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BY WHEEL TO BOSTON Glancing at Newport's Attractive Villas and Yachts. SAIL TO TODD'8 ROLL STATIO Examining the Greatest Fish Hatch ery in the World. ON NEW ENGLAND ROAUS sp ei:al t rrespondence of The Evening Star. WOOD'S HOLL, Mass.. July 28, 180. The sail from Narragansett Pier to New port on the new steamer "Manisees" in a strong southeasterly breeze and a rough sea is a voyage long to be remembered. Leaving the pier the breakers dash in fury Over the huge wall at Its outer end and the little steamer, rising like a cork, is tossed . to anl fro on the rolling seas, until, ha ing turned, she is headed on her course across the bay and the long ground swell of old ocean is feit with increased vigor. Off to the left the black outlines of Whale Rock are seen occasionally as the envelop ing spray releases its grasp and falls back with the receding waves. Directly ahead the lighthouse at Beavertail looms up at the outer entrance to Newport harbor, and far out on the right the Brenton Reef lightship tosses and rolls, its globe-like masts swinging rhythmically to the cadence of the sea. Farther inshore the precipi tous heights of Castle Hill are approached and the tine villas of fashionable Newport greet the eye, while, as if to add additional variety to the beautiful picture, the frown ing walls of Fort Adams, relieved by the glorious stars and stripes far above them, guard the entrance to one of the safest harbors on the Atlantic seaboard. Paassing the sower end of Rose Island and heading lirectly into the harbor, the ves sel ceases to roll, and the spectator is charmed by the view of the immense fleet of trim yachts, representing, as many of them do. the floating homes of America's millionaires. Conspicuous among them we recognized the Vigilant and the Navahoe. and the ocean steam yachts Conqueror and Sultana of Vanderbilt and Drexel fame. Numberless other craft, showing how fond the American people are of marine life, lay at anchor near by. while the black hull of the natty government torpedo boat Por ter passed swiftly by. bound to the torpedo station at the opposite side of the harbor. Tear of the Island Awheel. Entering our dock near the New York Yacht Club station, we were soon off for a tour of the island awheel. Before leav ing the shopping district we stopped at the Pary to see the famous old mill, of which the oldest Inhabitant knows not a word, and whose history lies buried in the ashes of long ago. The solidity of its tow ering walls bids fair to render it an object of interest 'or centuries to come. Passing by the old church and up a shaded avenue, the first of the long procession of magnifi cent villas is seen. and soon the more nota ble of theae wonderful residences appear in infinite variety. In many cases the high walls hide the beauty of the costly man sions from the public view, but there are enough left to fill every want and to spare. Arriving at the costly marble fence in closing Cornelius Vanderbilt's palatial villa, 'The Breakers," we passed down the uri vate street to the ocean front, where the full meaning cf the name is at once ap parent. The long, rolling waves dash high upon the massive cliffs, throwing the spray over the smoothly rolled path bordering the estate. To keep these twelve acres in proper order Mr. Vanderbilt employs thir teen landscape gardeners, and the effect of their handiwork is seen in the beautiful law..s. choice flowers and playing fountains which have transformed this villa into a summer paradise. The massive residence is saId to have cost P3.00000, and it is a fitting tribute to the refined tastes of its owner. Continuing our tour, we passed farther down the main avenue the beautiful white marble neansion of Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, with its fantastic iron gateway and walls. Along Lake View avenue the marvelous hotie of Mr. Belmont is seen, and through out Newport the student of architecture nay find reprerented nearly every type from the earliest days of handsome dwell ings to those of the present time. Ride to Fall River. Our ten-mile ride was soon over, but well repaid for our brief visit to this million aires' wonderland, we embarked on the steamer King Philip for the hive of Amer ican industry, the city of Fall River. which produces annually the third largest sup ply of textiles in the world. The ride from the edge of the city to its center is re markably hilly, but having reached the main street and the vicinity of the city ball just as the shades of night were fall ing, we were warmly welcomed by the members of the Fall River Indian Cycle Club and our evening's stay nearly as sumed the character of an ovation, so cor dially were we greeted and entertained. It was with regret that we pedaled out of the city at an early hour the followi'ig morning over the Sanford road to New Bedford. but we were due at Wood's Holl at 19:31i and necessity knows no law. A notalie sight on our ride through Fall River was the throng of workers on their way to the milla long before the inhabit Srrts of the capital city are leaving the realms of dreamland. The twin towers of the huge Friends' Church were passed at the beginning of our fourteen-mile spin over the smooth road to New Bedford, and the run was especially attractive to us for the variety of the scenecay en route, a suc cession of woods, parks and lakes, with .midway another cluster of busy mills, Sanl in Weed's Hell. Arriving at Union street, New Bedford, we :assed the old First Church, with Its Ivy-covered belfry, and then some of the newer buildings and handsome houses along this well-shaded thoroughfare. At the pier we nastIly boarded the steamer Narragan o tt just as the whistle blew and the gang plank was hauled in. Down the picturesque harbor and by the gigantic Wameutta mill and the lighthouse on the right, we were moon among the white caps again, our appetites sharpened by the mornirng's ride and the crisp salt br'eezi-s from broad Buezard's Bay. The un garrisoned post at Clark Point looms up majestically throtugh the mist, and, nearly thirte.en miles ahead, the dim outlines