmen will go