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winch was Leesburg, Va, and a team had
been picked to go TO Baltimore to enter
the Nesper Wheelmen's century run of the
Monumental City.
The run today will be to Frederick, Nd.
with the Levants, an dthe entire club is
expected to enter as il is their regular
official century run-the first of the sea-
son-and had there been no open century
the boys would have made this trip.
Last Wednesday evening at the regular
mid-week run was participated in by
Messrs. Hanson, secretary of the York
vile Club of New York city; Capt.
Byrnes, Lieut.. O'Connor Johnson. Keeler
Nicholson, and MeAnaly Kaufman.
The boys of late have not had an oppor-
tunity TO do a great deal of road riding
on account of the past rains. but now that
the weather is good the boys will start
up once more to run UP their mileage.
VIII II. Wright. the well-known wheel
man, and once a member of the e. A.
Club, has placed his application into the
hands of the membership committee.
At the last meeting of the club Messrs.
Joe Beuner and Russell Millward were
elected to active membership. .
The run on Decoration Day down the
Shenandoah Valley Is the talk among the
boys, and a large crowd will go out on
this pleasant trip. Cameras will be TAX
en-, and a goodly number OF fine views
brought back TO the club house
The photographers in the club are
Messrs Chandlee, Volkmann, Byrnes. and
Fisk The regular run next Wednesday
evening will be up the Conduit, leaving
the club house at o'clock.
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The National Cycledrome COMPANY
New York, duly organized, has gone 10
great expense TO secure the most famous
aggregation of international champions
that the world has ever seen together in
one country. We now speak more espec-
tally of those world-famed riders. Jaap
Eden, OF Holland; August Lehr. of Ger
many; Henri Cissac, Jean Gougoltz. DOM
Unique Lamberiack. Paul Bourrotte. Rene
Cavally. Leon Boulay, and the great cleo
tric tandem team, Henri and Victor JaI-
lau, OF Paris, France. Denmark contrib
Htes Baron de Stampenbourg known in
private life as Johannes H. Wisby who
will be seen on the American tracks this
year. Fair Italy sends Mono and Sim
grossi- From England comes Jack Rob
ertson, Albion's champion. ireland sends
the l-nile amateur champion Of 90. Harry
Reynolds, who recently went 10 Australia
as professional with J. Platt-Betts. who
also writes that he will come to this coun
try 10 ride under the auspices of the Ma
bonal Cycledrome Company These rid
ers are the most celebrated in all Europe
some of them being sprinters and the
others middle distance men. Jaap Eden
won the 1-mile worlds championship at
birmingham, England, in '96. and the
same year won the grand prize at Paris
Henri Cissac. of Paris, has defeated Tom
Linton and j. Platt-Betts, and was also
matched 70 race Jimmy Michael. The lat
ter asked 10 have the match declared off
In BoGrOtte we expect to show middle
distance rider equal 10 the best in the
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onstrate the fact that he is not q quitter,
he viii accept ii with alacrity and will
demonstrate, his riding abilities 10 the
complete satisfaction OF all parties. AS
q 15-nlie rider there are few who can dis
count the erratic Gothamite, but IL is so
seldom that he shows the necessary quail
ties of a good rider that even his best
friends look with some misgivings on his
future. If he rides well at Springfield
where he has done his best work, all Will
be forgotten, but it is a true optimist that
will look for his success against the
doughty Welsh rider, Linton, if no acci-
dent mars the race.
Earl Peabody. of Chicago, who chal-
lenged Zimmerman, according TO a West
ern paper, denies that he wants 10 meet
Zimmerman. He states that while he
would be willing to meet the Jersey
'skeeter" he Is not over ambitious 10 meet
him, otherwise he would turn professional
for the occasion. IF should ride against
Zimmerman, says Peabody, and should
be defeated ! would lose my reputation,
while If l did ride against him and defeat
ed him the public would say that thinner.
man was a back number and thus | would
get no honor out of fl, anyway"
More match races have been made this
season than has ever been known before.
The National Track Team Associa ton
and the American Cycle Racing Associa-
ton, who virtually control the racing Sit
uation, have agreed on eighteen match
races, which viii be run in the next two
months. Michael is included in these
matches, the principal men being Michael.
Linton, McDuffee, Taylore. Titus and
Taylor Starbuek. Bay Duer and other
independent riders are TO be given races
or the tracks controlled by the associa-
tons making the engagements
To test the adjustment of the wheels
lift them from the floor an dgive them q
gentle rocking motion. II they gradually
oscllate and come to- a slow stop they
are properly adjusted, but If they stick
suddenly at some point il is a sure sign
that they are too tight The valve being
the heaviest part of the tire should be at
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same ones. If It IS necessary TO remove
them, is TO apply little benzine 10 the
hardened cement.