of Grassy Island ledge, the southern extrem ity of Cape Cod, are barely discernible. An hours run, however, brings the steamer well across the bay, and the narrow en trance to the beautiful lIttle settlement of Wood's Holl, the headquarters of the largest fish-batching station in the world. is reached. At mome points in the tortuous channel, just within the harbors mouth, the jagged reefs nearly touch the steam er's sides, but through the skill of the pilot Nobska Point is weathered, and we are within the land-locked bay. * The large buildIngs and plant of the United Seates fish commission form the center of Interest hers, and thither we wheeled, or rather raced with a wind at our backs blowing at the rate of forty eight miles an hour. Wender. .f the Hatehery'. We halted at the main buindtng where the hatcheries are located, and were soon un mindful of the sale out of doors as we were shown the wonders of the hatghing Indus try as revealed by the microscope. The lchster egg, only one day old, exhibits an amazing variety of color and form, and many other specimens show in this manner bow much science has done to prevent the exterination of our valuable food fishes, which would have certainly occurred in w.any eases but for the effrts of the Aish commission. To speak of 600OMII cod eggs 5,.,o lobster eggs and Iaarnas.fa~ gg, to gether with a vast number of eggs ot the teutog. -m--herel and sea bairn, taken and distributed by this =m=atn since Norember 3, 18W, wID perhaps eenvey sems idsa of the immensity and perfection of its opera glens. The apparatin for basentag the ead egg is especially istereiag o.sitlag og a large numberma o eflindrsal bemes, thsaugh which, by a sihnarramninste the sea water is cetsafly ied**atng each has holutng 4WA abeqf one tenth of an inch in diameter. es , rent of water is etreulated through the upper portion of each box, the live eggs passing through the siphon into the ad joining box, and then the remaining water is drawn off and the worthless eggs re noved before a new supply is placed in the hatchery. Couieetions in the MNuseuma. Across the hall from the hatching room is the museum, containing a remarkable ecllection of fish in alcohol, as well as a large collection of native fish-eating birds and sea weed:. Of the many hundred speci mens of fish in jars, the most conspicuous and interesting were the sea ravens,. moon fish, skates, sting rays, sharks, including the curious hammer-headed shark; conger eel, an. enormous specimen as large as a man's thigh; cod, hake, haddock and other food fishes: the remarkable oceanic tile fish, exterminated by natural causes: lump fish, goose fish, or angler, with its huge mouth; the remora, or sucling fish, para sitic on the shark; flatfish and flounders ga lkre, torpedo, or cramp fish, so named for their electric properties; the Portugnese man-of-war, with its curious floating air suck, acting on the water as a sail; squid and devil fish. A fine variety of marine invertebrate animals, cucumbers, anemo nes, sponges, crabs, shrimp, prawn, jelly fish, mollusks, sea fafns and sea feathers and sea weeds of rare beauty and coloring are also seen here. The collection of fish-eating birds in the vicinity of Wood's Holl is very complete, comprising, as it does, the beautiful Amer ican elder duck and king elder, the curious loon, or great northern diver, and the smaller red-throated merganser, the com mon puffin, with its capacious bill; the lcrg-tailed jaeger, parasitic and pomaine jaeger, sheerwaters, gannets, murres, auks and other similar birds. The romantic stormy petrel, or Mother Carey's chicken, so familiar to the traveler at sea; numer cus varieties of cormorants, ducks, herons, kingfisheis, phalaropes and terns; the great herring gull, or sea gull, and kittiwakes and other gulls are of great interest to the sportsman. Passing from the museum into the aquari um, the attention Is at once attracted by the curious sea robin, with its peculiar hand-like fingers, crawling along the bot tom and sides of the tanks, and instantly changing color from white to black or vice versa. Among the other fish swimming in the aquarium were fine specimens of the tautog, sea bass, chogset, scup, white perch, mummichogs, swell fish, toad fish. hake, and the slow-moving lobsters, from the largest size to the baby lobsters. just from the hatchery. In the aquarium out side the buildings were forty hungry-look ing sharks, or dog fish, swimming rapidly around the irclosure. The government may well be proud of its work at this important station, and apart from the beauty of its surroundings it is well worth a visit. The view of Martha's vineyard and Nantucket sound from the obsgrvation -tower on Nobs ka Point is one of the features of Wood's Holl, and forms a charming marine pano rama. Nearing His Destination. Off again by the afternoon boat, we re crossed to New Bedford as a shower ob scured the land from view, but on arrival we courageously pushed on toward our journey's end, fifty-four miles distant, un til, after several hours' hard riding over the muddy and uneven roads, we were compelled to halt at dusk by the breaking of a heavy storm when only a few miles from Taunton and twenty-three miles from New Bedford by the road we had followed over this rolling country. It was too wet for a comfortable camp, so we sought the shelter of a big. New England barn, where we were cozily quartered for the rest of the night. We were determined to reach Bos ton on the morrow without regard to the existing gale, but we were too tired to worry about that, and a soft hay mow is not so bad after all. OTIS B. GOODALL. The "Antocar" Not Wanted. From the American Machinist. The true answer to the question as to whether or not the world wants the auto mobile car is probably that it does and it does not. It seems to be quite clear that the world does not want the present car, as far as it has been revealed. The world is well satisfied with the horse. It has an affection for the horse that it can never have for any mere machine. The horse is second only to the human form divine in the spectacular and she picturesque. The horse is in no