Evening star., 1897-05-29
THE NATIONAL MEET

PHILADELPHIA, May 90, 1897.
The hotel and accommodations commit
| tee of the L. A. w. national meet, which
will be held in Philadelphia August Al, is
now in a position to give detailed informa-
ton regarding accommodations during the
week of The meet. Chairman w. P. Street
has been hard at work for the past two
weeks, gathering the necessary pointers
and, although the meet is more than ten
weeks off, the inquiries are SO numerous
as to justify the executive committees
claim that upward of 10000 out-of town
cyclers will visit this city during the first
week of August. Hence it is advisable that
those who contemplate coming to Phladel-
| pnia during the meet should communicate
with the hotel committee as soon as possi-
bic, in order that their quarters may be as
signed them at orce. Regular attendants
at former league meets have doubtless ex-
perienced the discomforts attendant upon
| securing quarters at the last minute. and
| 1t Is with desire to obviate repetition
| OF this inconvenience that Chairman Street
urges prospective visitors to communicate
with him immeiia ;eiy. He has on his list
| % hotels (ofering a wide range of choice,
! suitable 10 pocket books of every conceIv-
| able calibeD on both the American and
| European plans. in addition to quite a num-
! her of first-class boarding houses.
ID
| a series of views of the riding district
! roundabout Philadelphia. which it is pro-
| posed to supply weekly in all sections of
! the country which may express desire to
use them. BY this means 1t is hoped to
| give the outside cycling world some idea
| of the pleasures in store in this connection
| for those who may be SO fortunate as to
attend next Augusts meet Letters re-
! Gently received at these headquarters war
| rant the belief that not a few of next
Augusts visitors are coming here with the
| sole purpose of exploring the beauties of
the famous Philadelphia riding district. and
| tc such these views cannot fail to be of
| immense interest. Famous resorts and his
| torical spots on the Lancaster pike. Old
| York road. Wissahickon drive and the nu-
| merous other pixies leading out of the city
! in all directions will be shown, along with
not few pictures that will convey an idea
OIL the excellent paving with which the
city of brotherly love is blessed. All the
| aforementioned pixies, drives and country
roads can be reached over streets paved
| with asphalt. and this alone is a blessing
of which but few American cities can
| boast.
| Willow Grove track where the l.. A. w.
championships will be run off on August
! q and 4. Is being capidly put into shape for
the first race meet of the season. Com
| Portable seating accommoda tions for L., .tJJ
| people, with standing room for nalf as
| many more. are being put up. the training
| quarters are being enlarged and the entire
| track tnclosed with a fence SO nigh that
| IL acts as a wind shield
| The members of the T.. A. w. wbo attend
the national meet in Phla delphia rext
| August. be they from the north, south.
east or west. will be enabled to carry their
| bicycles with them on any train without
being compelled to pay considerable
| charge therefor. The recent action of the
| Trunk Line Association abolishirg the un-
Just baggage fee for bicycles accompanied
by owners will undoubtedly be followed
hV
ger traffic associations long before the
date set for the opening of the meet.
Members of the Century Road Club of
| America who attend the National League
| meet in Philadelphia next August will find
here a large coterie of the most enthusi-
| astic long-distance road riders in the land.
Through the efforts Of these gentlemen the
Quaker city captured the cream of the c.
| r. C.S '9S hOEors: and IL present indica-
| tons go for anything they Will be heard
from also at the end Of this year. These
pluggers" are just now considering the
| advisability Of arranging some form of
! entertainment for the visiting "pluggers''
during the week of the meet Their pro-
gram will very likely include some pleas
ant" ali-day jaunts over their favorite
| stamping grounds IN south Jersey and
| Pennsylvania. 1t is quite probable that
some of the local c. r. c. representatives
will be given places ON the tours and runs
| committee. as the Itinerary of that body
| VIII include several long runs. This COM
mittee, by the way. will be mainly made
up of club captains. who, from their knowl-
edge of the roads and needs of the riders.
are best equipped to make a success of
this part of the entertainment. The man.
ayers of the meet realize that upon the Sc
lection Of the tours and runs in connection
with the meet depends to considerable ex-
tent the enjoyment of a large proportion
of the visitors. and every effort will be
made to make this feature as enjoyable
| as possible.
The New Jersey Associated Cycling Clubs
have adopted the report of the race COM
mittee which will have charge of the an
nual century run of the association. The
! date selected for the event Is July 81. the
destination Philadelphia, and the executive
committee in charge Of the 07 l.. A. w.
| meet has been unofficfally informed that
many Of the participants In this hundred
| will make arrangements to stay in Phila-
delphia all the following week. in order
to take in the whole program. 1t is also
| said that the New York and the Long Is
land A. c. c. will take similar action, Sc
lecting the same date in which event there
will be witnessed one of the largest CEN
tury runs that ever rode into Philadelphia
o. any other city, for 1t must not be for
gotten that the combined memberships OF
these associations approximate fifteen
thousand.