Riders of double centuries and longer
distances on the road complain that al
though they experience no particular wea-
riness or other bad effects while riding
they wake up the mex; morning with the
hands perfectly numb and the blood does
not again circulate properly for several
days. This is caused by the terrific vi
bration of such a run and TO obviate it
riders should use some kind OF soft grip,
preferably pneumatic.
A match race between Sager and Swan
brough the champion tandem team, and
Starbuck and Church Of Philadelphia, for
an unlimited pursuit race. 10 be run at
Boston, is one Of new matches under way.
The two teams are probably the best long
distance teams in the world, and the
American champions will meet the Quak-
ers Immediately after their race with
GougholtZ and Lamberjack, the French
men, which race will be run May 80, at
New York.
The international Cyclists Association,
at its last meeting, refused to recognize
the existence of the Southern Cyclists
Association and the California Associated
Cycling Clubs, the two outlaw erganiza-
tons of America, but at the same time
they went on record as advocating Sun
day racing. The N. c. Z. of England and
the League of American Wheelmen of
America are about the only two organiza-
tions that do not sanction racing on Sun
day.
Fred. Titus is still training at Manhat-
tan Beach. Early this week he goes TO
Boston. where he is TO try his speed
against Eddie McDuffee, and after that
he will meet Tom Linton at Springfield
The New Yorker realizes that he is the
possessor of most unenviable reputation
at the present time, but he thinks that If
an opportunity IS given him to again dem
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the bottom when the wheel stops. To
make sure that the adjustment is not too
loose place the wheel on the ground and
catch the upper part of the tire. Move II
from side to side and if the adjustment
is right there will be the least perceptbie
move to it.
IT is not absolutely necessary, as some
think. to take the wheel apart TO clean
the bearings. They can be cleansed well
enough for ordinary purposes by flushing
them with kerosene. The oil should be
put in the regular can and the bearings
thoroughly syringed with it. To keep 1t
from running down the Spokes and over
the enamel a piece of soft cloth should
be wrapped around the outside of the
axles This will catch it as it runs from
the cups The oil should be run through
until it comes perfectly clear. To flush
the scrank hanger bearings take out the
seat post and run the oil through the
tubing.
The meeting between Frank Starbuck
and Edward Taylore, the French rider,
on May 2S, at Philadelphia, is an event
which will be easily watched by the low
ers of racing on both sides of the ocean.
In France they think Starbuck is quit
ter and second-class man, and they
have seen him ride, but not in his palmy
DAYS Taylore on the other hand. has
hosts of admirers, not only in France
but in America as WELL and battle roy
al will undoubtedly be the result of this
meeting The critics predict a close vic
tory for the Frenchman, but state that if
Starbuck chances to have one of his on
days he will ride like demon.
1t will often be noticed that little par
ticles of sand and other substances be-
come imbedded in the tires, particularly
in wet weather. These should be cleaned
out thoroughly, as they will gradually
wear holes in the rubber and ultimately
cause it to rot. Wheelmen should turn
the machine upside down every little
while and investigate the surface of the
tires, and should be particular to notice
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B3t
ing link out at each end This win pre-
serve the enamel annnickel with which
the chain comes in con act, and is an
inexpensive measuEes
One of the best smet thods of cleaning
the chain is to boil it in a solution com
posed OF common washing soda and wa
ter. Let 1t boil eiIiI this for sevsral
minutes, and them take it out and dry
thoroughly. If convenient, il shouil be
placed in an oven to dry. Then oil II
thoroughly. and It will be as clean as
when 1t came from the factory
Rochester will hold three National Cir
cult meets this year, Willie New York will
hold four Boston VIII have three and
Philadelphia four. AAshury Park will also
have three, and so viii Indianapolis. Buff
falo, Green Bay, Racine, st. Louis and
Louisville. More than $4,000 will be put
up in purses for national championship
honors at these meets.
To prevent tires losing air when no
puncture exists and there is no leakage at
the valve, defiate and inject a pumpful of
water. after which initiate as usual. The
escape of air arises from the porosity of
rubber. Let the tires stand for a day or
two and the water evaporating will fill
up the countless invisible holes in the
rubber. Repeat If necessary.
a good temporary lamp 10 be USED IN
an emergency can be made by the simplest
of means. Get any kind of ordinary round
bottle and knock off the bottom part and
insert common candle. When caught
out at night without lamp this is far
better plan than being arrested and the
materials can be secured from any farm
house.
