Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-13
LOCAL CYCLING TALK
Work on the New Track Going on
Steadily.
l. A. ". RUN TO MARSHALL HALL
Permanent Organization Of United
WheeImen.
COS SIP OF THE CLUB S

The work at the new International track
has been going on steadily ever since Deco
ration day. and as a result when the
grounds are thrown open to the public
next Saturday wonderful improvement
will have been made. The track will be as
| smooth as an asphalt street, and the infield
| will be level and almost as hard as the
| track. During the week the infield was
| ploughed up, narrowed several times and
| thoroughly rolled, 60 as to present an even
| surface when the Morton Cadets repeat
their Savannah drill at their field day ex-
ercises. June 20. Another great improve
| ment Is the erection of picket fence al
most gro, nd the entire outside edge Of the
| track. This is designed to keep the people
| from walking over the track or crowding
| the riders when bicycle race Is being
run.
| For the convenience Of the public board
walk or promenade will be erected all along
| the base of the picket fence. This is de-
signed to catch an overflow Of people in
case Of crowded event. A picket fence Is
| also being erected in front Of the bleachers
and crossing tc the grand stand. This will
prevent repetition of the scenes of Deco
| ration day and keep the crowd from surg
ing on the track. Instead of the railing,
which afforded seats 70. number of bicy-
| clists, greatly to the detriment of the view
| OF the occupants of tho boxes. picket
| fence will be erected. In order to prevent
the occupants of the bleachers from get
ting into the grand stand, new way or
| reaching their seats has been devised. In
| stead of going under the grand stand. they
will pass to the rear, and thence by an al
| ley to the bleao hers. The room beneath
the grand stand will be fitted up so as to
afford additional dressirg-room facilities.
and the entrance to these rooms. which
will be OF ly from the track, will be fenced
| Off u keen tho crowd from meddltnR with
| the racers. At the north end Of the grand
stend boxes a space is left vacant, where
seats will be placed. and the starters of
| the riders will occupy these Immediately
after a race begins. If this is carried out
| 1t will leave only the officers Of a race meet
on the inside of the track, give clear Wis
ion to every body In the grand stand ana
| the bleAchers, and thus affo I'd greater sat
isfaction to all.
Plans for an elaborate club house have
been drawn. and 1t is expected that work
| large two-story frame, with verandas of
| two stories around the building. The first
| floor will contain rooms for ladies and gen
tlemen, with cafe. The second floor will
be one large ROOM well lighted and we'll
ventilated, which will be used for meetings
and dancing. The privileges of the club
| certain fee being charged for the priv
ileges offered by the same.
Second League Run.
The second league run of the season was
held Thursday evening, the start being
| made at 7:3O o'clock from Franklin Square,
corner 18th and X streets. Local Consul
A. W. Leeke was In charge, and carried
crowd to Silver Spring, the objective point
of the run. where short stop was made.
The next league run will be tomorrow,
and will be to Marshall Hall. being the
first local all-day Sunday run. The league
| members will assemble at Anacostia, being
| met at the Anacostia bridge by Local Con-
sui F. ]. Putnam. who will escort them
over the road to the river resort. The re-
turn will be by boat. The start will be
made promptly at o'clock, the ride being
taken easily, and Marshall Hall reached
about noon.
The road book committee of the local d.
vision Of the league are scheduled to hold
meeting next Thursday evening at o'clock
at 100 10th street northwest, the headquar-
tiers Of Chief Consul Robertson. The COM
mittee has a quantity of valuable data on
hand concerning the roads in and around
the District. and its chief work will be the
compilation and publication of the same
In suitable style. so as to be Ineligible
to every cyclist. large map of the sur
rounding country, showing the roads and
private lanes. and also the various country
towns will be one of the features Of the
book. .
The first regular meeting of the local d.
vision Of the league will be held Monday
evening at the rooms of the Washington
Road Club. at their new quarters. At this
mittees will be submitted, and the work of
the organization in the District pushed for
ward by an energetic campaign, to main
tain the rights and privileges of wheelmen
in the District.
United Wheelmen.
The permanent organization of the Unit
ed Wheelmen of the District will, in all
probability, be completed at the next regu-
lar meeting, which will be held Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock at $40 18th street. The
adoption Of the constitution will be one Of
the main things under consideration, and
as the greater part Of this has already
been done. it is most likely that officers
will be elected and the campaign for which
the organization was formed be carried on
In vigorous manner.
According to the constitution, there are
five officers to be elected, which includes a
president, vice president, recording secre-
tary, financial secretary and treasurer, the
latter being under bond. In addition to
this, there will be four additional members
elected, who, with the officers, will consti-
tute a board of governors. The meeting Of
the board will be held at stated intervals.
while every three months a meeting Of the
association will be held. The election of
officers will be held in the fore part of May
every year. Only three committees will be
appointed, which will be as follows: Com
mittee on membership, three members;
committee on finance, three members, and
committee on rights and privileges, five
The failure of the dinner ARRANGEMENTS
last Sunday on the occasion of the run to
Baltimore Is deeply regretted by every
member Of the association. The commit
tee in charge had every assurance that an
excellent dinner would be served by a
caterer who had twenty-six years of ex-
perience in serving the public, and who had
every facility. SO 1t was claimed, for han
ding large crowds 1t is an unfortunate
occurrence. both for the Baltimore and
Washington wheelmen, that last Sunday
was the first time this caterer was ever un-
able to fulfill his obligation. 1t is evident
| that the individual never before catered to
| large crowd of cyclists. The train SER
vice was all that could be desired. The
| movement Of the Baltimore cyclists to get
together and atone for the lamentable oc-
currence and give the local wheelmen an
excellent dinner free of charge is getting
along splendidly. A meeting has been cali
ed for next week, at which the representa-
tives of the Fulton Wheelmen, the Harlem
Cycle Club, the Sylvan Cyclists, the Bal
timore Cycle Club, the Clifton Wheelmen.
and several other clubs, together with the
bicycle dealers and agents, at which the
| matter will be fully discussed and some
action taken. The Baltimore wheelmen
| seem to think that in the eyes of Washing
tonians the hospitality Of the monumental
city can be questioned, and they are de-
termned that such shall not be the case