Evening star., 1896-01-04

pared the following amusements for this
month: Ladies' night, January 10, stereop-
ucon lecture on trip to the Bermudas;
guests night, January Is, duplicate whist
-, club pool and billiard contest; january
81, annual banquet
Other Wheel Clubs
The Potomac Wheelmen have made ar
rangements to occupy the large building at
oth street and Virginia avenue southeast
Tor their club quarters. The knights of the
Golden Eagle will share the room with
them.
The Queer Wheelmen were royalty enter
tained New Year eve at the residence of
MISS Netue Brown of No. 49, NJ street
Northwest The lady friends of the club
We're out in full force ard the new wear
was welcomed with appropriate ceremony
ne evening was spent in dancing during
served.
Messrs. Adolph and John volk of Ports
mouth, Va, two enthusiastic wheelmen, were
ln town on visit during the week. They
brought their wheels with them and took
advantage of the good weather by ENJOYING
plenty of road riding. The country around
portsmouth is level, with shell roads and
tne tIn visitors did not relish some of the local
mus which they were Obliged to climb
Z. f. Cause of the W. r. c. is improyins
wonderfully
Bicycle Notes.
The final report on the wonderful tandem
ride of mile in LII Is by Green and
krswell over the Cheyenne course has just
been made. The track is not a straight
away course, but has three turns in it
The wind was blowing at the rate of thirty
nVe miles an hour and the weather in
tensely cold. The half mile, according to
the electrical timing device, was made in
.35 4-5
Zimmerman is nrovinP to he preat
drawing card in all events he enters in
Australia. Over $1,000 spectators Witness
cd his first ride, and at the Sydney meet
29,oo people We're present.
Through the employment of the hardware
trade alone as selling agents, it is said that
over S,O0,oo0 worth of bicycles were
marketed this year.
Peter j. Berlos wonderful performance
at New Orleans places him far out of the
q as been" class.
William Martin. the six-day rider has
followed Zimmerman's example and gone
to the antipodes, where he has captured
several records.
The Century Road Club of America has
allowed the following records: Thomas
Butler, 10 miles in 2530; L. n. Walleston,
. miles in 1l.49: 10 miles in 24.14; 10 miles
in 1924; 20 miles in 4s.5S; 25 miles in .O0:53;
Massachusetts, records. M. NJ. Krentz, 100
miles in 6:31:00; Evans century course
record of Denver. Tandem records: r. III.
Bartsch and ]. Nonnenbacher, New York
Philadelphia record, one way, $50; both
ways, 1886. E. p. Hamilton and w. L.
Terre Haute-Rockville record,
l :34:O0
A hydraulic brake is an English novelty,
which is not very apt to become popular
in this country.
The Association of Bicycle Repairers In
Chicago are up I'm arms against the recent
enactment of the city fathers compelling
them to take out license, and are going
to take the matter into the courts to test
its legality.
French wheelwoman owed her landlady
rent for which the latter seized her ma
chine; this the courts declared to be illegal,
as cycle was neither a vehicle nor a piece
of furniture. However the courts did not
say what 1T was, and now the French own
ers of bicycles are wondering just who and
what they are.