The evening times., 1895-10-16
SATURDAYS BICYCLE MEET
Ten to Fifteen Riders in Each
Event Promises Good Racing.
Officers Chosen for the Occasion and
IA Partial List Of the Prizes
to He Distributed.

races are to take place, will be put In the
best possible condition, and, though the
racing vii! nearly all he done by home
riders, some of them are pretty fast, and
good time il looked for. In nearly all of
the events too, the better men are very
evenly matched as to speed, and each will
do his best To OatdO his opponents.
All or the class A races are limited to
riders who reside in the District Of Co
Lmbia or within 200 miles OF this city.
A nlisprint in the entry blanks sent to aI,-
picants may have had something to do
with keeping riders from a distance from
appearing here on this occasion, the con-
ditions reading that riders who reside in
the District or within twenty miles Of
place or meet" when ii should have read
within two hundred miles of place OF
meet"
The list OF class A events as originally
made up by the club was ;s follows:
One-fiiilc novice.
One quarter-milc open.
Two-nlile handicap.
Onc-mic open.
One-nlile club team race, four men.
Onchalf mile handicap.
Special paced mile aga inst track record.
There was only one class event put on
the programme, II one-inilc handicap race,
but as no entries have becn received for ii,
and as none are now expected, IL VIII he
declared Off. 1t is also probable that the
,llb team race will be- declared off, as the
only team entered up Ia this time is that
of the Washington Road Cub, under whose
auspices the meet is given.
The third event on the programme, the
two-mile handicap, and the sixth event,
the one-h;, lf-niile handicap, have been
closed for entries. There are many good
local men in both of these races and they
premise TO be close and exciting. As stat
ell before the entries for the other events
will close tonight. but there are already
from ten to fifteen riders in each race,
quite enough to make them very Interesting,
and il the weather on Saturday is good
they arc sure to draw out a big crowd, for
whose comfort, convenience and pleas
ure the club Ia made every possible
provision.
The Officers selected for the meet are
as follows: Referee, George W. Cook,
judges, J. Hart Britain. l.. u. Graves. w.
s. Macarthur: timers. John Woerner, c. f.
Miller. W illiam Tappan: starter. c. l..
Palmer; clerk OF the course, \. n. Tub
man: umpire. l.. J. Wooi,iI.lg lgc, j. ID. Egg
gleston, &. ii. Cook; handicappcr, W illianl
I. Robertson.
Many prizes have already been subscribed
by business men and cycling enthusiasts,
and others will be- given before the races
are run. A partial list of the prizes al
ready lHriltu over 10 iit racing SohihihVc
is rs follows:
Cook x Jarboc set of harness; Karr.
iewelcr. gold watch; u. n WaiInrd, foot
bali suit; John Woerner. banquet lamp: W.
=. Macarthur, set gold cuff buttons, Dis
trict Cycle Company, gold medal. Emerson
shoe Company. pair of shoes; &. l.. Palmer
4 Co. diamond: F. A. l.. Schade. pair Hart
ford tires; W. E. Edwards. shaving mug;
julius Lansburgh. lcather-coyercd rocker,
nj vol. lnt.s
A strong effort is Ia be made next spring
to bring the cycling people in Washing
ton closer together AMI Ia inject Il little
more enthusiasm into them. 1t is gen
orally conceded to be a tact that there is
less interest taken III cycling events in
Washington than in any other city i'll the
where cycling goes at all. Each
rider seems to be of concern purely To him
self, and he takes little or III, interest i'll
club or meet affairs.
or course there are exceptions 10 this
rule, but for the number OF whcelrncn
that this city has-30.0d0 or more-the
exceptions are few and far between. Mr..
William Jose. one of the most energetic
of the riders here, gave Il plausible reason
for this condition of things to Il Times re
porter yesterday.
washington has Tie best streets of any
city or town in America for The use of The
wheel" said he. ''aDd the bicycle here is
n business concern more than a pleasure.
Nearly everybody who owns a wheel
goes 30 and from his work aboard OF it.
When he has occasion TO 20 anyw here he
uses his W heel instead OF the street cars
or a cab. This very naturally gives him
about all Of The bicycle that he cares 10 have,
and race meets and club runs and country
jousts have little or no attraction for him.
This is not in Philadelphia or New York
or any of the other great cities.
THE wheel is used there also for busi
ness purposes, but not To any such extent
as il is here, and the wheclmen in those
cities do no, get tired of it rs many do here
from constant riding, and they can find no
greater pleasure for their leisure hours than
10 spend them on the bicycle. In short,
in other cities the bicycle is a thing OF
pleasure and may he JOY forever. In
it is business machine, and
to a great majority of riders its novelty
has been worn away.
1T is to be the purpose of number of
young men here 10 bring those who still
ride the wheel for pleasure into closer re-
lationship next year, and ii may be that
some very interesting cycling events Will
Lhen he seen here"
Fred A. l. Schade is doing some clever
r id ing these days. preparing for the
race meet ON Saturday. He is entered in
several OF the Glass A events. and his
friends expect 10 see him make great
showing in them. On his recent trip TO
he South. where he met and defeated
some of the best men in that section OF
the covntry, he did some fast and credit
able riding. but it is predicted that in
he coming events he will far out-do any
Of his previous performances If 1t In
for him to do so to win.
c. F. Wood. who holds the District
B. T. Wrcnn. who won the
recent twenty-mile road race. Howard
Rhine who won second To Wrenn in that
vent. and George Ball. who won the
lime prize in the same race, are among
he entries in the handicap races scheduled
-or Van Ness Park on Saturday. There
S considerable rivalry among these gen
lemen and wide diversity OF opinion
rs to which is the speediest rider, ana
heir coming together in these events
s expected to settle the controversy and
hey are looked forward to with much
interest by the friends and admirers OF
zach OF them.
j. E Bishoff. Harry Grier, Louis Petz, |
E. Burrows and several other wheel
nen took a run to Dickey's on Saturday
evening" and spent couple OF days |
camping out They had rather wintry
ime of it in the rain and wind OF |
night and hugged huge log
ire until daybreak. but that made the
rip all the more interesting. and after
he hardship of it was over, all the more
enjoyable. aud they are now arranging |
or similar jaunt ip the near future.
James Carmody, Charles Titum, George |
Siuchler and Clarence Winecup will make |
4 run to Baltimore next Sunday, against |
time. 1t is to be the effort of the young |
men TO try to make the trip in three and |
hours. All will ride the same |
make of wheel The party is to be paced |
by a tandem ridden by Charles Walsh and |