The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-12
WAS POOR BIKING.
Clouds of Dust Envel-
oped the Sunday
Riders.
CLUB RUN BY WORCESTERS.
Ladies' Day With the Yer
nons-News and Notes.

1t was hardy wheelman that ven
tured outside the city limits yesterday
Dust rose from the country roads in
smothering clouds that rendered thca
almost mpassable-certainly with any
degree of comfort.
There would have been a fortune
ready for some enterprising inventor
Of some sort of an automatic sprinkhng
contrivance, but none such appeared
The only club run of the day was held
by the Worcesters. 1t was the annual
union run of the club with the Hudson
wheelmen, and it is safe to say that
no inducement other than the memory
of the right good times at the union
runs of past years would have beer
sufficient to induce the Worcesters to
leave their clubrooms. The start was
at $50 o'clock and 26 men under Cap
tain Jackson moved toward Southboro.
Pairs of riders branched off along the
route to post placards advertising the
Fourth of July races. The Hudson
men, 80 strong, joined the long pro-
Cession at Southboro, whence tie run
10 South birmingham was covered at
a cracking clip. Dinner was served @t
Hotel Kendall at O'clOck, when the
riders were assembled after cooling Oh
and making vain attempt 20 remove
. thick coating of dust.
Many of the Worcester men had 4
sufficient instalment of dusty roads ON
The trim down and returned by tram.
About q dozen rode back as far as
Wcstboro with the Hudson contingent
whence the trip home was MADE ~
way Of North Grafton.
Yesterday was ladies day with the
Vernon cycle clubs and the gdilariS OF
that organization went to Sterling.
They were 10 couple mounted upon SIN
giles and five tandems. The Wnole pdIN
Was under command OF FIRST Lieut..
Henry p. Mitchell, who was accorl-
PANIED by his wife. Those mount 2a
upon the other tandems We're Nllilal4i
A. Dean and lady, John Pouard ana
lady James Kane and lady, +. r.
Peynolds and lady, Capt. Frank >.
Russell was present, but being unac-
COMMANDED BY any lady friend was
nanalized by not being allowed lns ICS
sitfon. The party left the club rooms
at 10 o'clock and arrived at lAe-I 49,
tlnation. Sterling inn, at l2'4o. s
The Viking Cycle cub IuIh!sheu
their quota Of ten riders to Distribute
he nlacards of the Associated cycle
r'i,hs of Worcester advertising their
,nea+ at Westboro The party was in
rharge Of Arvid Svenson, and they pla-
rarded the territory through Chhtoll,
Lancaster, Sterling, West Boylston ana
Oakdale Upon their return one OF
their number, John A. Anderson met
with a distressing accident when VIII
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arriving in this city the party Sepa
rated, Anderson going over MllIbrook
street 10 Powers court. where ne was
TO visit his brother-in-laW, Alfred Carl
quist. at Powers court. He was pass
ing through a disused street leading
from NillbToOk street, when ne turned
TO see if any of his friends were on a
Greendale car passing on Grove street
When his head was turned he did not
notice what direction he was taking.
and he ran into a stump of tree at
full speed. He was thrown over the
handle bars with great violence ana
sustained several bad bruises about the
face. He was picked up by his com
panions and taken to the of1ice Of Or.
John w. McKeon, who was obliged to
remove a piece of the flesh inside his
lower lip. He was then taken to his
home Henchman street The doctor
does not regard his accident as being
of a serious nature, but as painful one,
and the patient win have to remain in
the home for several weeks.
Victor Ekberg has entered the one
third mile ooen and the fve-mile han
dicap professional races at Charles
River Park next Saturday,
The Newport Bicycle Club went in
the direction of Spencer yesterday. and
performed their snare in the work of
distributing the placards Of the Asso-
ciated Cycle Clubs meet at Westboro
July 4th. The general discussion at the
club regarding the probable outcome of
the letter written by r. NJ. Alexander
to the NeWports was utterly ignored.