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15,101 CYCLERS WROUGHT
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' Continued from Second rage.
fortunate brethren. One jouth even rode
u pon) .iiuoii); the stragglers, but that was
more tlun tic crow d would Maud and
there Mere loud cries of "Take Kim out."
Tue wheelmen received orations all
along the line or march, and frequently
tuere were loud cries of "Hurrah for The
Times" or "What's the matter with The
Times? "ftlij. It's tie cyclists.' paper."
That the jKopIe general') took great
Interest in tjje festival was demonstrated
ly the numlicr of residences and business
plsces which were decorated In honor of
the occasion, sonic of tl.em gorgeously.
Tliere 'wire luny appropriate designs
if much beaut) .and the wheclmcu showed
their appreciation b) cheering loudly.
"llie Original scorcher.
As the proccs-lon liasscd along the crowd
constituted it-xlf a jurj of award and dis
tributed piija-s profusely.
"Oh, look at ine n an in the moon," ex
claimed one joui g lad , "he gets the firs';
prlzceas)." And at Uie.samelime, onl a.
rew feet nwaj, a tough )oung gentleman
wax saving judlciousl):
"Loot at dat gu) wit de skull. Dat's
best, sec? He gits first prize, sure. But
bully gee, dat bloke must have a nene
ter wear dat rig "
But it was a glonoas spectacle, and good
nature was as plentiful as whcil rokes
When a rider was dismounted he laughed.
If overloaded and hampered with decora
tions dozens of willing hands helped him
mount, and despite the crowding none
got mad
STRIKING TURNOUTS.
Some of the Hundreds of Navel
Sights of the Night.
The streets converging to Dupont Circle
poured an immense trov, d into the open
spice ns the lest place to get the parade
in review. It was a choice rendezvous,
bec-mseit w.is ki own lhalhtre Would cou
frcgatc the individuals and groups to to
contestants f(,r oilui.cts, vuriel) and sp'en
dor of costume.
btrange things tegan to flit hither and
thither about dusk, giving an open-air per
formance that was not to Le sc-en singly
mi) place else in the cit. Besides, on
Nineteenth street was the splendid legion
of the Clristim Endeavor, visitors and
locals, l.irgelj visitor, and three-fifths of
them ladles.
There was sueli a crowd of things at
tached and unattached at this point that
Marshal Robertson made several raids
upon them from headquarters to keep
them In some kind of order. The freak
fellows, who were gorgeous in paint and
impossible, except to an impressionist.
v ere out for w hat run there was in it. and
Shcy got it ia overflowing quantities.
Itus was the first point at which the
pi rude was to pass through an unusLally
large crowd.
It was four minutes to 9 when the music
r the buUcs of the Mount Pleasant Field
Band came floating Into the circle. At
the Rime inctant tliere were responsive
iRscrabl) calls in all the side streets la
which divisions and parts of divisions
were swiftly forming.
Expectation was at its Lcigbt when the
Uncle Sum.
ifiatcx.il of police on horses and bikes rode
(allautly round the northwest curve. There
was such a shout that even the thirty five
bugles were "becalmed." The buss drum
was there, of Course, but it could not be
keard. The boys in their faDcy red, flash
ing uniforms and lighted wheels made a
treat hIiovv, us they wheeled along playing
Dixie with might and mjin. They were
cheered, of course, but It was when the
Miles Cj cle Corps and with them the Fourth
Ballallou, with guns across their shoulders,
In fatigue uniform, and riding as If on
trained cavalry horses swept by, that a
tremendous cheer went up.
The L. A. W., who were herccs ot the
Design and the parade, came along next.
Tiding like leagmrs ought to ndc, steady,
with well preserved front.flying many ban
ners and in umrornl. as noted elsewhere.
Next came the Tine d'splay ot the C.A.C,
S"s
I If IXTtXl(. 11
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led by Col. J. Hart Brtttaln, who had sixty
five handsomely clad men and brilliant
whcclslnlinettelrlnsignia were the winged
arrow colors, blue and red.
When this division had passed there was
a long pause. I'eople wondered where
was the rest of tLe parade. Had It gone
another wa7 This anxiety was only re
lieved when tLe Tirat division had actually
reached Washington Circle. But theio was
anotherwaklngup whentheArlingtonswcro
seen coming. Their position was con
spicuous by thcirsplendid house on wheels.
ri n el y decorated, with a wLecl turning with
a rider.