Red cement, powdered, and benzine
make good rim cement for placing tires
The solution should be allowed to stand
until the powder IS thoroughly dissolved
and should be applied to the rim with a
brush. After II is once on 1t will do for
any number of tires, as all that viii be
necessary in putting on others on the
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larly those which have sharp turns in
them. ~ '
To preserve and keep the tires soft
wipe them occasionally with a cloth SAT-
urated with water containing littIa
common soda.
Never eat hearty meal before going on
ride, as, If you do, you are inyoIving a
great risk of bringing on syncope which
is almost invariably fatal.
RIDERS who make a practice of using
their foot for brake should be very care
ful that it does not get wedged in the
1ork and cause bad accident
In removing valve stem take niece
OF iron-a screw driver viii do-heat II am /
iay II on the top of the stem base. The
base VIII then curl up and can be easily
removed. ''is
Delicate skins which become badly hrrn-
ed through riding in high wind should
De well rubbed with olive oil and yaseline
or cold cream, which is both cooling and
healing. anu
Riding with the hands in the center of
the handlebars is one of the most inin-
flous OF practices. 1t contracts the chest
ana prevents free respiration. and in
many cases VIII also cause numbness in
the hands. "
Before pumping up the tires work the
piston rapidly for few times, to blow
out the dust which may have accumulat
ed in the pump. If this is not done the
dirt may be forced into the valve. which
will not be tightly closed In consequence
and a small leak will be caused.
zimmerman, who is now in Mexico.
writes that the amateurs of that coun-
try are very fast, but not as fast as the
best of the American amateurs. .aThe
interest IN cycle racing writes the old
tune champion, lis very great, and
americans are looked upon as the great
est riders in the world"
In using chain locks take a piece of
rubber tubing of about the size of the
chain dt can be purchased at any dru.
store), and draw It over the chain, leav-
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any small cuts which may appear. These
should be cleaned out, a pointed stick
will do for the purpose and solution. in
serted. II will perhaps take half an hour
once a month to do this, but il will re-
suit in the tires lasting much longer, and
may save walk home occasioned blythe
tire giving out when least expected.
Tom Butler will meet Jaap Eden in a
match race the close OF this month. The
details were virtually arranged in Bos-
Ton last week, when the entire Butler
family decided TO take q chance against
the Frenchmen now IN this country. Tom
Butler is 10 ride against Eden in a match
race; Nat Butler viii take the measure
ments of Gougoltz in similar race, and
Frank Butler the youngest of the fam
ily, will measure speed against Lamber-
Jack. After the single races have been
decided, Tom and Nat Butler. on a tam
dem. will try their ability against the
French tandem team. GougoltZ- Lannber-
jack and after that the entire bunch OF
Buffers will mount triplet and ride the
foreigners. This is rather ike a family
affair bur il will be intensely interesting.
nevertheless.
Eddie Bald. who is still in the South.
is anxious to test his speed against the
short-distance sprinters, and 10 that end
has issued a general challenge. which,
he hopes, viii attract the attention or
the sprinting brigade. Il am willing to
ride any man in America" he writes con-
fidentIy, "and 1 viii make the race on
almost any terms. II any OF the Ameri-
cans want to ride l would prefer to ride
them first, and I stand ready TO meet
all-comers, whether they be American,
English German. French or Chinese. l
would prefer 10 have the races best two
In three heats. of one mile each. as that
is the best possible condition for a race.
Let those who have been so energetic
with their press notices come TO the
front row, and if they want deposit
as a guarantee of good faith they can
get it," The reports received from Bald
at Louisville state that he IS in excellent
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WORK FOR THE RED CROSS.
at a Health Exposition
Going to Miss Barton.

GG1ns MISS
New York. May lit Will be Red Cross
night tonight at the International Health
Exposition at the Grand Central Palace
All the money received viii be paid over
to the treasurer OF the American National
Red Cross William 7. Wardwell. and
spent to good purpose by Miss Clara Bar
ton in her work for sick and wounded
victims of Spain's war with Cuba and the
United States.
Many prominent people have subscribed
for boxes and will occupy them Among
them are Mrs. George F. Shrady, Mrs
Edwin Gould, William 7. Wardweil, Mrs.
T. c. Platt and John P. Faure, ex-chari-
ties commissioner.