danger of being supplanted except by an abler and a better servant, and this the "autocar" must prove itself before it comes to be wanted. The objections to the present "autocar," distributed through the various examples of it, all the objections residing in no single machine, but some of them being found in each, are, all together, too numerous to mention, and many of them are fatal. They cost too much, or they are too heavy, or they are noisy, or they have an unpleasant jar., or a bad smell, or they will not run satisfactorily at different speeds and with different loads, or they are only good for the smoothest roads, or they cannot climb hills, or they cannot run far enough with out giving out, or they require too much attention and special and trained skill to operate. It is not a difficult thing to imagine an "autocar" without any of these objection able features, and it can scarcely be deried that we are steadily approaching it. Some thing' cheap, handy, always ready and which any one can use without anxiety or discomfort, would certainly make its way into common use, and only after its gen eral and complete adoption would it be safe to say that it was wanted. That it will not in this way eventually be wanted we have not the hardihood to suggest. Cycling a Deneet to Women. From the Chantasquss. Women, perhaps more than men, are benefited by wheeling. Before the bicycle was perfected, horseback riding was the only outdoor exercise of the kind suited to feminine needs, and good, gentle, sound riding horses were hard to find, expensive to buy, and still more expensive to take care of, so that few women kept one. Good bicycles, although efistly, seem to be with in the means of almost every person; at all events hundreds and thousands of women and girls who never could have owned a horse go gaily over our streets and roads on bicycles that are quite equal in price to any but the finest Kentucky steeds. The good efffet of this change from sedentary indoor life to free and exhilarating exer cise in the open air is already quite notice abl" even to the casual observer. Prejudice has rapidly given way before the fascinat ing progress of what at first seemed but the fad of an hour. and we have already become accustomed to seeing sunbrowned faces, once sallow apd languid, whisk past us at every turn of the street. The mag netism of viyidl health has overcome con servative barriers that were impregnable to eva ry other force. And this is, let us hope, but the beginning of a revolution, humane and soundly rational, which w 11 bring- an era of vigorous physicaj life to women. a Re Waited. Prein the Phlladelphia Pre. A sinall boy cyclist was riding without a light and was stoped by a park officer, who askd him ina gruff tones where his light was. "Why, it's here," exclaimed the rider in surprise. "Yes, but it's out," solemnly asserted the patrolman. "Well, it was lighted at that last turn." "Sonny, it's cold; couldn't have been lighted this evening,'I triumphantly an nounced the onicer. "Hugh! That thin metal cools ha a min ute. I'll light that lamp and wait until it gets red hot, put it out, then ride to the next corner and beck, and when I return it'll be cold." "All 'right, try it," assenteff the acute policeman. The boy lighted the lantern, waited until it grew red hot, turned it out, and started, and that kid is going yet. Swr~ Oimtneen. Pres the Pittsbusg Cb denTlessah. Mrs. biags (s'sadg-"Tie gira e ln a tomgue egghteesi h4:ch= sang, - li. basggs-"The girss naast h Wiam Suenss Bryaa S the aia the heth" "wy e -de a e --eaa th t." "I kuow, but I men't get hm~eii abouat base haLB. "Want" 'aim, in The 3er gag bemse Last Sunday was an excellent day for road riding. It was quite warm, yet the roadsters do not seem to mind the heat unless the thermometer reaches an ab normally high mark. Unlike the preceding .Sunday not a drop of rain marred the beau ty of the entire day, and the cycling fra ternity took advantage of the occasion. The dog days commence tomorrow, accord ing to popular superstition. The heat of August is generally the worst for cycle riding. According to the conjecture of tne weather tomorrow will be warm, and just how near right the conjecture is remains to be seen. The League of American Wheelmen meet will open at Philadelphia Tuesday. The city of brotherly love will be the mecca of several hundred local bicyclists during the week. The official train of the local division will leave the Pennsylvania depot at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday evening, and at Philadelphia, as has been published in The Star. the headquarters will be established at the Lafayette House. While some of the cyclists will leave the city at an early date, there will be some who will not make the trip until later in the week, the racing which is a feature of the meet, being held the last two days of the week. Century Cycle Club. The Century Club did not make a run to Ashton last Sunday. Lieutenant O'Connor changed the run to the Conduit road, the weather being so extremely warm that the boys preferred the shortest run possible. While this part of the club was taking life easy a great many other members were out on the road hustling for mileage. Capt. Ed. S. Byrnes, with Edward Green and E. H. Monroe, the latter a member of the Centurions, left the city Saturday night for a thirty-mile run in Virginia. They had one of the most enjoyable trips that was possible to be made. The road was in rather bad condition, but despite this fact the three riders made good time. They re turned home Sunday afternoon. Charles H. Coons, the president of the club, one of the few bicycle club presidents that do any hard riding, started on a cen tury with the Maryland Club of Baltimore. Among the riders was Samuel Warren, the Maryland record breaker for long distance riding. All finished in fine shape. George W. Wright started out behind Harry Park in his record-breaking attempt between this city and New York last Sun day. He paced Park to Baltimore. The coming road race is being pushed forward with great success. The work is being done quietly, and everything 'will be in shape