Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-01
Il a. w. NOTES.

1875 new members. The total new name
added to the L. A. w. on June 18th las
Il year was 1852 The total for the sam,
!, date this year was 2,277. These are new
members and are Of course, exclusive of al
renewals. New Jersey wants 10000 by
the close of the season and is pulling rapidly
towards the 5000 now. Are you in it?
i As the date for the opening of the eigh
teenth annual meet of the League Of Anne
rican Wheelmen approaches, the interest il
the event becomes more intensified, and j
is peculiarly appropriate just at this time
to outline in a general way what prepare
ti0ns are being made to entertain the 10000
or more out-of-town wheelmen who viii
visit the Quaker City during the first week
of August next As is well understood by
the majority of wheelmen all over the
country, it has been decided to limit the
meet proper to four days-Wednesdsy
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 4
5, and 7-although the Executive Com.
mittee has recently been in the receipt Of
numerous Communications which lead to
the belief that the number of visitors who
will spend the entire week in and about
Philadelphia will be by no means small.
The morning of Wednesday. August 4th
will be given over to the reception and
registration of visitors, distribution of Gre
dentials, badges, souvenir albums, etc In
! the afternoon there will be runs starting
| from headquarters in all directions to near
by places of interest, including Paramount
| Park and the romantic WissahickOn. The
evening will be devoted to an excursion on
1 the Delaware river, affording the visitors
view of the river front by night and in
cluding stop at one of the popular down
river resorts 1t is quite probable that a
dance will be arranged during the stop for
| the entertainment of those of the excur-
sionists who may be accompanied by ladies.
This excursion will be made quite an en-
| ioyable affair, and should the weather be
favorable majority of the out of towners
will undoubtedly take it in
Thursday will be field day for the
tours and runs committee, which divided
up into numerous sub committees, will
send runs to various places of historic and
scenic interest to be decided upon later
In the evening, beginning about nine
O clock, will be held one of those famous
"all night smokers" for which the wheel
men of the Quaker City are celebrated
| This entertainment which will last until
| the t" first faint streaks," will be winner.
and as the attendance will be large the
affair will be held in one of the biggest
buildings of which this city can boast,
probably the Arena, at Broad and Cherry
street, close to the heart of the city. While
this symposium is in progress there will be
held in another large and centrally located
hall the L. A. W. ball. This latter func
tion will be especially pleasing to the
ladies, for whose entertainment during the
meet specially selected subcommittee OF
local wheelwomen will shortly be named.
For those who have sufficiently recovered
from the previous nights enjoyments to
care to indulge in them, additional runs are
scheduled for Friday morning These will
be so far arranged as to allow of all hands
reaching Willow Grove in time for the
races, which are scheduled to begin at 3
clock in the afternoon. The trial heats,
which will be run off in the morning, COM
mencing at 8 80 o'clock, will be free to
holders of tickets for the afternoons races
That night there will be held in Willow
Grove Park what is termed A Wheelmen's
Night,n with special music by the DAM
rosch Symphony Orchestra, balloon ascen-
sions, RACES and exhibitions on the track
(which can be brilliantly illuminated with
electricity, refreshments and other attrac
tiOns, which cannot fail to interest and
amuse the vast crowd of stranger wheel
men.
Nothing in particular has yet been ar
ranged for Saturday morning except, of
course, the preliminary heats of the second
days races, which will include the $500
mile open, in which all the cracksjacks of
this country land probably some from
abroad) will compete. 1t is highly probable
that, with clear weather, the afternoons
races will be witnessed by crowd such as
has never before attended bicycle race
meet in this country. The Willow Grove
management has prepared seating accom-
modasions for upwards of $4,000. For the
evening a special attraction, not yet
definitely decided upon, will be arranged
for.
On Sunday the executive committee has
made arrangements for combination run
and excursion to Atlantic City.
Many entertainment features are to be
added when the program is finally made
up. Among these will be a trip to the
Quaker City Wheelmen's country club
house, at Wissinoming The "Quakers"
will provide some novelties for the amuse-
ment of their visitors, and the inevitable
music and refreshments will be there for
the delectation of all.
One innovation decided upon at the last
meeting of the Executive Committee was
the appointment of special steering COM
mittees," who will be on hand at all times
to take parties on tours of inspection to-
places of interest in all parts of the city.
Of course all entertainments will be
absolutely free to members of the League
the "open sesame" being the L. A. w.
membership card.
The bicycle fete to be given at Long
Branch on Saturday, July II. promises to-
transcend in beauty and novel features any
similar event in this country. The parade
in the afternoon will be much larger than
that OF last year, and the Examinations at
night will present picture of veritable
fairy land. The road extending from Long
Branch to Pleasure Bay will be brilliantly
lighted with torches of varied colored fires,
and lanterns will be suspended from all
the trees fences and houses. The grounds
at Pleasure Bay will be brilliantly illuminat
de with thousands of incandescent electric
lights of different colors, fine display of
fireworks will be given both on land and
water, and there will be lots of music for
dancing. The New York Firemen's Bicy-
Gle Club will take down with them com
plete working model of steam fire engine
mounted on bicycles, and give on wheels a
regular fire drill The bicycle corps of the
Fifth Artillery Regiment of the United
States Army, will give complete drill on
bicycles according to the latest army tao
tics A drill will alsu be given by the
bicycle corps of the First Battery of Artil-1
iery of the National Guard. Many other
interesting features are being arranged for
the affair.
1t will be worth while for riders to re-
member that an L A. w. card is a most
necessary adjunct during the great meet in
August Such will be necessary at all
functions during the week, as NO tickets for
the varied entertainments will be sold to
the public. 1t takes from two to three
weeks for an application to 60 through its
course and no delay" is the watch word
Apply at once to this Office for application
It costs you So and gives you cycling
paper, pays your dues for year, and also
gives you legal protection Of your rights
and lot of other things.
The route taken by L. Traunwelser, of
Merchantville, to New York on his wheel,
and which made the distance eighty five
miles. was as follows: Merchantville to