Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-05-02


Outlook for the Season for Local
Riders-Other Matters General
Gossip About Matters of Interest
to Lovers of 1.-The Silent Steed.
Ever since the bicycle came into pop
ularity, there have been persons who
condemned the silent steed" for one
reason or another. Nowadays every
body agrees that it is good thing for
masculinity, but the prejudice against
women riders has not yet entirely dis
appeared. One of the most remarkable
arguments against the wheel was made
yesterday by a local salonist. He was
opposed to the bicycle, for the reason
sufficient for him-that 1t interferes
with his business. Here is text for
lay sermon which might be advanced
| in answer to some of the wholesale
COMBINATIONS of bicycles and bicycle
riding which proceed from the pulpit.
Said the saloonist:
business is dull-very dull. What
is the cause for it? Why, it's this in
fernal bicycle nuisance, aided and
abetted by the installment houses. |
could name twenty-five young men
whom I depended upon to spend from
a dollar to five dollars a week over my
bar. They were regular customers, and
they sometimes spent an entire even
ing. playing cards or dominOes for the
drinks. They are still good friends to
me. but the bicycle craze has struck
them. Now the money which was
formerly spent here, goes to some tlcy-
Gle dealer in the form Of weekly pay
ments on a wheel. and they are out
riding every evening.
"TO make matters worse, a half
dozen of these young men bought
wheels on installments last season, and
| thought they would be over their
craze this spring. But they are actu-
ally buying wheels for their sweet
hearts
The Wyandotte Club will give sew
eral bicvble races as a feature of their
, Decoration Day picnic on the Fair
Grounds. 1t is probable that five mile
handicap will be given. This would be
/ a popular race, as it would give the be-
ginners a good chance.
Among the riders who will partici-
/ pate in races this season, in addition to
those mentioned in last Sundays Reg
/ lister. are the Foster brothers, Albert,
| George and Arthur, and Henry Mahlke.
/ All are fast men.
There will be no Sunday racing this
year. That much seems definitely set
! tied at the present stage. The agitation
that was started so vigorously for it
few weeks ago. when the question
threatened a secession in the /. a. w.
ranks. is subsiding, comments an eX-
| change. According TO present lndl-
cations. it will have DISAPPEARED alto
gether in a few weeks. so far as the
present wear is concerned. And as the
racing issue was at the bottom Of the
secession movement in California. and
/ in the South and parts of the west,
both those inhammatory matters VIII
temporarily disappear together Ihey
will come up again next year. When
those who believe that the Sunday
] ouestion is one for each Stae 10 settle
> for itself. will again press it to the
front. The Ohio i. A. w, through rs
chief consul DR.. Kempton, and those
associated with him, have stood equiv
ocallv and earnestly for home rule on
/ This subject. And the l.. a. w. gener-
al1v has no more devoted adherents
and workers. They do not themselves
believe in Sunday racing, ana WouIu
most likely oppose it If the question
was as TO whether it should be sane
toned in Ohio. But they see no pro
prietv or Justice in forcing their opln-
| ions in the matter on the wheeImeh Oh
! California. or Minnesota, or Alabama
Neither do they want to see these
/ forced to accept dictatiOn of New York
] ers. The Kentucky L. A. w. stands IN
the same position on the question. MI.
+ IT Croninger. the recent popular
member of the national l. a. W. racing
hoard has steadily advocated state
regulation of Sunday racing. Ihey all
believe that the L. \. w. will come TO
that view next year.
A local dealer estimates that between
5OO and 500 bicycles are owned ana
need in Wheeling. There has been
ron,arkabIe increase in the number OF
ioG,, riders They now constitute about
ono-fftb of the entire number OF riders
- Tho citv ION South Front street,
eai6 the same dealer. beginning at the
b~idge 7 can count fifty wheels. In
Tho Riverside office there are six riders,
and in the Panhandle ONCE seven
/ One of the poorest cities in West VIZ
oinia for bicycle dealers IS Harper
Ferry One of the best is Piedmont
The Subscription Committee, when
bol boo, Ut work for nearly a month,
h ,.',, boon canvassing the principal busl-
80 houses of Philadelphia. and the
f,,oooes which has attended their efforts
I'm n date augurs well for the compie-
ton Of the $4,000 fund when the En-
ocltiya Committee considers necessary
for rho proper entertainment or next
,,,o',lt,- VISITORS The local merchants
10 baan brought 10 realize that the
go -," ,,.iu he q big thing. not only Tor
~, bio,,cIa Interests. but for the city az
large and the majority OF them are tah-
inc patriotic interest IN the aildiI'
pbiladeIrhians have always beeen no
Tod For their local pride, and that they
Viii do their utmost to make the ~ ma
tionaI meet a pronounced successes goes
without saying.
-rho b;c rim TO Atlantic City on the
c.. Ie folIowing the Philadelphia
,ooot tos been definitely decided upon.
f will he 2 combination aifair-th&1 Is
To saw. those who teel GiSIH '.I;ii No