Georgetown! Georgetown! was nextshout
ed as the Altulrs or that ancient cit) came
In a perfect blaze of light. The richness of
Uie decora tlors of the hand'e-1 ars and the
number of big lanterns wjs specially
pleasing.
There was probably no greater favorite
th in the Washington Road Club They
carried flouts with Irdians, many of the
riders haviug Immense crosses of white
and red fringe. Thisguvea superb effect.
When the Queer Wheelmen liove in sight
It was evident th it-"we had Lcen looking
for you.1" The) were led by Capt George
E. Bojil. There were only twenty of them,
but Euch a score! They were dressed In
black stockings, white ilu.es, cne siCe of
the shirt of mail was red and the other
jellow. One leg of the bloorrer was red
and the other jellow, and surmounting it
all was the cornucopia cap of the clown ot
t.ie siwdust ring. There people were
cheered and cleered again.
"What's the matter with Columbia
nclghts?" was shouted as the next com
pany rolled along: aud"They'reail right,"
was roared In chorus. These enthusias
tic fellows ha J masses or "pampas grass on
their handle bars and carried u transpar
ency which lore the legend, "O'orlous
Times." They had It. Two stories high
Next came the "Chain and Sprockett
Club," vvU'Ni told all about itseir by Its
name. It was strong In numbers and gor
genus in decorative lighting.
" A very curiOiH little crowd bad somehow
sllpied Into the line right here. They
were kids and they carried u transparency
whlrh said they were from Hogan's
alley-.
Nothing easier, more gracerul, or neater
was seen In the whole long line than the
Morton Cadets, In blue Jackets and white
trousers. They were led by Capt. Shil
ling, ,md got as many ovations as they got
dollars In Savannah.
Uncle Sam was rerTresenled br his "Let
ter Carriers'". In their ra miliar uni
forms. One ot the men had on tiie front
of his wheel, inn lwst made of moss and
folnge, a real live baldhead eagle.
The Llb-rty Club was conspicuous, first,
for us great numbers. Laving out about
170 members, or mends. Tne) went In
for decorations, and had spared no ex
pense to be conspicuous. The were a
blaze of Incandescent illumination.
Shouts of laughter went up when the
"Upper Ten and Lower Five" people
succeeded. The upper ten would have
done honor to the i'ojr Hundred, and the
lower nvc mndc the foil, and the splendid
contrast. It was a question of costume
well placed In picturesque juxtaposi
tion. The Idea was as good as it was
original: Silk hats vs. rags
The "May flamers," of course, had with
them the Libert Pole, which wcntalong In
style that would hav e made glad the hearts
or the Tilgrlm Tathcrs
The American W beelu.cn gave good ac
count of themselves, as did the WolT
Americans.
The Postal Telegraph army of youngpeo-
plc was in Its glor), of course, on tie
wheel They were at no cipenbe tor
uniforms.
After these came what a great many con
sidered the all-round feature ottLe parade
because, perhaps,! term tamed so man) ladles
This was, of course, the C. E. crowd, under
command of Col Muir.. They numbered
aliout three hundred, and the) made Nine
teenth street merr) with the cry of "W ho
are we, etc., etc " The spectacular effect
of this line was the great star bearing the
leceiid of the C E
There were about 175 ladles, nil neatly
dressed In quiet but effective outing suits.
One of- the prettiest features in this line
was the Chinee rig of Mr. L. Gottlelb of
Philadelphia. It was all Oriental. John
Bardroff, with the "Crescent," was also
picturesque.
Thcindividual contestants and group con
testants furnished the comic and. satiric
features of the parade. It waS quite im
possible to catch all these fleeting fancies,
but the greater part of tbem were caught
Awheel.
"Miss Columbia," an J extravaganza In
red, while and blue, by Mr. H. A. Camp
bell, was simply Immense and indescrib
able. "A Boy In Bloomers," Charlie Hind,
with bis head set in a white crescent
representing the young inoou ot the even
lug. The inimitable "goose brigade," or swan
brigade, or white fljers, were ns fine a
picture as was seen .last nlgbt. Ever)
tbingwasln white.neat andsmuietric.
"Haysecd,"afannercovoredwitbliayand
wecdstb)Mr.A.Tallow:,ofMountPlcasant.
"arcenKnightand theTV hite Cross Knight."
a grpup by MessrsTnylor and Crowley.
"Seriously Thought to be Funny" (from
The Times), was'the transparency before
this group.