Chauncey NJ Depew will deliver an ap-
proprfate address. Thomas A. Edison
Will present paper. and Nikoia IesI!
viii pierce the future with N-rays of
thought. and show that the destructive
ness of electricity carried 10 a logical
conclusion will finally force an abandon
ment OF war between civilized nations
There will be a chorus of two hundred
trained voices led by Frank Damrosch-
Mile. Eloise With VIII sing
From Tampa Fla. Miss Barton viii
send a three-hundred-word message.
before the audience by David Lynch.
chief operator OF the Western Union Ca
BILE Company. and VIII be read by Mr..
Depew n great red cross OF electricity
will be blazing outside the Grand Central
Palace and another one inside.
This afternoon Nine CASTOR Blay the
lecturer on French cooking, viii teach
American women her way to cook "a deli
cate supper" The menu will be sausageS.
sauce veloutee. sweetbreads au jus and
artichokes yinaigrettes In the household
economic branch at $50 o'clock DIR. Mary
Z. Greene will lecture on Food In Re
lation 10 Industrial Need
Miss Florence c. Nott-BOwer. matrOn
of Guys ancient and famous hospital.
London, sent to Miss Mary E. Wadley.
manager of the trained nurses educa-
tional exhibit, a doll dressed as a head
nurse at Guys Hospital. The doll came
ON the steamship Servia. and made its
appearance yesterday at the Health Ex-
position.
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condition, and will make the ride of his
life this year
The National Track Team Association.
a new organization formed within the
National Cycle Track Association held
a meeting last week in New York and
elected officers. E. c. Hoges. of Boston.
was elected president: T. H. Ryan. of
New York, was elected vice-president.
and L. II. Adams of Springfield. was
elected treasurer. Henry z. Ducker, who
is the general manager of the team, was
elected secretary and the stock of the as
sociation was all taken at the meeting.
This association will control the racing
team formed by the members of the Ma
tional Cycle Track Association. Fred
erick Louhead, the national champion
will be signed this week, and he will COM
plete the team. The other members of
the team now under contract are as fol-
lows: Tom Linton, Aberaman. Wales.
Eddie McDuffee, Cambridge Mass
Clint Coulter, Chicago. H.: Tom Bar
naby, Revere. Mass; Tom Butler. Cam
bridge. Mass. III. II. Parker Clinton.
Mass; w. f. Sager. Denver. Col; F. w
Swanbrough, Denver. Col: Hugh Nc
Lean, Chelsea. Mass; f. H. Allen.
Springfield. Mass; E. p. Kent. RowIey.
Mass; j. Warburton. England F. F.
Leonert, Buffalo, n. Y: w. B. Sherer
Manchester, n. H; W. W. GRAY. Ash
dale Me-; A. Gray, Ashdale. Me-: Chas.
S. Henshaw. Brooklyn. N Y; j. Boyd
Anderson. Brooklyn. n. Y. James Dris-
coll, Chelsea, Mass; William p Keating,
Chelsea, Mass; George w Thatcher.
New Haven, Conn; w. f. Tenzler Broad
Brook, Conn; Burns Pierce Waltham.
Mass; Tom Regan. Waltham. Mass; w
f. Saunders, Boston, Mass: Louis p
Callahan, Waltham, Mass; Victor Ech-
berg. Worcester. Mass; ]. F. Casey,
Worcester. Mass; f. Mayo. Boston, Mass
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DEATH OF GEORGE WREN.
He Acted With wilkes Booth at one

Time.
New York. May H.-Georse Wren or
Brooklyn. died yesterday at the home -
his brother at Lancaster. near Buffalo n
T. He was born in London. England in
1887. and was a member of the Wren fam
iiy, which during several generations had
given actors to the stage of England ard
America.
He came TO America with his parents
when he was ten years old and settled in
Buffalo He became a guide at Niagara
Falls, and while escorting tourists under
the falls he would rehearse lines from
Shakespeare. The roar of the falls gave
nm courage, as nobody but himself could
near MS voice. He thus fitted himself for
the stage, and said later he could not
have done so under other conditions be-
cause Of extreme nervousness
He first appeared as an actor in fs47
de was playing in Southern towns with
Wilkes Booth when the abolition party
commenced to agitate. He and the man
who later assassinated President Lin
coin owned. between them. a slave boy
Wren became an abolitionist and wanted
to free the boy. Booth would not consent
They compromised BY arranging that the
boy should be free each second day and
slave on the alternate days. On one OF
his free" days. in 1886, Wren sent him
with letter to be delivered 70 the agent
of the Underground Railway" at Mon
treal, and so obtained his freedom He
then paid Booth the amount the latter
had contributed toward the purchase price
of the slave.
