Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10

tons were received for membership. In
the absence Of the regular secretary, Mr..
John Rawlings was appointed secretary
pro tenn.
No date has as yet been fixed for the
club supper race. and the matter was
brought up at the meeting. The date was
originally Set for September "a, but post
ponement was made owing to that day
conflicting with the club races of the Al
tair Cycle Club. The committee in charge
| Of the supper race. consisting of Messrs.
w. s. Sims, B. F. Larcombe and Frank
Potts, have not held meeting since. and
consequently nothing further was agreed
upon At the meeting during the week this
committee was discharged from any fur
| Their action in the matter and 4 new COM
mittee will shortly be appointed by Pres:
| dent Gettinger, with full power to act.
The manner in which the circuit races
! were run off reflects great credit upon the
management. and more particularly to
| Messrs Gettinger and Potts. who We're clerk
| of the course and assistant clerk, respect
! ive.y, carrying on the races without a
| single hitch. This Is a harder task than
! one would ordinarily suppose. and very
| few people have any idea of the work that
| has to be DONE
! Mr.. E. H. Coombe. one Of the members
| of the club. is lying seriously i'll at his
| home suffering with an attack of Dneu-
] monia.
MIR. George Rheinhardt. the popular sec
rotary of the club, who has been quite
| sick. has recovered sufficiently to be out
again.
Columbia Heights Wheelmcn.
| That there mas evidently been a lack CT
harmony among the ranks of the Columbia
| Heights Wheeimen was demonstrated dur
| ing the week at the regular meeting whi:h
| was held Tuesday evening, and which was
called to order by Acting Chairman Irving
| Scharf The roll call showed twenty-five
| members present, and, after the reading OF
| the minutes Of the previous meeting, the
! secretary stated that he had received -FOUR
! resigna tons, which were read. MIR. Will
| lam Tate, in his letter of resignation, an
nounces his reasons for so doing were best
| known to himself. Kennis Goode, berkeley
| Breckenridge and Edward Randsell. the
| secretary. resigned for the same reason.
! Upon motion of Mr.. Harold Nicholas sec
p, onded by Warwick Torbert, the res:gna-
| tons of the four members were accepted
! without delay.
I Arvine Mueiheisen was selected as secre-
| tary pro TEN. for the evening. Beverly
, Towles Paul Scharf. Thomas Narnell.
| Vivian Everett and Fred. Burgess also
stated that they would resign A motion
was made that their designations also be
| accepted, which was carried At the mex!
meeting the, captain. George Soelner, and
seven or eight more members who were
| not present, will also resign. There mas
been some trouble al! along in the organiza-
| ton, and the immediate cause was due
to the fact that at the box party given
| last Saturday evening at the Nat.onai
|
| into q saloon and drank several glasses OF
beer The temperance nhenbera of the
club objected tolthis procedure. claiming
| that it ruined the reputation OF the club
| for sobriety. The Directing members. 1t is
understood will start a new club. though
as yet no. action has been taken In the
matter. "A meeting was called for Thurs
day evening for the organization of an in
| dependent club. 1t Is said that they Will
| have the same colors the old club. blue
and black. but this is only a matter Of
| conjecture. After the resigning members
| left the room the meeting was continued.
| and 1t was decided to elect a new set OF
| officers at the next regular meeting. The
| name Of Earl Hutchinson was proposed for
| membership and accepted, after which the
| club adjourned.
Capital HI. Club.
The Capital Bi. Club will make century
run tomorrow to Frederick. and it is ex-
| pected that eighteen or twenty members
| will go out. About ten Of this number will
leave in the morning on a train and get off
| at Tuscarora. which is about thirteen miles
| this side of Frederick. The balance of the
| c. BIZ c. contingent will start out early in
! the morning and make a century awheel.
| They will meet the other contingent at
| Tuscarora and proceed to Frederick. the
! entire party returning on their wheels.
Messrs. Dinwiddie and Lee Harlan, two
members of the club, expect to make the
| century in eight hours They will stay in
| Washington, and make the start at 9
| O clock tomorrow morning, expecting to be
! home by 5 o'clock. If they accomplish this
they will establish local record for this
| century course.
Last Sunday six members of the club
| started out for Ellicott City. With a
strong wind against them, the party man.
| aged to reach Ashton in the fast time Of
| one hour and twenty minutes. At this
point two of the members lay over, while
| the remaining four rode on to Elicott City.
On account of the advanced season. the
| club has discontinued its ladies' runs, which
| have proven so successful and so popular
The regular meeting of the club will be
| held this evening, at which several new
| members will be admitted and other bust
| ness of Importance transacted.
o. Y. E. s. Cycle Club, No. 1.
The o. Y E. 8. Cycle Club. No 1. will
take a cross-country run Tuesday evening
the route of which will not be known until
just before the time of starting. The run
will begin at G o'clock, sharp. in the even.
Ing from 1874 Rhode Island avenue ir
order to give much daylight to the ride
as possible.
Last Saturday the club went on a chest
nut run on the invitation Of Mrs. Lamont
grand worthy matron of the Grand Chap
ter of the District. at her home above
Brightwood. There were seventeen who
participated in the run, mostly riders OF
the fair sex; under command Of Lieut. J.
J. Costinett. Mrs. Lamont's home is some
distance above Brightwood, and the party
was loaded down with chestnuts when the
return to tfrescity was made.
The regular weekly run of the club last
Tuesday was practically the same as pub
] lshed in The Star last week. Lieut.. Thomp
| son had charge of the trip, and carried ou
quite a number of riders.
liberty Wheelmen.
The Liberty Wheelmen will take a rur
tomorrow to- Bowie. Md, and expect t.
carry out qnite crowd. Last Sunday tn,
club went to Rockville, turning out strong
Among the riders were several ladies, anf
the whole party sp.nt very enjoyable
! day.
The club is doing very little work Mt tn.
present time, and the interest in roat
riding is practically drawing to a close fo
the season.: The club has a valuable aux
| iliary in it's organization of female riders
The ladies had in view the organizat ton o
a club of their own. but the idea at pres
| ct appears to have been abandoned and
instead of taking runs of their own the,
| participate in the runs of the Liberty boys
and seem to derive great pleasure the re
from. 1t may be that at the beginning o
next :eason the young lady riders viii
form a club of their cwn.