"Uncle Bam and"WlIl!am Jennings Br).in"
arranged by B E. Pakin. was an up-to-date
feature with free silver dropping from the
edges of Mr. Bryan's umbrella.
"Colored house girl out for a spin" was
well put on by Mr. 'Waters.
The companion piece to this was the
"Colored Boy" on an outing, by Mr.
Cabrera.
"The Continental Officers," the uniforms
taken from the Treasury models, were by
Mr. "W. H. Wilson and Ed. Brisco. With
them was an Indian in full paint and
feathers by William King.
II. M. Dobbins enfered two wheels, rep
resenting gold and silver'. Near this was a
transparency with the motto "16 to 1
wins."
"The Defender" was entered by Q. B.
Towles; white sails, Yed bull, dimensions.
11x13.
"The Twentieth Century Girt," by Mr.
Paul W. Evans, was simply out of sight
as a man. Mr. Evans has the kind of face
that can furnish the ground tor this kind
of illusion and his outre skirts and other
"rixins" were well cut, stitched, sewed, and
put on.
"Free Silver" was a dainty costume worn
by iMlss Rcna Herbert. It was generally
admired. It was neat and carried a sue
gesfion.
"Gold" was' personated by Miss Lena
Bernhardt, a quite flashy and effective cos
tume. She said that she "stood for the
G. O. P., grand old partner."
"Jonah and the whale," with Jonah's
nineteenth century shoes sticking out ot
the Jjsh's mouth, created great merriment.
The desigu was by Harry Parke. It
Was expected that he would have soinc
thiug good on the card.
There was another twentieth century
girl, by Mr. M. A. Ketller, who represented
the robust tyie. Mr. Kettlcr talked at
Uie crowd and it talked tuck,
t 8o did the "clown" of Mr. II. M. Tha tcher,
this clam being not ot the sawdust ring.
ins jokes were new, made on the spot.
"The Irish Policeman" of Mr. Sol. T.
Goldsmith did more to keep the crowd in
disorder than ull Ibe other folks put to
gether. His makeup was clever.
Willi the former traveled "the Dutch
man;" net the fljlng variety, but the fly
species. .It was doue to the life by Mr.
W. J. Franklin.
"Two devils and a while hat," the latte
being said to be Mr. Henshaw's, created a
great dcil of amusement, especially as the
transparency read "Oh, whatls that? Why,
that is Mr. Henshaw's hat." The red devils
were Messrs. Fltzhugh and Palmer.
The "Sixteen to One" ot Mr. J. W. Ban by
was a realistic piece of business. He wore
white metal to burn on a suit of becoming
blue.
Mr. Tony Cummlngs' "Farmer" was dif
ferent from the other -"haj seed" and was
gotten up with fruits and flowers. Very
good.
"The Silver Knight" was played by Mr.
B. Brcgazzi.and "The Gold Knight" by Mr.
Crowley. Both handsome costumes.
"TheTramp," b) Ernest Bre gazzi , was a
great hit.
One of the genuinely humorocs pieces In
the continuous perrormunce was the "Work
house Gang," l-ehnging to the Southeast"
scorchers' CUb. They were "out of Jail."
hadn't time to chungc their clclles, and
were ticketed" and numbered for their
crime?. On the back of one was a placard
"Sixt) d.i)s for scorching," on another,
"C'ojstlng, fifteen days," c n arothcr. "Feet
on handle birs, 160 days," and so on down
the list of crimes prol-ibitcd In the Biker's
Decalogue.
"Man In the moon," literally, by I.
M ikeover. His wheel was tuccoed with
gold stars on a blue ground.
"keeking cowslips for mother" was a
motto torne .ilort by Mr. II. Burgess, nis
bike was trimmed handsomely and 1-c
w inted"Good I Ike laws" on the other side
of his transparency.
"The Sclooner." rigged up In fine st)Ie
by Messrs. Louli and Ernest Illmer. was
evcrvwherp ndmlred A generator was at
tached to the cycle and furnished the lights
to Illuminate it. the work being by Louis
Illmer. The mine of the ship was the
"White Label." It was an exceedingly
Ingenious and popular display.
As to clowns, t here w ere otlien.epechllv
those oy IT. Noell and Fred Williams, while
Mr. n. Matthews did tl.e "circus actor"
Flout ot Arlington "Wheel men.
in motley. "The Only Prince" was
by Mr. F. II. Walte in a royal costume.
Frank Waters took things b) storm as the
"Ballet Dancer."
