The evening times., 1896-09-23
THR0UGH SCOTLAND ABIKE
Enjoyable Trip of Two Young
Men of This City.
HISTORIC PLACES VISITED
They Found Many American Wheels
in Great Britain-Roads of Scot land
Are in Splendid Condition-In Many
Pieces Trees ON Either Side Protect
Travellers From the sun.

| Mi Howard NJ. Pruden, OF No. 604 Massa-
chuseits avenue. and Mr. c. W. Hendley,
OF No. i2l6 l. street northwest, tw fright
and progressive Washington boys, have
returned from bicycle tour OF England
and Scotland, where they gathered views
awheel OF The mother country.
MIR. frudeD is Cne Of tie pages at the
House end of the Capitol, and the son of
Mr.. o. L. Pruden, assistant secretary to
President Cleveland
Last spring these young men planned
To spend their vacation abroad, and con-
cludcd there could lie no better way OF
traversiDg the country than mounted on
the silent steel. In relating the interest
ing story Of tie trip to a Times reporter,
Mr.. Pruden said:
Il would certainly recommend to any
young man who wishes TO see England and
Scotland thoroughly. easily and at the
same time economically and enjoyabIy to
do SO awheel" -
The travellers left home on July 9, and
sailed directly for London OH the Michigan.
On Jnly 8 the y started ON their wheels 10
make the tour The yhad prcvioiIsI ma rkcd
out their course, Carefully noting the many
points OF interest which they intended visit
ing. Before leaving London, however they
purchased an excellent road map, which
is a complete guide, so that one cannot pos
sihly 20 amiss.
THEY MISSED THE RACE.
They went up the east side touching
Windsor, Henley and Oxford. The Wash
inEtonians had ANTICIPATED witnessing
the Faces at Henley, bat were disappointed
At Oxford they were fortunate enough
fn ,Aa.t " A
corted them through the historic halls Of
that great seat of learning
Eeins wheelmen, they were interested in
the chief industry of Coventry, where the
great bicycle factories are Located. and all
the English wheels are made. These wheels
cnanot compare with those of American
make. They are much heavier, while no
mere durable.
We found that great many American
wheels are ridden in Great Britain" said
Mr. Pruden, while the Humber is the
Only English make which has any sale in
this country"
This company's factory had been totally
destroyed by fire few days previous to
their arrival. but is being Rebuilt.
Crossing over t" Liverpool the young
tourists spent few days there and then
ccn:IAued their route TO the north Of Eng
land and up 10 the lake regions. where
are ldId the scenes of many of Scutt's
novels. The most beautiful of these IS
Lake WihdcrmcTe. The scenery there
is charming.
ADVANTAGES OF WHEELING
The gorgeous beauties of the lake re-
gion. OF the irregular surface Of Scotland,
and the rivers hurryIng from their lofty
sources TO the sea, can in no way be SO
wei: seen and appreciated as when wheel
iEg Nothing can excel the picturesque
spiendor of The pastoral Tweed" On
whose banks stand many a loruly hall and
ruin OF peelhousc. castle and monastery.
Noticeable among these is Abbotsford.
the seat OF Sir Walter Scott, and Dry
hurgb Abbey, where he is buried. Fore
most Of all structures in fair Twcedale,
however. is Melrose Abbey, said by many
to be the finest niOnastic ruin in Europe.
on this river stands the towns of Suner-
Iiethcn and Galasbiels, noted for the nIanu-
.acture of the famous Scotch tweeds, and
at lis mouth 5 situated the town OF Ber-
wirh, which, when boundaries were -es-
tabiished, was left neither in England nor
Scotland
For a number OF miles the Tweed forms |
the boundary between the two countries. !
Passing along the Yarrcw, which flows |
amid beautiful hills, aud passing st. |
Mary's Locb they reached the Firth, which |
rises near Ben Lanlond and flows east |
past the town of Sterling, with its castle |
rock, and then in the varioIs |
links through the course of Sterling. until |
it finally widens into the Firth OF Forth |
vi, no sri .,r Starliper ia
one of the finest Imaginable. and cannot |
be fifty described
The travellers We're very much interested |
in going through the house at Abhotsford, |
three miles from MelroSe, where Scott lived !
aud where his granddaughter, whose hus- |
band assumed his wife's name of Scott in |
that family, still resides There are many |
treasures in the old mansion.
THROUGH HISTORIC Cot NTRY.
Aside from the great number Of volumes |
n Scott's library there is the purse and |
gun OF Rob Roy, as wellas Scott's owH hunt
ing outfit. There Is lso the portfolio of |
Napoleon. and the crucifiN worn by Mary, |
Queen of Scots, when she was led to her |
execution, as well as hundreds of other his |
-oric relics.
Mr.. Prudenan his companion Were great
y Pleased with Edinburgh, which they de
scribe as a beautiful city.
Returning from Edinburgh they came
though Durham, York and Cambridge
During the trip they visited Stratford-on-
Avon, the home of Shakespeare. While
here they sat in his chair and asked the
usual questions and received the same
;tereotyped answers. They visited all the
eading cities, including Manchester, Brm-
ngha III and sheffield: also the birthplace of
just beyond Coventry.
I'VE were three weeks going up as
far as Edinburgh" continued Mr.. Pruden
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