Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-24
FOX CHASE BY WHEEL
A Novel Event Among the Wash
ington Cyclists.
LOCKING FORWARD TO A GOOD SEASON
Local Tracks That Will Be Avail
able.
A N MOVED BY THIEV E s

Bicycling will soon begin in earnest, and
| the wheelmen are looking forward to a
| good season Of road riding and racing.
| whether the much talked Of track Is built
| or not. With the present track on the Y.
III. c. A grounds and the track soon to be
built by the C. A. c. on the Van Ness prop
erty. the wheelmen will have no reason to
| complain that the absence of track is the
only thing to prevent a race meet. Last
summer the only race meet held here was
that Of the Victor Cycle Club, which was
largely attended, and In which most OF the
good local riders participated. The local
/ fast riders went to several meets outside Of
the District last year, and captured many
| prizes. and this year. as some Of the wheel
| men say, there ought to be an opportunity
given the generous outsiders to come here
and do the same thing. At any rate there
will In all probability be some good riding
here, and some new material will figure in
| the fast events.
| Road riding about here has been extremely
good this month, an unusual thing for the
| month of March. due to the mild weather.
| The roads have been in better condition
than ever before, and the wheelmen took
every advantage of their condition, and
made start. in order to get in good riding
condition before the 1st Of May, when the
long country runs will begin in earnest and
| when the record and century riders will.
perhaps. be more numerous than ever.
during the pleasant Sundays this month
! the wheelmen turned out in large numbers
ana enjoyed the good roads. Last Sunday
there were representatives of all the clubs
on the roads, although the only regular
club run was that of the Georgetown Cycle
| Club Seventeen members OF this club
| turned out and went to Dickey's where
| nvs members of the Capital Ri. Club also
spent part of the day.
There was almost one continuous line of
wheels on the Conduit road all day, many
of the wheelmen going only as far as Cabin
John bridge, while others went 10 Great
| Falls.
A Fox Chase by Moonlight.
Capt Cook Of the Georgetown Cycle Club
anticipates a good season for this progress
! i've club, and now that the riding season
has opened he has announced prizes for
| some OF the club events. as we'll as a
| trophy cup to the member attending the
| largest number of runs.
In addition TO the regular road runs there
will be moonlight fox chase and u ten
mile handicap road race The fox chase
will be by moonlight on the evening Of May
-, the fox to have d start OF eight minutes.
| This event will be something on the order
| OF the old English fox chaseS, bicycles being
used instead of horses. The chase is 10 last
| three hours, and. should the fox elude The
hunters, he will be awarded the prize.
June ~ is the date selected for the handi-
| cap road race.
The schedule. as prepared by Capt. Cook
for the season of April. May and June, is as
| follows:
March 25 $50 am. Rockville. Nd.
April /. 9:3O am, Marlboro. Md.
April 5. $50 am, Frederick, Nd, Century
IL hours).
April Is. $50 am, Laurel, Nd
April -, $50 am, Ashton, Nd.
April -, $50 am, Fairfax Court House. Va.
May =. I:SO pm, Brightwood. d. c.
May y. 10 am. Great Falls. (Dickey'sl.
sAay ., 1880 pm, Casino Park Club House.
May IL. 8 am, Boyd's. Nd
May IL. 1880 pm, Cabin John.
| May ~, 9:3O am, Occo4uan Falls, Va.
May "a, am, Manassas. Va.
May 80 30 pm, accommodation run.
June 3. $50 In, River View.
June q, 1870 pm. Bethesda Park.
June TO- am, Baltimore, century, III hr.)
June IL. I:SO pm. accommodation run.
June II. $3.50 am, Brookville. Md.
| June "A, $50 am, Bay Ridge.
| June q, I:SO pm. melon run.
July l, 10 am. Great Falls. Oickey's).
Bicycle Thieves Active.
Just at the opening If the season the BIZ
cycle thieves and the police are displa yirg
an activity in cycle circles never before
known. The police have always display ed
Il
but it remained for Policeman Sullivan of
| Georgetown to make a record against the
| wheelmen in a way calculated TO kill the
\ rider There Is law against wheelmen
| appearing on the streets at night without
a light, but the law makes no provision tor
| the assaulting of the rider in order to ar
| rest him. This was done few nights ago
| by the policeman mentioned, when ne vent
| to arrest Mr.. Somerville. The young man
| is cripple, and at the time OF the arrest
/ making TINA N Stp
| when the policeman appeared and called
| to him to halt.
| In order to bring him to a standstilI the
! officer threw a long stick az MIN and Mr..
Somerville narrowly ESCAPED serious and
perhaps fatal injury. 8etw zen the spok es
| Of the wheel the stick landed and the rider
| was thrown to the ground and injured.
Several spokes were broken from the wheel
| When the case taken before Judge
Miller and tried, complaint was made
against the officers conluct by young
Somerville's father.
Judge Miller made no comment on what
| was done by the officer. but he did not fine
young Somerville.
The organization Of the company for the
protection OF wheelmen against bicy Gle
thieves has not caused much fear among
| the thieves who are still engaged in THEW
ing expeditions. Five wheels have disap-
! peared during the past few days AMI four
| Of them have been recovered. A young man
| who gave his name as John r. Harr and
who said he had run away from his lone
| in New York, was sentenced to three years
for stealing bicycle from DIR. Kicker
while in the case of a cheaper wheel stolen
he was sentenced to three months. One OF
! the wheels was recovered In Baltimore.
| Ben. Dakin, the dealer who has caused
the arrest Of the thief and recovery Of the
wheel in many cases, was a victim of a
colored man named James Somerville He
was buying a wheel on the instaIment plan
but he got tired Of waiting to make the last
payment, and SO he rode Off one OF the
Dealers wheels.
He was captured and fined $40. which he
paid.
Thursday a stranger in the city hired a
| wheel from Harry Higham and went out
| sightseeing. When he left his wheel at the
Capitol and returned for it a few minutes
| later he was surprised to find that 1t had
been stolen.
The Board of Trade
The next meeting of the board Of trade
will be held in the hall of Carroll Institute