when the club decides the date. Louis Anderson, who has been suffering from the result of a fall a couple of weeks ago, is improving nicely, and hopes to be out on the .club runs shortly. Four applications have been received by the acting secretary, R. T. Posey, during the past two weeks, and one acted on-that of Edgar H. Monroe. Monroe will develop into one of the hot riders, and the club ex pects to see him in the first bunch. Secretary Frank Hourigan is still away on his trip north, the last letter from him stating he was in Montreal. Canada. George Wright leaves tomorrow for a month's vacation down the Potomac. The Centurions are fast reaching the limit, theri being only two more members needed to fill out the list. It is expected that two applications to make the limit will be handed in some time before the next regular "neeting. The club in-ends to pick out four mem bers s on and form a polo team. The names of the riders have not been decided on as yet. Next winter the club will have a basket ball team, and when the Century boys take hold of any kind of sport they generally finish to the front. There Is some talk among the members of getting a club room this falL, but Captain Byrnes and others are opposed to club rooms. Eddie Smith, the "kid," tried to pull up all the road to Ashton the other evening., endeavoring to pace some one, and he now has his face touched up lovely. Bobby Williams is rolling off centuries weekly, with his chum Stevenson a close second. Arlington Wheelmen. Last Sunday Messrs. Broadbent, Hiard ing, Edmonds, Rawlings, Potts and Dyke man paid a flying visit to President liet tinger and wife at Wellington, Va., which Is seven mIles distant from Manassas. Messrs. Potts and Dykeman rode the entire distance awheeL. while the balance of the party tock ths . train to Manassas. The boys were entertained In excellent style. The next regular meeting of the club, which ordinarily would be held Tuesday evening, has been postponed until after the league meet at Philadelphia. At .6 o'clock Sunday morning, July 18, Capt. Frank C. Potts gathered his proteges together, and, after supplying part of them 'with ham and eggs, called the roll, and found that Murphy, Quinn, Rawlings, Walker, Terry, Harding, Miller, Larcham, Mayer,Robertson and Broadbent were there ready to move toward Shadyside. Marl boro' was reached at 8:15~ by all of the party except Bawlings, Larchanm and Mayer, who concluded that the- sky was too full of aqua pura for them, and a dry ride was the only thing that would eat Isfy their Sunday desires. After a wait of half an hour at Marlboro' Old Sol threw two or three rays into the quiet little vil lage, which gave the boys a lot of encour agement. So they mounted their wheels and commenced to move toward the bunch of dinners that Mr. St. Clr had agred to prepare for them. Four mile. out of Marl-. boro' rain commenced to drip from the clouds. The boys pushed along until they found a farmer 'who owned a cow and was willing to sell the milk thereof at twenty five cents per quart. The long-looked-for better roads were reached five mile. from Shadyside, and at 2:30 p.m. nine hungry, mud-besmeared Arlingtons rolled Into Shadymide. A sail boat ride of ten mailes to Bay Ridge brought them into a, dry country -once more. Braengle,. Rawlings and Larcham met" the moist crowd at Bay Ridge, and simply smiled at- them, But there was one thing they had to admit, and that was, there are few Arlingtoas who never 'ta -down one et Capt. Potts' ru. The jage o the series of ladIes' runs. of the Caenet BL. Cl* 'wasn held last eyea, ihg.h 4silu as to Chevy Chase, the ronte being through Reck Creek Park and Beud Braneb zsi to Chevy 4n etrele' thin return by way of Tealey gode~ road and Woodley Iane.- Quite a umber et riders et th e went out on the trip, and a very rid was made, The start was taad. at 6:0 - s, bom the elusue, e. The lfe -bo.-t un to Atlata *M he moew the Ean t A e and ~meseg Zamsss . g d i'w _ ac ,. Messrs. Boteler, Allen, Dr. J. Bart Hills, and several others will ride a greater por tion of the journey. For several months those who contemplate going have been studying the topography of the country, and have picked out a route which it is hoped will clear them of the mountains, and at the same time give them better roads than if the coast line was followed. On account of the bad condition of the road between this city and Leesburg, a, other route may be taken at the start. The trip will carry the riders through the Shenandoah valley, and westward as far as Nashville, Tenn., from which point the ride south will be made. The members will make a regular vacation of the ride, and will be gone two or three weeks, and possi bly longer. There was no club run scheduled for last Sunday, though a good many of the club members took individual rides , o different places of easy access from the city. Washington Road Club. The run of the Washington Road Club for tomorrow is to Brookville, starting at 9 o'clock in the morning from the club house, 1224 F street. It is quite likely that, not many members will go out on the run, as a large number are out of the city. No run of the club was made last Sun day, there being but few riders in the city. Quite a number of the club members will go over to Philadelphia to attend the league meet. Some of the boys will leave tonight. Moran, the speedy rider, who is still somewhat stiff from the fall at Staunton, Va., last Friday, will most likely go over this evening. 