The morning call., 1892-07-05

Coast championship, held by q. II. Oseu,
Of the Garden City Cyelers, was won by W.
T. Foster OF the Alameda Bicycle and A th-
letic Club, 0sen coming in good second.
Is. c. Lund Of the Acmes had very little
trouble In winning the One-mile ordinary
handicap in 2:51 3-5, the second man being
Il. {. Smith of the Garden Citys.
The next number on the programme was
an exhibition of trick riding on safety by
James OrdWay. This was one OF the most
interesting events Of the day. After pro-
Ielllng The machine in every possible Way
and by many apparently impossible meth
Cds he lifted the front wheel off the ground
and rode around the track-a quarter of a
nile, raised turns and ali-On the hind
IS Wheel alone. Some OF the Eastern experts
might find 1t profitable to raciice this exer-
else in balancing, which our California boy
thinks IS great fun.
Then came what was really the event Of
the day, the One-mile safety handicap. In
this all the best riders were entered, and
The record was badly knocked out IN the
second round by Waiter Foster on his rae
quei-frame Victor. Grant Bell who rode
me fine Swift which be won in the Nav
races. took the first heat in 2:42 %, G.. a
EalkneT being second. Foster almost had
waikOYer in the next heat, his time being
-,35 -. with Van Wyek a poor second.
his cut the coast record down nearly six
seconds, and still greater reduction would
doubtless have been made had the Alameda
youth been pushed.
George OSen, San Jose's big boy. won the
third heat with ease, in . 81 Is. f. Kenna
Of tile Alameda County Nheelmen being a
far-awav second. The fourth heat was a
vslkover for ". j. Edwards Of the Palo
ito Nheeimen, none OF the other men
entered caring To compete with the diminu-
tive Hercules. However, he went over the
course and, with t. Mailiot as a paeemaker
attempted 10 beat the half-mile record. In
this he did not succeed, his time being
II 10 Then he slowed down and fin
lshed The mile in 2:52 1-5.
i he final heat OF this race was extremely
exciting Bell, Foster, 0sen and Edwards
started from scratch, their first object being
to over'ake Van Wyck. who had = 75-yard VT,itd
handicap. This they soon succeeded
IN doing. and then the battle Of the
giants began in earnest. Each led By
turns unti the last lap. when Osen got to
the front and on the lower turn led Foster
Who seemed TO be IN pocket, b. 20 feet
Then the Alameda champion let out link
and showed how he could ride when he felt
thai way. Ii was only short distance to
the taDe, but the way he oYerhauled Osen
was a caution. He gained with every push
of tie pedal and IN a moment was tapping
lie sau Jose giants hind wheel. Ten yards
more and OseD would not have been in IT.
but there was not that distance to go, and
the pride OF the Garden Citys crossed the
line two feet ahead of the Alameda boy.
Edwards was third and Bell fourth. Van
Wyck dropped out Of sight somewhere near
the clubhouse. The time was 2:37 So
A baif-mile race for boys was unex-
psctedly exciting, the winner being Tony
Delmas Of San Jose, James Mcbride COM
ing in second. Time 1:25. "very good for
the kid" as his speedy brother remarked.
Arthur EsterbrO0k won the 40 yard club
running dash in 80 2-5 seconds.
The fye-miie ordinary championship race
was run in slow time, and was won by b. c.
Iund, a. a. O., In 16 :45 2-5, III. &. S. Smith.
q. c. c., second. Just after the finish Smith
took a header, but was not much hurt.
Then Charles Yates of the Olympic Club
ran away from bis field in the 440-yard open
dash, making the distance in J6 seconds.
Last of all, but by NO means least inter
esting. was the fye-mtle safety scratch
race. The starters were: Osen. Edwards.
Bell and Seleuter the latter making the
pace. and a snail-iike pace at that for
about four miles. The others were riding
IA bunch at their ease. On the fifth mile
they all limbered up a bit, and when the
last Balf-mile was begun Bell made one of
MS phenomenal spuris, quickly moving up
Ss9m last place to the front But
lie made his final effort little
too soon. Big George 0sen didn't want to
follow aBybody's procession. so he just
shook few flies off his broad shoulders
and began to pedal as though he had
license TO do nothing else Then Edwards
OF Pslo alto breathed prayer TO his alma
mater ana moved up as though he wished
10 whisper d word in Osen's ear. Both
passed Bell, aod 0sen may consider himself
lucky that he got to the finish before Ed
wards was quite close enough to reveal his
secret otherwise lie might have reflected
less glory on the Garden City cyclers. The
time was 1852 %, not FAST bat, as Captain
Ravlin said, IL WAS enough glory for san
Jose 10 win the two chief events of the day
without minding few seconds more or less.
Nevertheless, Walter Foster is happy, for
he still holds the time championship for the
Pacific Coast
The lantern parade in the evening was a
complete success, and the days festivities
closed with a reception to the visiting
~heelmen in the pavilion in the club
grounds.