Among the other specialties which de
serve more extended mention were.
Harry Lawrence and Eddy Ashland as
tramps; John Muncyasa Chinaman, andBcn
Dreyfus as a chicken thief, the chicken in
G.C. Havcnncrled the Anacostla fire
contingent.
Ever) body spoke well of the successful
efforts of Marshals W. M. Offley and
E S. Morgan for the order the) kept to
tbclr divis.ons.
JUDGES' DECISIONS.
Those Who Won a Number of the
Many Prizes Offered.
The Judges' stand was a center of interest
not only to wheelmen, but to citizens.
Right uround it gathered all who could
find any way to get near. The KG, Conn
Drum Corps added to the interest by pul
ing patriotic airs.
At a v ery late hour yesterday aflcrnoon
Postmaster General Wilson found it Impos
sible to act as a Judge, and District At
torney A. A. blmey was called on as an
extra Judge. Col. Heywood was on band
bright and early and Commissioner Rosa
came down after be had welcomed the Na
tional League of Colored Women.
With the Judges were Mrs. Heywood, Mrs.
Randolph, Miss Burgall, Mrs. and Miss
Uirney. Dr. Clark, president of the Christ
ian Eudeavor, and Mrs. Clark and Secretary
andMrs.Bacrweretheguestsofllonor. The
nding Judges, Dr. Bartlett, Dr. Morscll and
Mr. Allen, arrived later In the evening after
tbey had finished their work.
Tuejudges were simply enthusiastic over
the affair. Tbey thought it was the
fiucst thing tbey had ever seen. The
Christian Endeavor officials were more
tliau glad that they had remained over.
Tho ladles in the Judges' stand were so
pleased that tbey could not find words to
express their delight. But all. judges and
ladies, were outspoken over the way in
which the crowd was handled. Commis
sioner Koss even thought that the cars
should have been stopped, and lie beard a
great mauy things said -which be would
not it lie bad been home.
It was very hard work awarding the
prizes, but tue Judges were impartial la
their findings. The awards were made aa
follows:
First prize for cycle club. Times' gold
and silver cup, Queer Wheelmen.
Second prize for cycle club, floor pump,
presented by Uie Eastern Cycle Company,
Arlington Wheelmen.
For the organization other than a regu
larly organized cycle club, a handsome
banner, offered by Parker, Bridget &
IX)., uortou uaaeu.
First prize for groups ot riders, twelve or I
Sc,
wBSBL
less, $10: given Hby, Col. nart Brittaln,.
money to oc -useu m purcTiasiug wnat
winner, "desires, Barnes' White Fliers.
Second prize, for group of riders, twelve
or less ,$0, given by Mr. W T. Robertson,
money to be used In i urcliasing what wln-
ner desires. Chain Gang, No. 47. '
First tandem prize, $10, money to be
used fn piirchaslng' what whiner dtslro.
Christian. Endeavor. , , ,
Second tandem prize, $5, money to be
usedvlm, purchasing wluujvlnncr desires,
Mcnliistopheles, W.O. rttzhugh and C. L
raimer .- - t
First prize, for lady rider making best
"appearancef Nof"M, Miss Herbert.' Trize
offered byLnnsburljh A Bro
First prize tor ludyrlderraa"iiighe best
appearance Jn an uii-to-date novel cos
tume, wheel considered, $10 older given
by Mr. Ben E. Dakin.
First prize for most graceful lady ruler,
crayon portraifot seir, by A. W. retzer,
flus R H. Adam.
First prize, gentleman making best an-
neuraace, eyejing 8UltVrreredvbjr.,Loelt,.A,
Hlrsh, No. 28. I
For second prize, gentleman maldng-bestr-j
l'leuty of Lanterns.
appearance. s-vcateroffcrad by B U.Stlne
mctz A Hon. W. WHlrer". No. 207, Harrison
sVeet. Anacostla
For gentleman ridcr"apparlng in the
mist novel up-to-date owlume. SIO order
on R Hums & Co- gtvva by Mr. Robert
son, NO. 19. t
There jre five more, prizes to b awarded.
There were not enough, ladies comiieting
to win all the prizes And an effort will
be made toJay to'bave.thcm changed to
gentlemen's prizes. ir,-his Is done the
announcement will be, mile in a few d jjs.
After the parade'fiad 'passed the judges
and their ladies visited The Times of
fice and partook of refreshments Then
came the wheelmen. TTiey poured In.