'ie will endeavor to capture one or more of the amateur na tional championships. Messrs. L. - B. Graves and Will Jose will leave the early part of ne w k, while a number of other membe leave later in the week. t A. A. Bolden, o as slated last Sun day to make an at 4mpt to break the Washington-Baltimor - record, is not a member of the club, as has been published. Capt. Joe Prince, who- is spending the summer at Atlantic City, will be present at the league meet. William Jose ret ed to the city during the week from a iness trip through Vir ginia and West V ni Mlles C nafantry. It is understood that a court-martial will shortly be held, at wh3ph a number of the members of thie Miles Cycle Infantry will be tried for faili /to turn out In the prac tice marches of the -command, and not giving a suitable excusS for their non-ap pearance. The matter will be brought up at the request of Lieut. Weaver, who is the acting captain, who failed to have more than one-half the membership on a recent practice march. A business meeting of the company will be held this evening at the National Guard Armory, pt.whichrutigepugiess. will be transacted. a Lieut. Weaver has applied for a leave of absence for three mofiths, contemplatir.g a trip north, where he has some business to perform. During his absence, and until the return of Capt. Wiggin, Lieut. T. R. J. Campbell will be in com-nand. Mt. Pleasa'nt Athletic Club. The annual excursion of the Mount Pleas ant Athletic Club will be held next Thurs day evening. Marshall Hall will be the objective point. The committee- in charge consists of Roba-rt H. Young, chairman; Kendall O. Dwyer, W.. B. Appleby, George Fisher and W. H. Snyder. From present prospects the club will carry down quite a large crowd, and the excursion will be one of the most enjoyable of the season. The yachting tri. of a number of the members of the clu will most likely be started Monday, August 9i. George Cox. jr., Harry C. Snyder and P. H1. Fitzhugh rep resent a committee in charge of the trip. The club members will be gone for nearly three weeks, and will cruise as far as An napolis and Bay Ridge. stopping at all of the prominent landings both going and coming. While it has not been definitely announc ed. it may be that E. M. Wilson, the speedy rider of the club, will go to Philadelphia nxt week and participate in the champion ship events.. Estern Athletic Claub. There was a special meeting bf the East ern Athletic Club hel-1 recently, at which the cycling contingent of the organizaticon was reorganised. -'A number of suggestions were made and considerable business of~ importance transacted. William H. Wright was elected captain and E. P. Gooding elected lieutenant. .The rew officers prom ise to revive interest in the cycle corp. of the club, The club has left its old quarters and secured a new location, which is mocre con venient and commodiious. The new home is located at 427 8th street southeast. At the last meeting of the. elub ten nlew opplica tions for membership were filed. The in terest in the club is being revived and new life and energy shown, Gossip. The Eclipse polo team, consisting of T. J7. Reed and Harry '1odge, visited Colonial Beach Thursday and played a match game of polo with the Ruel Gras. team, com posed of Messrs. Berm, and Haineg. There wer, two inninguca played, lasting "eight minutes, and the fr, team won 'by the score of .8 to L. ~ontest was played on the lloor of th 5~,which was cov ered with mand. smn was arranged through- the efforta ejt Dr. Evans, who is conducting the hotl d the place, and it wasn witnessed by enumbet of peo ple- The -Eclipse would be glad to ,receive challenges. all other bicycle polo teams in the or vicinity.. Al communicationis a addressed to T. 3. Reed, 2121 avenue, north The LeitCe ibwl aea run tomorrow to Qre Rl.starting from the-club 'house at Eenyvania avenue southeast at O-a~m. Sts'o~h boys *111 leave the city this eMantar ter' the place, 'lb. members of the club and their Ia~p f~riends gave a run iast Tuesday eveninug t the 2ttalto Cycle Club, whieh was a grand success in every detal.' Th thralag wathe, howeer p-ene them from oering the route eosainsynensa The party left the cbub house htl- p.na.. with about thrty couples in 11% otewas up iPennsyiwanIa avesne to 11th sret we.. turatog by way me -36asenehuse#ta avense to 11th sree-abeant an4 nain ep theib avedse th hbuas The ein avnsde This ec was -tnd,f -M-. ein-nme ==..n....-'p 4 t 4 N1g carnations, which were distributed aS favors among the ladies who were seated. Those present on the run were Misses Annie Frech. Edith Fordham, Marie Hall, May Seville, Aspasia Prosperi, Montgom ery, Bertha Herrell. Annie Hutchinson, McGill, Annie Prosperi, Mr. and Mrs. Pol lock, Mr. and Mrs. Fryer, Mr. and Mrs. Altman. Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Horace Bell, Miss Robinson, the Misses Hurdel, Miss Belt, Miss Lithgow, Miss Allen, Miss Poole, Miss Reinhart, Miss Keefer, Messrs. George Frech, George Libbey. Louis Frech, William Brearly, Roy Woodington, W. B. Lindsay. Charles Michael. Fred Buckler, Frank Glatzico, Robert Weaver, William Jacobs, Charles Weaver, Andrew Mars chalk, Lee L. Herrell, James Castelle, Ed. Hutchinson, William Norris, Lawrence Camp, John H. Shine, Charles Grace. W. K. Larrimore, J. Percy Toyston, Charles Montgomery, George Reinhart and William Reinhart. Ball Bearing Cycle Club. The Ball Bearing Bicycle Club has rentec the hall at the corner of 7th and N streets northwest, and meets on Tuesday evenings At the regular meeting of the club heic last Tuesday evening the election of ofti cers occurred, and the following were in stalled in office: President, W. Woodward secretary, J. T. Duffy; captain, F. Buck. The run scheduled for tomorrow is to Shadyside. The start will be made from 15th and H streets northeast at 5:30 a.m. Golden Rod Wheelmen. Leaving the headquarters last Sunday morning at 9:39 o'clock the Golden Roc Wheelmen made their run to Ashton, re turning at a late hour in the evening. The roads were in fair condition, and with the intense hes t of the sun made the ride long and tiresome. The hot sun forced two 0f the wheelmen to abandon their wheels anc seek shelter under a large shady tree neal -the roadside. They remained there over an hour, and the ether club members, 01 course,. waited for their comrades. The two finally succeeded in making the trig and returning home in somewhat better condition. It was decided then by the club not to take any more long trips unti cooler weather arrived. The club made a short run to Suitlanc Park last Wednesday evening. The trip was enjoyed by all the members, as the evening was cool and pleasant. Returnini home at an early hour the club meeting was held, and adjourned at a late hour. Captain Willard has called a run to Alex