The evening times., 1899-06-08
PROGRESS OF TIE
new cycle PATH
Wheelway to Great Falls Soon
to Be Ready.
The Fund for Its Construction Near
ly Completed.
A Meet for July 4 PrOjected-Club
Teams to COmpete-Fast LO-
cal Amateurs.

The work of conducting the cycle path
from Anglers Club House to Great Falls
is progressing very favorably. For the
past week a force has been engaged in
grading the way for the path and making
a good foundation on which to place the
gravel and cinders.
Through the active efforts of the good
roads committee OF the local l.. A. W. Or
ganization, which has the work in charge,
more than 500 of the necessary $1,000 has
been subscribed and paid TO the treasurer.
At the present rate the path will be ready
for travel in two or three weeks. When
the wheelway is completed the District
will have a twenty-mile stretch of good
road over which long-dstance races can
thoroughfares for a distance of twenty
miles which can be utilized for road rae
ing There are good stretches for short
distances, but no path or road in the
proper condition to permit fast time for
the required distance.
Washington has about as fast lot of
amateur cycle racers this year as any city
or college in the country. The local boys
have done some surprising work and lave
carried OFF prizes when II was least expect
ed. The Baltimore amateurs are afraid of
their Washington competitors. Last Fri
day in the race meet held in Baltimore the
local amateurs were unwilling to race un-
less given large handicaps. The result
was shat the Handicapped, a Baltimore
man. placed the Washington boys on
big handicaps. Notwithstanding this Will
Lewis. local man, won third Lewis is
one of the most promising riders produced
by Washington this season. He rode
against the Princeton riders, considered
the fastest amateurs in the country, in
Baltimore several weeks ago. and won Sec
ond. In this particular race he was severe
ly handicapped by the seveninch rranks
with which his wheel was fitted striking
the banks of the track At the Park track
here on Decoration Day Lewis won the
one third mile handicap by the powerful
sprints for which he has gained a repu-
tation. Track men who have watched his
riding this year say that he will in year
or two make one of the fastest riders in
the country.
The Park Bicycle Club is preparing to
hold another meet at its track on the Con-
duit Road on July 4. The entry blanks
have beeen prepared and distributed
among local amateurs and professional
men The card includes six events and
more will be added as soon as the pro-
fessionals. who have been asked to parti-
cipate, have made response. The first
event will be one-mile novice race for
which the prize will be a gold medal val
ued at SIS. The second race will be one
mile for the District of Columbia cham
the prize being gold medal
valued at s25. A one-mile amateur handi-
cap will be run, for which the prizes will
be diamonds valued at $25, Sl6. and $40.
The fourth event promises to be one Of the
most interesting of the meet. 1t will be
a ten-mile team club race in which teams
from all the bicycle clubs of the city will
participate. besides one or two teams from
Baltimore.
The clubs in this city which will be rep
resented by a team are the Arlington
Wheelmen. Century Cycle Club, Levant
Wheelmen, and the Mount Pleasant Ath-
letic Club. The Arlington Wheelmen
have already designated their team as fol-
lows: Clarence Miller, Howard Rhine, T.
Stone, and the Walker Brothers. Each
team will be made up of five riders.
The professional riders who will partici
pate will not be heard from until a short
time before the meet. Manager Lasley
expects that many of the leading crack
riders of the country will participate, but
as yet he is not able to say who will be
on the card.
The Morton Cadets have been endeavor-
ing within the past week to arrange for
an athletic meet to be held some time after
the company returns from the National
Guard Camp at Leesburg. The Cadets
left this morning with the brigade, and
and will be absent from the city about
ten days. During the encampment the
promoters of the meet intend to give 1t a
substantial boom. The programme as
roughly outlined includes field contests
and bicycle racing. 1t has been suggested
the Park Bicycle track be rented for the
occasion. 1t is expected that large num-
ber of local athletes will participate. The
cadets have large following in the city,
which would turn out en- masse for an
event of this character