Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-23
Indications Regarding the Trip to
the Monumental City.
BALTIMORE READY With a WELCOME
Organization of United WheeImen
Progressing.
GOSSIP OF THE Gu B S

both sexes will go from this city to pay
visit to Baltimore Sunday, June q. AS
only cyclists will be permitted by the COM
mittee in charge to participate in the run,
1t will be the largest gathering of cyclists
seen for many years in the District. In
Baltimore the cyclists are looking forward
to the visit, and a hearty reception will be
accorded to all.
Tickets will be placed on sale early next
week. They have been printed and were
placed in the hands of the committee
transportation yesterday, but the sale will
not be gin till Monday. The cost of the
trip will be $40 each. OF this sl.20
will be for the railroad fare, while the re-
raining 80 cents will go for the dinner.
Nc tickets will be sold without the dinner
coupon. Should 1t rain that day the
run will take place on the following Sun
day a special train will leave the Bal
umore and Ohio depot at 9:15 IN. and run
to Baltimore on an hour schedule. The re-
turn trip of the special train will be made
at 90 in the afternoon. in order TO give
those who have evening engagements am
pie time to fulfill the same. Those who do
not care to return this early are not oblig-
ed to come back On the special train. The
tickets for the trip will hold good for any
uain returning to Washington either on
Sunday or Monday a number of hand
some posters have been printed by the rail-
road company, and these will be distrib-
The dinner will be served at Gwynn Oaks
Park, and a good service is promised. The
committee has secured from the caterer
for the occasion an excellent bill of fare
and when the trip is made the bill of fare
Will have to be served in full by the
teTer according to the arrangements male
ahead of time The ride out to Gwynn
oaks is very pretty one Upon arriving
at the Camden street station the local
wheelme1 will be escorted up Eutaw street
10 Lexington street. thence westward 20
N EN,r1tS
feyette avenue. thence to Mount ROYAL
avenue, to Druid Hill Park, through the
park and thence out on the Pimlico road,
one of the prettieSt roads around Balti-
more, to Gwynn Oaks a picturesque resort
about five miles from the city. Here there
l.; an immense pavilion and eating place,
with Plenty of outdoor amusements and
IargC artificial lake for boating purposes.
It was originally contemplated to visit
Point Breeze for the dinner. but that re-
sort has been frowned upon by the resi-
dents of Baltimore from the fact that beer
Is sold on the premises.
committee visited Baltimore during the
week and found that the wheelmen of the
monumental city were heartily in favor of
the proposed trip, and all the clubs WED
with each other in doing the honors to the
visiting wheeimen. Chief Consul Conway
Sans Of the Maryland division of the
League OF American Wheeimen not only
was in favor of the plan, but will order out
the division TO meet the yheemen. The
Sylvan ~ ciiStS have beautiful country
road with an abundance of shade, plenty
OF hammocks and fitted out with tennis
courts and base ball fields. This the club
rendered the use of the Washington cy-
ciists. but il was impossible to secure ac-
commOGation anywhere near the place for
the number that will make the trip. The
Harlem Cyclists. who have excellent
ca! house on Fulton aveaIe. offered their
services. in conjunction with the Sylvan
Cyclists. in entertaining the local deieSa-
ton The Fulton cyclists. Eho also have
c0m o. table club quarters. We're drs.rous of
taxing entire charge OF the visitingS hosts
AMI taxing them tC a specially chartered
l. ace I've or six miles outside the city
limits. promised to show them full hos
P.;ality of the Baltimore Wheeling fra
teruity- The Baltimore Cycle Club, which
Is located on Eutaw place. the leading
cub IN the city. was also anxious to re-
ceivr the visitors, while the Maryland Cen
fury Cycling club. under Capt. Louis
Weth-rill. was also ready to give a hos
p!table welcome and place itself at
the service of the Washington visitors.
II Is not likely, however. that any one club
will be- selected to do the nonors. The run
will be united run. AMI me projectors
are DESTROYS of having a united reception
OF all the wheeimen of Baltimore the
other end of the line, and his iii all prob
ability will be done
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The next meeting in regard 10 the con-
sideratiOn of the united trip and the form
ing OF a permanent organization, to be
known as the United Wheelmen of Wash
ingtOn. Viii be held Wednesday evening
at 80 11th street. A constitution will be
presented for adoption, and everything will
be gotten in shape for completing a per
manent organization. All unattached
wheelmen are invited to be present. and
invitations will be sent out to all of the
cycling clubs of the District to become
members of the new organization, the full
aims and objects of which Were published
in The Star on Tuesday
To add to the success of the united trip
10 Baltimore on the first Sunday in June,
Chief Consul William Robertson of the
local League of American Wheelmen has
called leasue run to Baltimore in con-
junction with the united run. The league
membership of the city Is about 10, and
every member can be looked upon as
going. This IS graceful move on the
part of the chief consul. as it clearly shows
that he is not antagoniStic to the United
Wheelmen. He is in favor of anything
that will promote cycling III the District
and he recognizes that the United Wheel
men in conjunction with the league can
do much good More than this 1t is very
apt to assist the league in more WAYS than
one.
The first league run of the season will
be held Thursday evening, with Vice Con-
eul W. r. Ls.rrimorc In charge. The run
will be to Cabin John Bridge, and the start
will be mace from Franklin Square corner
18th and X streets, at T:;}O pm. full
schedule of league runs for the month of
June has been made out and is as follows:
June ., to baltimore, starting at 9:15 am
from the Baltimore and Ohio DEPOT
June II. Silver Springs, Md, starting from
18th and Is streets. at 40 Z. m., with Local
Consul A ". Leeke in charge.
June IA. to Marshall Hail. starting at
Untontown at o'clock am. with Local
Consul F. j. Putnam in charge
June -, Hyattsvillc. starting at 18th
and streets, at $50 pm, with Local
Consul e. A. Mansfield in charge
Chief Consul Sans of Maryland was in
the city yesterday in conference with Chief
Consul Robertson in regard to the plan
OF holding inter-city races between teams
from baltimore and Washington, for
trophy cup to be presented by a BaIti-
morean. The plan has been outlined in
The Star. 1t Is proposed to hold five races
this season at certain intervals alternat-
ing one on the track at Baltimore and the
other on the track in this city.th fifth race
to be run of either here or in Baltimore
according to a toss up for choice A meet
ing of the local racing board OF the local
division was held Thursday evening at
Wh!cn the plan was talked over and
though there were some exceptions in
minor points the general plan was agreed
upon.
summer trips are now in order and from
now on the local wheelmen will begin plan
nlng tours of several DAYS duratio
through the surrounding country The
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