andria, Va., tomorrow morning, leaving the headquarters at 64 C street northwest a 9:30 a.m. Rialto Cycle Club. Twenty of the Rialto Club, escorted by twenty-four of the Levants, took a run through the city last Tuesday. The next run will start from the resi dence of Mrs. Scott, 649 B street northeast for Cycle Cottage next Wednesday. To morrow the club will go to Bay Ridge. The Rialtos will entertain the Levants shortly. A committee has teen appointed to select a suitable design for a club button, with instructions to report at the next meeting Machinery in Dairying. From the Kansas City World. Separating machines are now in use among dairymen, and these machines are growing popular in dairy circles. A dairy man says: "When we get our milk in the morning we take the portion that is to be used for cream and butter purposes and place it ir a temporary vat, located near the sepa rator. To temper the milk it is :seated tc 00 degrees. The tube that connects the tempering vat with the separator is openec a~nd the hot milk is then allowed to drig into a round steel bowl, which revolves from left to right at a rate of 8,000 revolu tions per minute. The centrifuigal forcE sends the milk surging u~p and down the sides of the bowl. "The cream separates entirely from the milk, and when it reaches the top of the bowl for the third time It escapes inta, the ur'per spout and runs from there into a can which is placed under the spout for its reception. The skimmed milk,.- instead o1 rising as the cream does, takes a down ward course and escapes by way of the lower tube. "A six horse-power engine will separate 2,500 pounds of milk per, hour, Every par tion of the fatty matter is extracted fron, the milk. After ,the cream leaves the sepa rator it is cooled to 35 degrees, and is twelve hours it haa 'ripened' suffiiently tc go to the consumers. This makes the cream twelve hours fresher when it reaches the consumer than by the old method," . Mie Wanted to 'Trade Rack. Frnen the Pilttsburg Press. It appears that Mr. Bassett is quite a bi. cycle rider and spends considerable time or his wheeL. As be whirled along the coun try roads near his farm his riding was greatly admired by a simple-minded youth who frequently isaid aside his hoe and gasei at thne flying wheelman in open-mouthecl wonder. The boy ially got the bicycle fever and one day offered Mr. Bassett a cow for his wheel. The offer was accepted and the exchange made, The next day the verdant youth lnitiatedl hinmelf into the mysteries of learning is ride the bike. Temporary success em boldened the young naa= eetnding him ts grow reese while sfhowing ef bhas.m thu neighbors, He fnally lest control of the bike, and with a biodrilgyell weal ov-er a 21)-fot eazbankmmt. Thme bibs was completely desuolnuhed and the beg' weal home in a dmpaldate condition. .The nexl day he apeardd at Mr. Basast's hems with the remain et the wheel esrel nailed up in a boa. Depnting his bnudea on the ground he maid "he grameda he'd take beck his ow." Mr. Bastt told hlI. he was a bad guemer. Faln to get thu cew and resN~mig that the bicycle was per mnmently disableda the boy wadeed uadlg home, declaring that liie had lest-its cbatsm An Iimeemeet. sitHarest baiba hehe aga - Woune..m s.Ceeug~ THE RACING WORLD I This measn, more po than ever, match races seem to be the rage. Al'eady a num ber of events have been run off. and mjore are on the schedule, with the prospects of f still larger Increase before the season fully winds up. The match events are not necessarily confined to short distances, but middle and long-distance racing is also in cluded. Those races which have been ar rarged are as follows: July 31-Michael vs. Charles Hadfdeld, ten miles, paced, Newark, N. J. No date arranged-Fred Lmaghea-l vs. A. C. Mertens, mile heats,' best two in three. triplet paced, for side bet of V10 each and large purse offered by Charles River Park. No date arranged-Michael vs. A. C Mer tens. twenty-five miles, pac.it, Chicago. August 7-Michael vs. Lucten Lesna, thirty-three miles. purse of $2,ui1s, side bet of $250, paced, each man with own puce makers; Charles River Park track. August 23-Bald, Cooper and Kiser. best tuo in three, mile heats; purse of $lwc; Charles River Park No date arranged-Bali. Cooper and Kiser, best two in three, mile heats, for purse of $1,00: Manhattan Beach track. September 6-Cooper vs. Joe Patchen. Washington Park track, Chicago; prob lematical. September 6-Bald, Cooper and Kiser, best two in, three, mile heats, purse not settled upon; Washington Park mile track, Chicago. A purse of $2,000, the largsst ever offered for a bicycle race in America, will be given in a professional ha.idiaep race of two miles at the Quill Club meet, on Man hattan Beach track. September 4 and 6. The heats will be decided -n Saturday. and the final on Monday (Labor day), end the winner will receive $1,iu1, the second man $230, the third $100 and the fourth S3.. The I balance of the money will be divided among the placed men in the heats. The entry list for this event is expected to be the greatest on record. Entries will close on August 21. Fred C. Fairly and P. C. Wright of Colo rado Springs have established a set of new American tandem road records. The Cen tury Road Club of America has :aecepted the following records: Five-mile straight away, 11:;36 3-3; ten-mile straight-away. 23:33; fifteen-mile straight-away, 30:42; twenty-mile straight-away, ;10:17; twenty five-mile straight-away, lr:40; fifty-mile 4 standard cour'se, 2:21:10; seventy-five-mile straight-away, 3:43:UU; 100-mile standard course, 5:14::8. The leading professional racing men are enjoying a prosperous season. Competi tion among the race-promoting clubs to se cure the best riders Is causing big purses to l be offered in the all-professional events. The rules on the state and national circuit meets demand full value cash purses, and are inciting a'keen rivalry among the big riders to secure the lion's share of the spoils. Although the racing season has not yet progressed very far, the income derived by some of the men is large. While the first prizes are the most coveted, the place men fare