Among them were the Queers The Times
was cheered to the echo and it was after
midnight wheajbc last marc, left,, shputv
lug: ! -
WliU's yie,,mptter with The Times?'
ami kick would come the answer.
"It's all right." ,
It was a right royal time anj no one en
joyed It more than The Times people.
ORIGIN OF THE PARADE.
How the Suggestion Was First Made
and Movement Started.
UT the history of this,
the first great bicy
cle carnival. Is full
oflnterbUugevents.
It was not the work
of a day neither
was It the easiest
labor undertaken by
a newspaper.
The first ot June
The Times; edito
rially and in a news
article stirted the
ba'l rolling. Sugges
tions were asked for
and soon the entire tin e of one man was
required to keep the arswers in shape.
1 he replies were so many jnd to favorable
that The Times saw its way clear to bcom
the parade.
Outhecveningof Jurel5arepresentative
'of The Times was preterit at a special
peeling of the B-strictDivkn, League of
American Wheelmen. On Lehalf or this
.paper be .requested tun League to acas
tne rallying noay ror ine various cycling
clubs or the city. He suggested that-the
League appoint a committee and tbat dele
gates from the various cycle clubs ot the
city be invited to attend a general meeting.
In this way the puraile could te made a
monster demonstration under the auspices
The
Chain
Gang.
in ,
ot the League animbe cycling clubs ot
v7asblngton. ouj-
The Leagas trt enthusiastically took
hold ot the -projectr and appointed, a com
mittee, which, who. one exception, has
worked earnestly Snrj.tne success of Hbe
affair. The committee consisted of Messrs
W. K. Larrlmore, -vice-consnt of the Dis
trlctand ..representative, ,ot the .Queer
Wheelmen, chairman; O. A. Mansfield,
Eastern Athletic Club; a F. Larcornbc. Ar
lington Club; F. Jannus. Capital Bi Club;
A. W. Leeke. Wasjjogton Road Club; L.
Keyser.unattacaeriand Frank Wisncr,
unattached. Mr. "W.T. Robertson, chief
consul tor the DJijtrlctpivisioof the
League, was also made a .member of the
committee, and noVjnore indefatigable
worker could any parade find.
over the success of the narade, and pitched
The committee was tnorougniy in earnest
t4M. CV t v, rfKv nmX ..
ffStS
i-tLdo
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right In. To avoid any Jealousies which
might arise It was concluded to hold the
meetings of the general cunmittce at the
residence of Mr. W. T. Rotcrtson, No. 431
Tenth street northwest
The first delegate meeting was held Mon
day evening, June ".'2. In the meantime a
representative or this paper had personally
visited as many ot the cycling clubs ns
possible and had invited them to be mei-cnt
at this meeting In its columns The Times
bad exploited the meeting, and as a loult
there was a large attendance present.
Among them were Capt. F. 8. Hodgson,
Fourth Battalion. District National Guard;
W.n.Henshaw, United Wlicc!mea;Mr. J. W.
Rawllngt, Arlington Wheelmen; J.I. P)er,
Woodbury Club; J.Dcutring.ColumbiaTum
vcreln; c,, B. Fowles, W. I. Torbert and
A. Muehleiser, Columbia Heights Club; U.
"iv". B. Evans, Northeast Section; Lieut.
G. E. Trallls, Morton Cadets; W. E. Crist,
Fendbles; Ilr. William Hodges, Washing
ton Road Club; C. E. Ingling, Liberty
Wheelmen; J. G. Muir, Christian Endeavor
Association; Capt. 8. H. Wiggins, Miles'
Cyclists; L. O. Slack, Queer tt beelmcn; F.
Parker Weaver, Attain Club; and Dr. J.
Bartlett Hill. Capital Bicycle Club.
' ltth!o mrvnHncrtlli1.llilrr'llnIi nrnLnn frAM
& .III l"H.Uh VUl UtlVj,UV. 1 JIIV. T i i itvui
tthe various cyelo clubs promised an nt-
lenuancc oi ouu nuers. ivo one present
at the meeting doubted tLe success ot the
parade. Committees were appointed to
m-epare a route and a formation of the
parade. It wasalsodccidedthattheparade
should be held on the evening of July 14.
That same week tLe formation and route
committees met and pushed ttclr work
right through, and it would be hard to find
an) where committees that worked harde
aiidaccomplishcdmoreltt such asLorttlme.
These committees were as follows.
