The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-02
SUNDAY BICYCLING.
Yesterday Was Not an Ideal
Day and Many
Were Out.

Yesterday was not an ideal day for the
bicycle enthusiasts, and those who
started out with high hopes in the early
morning came home with them consid-
erably dashed to the ground. AS one hi
cycIlst expressed himself while he blew
into MS hands blue with the cold. "I
tnougnt that when l started out was
riding, but when coming back home 7
began to think that was ENJOYING NV
self cutting pigeon wings and the like
on pair of skates, it was so cold
That was the complaint of ali tho
rloers, In the early afternoon and before
sunset, the riding was quite enjoyable.
and about everybody who possessed a
wheel and energy enough to ride it went
out. After once getting started the aver
age rider did not want to quit but
longed to ride across country.
The country roads We're for the most
part frequented yesterday. On other
sundays the dust or the heat usually
Kept the wheelmen in the city proper
where, on the boulevard or in the park
at Salisbury pond, good hard macadam
roads with plenty OF shade and no dust
were better than the uneven country
roads with stretches of road where there
were no shade trees and where the dust
rose in clouds. That condition is past
now and riders go forth into the coun-
try without encountering dust and not
enough of the glad sunshine. The roads
seem to show an improvement that
could hardly be expected, and the spots
that were thought to be the most
wretehed turn out to be the best.
About the only other complaint to be
offered about the riding yesterday was
the strong head wind that blew from all
corners of the compass. To rider plug
ging along any old road it always seems
to him that he is going against the wind
and just at that particular point the
wind always seemed the strongest
when as a matter of fact the wind is
really to his back.
The wind was strong enough to spoil
the prospects of E. B. Saunders OF
Southwiek breaking the record from
Springfield to Boston and return Saun-
ders arrived in this city from Springfield
and left on time. He did not return
through this city on time, however
being something like two hours behind
his schedule. He was plugging along
bravely and left this city shortly before
5 o'clock bound for Springfield.
All the local clubs were out in force
yesterday, and the roads for then
seemed to point towards Hudson, wher,
all the local clubs participated in tn,
dhAludl CAuO VII VI Lie CyClc CluU u
that place. In fact. it was the Mecca
for all riders all over the state, ant
the run yesterday was the largest il
the history of that organization. TIL,
Century Cycle Club lead in numbers
Capt John f. Brown mastering "a mel
in his command. They were paced b,
Royal A. Carni and John N. Watson
mounted on a tandem, and the speed.
Billy Rabideau. Billy set such a no
pace on the return home, that he los
the other members of the club.
| The Worcester Cycle Club men wer
next in numbers, Capt. r. G. Whit
having 10 men in the run. The New
port had delegation of five, in com
mand of Second Lieutenant H. F.
Smith, and the Vernon Bicycle Clul
representation was four men. All tn
clubs left here at $50, and rode direc
to Hudson Dinner was had at tn
Hudson House, and an excellent mea
was served. The run was grand sue
cess, and all the local riders reporte'
fine riding, with the roads in excellen
| shape.