generously. Jay Eaton, the pro fessional. cleared nearly P840 in two days' rtcing out in NewJersey last week. The fact that this sum was realized in three races indicates that for fast riders the bicycle racing game is a remunerative business. In twelve days of racing on the New York state circuit last month E. C. Bald won $725, Tom Cooper 5323, F. A. McFarland $120 and F. F. Goodman $210. With a great many riders these sums figure as clear profit. In five days' racing on the national cireult Tom Cooper won $80, which aver ages over $100 a day. At the recent three day meet, held at Racine, A. C. Mertens, the St. Paul man. cleared $400. Tom Coop er won $410 at this meet and $250 at the Springfield tournament. Including all the big races throughout the country, the pro fessional riders are earning more money in purses this season than in any previous year. The bicycle racing season lasts for six months, and it is fair to assume that In that period this year ten or twelve riders will earn from 85,000 to $10,000. The riders classified aq second-raters will readily earn from 12.500 to x3,500 in purses this year. Sporting Life. D. C. Total Membership. Division. Membership. July 23, 1806......... 180 00,001 July 23. 1657......... 671 87,401 Gain............. 501 27,396 The local division again passed another state this week, Washington now being five members behind in numbers, and the local division taking charge of the eigh teenth place. The next state ahead in numbers is North California. with ninety nine more members, but this will be Dulled down. shortly if the members will keep on recruiting at the same rate as hereto fore. L. A. W. Hotels. There are hotels in almost every town In the country appointed by the L. A. W. who give members of the L. A. W. a reduction In rates upon presentation of league mem bership ticket. It is often asked if It makes any difference whether the reduced rate is allowed if a member is not accompanied by the wheeL. This makes not a sarticle of difference, the only requirement being that you present the membership card. no matter how many times you may visit the same hotel or how well known. It is a part of the agreement with the hotels that they request you to show your ticket each time. League Meet. Great preparations are being madle by the District riders for the meet. AUl mem bers are talking about it, and a big crowd is goezg up, already members having re quested Mr. Gettinger, the chairman of the meet committee, to secure their rooms. Leaue Century. All of the clubs are talkIng of entering for the century, and It is going to be the cycling event of the year. Some of the clubs were not going to enter because they misunderstood the rules, thinkingr that a small club would not have the same1 chance as a large one, but as the limit is fixed so that no less than twelve members can start, which leaves no limit over that, so as many from any one club can join and still all will, have the same advantage, as It will depend upon the number of start ers and the number of the survivers out of each club as to which will get the prise. Another thiag not understood was whether each member of a club who survived the century would be presented with a medaJ. Eah person who survives will be gie a "survivor's thedal,"~ whether a club mem her, unattached or an L. A. W. member. While the century Is given under the au spices of the L A. W., it is not limited to L. A. W. members, but any rider can enter, and if be carries out the rules of the cen turK will be given one of the mnedals, and it will be one which they will be proud to receive. -Mes Nembeas. Was. aus Brrg., i tS0 street northwest; C. W.-Cochran, Ifli Q street nsthwestt Wnn~m I. Desk.- 3m 5th street usuth nest; H. Eugene Heldrtee, Mei M4th street northwest; Guay E. Maudila. I3SS Penagi web.a avenue; Duncan McDonad., 31 17t street aorthwest; Franets Nlye. US 0 street northwest; Felix A. Tes Reuth. Uth sot K streets; Coustner Asena P-. 0.680KEing street, aleandrie'a. Va.; Jasmes P. O(stem. P. 0. 315 Elg street, assiemasta. V.;1 ahb Mine=. P. 0. 32B outh Wisgates street, Alesma=dia. Vs.; 5. Lawgese Fer ry. P- 0. 31? South ft. Asaph street, A& amdrla. Vs.; Geses -3. Besos. P. 0, bes lik alenm~. Vs.: Chareng. C. Lem-i bester. P... .358 South.Pitt strs. Alema desa. va.; *sm~t L. A..... l~ala Si.t.. ~sst ~. - 38 P street =OREIGN CYCLE NOTES To avert disaster In the mountainous per Ions of Fontes, the Tourist Club has caused 0 he constricted safety nets, which are tuspended in dangerous places. Four days ifter one of these nets was sN. ung a .y list's life was saved, he falling into it in tead cf into a gage below. Something t his sort hlutid be provided by the town hi of 4luttenberg, as cyclists riiing up nd down the Guttenterg hall trrn the erry are As constant .eril of .eing man ried by falling on the rocks la-low. The first hicycle ever seen in Morce.'. is tow astonishing the natives. The paone.-r yclist Is an Englishman. who is oblignl to se a specially strong machline. as the rows n Morocco are very had. An Eng:ish cycle paper cnmmenting on he cyclist's thirst, says that, notwith standing the enormous per. entage of cy -Iists among the poi ulation of Engtand. tis thirst, even if he he .. .. -thstain.r, is 'asentlally a temperate thirst. A statista -al summary of a thousand cyclists' drinks hows that nearly three-fourths were non tlcoholic beverages. M. Bourrillon recently won the champion mhip of Franee on the Seine hicyel' trae. n Paris. There were thirteen heats run o redu.-e the field and pick the starters in he final. The successful ones who met at he tape for the final struggle were t'mtt... essman and Bourrillon. o5'irrilion hat he face well In hand for all four taps. Bourrillon's riding is said to recall in the finds of the Frenehmen the wondertmit work of A. A. Zimmerman when the Amert :an raced abroad. The French have an effective way of making their leather sa.idles comtortabale. which Is well worth copying. They Boa :he leather thetoughly in water until it is perfectly tliable, then they ride on it till t is dry, protecting their clothing by a emporary coveting of some waterproof ma terial. When the process is completed the leather is exactly fitted to th" rider, and :orrespondingly comforts l.'