The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
P4RTIESo or AMFRICdNRIDERs WILL
T0TR EUROPE ON BICYCLES.
-nc Nominal cost and tho Variety OF the Trip
Attract Iudern-C Chairman Mott Considering
n Foreign Tcam-scce1io Talk subsidinE-
The Niiburn Road ttaco - Other Gossip.

n FOREIGN -" -. 800,
rhe "
Bicycle tours EUROPE h"Nc ooVo"'' P'p'"i
with Americana ror se'oI", se"i' sue. Nv
ties have travellod through EhR'"n', rr"noV'
and Germany on nicyclcs' ahu theS 'ia mn
It Is a most deiightfui ana ins'ru"t'Ne VII; Al
touring abroad riders are ohnpicu 10 stop "here
they wish ana pass over MI tho 'o'
ritory OF the diIereht countries III 'nno Wy
they Nav" "uecluo" n"N""'"Keo'o ~ ~
travel by rail- Inc "oVnnt"ses 'orolsh ,ouilns
have become 30 manifest nat soIorai i"ito
touring parties arc now "rrunsinR 10 leH'o y
tie other sIoe "t ch''S u"'os' nt"'ro VIM ""'o
In previous years loure" 'hS Guilty. ".eHV"
planning foreign 'Fips' ana thore Proni'Ses..o 20
alargc cXpcdlt'oh oS american o'so'o ''"'leU'
this year.
On June iva part! q nun ""u "o"'ou h"No
arranged TO lcaNe 'ni' cAs ioFe "TRIP "uro"u,
The riders will spend SIX days In London nnd
,tor depart for Paris, whore n week will DO
spent "Ito. I z,U ptanrs ,.ha 49, $500
miles through Europe riders VINO have toured
aofo"u '"s uss r.a"ns = trin A. an,a,;,na
how to pFoNlus S,. w. - uap :"
f'" np4r.t of all. riders should be cautioned
80 ,.,,- ,,hce,s on tbo other s,de Tho
against "'''"e w "" ~. 'N
bicycles are cumbersome and worthless afrairs,
.nj large deposits arc required for their safe
anu 'e -, .nu,,ht, Lii ~, o.r,, ,,h.o,.
unless they are Grated or otherwise boxed up,
and the best plan Is to put one or two wheels In
: hcvcle trunk. tho parts we'll covered with
yaseline and wrapped SO as 10 protect thcm from
nal, air and spray. In crates the charge is 81 .5O;
IN trunks IheS WIN soae o"Rs"se.
III you intend to ride on the continent, Join
the Touring Club of France before leaving this
country. f'.' ii's'iine' w .nn'" e'0o''
Boston. is an American representative of the as
,ociation. This clubs ticket will pass you
N""Hh ,,o C,s,o,, House NJ Fran. s,yityo-.
through 'no c"s'u US - WIFE
J, s,ac;al card of admission into Bolptum from
ha.I,,,r,,rs 7, IL o.ar 20 = A.
the cluo ncaoquHfteie' ~ 70 Easy y pa! u"-
ties at every frontier, hut difficuit to get the
nancy back when leaving q country. There is
mono! =. y II..~ -. pets - ,nssa
a, Joining the Touring Club of France is about
a, "a. Unless otherwise absolutely compelled.
