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are driven way from home in hunt for u
really good cycle road.
of Columbia Championship on Decoration
Day. All amateurs resdingin the District
of Columbia will be eligible to enter in this
race
TheL. A. w. championship for the District
of Columbia will be contested each year
hereafter at each last circuit meet The
L. A. w Will supply the prizes, which under
the rules, must be a medal inscribed
d. c., L. A. w, one-mile championship.
If that cycle path between this city and
Baltimore, which has been so much dis
cussed, could be actually built, its popa-
larity would be marvellous. There is no
doubt that such q path would be of inn
mense mutual benefit TO the two cities.
Only one thing will bring this improvement
about-and incidentally many others-and
that is organization.
Organization is the battle cry of the
League OF American Wheelmen, and the
numerical strength of that body with its
thousands of branches in every State of
the Union, show whatmay be accomplished
when the wheelmen get together The
fight for good roads has been waged by
the order with relentless zeal for many
at the present time.
The roads around Washington need inn
provement, and the only way for the
wheelmen to secure it is TO Join the local
L. A. W and lend their efforts in the cru
sade which VIII certainly be started
shortly.
L. A. w. Notes.
New members-George A Fowle, 615
Fourteenth street; Charles McGuiggan, 932
F street; j. Barton Miller, 1923 Thirty
fourth street; F. g. Shaw, I'll g street;
N L. Steee, col Massachusetts, avenue
northeast s. Oden Scott, Lincoln National
Bank: G. T. Walker, 204 F street north
west; C. j. Bell, 1927 Connecticut avenue;
Frederick " Covilie, 2145 California ave-
nue.; S. F. Emmons, 1871 H street; A
Irwin Gardner, Ill 3 0 street; Smith Hoover
210 street; Arnold Hague, 1724 F
street; @. W. Hayes, United States Coast
Survey; Arthur Keith, United States Coast
Survey; Franklin Moore; F. R. Parks, 1719
Riggs place; W. II. K Reinecke, 916
street; Louis Il. Stabler, 1908 street
northwest: Henry E. Thompson, II Penn
sylvania avenue; B. E. Vernow, 1920
Twenty-second street; P. C.. Warman,
United states Geodetic Survey; Mrs. Alice
w Alden, 174O R street.
District Racing Board-At a meeting of
the District racing board, held last week,
IL was decided to hold the one-mle District
AS Mr.. William Jose, the official handi-
capper for the District, will be away
from the city on business until July, he
has requested Mr.. Mott, the chairman of
the national racing board, to authorize
Mr.. william T. Robertson to act for him
during his absence from the city. Mr..
Mott has granted his request.
League Runs-May 30 Valley run; June
2, Wednesday. Silver Springs; June 8,
Wednesday, Bennings, via Good Hope
Hill; June 8, Sunday, Brandy wine, Md;
June Is. Wednesday, Chevy Chase, Nd;
June 23, Wednesday, Alexandria, Va;
June 27, Sunday, Century run to Frederick
and return; June 80, Wednesday, city run;
July z, Wednesday, Cabin John Bridge;
July IL Sunday, train to Baltimore, wheel
down shell road; July l 4, Wednesday, For
rcstville; July 21, Wednesday, Silver
Springs; July 20. Sunday, Dickeys; and
July %, Wednesday, Chevy Chase, Md.
Rights and Privilege Committee-Chair.
man Larrimore, of this committee, has bis
hands full with three cases Of accidents to