. A new cycle tax for the benefit of cyclist a who live in Milan came into force In June. It amounts to about $4 per year. The mu nicipal wisecres have hit upon this method if keeping down the cycling craze in the town. The first dtel 01 wheels occurred not long dnce in Spain, between Messrs. Moreno Ind Perez. who both were memlers of the :ranada Cycling Clue, and it ended fatatly fee the latter. Accompanied by their see nds, they wheeled out some distance on the road to Malaga, to a secluded spot. 'here. posted 7isi feet apart, at a sign. they wheeled toward each other. each d recting his machine with his left hant and tbrandishing in his right that terrib. knie of Spain--the navaja. At the first lash Perez pierced the left arm of More-no. but it the third encounter Moreno thrust his itnife into the breast of Perez, who in a few minutes died from Internual hemor rhage. The cyclist who does Europe awheel can ;hip his It.ggage from point te point at small cost. The postal systems abroad. un like ours, do an express busin-ss, so tar Is the size of the mail carried is concerned. halises are carried as well as letters, -an1 ane Is sure to find the luggage ahead of me at the destmnation. As a matter of tact, little luggage need he carried, for the ticycle costume it- seen all over eKurol.e tow, and attracts n. attention at the hotels, talleries or other public places. Romford. England, claims the champion rat men's bicycle club. 224 pounds be'dg the minimum admission weight. In a New Zealand bicycle, designed great ly to Increase the driving power, the cranks are much shnater than usual, and, In-tea.l of terminating in a pedal. has at the end I small roller fitted into a slot In a long lever, which has for a fulcrum a stild at tached to the back fork. The pedal s at tached to the lever, the short crank neing carried around by pressure on the pedals. 'he up-atrake is very' quick, an i the down stroke slower but very powerful. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Fred Titus says there is one event on the national meet race program which he es secially desires to collar, and that is the ive-mile professional national champion sip. Otto Zeigler, the California racer. con templates visiting Australia in the fall to race. The fact that he is not recognised by the L. A. W. may debar him from compe tition in that country. Jay Eaton, the indoor king. has engaged [Iecrge McLeish, who went over to France last fr.ll with Tom Butler. as trainer for the season. McLeish started in with Eaton an the New York state circuit. John S. Johnson and Art Stackpole. the trainer, did not remain together long. They parted just after the Chicago meet. John son is at his own expense and is in close quarter, so the report says. His sickness aas cost him dear, and in these days his former good name counts for little. He must first demonstrate that he has really returned to form. Johnson is probably as unfortunate a circuit chaser as has been seen in some years. The membership in the League of Amer ican Wheelmen continues to increase, and the prediction made by President Potter that it will reach 101.0011 before the end of the year .may be verified. The new mem bers for the week number 1.W0, making a total to date of i:.531). A race aeroms the contineit from Provi lence to San Francisco between a bicycle and a tandem for a wager of $2,3Wu will start on Monday, August 9. fromn the city btall. Providence, John W. Gknn of fIrook lyn will ride the bicycle, and Bert Mills and William Kay of Provide ace will mount the tandem. William A. Brady, the theatrical manager urd backer of puglisats. has received a tanction from the L. A. W. for a iceycle a eet. to be held on the grounds of the Asbury- Park Athletic Association on Tues lay. Augnust 3. Brady has received assur anceo- fronm Bald. Cooper and Kiser that they will be there on thaat date, and Jim may Miehael has been sect~red to race againat time, On the day previous these riders will race at Trenton. Ex--Champon Jim Corbett will also compete In the icey 2le events. H. R. Steensin is said to ccrry a kero mena can on the circuit, which he keeps weli ifled with linimnent, The manner of filling the can was a mystery until lately. when mite of the men found the Swede empty!ng the contents of a borrawed bottle of rub aing stuff into it. It would seem that iteenmsn emnployed th'e begging mneans to ill his can, and one of the men decdares that he mow has over twenty different maix tures in his can. Steen.on has beetn win aing of late; he best Fred Iithead thre tines at Trenton, and it may be the reseult if this great mixture. Hie secures the re wuits of all twenty varioUes. All the long-dititance bicycle snatches ar mnged for Jimmy Michael have bees can :eled, and after this the Weishaman will Mofne himnmelt. to short sprints only. Ml AbneI recently changed from his I3' gear to one of 105, and the pacemakrer, that lae been employed for hIs work htave been eleesed- In prIvate trials, not only on the haIe River Parki track. but ia Buffalo und New Yerk. Miehael has shoews wondler huIal hifty as a sprinter. He will imme liate be ready s rids a9=i===' thme best men In Asesuica, and is sas to mseet any punt lacer Ia the world ilr a match race mt any tIme. amin n d 2%t.. 'rema the LIegbm ETe--.. Egiamaa is Slaghag ad havoc with the teeth af insedsr gemeratisss. Us a ex parlsm dentist In the West End sar's, and haesuht to know. Inermeripy decayed teeth wene seasraly attamised to a secret Iim hsn-bom, but the idea is, f: speasa qes a hitie. En thct, st~m is ethe -aethn than otherwise. The lrt s hat ~th -a-n-et st.dy aguero aw of the annem inns is ahagthwesh emmes a bseak heamig to as aangular er hihpresses the miassen sps he ass t ge them eeam he grewr, 4ed w hee gem earn af them ent igat aN. Base this eaemnna he not -mane end ' In maar em the E h t enth hessig -e a s sna abe augh abahe etten the Bemn het ma. The, I n Ade. g h hmmnas in sew dasist esge e tihe 4nsst msh au tes 1'bh ae se that at he wuise oae the Lase m e a et eth