The morning times., 1896-09-20
SPENT A WEEK ON WHEELS
Trip of Two Washington Riders
Into Pennsylvania.
THEY HAD A FINE OUTING
Spent Nearly buy ON the Gettys-
burg Battlefield and Went as Far
AS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Were
Not Wanting to Make the Ride an
Interesting One.

Mr.. G. A. Mansfield. jr., and Mr.. Victor
VIoll and OF Capitol Ill., have arrived bone
af:cra most Interesting trip o. their wheels
They started out on the 7th for
weeks run wherever fancy might lcadthen
Only one point was settled in their minds
when they left, and that was that they
were going north. They were to ride
until weary and then start home.
They made no provision for the trip, ex-
cept to take well filled rocketbook.
Their baggage was very light. consist
ing of an Oil cloth blanket and some III
dispensable toilet articles. They made
their weeks trip. travelled about $50 miles,
had a most enjoyable time, took pictures
with "A small camera one OF them carried
and came home brown as berries. Any
one can duplicate the trip and stop at tile
best hotels for a cost Of $r5. Certainly
bicycle outings are the cheapest that can
be made.
THE START.
The start was made Monday morning
about 10 O'Clock. The two riders struck
the Pennsylvania road at Bennings and
followed it for thirty-eight miles to
Severn where they struck a good shell
road and raced in twelve miles to Balti-
more. Here u stop was made for dinner
and after a spin through Druid Hill Park
they took the Pimlico pike. Opposite the
race track they stopped and had chat
with a number of Baltimore wheelmen.
Leaving them they rode mile and half
to Seven-mle lane where they left the
Plmlicu pike and no lie over TO the Bal timOre-
Reistertown road, and on ten miles to
Reistertown- They fond toll gates plenty
and had to hand over their little nickel.
They spent the night at Reistertowu
and had a time of it. They washed up
in the trough in the yard, aud after
supper were escorted to a room Just above
the bar room Between a silver argu-
ment, which grew hotter as the drinks
increased, a crying baby in the next
room, and some unlimited and unwelcone
bedfel,ows, they passed most uncom-
Portable night.
At = O'Clock the next morning they
were off bright and early through West
minister, the most beautiful little town
they saw on their trip, to Littlestown
and then to Gett ysburg, where they ar
rived at 1 O'Clock. They found the roads
fair, except an Old pike they struck
which runs dry and rough. The county
roads, they report, are the best to travel
They spent the afternoon in going over
the battlefield, and for this purpose laid
aside their wheels. They enjoyed the
sight immensely and were sorry to leave
the historic place.
WEDNESDAYS RUN.
But Wednesday morning bright and
early they were up and off headed for
Lancaster. They rode by way of Hun
terstown, East Berlin, York. Wrights-
vile and Columbia. At the latter place
they crossed the Columbia bridge, one
mile long, and again had to pay toll
Lancaster was reached at 40 O'Clock.
and here they remained over Thursday.
The most interesting sights they saw
were an asylum for the insane and a
brewery. They had never been Inside OF
a brewery Lesore and enjoyed the ex-
perience hugely.
Friday morning they rode back to York
and then took the York pike. They found
it the finest stretch of road they had ever
seen as long as they were in York county.
But at dinner time they found themselves
in such an inconGruous place that they were
tOTccO TO stop a uu edJ- ne no W nave the
glorious satisfaction of knowing that they
ate dinner at Hogstown, situated in Para
disc to wnshp. They had good dinner, at
that, despite the names. Back they spun
through Hunterstown to Gettysburg again
where they spent the night =
THE HOME RUN.
Saturda they started on the Hagerstown
pike for Fairfield. To reach ii they had
to cross the Blue Ridge mountains. Pass
ing through this town they stopped at
Waynesboro for dinner 4 ID caught the first
and only shQVer during the trip 1t was
over in little while and they We're bile
to wheel through Hagerstown to Middle
ton, where they spent the night.
Sunday they started on the home run
They passed through Frederick Gathers
burg and Rockville, and reached the city
at 4:30 O'Clock They did not have
single puncture or accident, cleaned their
chains once and used graphite 4 couple
OF times.
Sunday they met party OF four Cumber-
land riders hustling with all their might to
get to Hancock in time to catch the train.
They had tickets home from that point,
but there was only II cents in the party.
The two Washington men are wondering
yet whether those Cumberland boys caught
the train.