Committee on Route- Dr. J. Earl le it Hills,
Dr. W. W. Hodces. L. D. Slack. IJeut.
rTrallls and Mr. M-nsfield. .
, The Committee on l'Crmatlcn wis com
posedorCblctConsuIRoLertsnnus. h ilrman
and a dcleg-ite from each i f the clubs who
were present at the meetings.
Committee on Decurations -A. W.Lecks,
Dr. Hodges and Mr. Mansfield.
Committee on Prizes Messrs. Ingling,
Deuhriig. Allen, Rawhngs ami We iver.
At this meeting representatives of the
Christian Endeavor general com mitl ce were
present by Invitation. At an informal meet
ing or the committee the Friday night te
fore the same ei mmittcc had Lecn present,
and .in effort wjs made to agree un a
night on which the -vMting Endearorers
could participate. Baturdiy night suited
the Endeavorers I est. but It was round that
the local riders could rot turn o-it that
night, so it was decided that the parade
be held Tuesda) night. This arrangement
was perfectly sjtUfactorj to the Christian
Endeavor committee, consisting of ITcisrs
Johuon. Muir and McClellun. The com
mittee promised to advertise their parade
on the official leaflets anil do all In their
power to turn out a division from two to
three thousand strong. On this promise
bangs a tale.
At the next meeting of the committee.
A ratrlotlc AVUe-el.
held June 29. the committees were all
ready to report. They hud teen at work
during the w eek and had mapped out their
plans. But one change was made, ai.d that
was to extend the route. The people on
Capitol Hill objected to the route rot ex
tending through that sectlen of the city.
They promised to send out a large delega
tion of riders, and thought there should be
some reci"gnlt'on of this. To p'eae them
the route was extended. Mcsrs. Hodgron.
Brittain and Dcuhrlng were nppnm'ed a
committee at this meetii g to select judges
and the list of prizes was agreed upon. Be
fore adjourning the committee passed a
vote of thanks to The Times asrollows-
ItfHoIved, That the hearty thanks
ot the tv li eel men of the Dint riot of
Columbia, are due and arc hereby ex
tended to TtieTlnics for Itx enterprise
In first KugneMttnu the holding of u
bicycle parudp; foriteffortslu arous
ing the wheelmen of the District; for
Its labors In putting the parade In
noell shape that Its success is us
snred; and for its untiring zeal In
Mtllt furtlrer promoting the Interests
of the great display.
This was the last straw and after the
committee had passed this vote ot thanks
it round obstacles thrown in the way.
Up to this time there had been no friction,
but It was to be met now.
At the meeting held July 6 some of the
familiar faces of delegates were absent.
During the week disgruntled individuals
had been at work and attempts had been
made to discredit the parade but those
lert went bravely ou. The meeting made
up In enthusiasm what it lacked In num
bers A committee ot rive consisting of
W. K. Larrlmore, W. I. Scharf, Mr. Hirst,
E. Sherwood Morgan, and John L. Steele,
was appointed to secure prizes and bow
well It succeeded is shown in the list or
eighteen handsome prizes competed ror
last night. But, by the time ot the next
meeting, held Monday night, all opposition
had been swept away and the parade was
aa assured success.
SOME STATISTICS.
Length of the Parade and Number
of Participants.
How long was that line of wheelmen
and how many riders and wheels were in
it are questions everybody was asking.
There are many ways or treating the
problem, and the results arrived at will
vary through all the shades or Inaccuracy
and accuracy.
It Is accuracy tbat The Times aimed at.
Therefore observations were taken at a
number of points, and several observations
at each point. Tbeanglcor the line of vision
was measured and the proper corrections
made for tbat. Then corrections were
made as between the observations at each
point, also as between the results obtained
at the several points, the personal equa
tion of the observers were taken Into con
sideration, and as an additional check the
K.ime ciliserver was directed to make the
complete round or all the places.
In each case every known method for the
elimination of error was employed, Inelud-
j R tne adjustment or obf-crvations'accord-
lng to the method or the least squaics and
the final answer was thus obtained. The
result was that the number of wheelmen was
15.000.
POST AND STAR DOWNED.
How These Papers Tried to Start a
Rival Parade.
X misrepresentation
many causes fall
This wastrucof the
bicycle parade, as
well as of many
other efforts in the
past.