Mr.. Wren was in Virginia, and was
member of the State militia there when
John Brown seized Harper's Ferry, and
he was a member of the guard at the eX-
ecution Of Brown He came North at the
outbreak of the civil war. and enlisted,
with two of his brothers. in the Sixty
first Regiment. New York State VolUn-
teers. His mother, who was an actress
The times., 1898-05-15
WHEELS AND WHEELMEN
Current Comment of Cyelers and
Cycling.
THE INDIANAPOLIS MEET
Program Has Attracted Favorable
Attention-1he Gotham Cycle
drOne Races-What LIS Going an
Among the Local Ciubs-other
Gossip of the Wheeling World.

Indianapolis, May 14.-Speeial-The Of
fetal program Of the '9S Meet Club has
attracted general and favorable attention
all over the country. and chairman Foltz.
of the race committee, as well as A. C.
Newby, president of the Indianapolis Cy-
Gle Track Company. and chairman OF the
track committee, has received many let
ters of congratulation ON the three days
program which they have arranged.
Every event promises TO be a star at
traction and if the indications of the pres
ent are carried out Indianapolis Will sec
more crack riders at the National Meet in
August than were ever gathered togeth-
er at any one bicycle race meet. In the
program are races for every class of rid
ers except possibly the long distance
men.
There viii be plenty of opportunity for
pacemakers 10 show their ability ana
there are three races in which the tan
dem and multiplet teams make the run
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ming for themselves. Al least one nation
al professional championship will be run
each day which will bring out all the
crack riders.
The two mile multipiet handicap sched-
uled for the first day, viii be the first
race Of the kind ever arranged in this
country i viii be open TO tandems
tripleis. quads, quintets and sextuplets OF
any other kind OF machine manned by
two or more riders This race. it is
thought. viii NEE, the fancy Of the for
eign riders. who are possibly more famil-
lar with the multiplet cycles than are
their American brethren
The mile professional handicap, which
IS also scheduled for the first DAY, viii
draw heavily from the ranks Of the fast
men. The purse in this race is $500. di-
Nided into five prizes.
The two-mile national championship
professional viii be strong card for the
opening day, and il Is thought the five
mile amateur championship viii bring
together q fast field Of starters.
The inquiries concerning the conditions
Of the great American handicap have be-
gun 10 come in. There has only been one
open event In this country where a larger
purse was ever offered. That was the
Quill Club handicap in New York last
Summer. The purse in the race which
viii be run here next August includes
four moneys in the finals, aggrega ting
sS0e. and a purse of 500, which viii be
distributed In the trials and semi-finals.
This viii be easily the biggest event
ever pulled off al a national meet.
The details for the middle-distance race
which viii take place Friday night Of
the national meet week. have not yet
been completed The race committee will
not make any contracts with the mid
dle-distance men until they have had a
chance TO show whas they can do this
season. Chairman Foltz promises a field
Of the fastest middle-distance rilers in
the world but he wants to see them work
this Summer before ne closes with them.
The purse VIII be sufficiently large 10
attract them TO indianapolis. and there
viii be other big meets in the country
during that --eek.
The weather during the past week has
prevented any work being done on the
track. The details OF the track plan
are being worked out. and President
Newby has force of men ready TO go to
work Just as soon as the weather per
mits.
Another cycle path, leading from In
dianapolis TO Greenwood. little town
twenty miles south of Indianapolis. has
been proposed and may be built this sea-
son. The route now under consideration
is the abandoned roadbed Of the electric
car line between indianapolis and Green
wood The right Of way could easily be
secured.
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oRAToRIcAL CONTEST.
A Washington Man Prize Winner AZ
Dickinson College.

Carlisle, Pa. May 1.-THE annual ora
torical contest of the Union Philosophical
Society. of Dickinson College. was held in
Bosier Hall. before large audience Fol-
lowing were the speakers and their sub
jects: "A Peculiar People" Eugene H.
Brock. Olean. n. Y; Our Policy OF Ter
ritorial Expansion. James Hall, MIN
Hall, Pa; ''The Victory of Peace" Nal
colin B. Sterrett. Washington DC: "Po-
IiticaI Corruption" John P McCurdy,
Clearfieid, Pa: ''JeTsrson's Part in
Founding the Republic Fred d. Oiler.
Shamburg. Md.
The judges were Rev. n. B. Vile, Rev.
Miles o. NoI and j. Webster Henderson.
all OF Carlisle. The contest was for a
gold medal. and the Judges awarded the
prize to Malcolm B. Sterrett.