always take your bicycles on the train or steamer
Sit- ther; Ms baggage along with ynur trunks"
% One Of the earliest parties that viii leave this
81! W. y, tho I. 4 w Eo ia nrranainy Snr
I9wmst .n is o, Scw York m NAV % fnr n Trim
through N ,Ra amy 81 nTT, nn 7 .S SSui PSris Eng ThS
tS%r AS on this trip viii return on July ;. The
az MnaCn ur n I,nited en,,,nt ~ tronov re
thCSe P tsS irip SSeverai welI.Rnnwu wh Si an
-. ~ anln, nr,.yn m rtfao n r.n
have NrahfIu u w III p"T,ies dotS ~
TINS !sart ni fdr % Heor = mn IT,, VINO mas
!ouieu 20, a. a. 49,, q 80 - rid.rs Nc ' snm
10 40 over WIZ" '"fso party Vi fiuerS 'hiS sum-
met SaES: s,o,ro ton who
.,,.d i IN u F,rore nn a Tbiic" ,bat Il 4 is i n n most rn
elta III Et,Gle u ~ =. 20 NJ
isscinatihg TIP S nuSn an -, ou ~ sb oheTs nea,ah,
RIeaSnT", anu Wst : ION no, 10 M ! who appTeS,ate
and who enjoy a vacation in the open air amid
ppeauui1ri s'TnI ! nn !! 70 n" he exnn:, "a %"I spien II
nSnmn!s' ,o;,S .% !" Iapo.Heu .nat d per-
ron uldCuNdlllttu ~ II ituS uaktS, Iint
ana customs o. ,mo uineEcnt roun.ries can
travel .hS9ngh theh s uha as %ithomt annoy,
man. nan rE a br ny NJ ! H. t tbp- JHin = pnT6y
ON Uhia ,bS d ey Z II e Of ,nn vino Il IN 1hS {Drcign s1 tanil r,as
.T9 a traveller time is money You cannot
eIUcn 10 spend a g2o .hs snare o, IL COOKING up &C,
a; bii p ratesl r. Won do not speaSS the languaSe
sjRh Gesein9a anS t haR,9Iere9T b @se f ae!ay ere IN no your az
thorolSniy aPpFeciated anat me ma;ority avail
mb ms SCI .hora ,i n,-er ~ ms, 6 inS = ms III. mken is
ths lake t nnsnib over m ,ne mos an aes nt = eI routes IN
Nc ~ !, ISL o,un "nd - "' T sruTs sar-
t Nis VI .rie S Gl |. nrer Tho Se,,on 1racksn y,
travoI' ! now much more is il necessary on a tour
" -of.tj b my npsccsi 10 ""-A """'
"1rr !, d III Viz mec, .t New York IN Friday
June II. and viii leave Saturday, June IL, on
H.. % r n steIInar Vii Land 81 R"nfnrHa.s"r
Me s France. where n stop viii be made 20 view
nv raiixay DIRECT IN Pnri5 From Paris he
ITHo6G'mile tom NAV 10 said m h,va bcr,n TIE
f;rst sion after leaving paris will he nadaat
Fontainebiean and during the next seven daTs
the TOUR viii continue over The tinest 5000
the world stonninD nj The main Ioin,s ~ i;nior,
st along thc rpmt,. and folloUinr Tho IL Inno
Ftver valley into Jura, nassine into S,yit 1erIamG
and ILrouph the dcfiIe OF the Ia Ciuse one ~
the princi6al M sses bel yeen France and Sryitt
Eerlani and nyer the .Juras nonntaina ,rhoro
n tweIyc-miie coast will be had lntn Nencbstni
"Berne. the canitai Of Switzerland viii he n.
next stonninp place. From This nojnt a tSenty.
mile ride will he taken IN Thnn md fhanr. ~
lntCriaken, the famous Swiss summer resort.
leaving Interlaken. the party Will continue TO
BTicnz and n lake will be crossed. to Giessback
Fails. From here they will 90 to Brunig and
coast into Luccrne. The next stopping place
will be Zurich, and the party will continue to
the Falls OF the Rhine. Leaving Switzerland.
the Black Forests OF Germany will be
passed through, and after an eighteen.
mile GOES; The city OF Strasburg will
be taken in. From here the route followed
will be through the beautiful Zorn Valley TO the
fortified city OF Metz, a few miles from the
frontier of France. The next point wished viii
be tho Grand Duchy OF Luxembourg, thence 10
Bingcn. known rs Fair Bingen OH The Rhine
and direct following the river Rhine to Cologne.
Crossing over TO Holland, the first stop will be
made at 4 rnheim. Leaving Arnhcim, Utrecht,
Amsterdam, and Haarlem will be visited in sue
cesB.on. Leyden and The Hague, where the
fOvHl family pf TInllanf raai1.a ,yfll tho, r..