Evening star., 1896-09-26

A piano and pool table have been secured
for the new club house. and considerable
other furniture. The whole place will be
completely furnished by the first of next
M nth. The regular club meeting will be
held October ]. at which the matter of CIV
ing house warming will be acted upon.
Pole Hill Cycle Club.
The Pole Hill Cycle Club, under Capt
Frank Shillue, took a short cross-country
spin Tuesday evening, at which full rep
resenta,ion Of members attended. A meet
ing of the club was held last evening at the
residence of Mrs. Hunt on 32d street ex-
tended. at which considerable business Of
importance was transacted. Several new
members were elected and several other
applications turned down. The evening
closed with d euchre party, in which all
handS took part.
Morton Cadets.
Nothing has been going on at all with
the Merton Cadets bicyclists, and were
1t not for the talk of those boys who went
to New York and of Private Jones, who
rode through Virginia and part of North
Carolina. one must needs think that this lit
tie bit of cold weather had sent them to
their quarters to hibernate for the winter.
The fair which they contemplate giving Is
attracting all their attention and prevents
the boys from taking many long rides.
Prfvates j. A. Chisholm and Bailey, with
several of their friends. left this city a
week ago last Saturday on the 3 o'clock
train for Baltimore They did this owing
to the bad cordition of the roads be-
tween here and that city. They left Bal
tinlore on their wheels at 5 o'clock that
evening and rode straight through to Phia-
delphia without making any stops The
| roads were found to be in excellent condi-
ton. and they made Philadelphia at &
Sunday morning. They made very short
stay there. leaving Philadelphia at 10, and
making the distance between that city and
New Iork-1ol miles-in nine hours and
fifty minutes, record of which the boys
are justly proud. The boys made the whole
distance from here to New York in about
twenty-eight hours and hardly felt the
strain which they We're called upon to
| endure owing undoubtedly to the training
into which they had gone. Four days
| were spent in seeing New York city and
the surrounding places. Brooklyn being ex-
| p!ored and Coney Island and Manhattan
| Beach taken in.
| The boys also visited the Seventh Regi-
ment Armory, and. on making themselves
known. We're treated kindly by the janitor
| of the building, a sergeant of one of the
| companies.
| The boys left New York Thursday after
noon intending to ride home slowly seeing
| all the places of interest on the way. a
| little way out of New York they
| caught in rain storm, and were forced
| to spend the night at Planfieid. The next
| morning the weather was again favorable
| for riding, and the boys started out in
| tending to make Philadelphia that even
| road at different farm houses for milk ard
! food. and We're always treated with great
| hospitality. AT one place where the boys
stopped for water pretty country maiden
| was so captivated by the giances OF Pri-
| vate Bailey that nothing must do but that
| the boys must have ice water, and She
| imme liza tely ordered her brother to the ice
| house for ice. 1t took the boys at least
an hour to prevail upon Bailey that 1t
| was necessary for them to go. Phladel
phia was reached that evening, and the
boys went to a hotel. where they spent the
night The next day. Saturday, they eX-
plored the city, seeing everything of note.
Leaving Philadelphia that evening. and by
riding all night. they reached Baltimore
! Sunday morning, where they took the train
for home. The boys enjoyed their trip very
much, and intend to get up large party
next spring and ride if possible, to Chi
| cago.
Private Jones' with a couple of friends
| left the city the same evening as the other
party did with the intention of riding down
| the Shenandoah valley, and to North Caro-
| lima where he has some relatives. lie took
the train to Harper's Ferry, and from there
| proceeded the rest of the way on wheel.
| going by way of Front Royal and StrasDurS
to Messy Greek, where he had some friends
| They spent a couple of days here, resting
| from the effects of their journey, which
they found to be pretty rough one the
roads being in a very bad condition. They
| next went to Stanton where falr was
| in progress, and here they had an enjoyable
time, seeing the races and all the attrac-
tons Of the surrounding country at the
| fair.
The next place visited was Lexington and
| Lynchburg and from here on the roads
were so bad that they had to follow the
railroad They rode along the railroads TO
| Petersburg and to GarrySburg, n. e., al
which place they had some rela with
whom they stayed for a few days. When
they left this place they rode to Norfolk,
from which place they took the boat home.
There was only one accident on the whole
trip--a pretty bad fall by Jones, though
luckily, no bones were broken nor any
damage done to his wheel. The boys found
whole way and the only pleasant riding
was along the railroads, but beyond this
they said they mad a very nice trip, and
they mean to try it again some time in the
future.
Club Notes.
The Capital Ri. Club has no regular run
scheduled for tomorrow. though it is pos
sible that a good many of the member;
will visit Rockville and make an all-day
trip. Last Sunday the run which was
scheduled for Brandywine was changed tc
Marshall Hall. Quite a number went ou
on the run only to find out when they
reached their destination that the river re-
sort was closed for the season.
| The Liberty Wheelmen have run sched
| uied for Dickey'S tomorrow, on which trir
they Will be accompanied by their lady
friends 1t is expected to have good turn
out. The club has been doing very little
active riding of late.
The Chain and Sprocket Cycle Club CAV,
watermelon run Wednesday, which
started at o'clock in the afternoon from
their headquarters at 1115 9th street, ant
which was attended by quite a number o.
cyclists A very enjoyable evening wa
| spent.
The Hyattsville Cycle Club made it's frs
run on Tuesday evening, under Capt Harr,
Gore. Takoma Park was the obiectiv,
point and an even dozen of riders went ou
on the trip. ~
The record of Harry Park the local tricl
, rider. from Baltimore to Washington will
not De accepted by the Century Road Clul
CT America. because it was not made ffon
city hall to city hall as prescribed in rule
, oL tnelr regulations governing road records
When Informed that L. H. Wahls recort
CT 24o was not made from such building
, put from boundary to boundary. Mr. Park
. | was told that this record was made befor
. tnat rule was adopted. Or. in other words
, | unless rider succeeds in lowering Wahl'
, record, starting as he would have to do i,
the Baltimore Washington ride about tw
miles the other side of Nahrs startin,
= point and nishing mile further this way
,, he can hardly beat the record of course
nTly