Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-09
Needs Little Work to Make It Ready
for the Wheelmen.
PREPARING FOR TIE OPENING DAY
Specia! Meeting Of the Local L.
A. w.
COS SIP OF THE CLUBS

me work on the new internatio track
on the Conduit road Is progressing rapidly
Inc track has been practically completed,
ana needs but little more work to put 1t in
condition to receive a top surface upon
which to ride. AS has been stated In The
Star. the track will be what is known as a
depressed course, this style doing away
with banking, and Grabbing a person to
stand at any point outside the track and
see the entire course.
The work on the grand stand is being
pushed. and 1t will be completed as soon as
the track. The railroad track of the Great
Falls road has been moved back thirty
feet or mere from it's original position, in
order to give room for the location Of the
grand stand By next week a gang of men
Will be at work erecting high board fence
around the entire field. The top surface of
the track will probably be put on next
week, and the whole course rolled so as to
make the track almost as hard as concrete.
Inc opening on Decoration day will be a
great event, and the projectors of the en-
terprise will endeavor to make it a mem
orable affair. A brass hand will be en-
pioyed, which will parade the streets of
the city in the forenoon and play at the
park In the afternoon. Special souvenirs
Will be prepared for the occasion and jig
tributed among the people.
The Altar Cyclists are I'D and doing
with will, and promise to win. promi-
nence on the road and track this season.
AT recent meeting of the club neat uni
forms were selected, and an order for their
making was placed with Parker, Bridget &
Company. The club will make their first
appearance III uniform next Wednesday,
lor which day run to Baltimore has been
calieo. The fourth annual strawberry run
or the club will be held just as soon as
Strawberries are plentiful. This event Is
looked forv ard to with intense longing and
much mouth watering by the food-loving
wheelmen.
manager Of the Affair base ball team which
Is composed entirely of members of the AL
ta1r Cycle Club. Practice will be begun at
an early date. A crack battery is assured
with Lieat. Britt behind the bat and Capt
Weaver n the twirlers box Manager
Jones would be pleased to hear from teams
OF not too expert players particularly from
the Washington Road Club or the Queer
Whaelmcn.
special meeting of the local division of
the League of American Wheelmen will
De held Friday evening, May To- at the
club rooms of the Washington Road Club.
this year, and the object of calling the
members together is to decide upon some
definite plan of procedure for work during
the current year. 1t is also highly probable
that at this meeting Chief Consul Robert
son will announce the selection of officials
to complete the complement of local Off
GERS for the District division of the league
The officers to be appointed will consist of
a vice consul and perhaps four or five local
consuls for the various sections of the
city. 1t IS understood that these appoint-
ments have been practically decided upon.
the only thing remaining being the accept
ance of the parties selected
Among the Miles Cycle Corps things are
progressing smoothly. The charges filed
against Lieut.. Frank Libbey by Capt S
II. Wigg1n have been withdrawn. Follow
ing this up. Lieut. Libbey sent in his resg-
nation to the company. and an election Will
be held shortly to fill the vacancy
This evening the annual meeting of the
Capital Bi. Club will be held, which will
be more interesting than usual on account
of the fact that officers will be elected to
serve for the ensuing year. While most of
the old officers will be reelected. there
AT the last meeting of the Washington
Road Club Mr.. Lee Herold was admitted
to active membership
The lie Droit Park Wheelmen are shortly
TO appear In brand rev uniform Of tasty
design. The club has decided to adopt a
uniform. and the matter of adopting a
suitable suit Is now pending
The Active Road Club will soon reor-
ganize for the season The club was in a
1airiy fourishing condition last year. but
during the winter it went to pieces
The quarters of the Washington Road
Club are not as desirable as some of the
members want. and the question of secur-
ing new quarters has been brought up. At
the last meeting a committee was appoint
ed and given full pow to secure quarters
before the LIST of June.
Last Sunday the game of ball at Spen-
cerville, Md, between the Queer Wheel
men and the Washington Road Club team
did not come Off. The threatening weather
majority of the former club took a spin
over to Suitland. Md. =.