The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-10
WAS NOFUN RIDING
Muddy Roads and
High Wind Daunt
Best Of Them.
AMONG THE CLUBS.
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Signs Of the Elusive Spring
Tempt Some to
Take Runs.
AMONG THE CLUBS.


Merry every bicycle club tried run
yesterday, but only the Vernons got
through. The others turned back and
wera clad when they reached their cosy
club ICONS.
The Foads-were- in bad condition. In
some places The mud was soft and
deep. making riding almost impossible.
III SPOTS the mud had frozen and filled
the roads with deep ruts, which threw
the wheels from side to side, and made
the rider look to the steering gear close
w
There was a clustering and blowing
wind ali day, and, like every wind that
strikes a bicycle rider, it was always
dead ahead, no matter in what direc-
tion the man was going. There was
plenty of sunshine, but no heat, and
the gripping of handle corks necessi-
tated by. rutty roads soon stiffened the
hands IN such cold riding.
1T was almost warm enough yester-
day to wear spring clothes with COM
fort iTsyou didn't get in the wind. Last
Sunday people thought it would do to
wear Spring suits and lawn dresses
well, maybe not lawn but something
thin looking--and the doctors can tell
the result best. But yesterday, save
for the aforesaid wind, was perfect.
Every one who could took advantage
Of the sunshine to walk and come back
on the street car.
Those who could afford it and those
who have credit went driving in all
sorts of 'eq1ipages, from g. counterpart
of the oneeiioss shay or family carry
all to a stylish trap with an ossified
tiger in the rear. All the afternoon
Main street was full of vehicles, and
the people in the carriages had on their
best clothes, and everything was lovely.
Al large number of bicyclists, disap-
pointed in their usual Easter run, took
advantage of the weather yesterday to
20 out for short trips. There were all
sorts of bicyclists, too, interspersed
with the inevitable 7scUrcher who is any
tfing but a bicyclist. The few women
who tried it found the wind too strong
and even the most hardy man came to
the conclusion that the season was too
young for muscles to be hard enough
to work against the stiff breeze. The
out Of town roads were very muddy,
Enough most of the streets in the city
were In fair condition There is less than
the usual display of obstreperous hos
iery this spring Checks and plaids have
been superseded to some extent by plain
colors and the change is for the better.
On Main street from New Worcester
to Lincoln square there was a CONTINUE
Gus parade all the afternoon with the
center of interest at the corner of Front
street as usual. Almost everybody was
dressed in their new clothes and the
bright gowns and hats of the women
and the light suits of the men made a
pretty picture of color. Even the Sal
walton Army looked particularly spruce
when it made the usual Sunday after
noon demonstration.
Out of the business portion of the city
and in the quiet residence district on
the west side the grass on the lawns is
beginning to look fresh and green and
a few more weeks of warm sunshine
will burst the buds on the trees and
clear off the remnants of the November
snow which is left. All except the snow
on the common-that viii take some
thing like eight years of extra strong
sun before it will even get down to a
wet spot. That is, unless it is removed
by artificial means beforehand.