Just as soon as
the league Lad ac
cepted the offer of
TneTlmes togetup
a bio cle parade
which would- be a
credit to the city
the Post and the
Star saw tbat each had missed a great op
portunity. As usual. The Times wasahead
ot tbem. The Star at once suggested,
editorially and in its other columns, that
the parade should bo given during ttq week
the Christian Endearorers wciein tfe city.
One or their staff was a member of tLe
league committee appointed to boom the
parade. The Star csme-outon several oc
casions, noting the appointment of delegates
to the convention and 'claiming that they
were in favor. of holding tLe parade during
Christian End'eavor week, "as suggested
by the Star."
At the meeting of tLe committee which
decided thedate of tLcparadethereprcsenta
tive of the btar was present. At first Le
urged tbatthc paradcshould be Lcld on tLe
Saturday night or the convention week, f
vhen it was pointed out tut the local
riders could not turn out that night he would
not listen. W hen tLe Saturday night date
was voted down he Insisted on Friday night
beiogselectcd. He was told that tie Christ
Ian Endeavor program was" very full for
that evening.
This did not daunt bim, and he said It
would bean easy matter to have tLe rrietay
night program changed to Saturday night.
The representative ot the Christian En
dearorers said that this waslmpcstiblcand
that he would rote against Friday night,
but tbcStar man stuck toit. "Assuggestccl
by the Star" was too big a prize to give up
without a struggle. Finally Tuesday nlghr
was selected, and since that dale the face
or the Star man Las not been seen at a com
mittee meeting.
This Is a story of ncwspapers.andsotle
scene shifts to the Post. That paper took
Its dose as well as It could, but had no rep
resentative In the general committee.
Bat It thought It saw a chance, and in its
Sunday issue of July 5 it tried to throw
a wet blanket over the parade by claim
ing tbat It was an advertising scleme of a
certain corporation. The vote or thanks to
The Times passed by the general commit
tee had been to bitter a dose. In this ar
ticle the Post claimed that many clubs
wererefus'ngtogolnto the parade because
It was an advertising scbciue and by an
ingenious twistingofractsnamcdtwoclubs.
One. the United Wl eelmcn, the new or
ganization of local bicycle riders, told the
representative of this paper when he In
vited tbem to send a delegate to tl e gen
eral meeting that they would not turn out
in a body. All of the members. It was said,
belonged to clubs and would desire to turn
out with 11 elr organizations. The meet
ing chosea delegate, though, to attend the
meeting, and wished theimrade good luck
The Qtiter Wheelmen wcrcalso mentioned
in the article In such a connection as to lead
oae to believe that they rerused to turn out
on account of the connection of Tl e-Times
with the parade. The facts were lhat the
officers of the Queer Wheelmen had ex
plained the reaBous wl Ich would lead them
to not participate, and they were far re
moved from the rearons Implied In the Post
Following up Its Intentions of thrown:
lng cold water on the parade the Post
sent a representative to the committee
meeting held the evening after the first
article had been published. This repre
sentative wasmoslcourleousl) received and
permitted to occupy a seat in the room
during the entire meeting. At tins meet
ing two questions came up and the discus
b oa was warm, but an amicable agree
ment was reached aud no ill effects have
been felt since The two questions were
getting to Capitol Hill sooner and the
dispost..iu of the colored riders. It was
decided not to change the route ot parade
and it was nlso agreed that tl colored
riders should be formed into a division or
their own and bring up tl e left or the line.
The Post saw a chance, and the next day
came out with 1 endnnes-
"Capitol Hill Wheelmen will not be in
line colored riders to partlcipite," The
paper reported the discussion'which was
indulged in. In this language.
"A protest was presented to the commit
tee from many otitic resldentof Capitol
Hill, objecting to the route or the parade,
and, nrtcr some discussion", the'eommittec
decided that ir Capitol Hill did not wish
to take what was given them bylTie'rom
nftltce that It 'would have to exist the
best way ltcouldotherwise.lt was stated
by several or the Capitol HHI delegates
present that unless East Washington was
included In the line of "march" at the be
ginning that East Washington would not
participate in the parade in any way, but
would have one1 df Its own. The commit
tee concluded that East Washington could
have ouc of its own, so tar as it was con
cerned. "Another protest that threatcnedr'to rte
rclop Into something more -seriooSj was
the question of the color line, which, was
finally settled by passing a resolution al
lowing colored riders to participate lu the
parade, since it was seen that no action
preventing tbem. eould be taken. Many
of the club delegates objected to this ac
tion, declaring that if colored rmen pa
raded their clubs would not, but it was
considered best to allow the colored cy
clists to parade with the white ones."
But this failed. The parade coinmi'tee
kept right ou. It was then that,the great
scheme was hatched and the Star and Post
Joined Issues to down The Times and get
up a parade Qtlhclr own to be held Satur
day night. Under the cloak of hohoriug
the Christian Endeavorers it was decided
to forestall The Times. A certain Indi
vidual was found Who was willing to take
upon himself the task of getting up the
lTL
Christian Endeavor parade and the Star
and Post agreed to back him.
The young man in question started out.
He weut personally tocachot the clubs vvto
had promised to take part in the parade.
He told them it was a "Times parade,"
and "you don't want to advertise Tho
Times, do your He met a certain dele
gate going to the committee meeting and
told him that be would not go to the meet
ing were he in bis place. He worked haid,
had committee meetlugs and apptJntcd offi
cials. The Post uud Star Werked hard,
had representatives at the committee meet
ings and published ull the matter that;
came In.
The Post and Btar used the names of
clubs aud gentlemen without authority.
They insisted tbat tie Christian Endeavif
ers' committee wanted Uie parade en Sat
urday night und would work for It. They
Insisted lhat this was the case despite
the fact that Chairman Johnson or the ex
cursion Committee, and Mr. Muir, In chargs
A Contrast
ot bicycle arrangements, denied the iw,j.
incuts in cpen letters published in The
Times. "Ibe Tost and the Star insisted
despite the fact that Chairman Smith of
the committee or '96, denounced the rlfors
and in a letter appealed to all hr-stlan,
Endeavorers to refrain from Joining in Uie
oaiuruay uigut parade.
The Post refused to deny an alleged in
terview with Mr. John G. Muir. In charge
or the Christian Endeavor bicycle ar
rangements, when lift called on the paper
and demanded it as a right. The Post re
fused also to publish the letter of Chair
man Smith, which was an answer UB
certain claims they had made.
In the meantime tho Queer Wheelmen,
whose name had been used as a promote!
or the Saturday night affair called a
special meeting. The Post and Star at oncg
heralded it as a meeting to take actos
oa participating in the parade. But the
Queer " heelraen decided to turn eJut in
the Tuesday night parade. The dub de
nounced tbe xvso of its name in connect on
with the Post and Star parade, and drew
uii resolutions t that effect. They called
on the Post and Star and asked thattbesa
resolutions be published and the club set
right, but the Post and Star refused to
right the wrong.
Then the Post and Star published In
Vreat glee the statement that the Morton
Cadets, tbe crack military company of
the United States, would turn out as nn
escort for the Saturday night parade.
This brought out a letter from Capt
ttllllng. commanding officer r tha
Mortons, denying absolutely the statement.
In themcanlltrethooungman who was
engineering the parade was still harp
lng to everyone he met about the "Tnr.es
parade." ne disclaimed any Intention to
be seeking notoriety, and rerused to ac
cept the chief marsha!$ilp or the parade.
A gentleman waschosen in hisplace who, ns
soon as he found out that he was being
mislead, in a manly letter resigned the
marsbalship and withdrew hlsclnb.
The storm ofdcnlalsand Indignation could
no longer be withstood. Saturday morning
the Post rnme out and In as 'gracerul man
ner as posslhle acknowledged it was beaten
and called otr the parade. The Star fol
lowed suit the same evening.
Thus ended the bitterest newspaper right
Uie city or Washington has seen for years.
The v Ictory of The Times was most com
plete, and It will be a long time before
either or 1 oth papers attempt to stir The
Times up again.
Since then all has been smooth sailing.
The meeting Monday night was largely at
tended, and every one promised to be in
line.
fco tills Is how The Times and the wheel
men made the great blcvcle parade.
The Defender.
AT THE TIMES.
Paraders Cheered the "Cjcler's" Pa.
per as They Passed.
One of tbe prettiest, brightest and most
adnii red spots on tbe Avenue was Tl.o Times
Building, where the monster bicycle parade
was conceived.
As the vvLcclmcn.in fantastic costumes,
on wheels ablaze, came In sight, the build
ing was quickly transformed Into an arsenal
or pyrotechnics.
1'iom the roof of tbe tall structure, to
be seen In every direction on tbe Avenue,
there poured forth a regular fu&ilndo of
fireworks. The wlccUrcn stood tie on
slaught most manfully and from time to
time lustily cheered Tho Times.
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