The morning call., 1892-06-06

kins, who was disqualified for riding on the
inside OF the course The half-mie safety
race was also divided into three heats. The
starters in the first were Burke, jenkins,
Stewart and Muller Burke started off
with the lead, but was soon passed by Null
ler Burke did some splendid continuous
squirting on the last, winning handly from
Jenkins in 30 3-5. HOdgson, Hall, Spier
and Cromwell contested in the second heat.
Spier won with ease, Hall just beating
HOdgsOn for second place. The time was
l % This left Spier and Burke in the
final. as the referee decided to only allcw
the first in each heat to compete. Spier
made a gallant struggle, but Burke was too
much for him and won after pretty con-
test, his time being "a.
The one mile ordinary contest was won by
D. l.. Burke in 1876 2-5. Il. Dobson being
second. AS the time limit of 2:55 was not
beaten the medals were withheld. The
officials who fixed that time limit for a
heavy course were evidently poor judges Of
an ordinary.
The last race of the day was mile safety,
ia which the starters were w. NJ. jenkins,
A. /. Stewart, a. Z. Hodgson, d. l.. Burke
and G. T. Muller. Burke set the pace for
a little while, only to give way 10 Muller.
At the end OF the first quarter these two
riders were 30 yards ahead Of the other con-
testants They began to close up the gap
when an accident occurred Stewart
crowded into Burke, who in turn crowded
Muller. The result was that Burke was
thrown and knocked completely out Of the
race. MuletS chances were also spoiled
by the collision. 1t proved to be "a great
race nevertheless, and was CALAMITY won by
young jenkins in 2:j3 4-5, after most ex-
citing finish
THE oPHIDIAN TIRE.
Everybody in Oakland knows Steve Rice.
He is usually so retcent that it vas
genuine surprise when lie volunteered TO
tell a snake story TO small group OF
cyclists who were waiting for q train the
other day at was a hot afternoon in
Moraga Valley" said Steve. land l was in
hurry to get home before dark. saw a small
branch which had evidently fallen from
dead tree lying across the road, but thought
that wasn't an obstruction worth coasi Ter
ing. When | struck it, or rather when it
struck me- | charged my mind. Ny wheel
stopped as though glued to the ground and
! was tossed into a manZanta bush. Then
| saw the strangest sight on earth My
safety seemed 70 be executing a WaT-dance
in the dust. 1t actually turned over three
times before | discovered that its new
motive power WAS a big rattlesnake l bad
mistaken for q bit Of wood. The reptile
had struck at my foot. but, missing
me, had fastened its fangs deep in
the front tie OF my pneumatic. II couldn't
get loose from the rubber and so was
4NAthtN hlA4tus ~ tOOh All iA9 StAtllEtb ~
detach its death grip and then, OF course,
the tire collapsed. There l vas, miles away
from home, with useless machine aud
dead snake on my hands, and Steve sighed
at the recollection Of his unpleasant pre-
dicament.
well, how did you get back ?" inquired
George Niece.
On easy enough" said Rice. land I
solved tho tire problem right there. /
stripped off The debated rubber tube and
cooled that snake around the hollow rim. 1t
was little long, SO | cut off the rattles-10
and button-they're in the window yoa-
der, count 'em. Then | made the brute
swallow its own tail. 1t wasn't quite dead,
and the horrid jaws closed with a click. L
tell you that was a clncner When my
new tire got cold you couldn't have shifted
il with iackserew 1t wouldn't puncture.
either. The scales glded over the ground
like grease as rolled into town IN time Tor
dinner Talk about resiliancy-"
just then the whistle sounded and the
boys made break for the baggage-car,
having no time to relieve themselves Of
that tired feeling" at Stoves expense.
A RUN TO CAMP TAYLOR
The Oriental and California Cycling
clubs had a run yesterday 10 Camp Taylor.
Among those who participated were; ). A.
Vidy captain Of the Orientals), f. NJ Bent
captain of the California;. II. Ditges, H
Wynne, NJ. Ii. McGrew, q. a .HulteT j @.
Vidv, L. Hess Ter. c. Cornell, J. j. Downey,
+. Hauser, I. G. Connell +. II. Betterton,
c. Ii. McLane, ID. p. DOlan, Miss Annie
HOpf and A. Dietle. When the boys ar
rived at their destination they found a fine
dinner awaiting them, which had been
ordered IN advance by Captain FidY, and to
which they did full justice. After dinner
they were piloted TO the paper-mills. a
short distance above the hotel, by Mr.. and
Mrs. Woods, both of whom ride wheels,
aud shown the process of paper-making,
which was observed with great interest
TWO GREAT ROAD RACES.
Shortly after o'clock on the morning of
Decoration day, says the CHICAGO Herald, a
young man named j. II. Woollas jumped
out Of bed, said g0od-by TO his wife and
went to his work at kennedy's cracker fac
tory. He remained there till 1880 o'clock,
then transformed himself from cracker
baker TO q bicycle-rider, started in the Pull
man road race and beat all the crack riders
who had been lying awake at nights think
ing how thew were going TO win with ease.
The winner is a member Of the Lake View
Cycling Club. OF the 3S7 cyclists who had
entered, $50 started In the presence of about
$4,000 spectators. Woollas, who had time
handicap of minutes. came in first in 80
minutes and 30 seconds on his Greyhound.
The time winner was III. =. WinShip, who
with 10 handicap made the distance of
about 1917 miles in 81 ;2S on Columbia.
On the same day occurred tile 25-mile
handicap road race under the auspices OF the
League of American Wheelmen, on the
Telford road, between Irvington and Mill
burn, n. j. 1t had for contestants some of
the foremost bicyclists Of the country, in
Guiding Hayland Smith, A. b. Richie, w. 5.
Campbell, A. w. Porter, n. IL. Van
Sicklen, l.. ID. Monger, George X. Barrett,
Durant Mclean, George w. Coffin, +. NJ
Dempman and Charles e. Kluge The
scratch men were Van Sicklen, Kluge and
Smith, who started y minutes alter the first
wheel was got under way. The race was
holly contested, aud resulted in the break
lug OF the record by Hayland Smith,
scratch man. in l hour, II minutes and II
seconds. The first man to cross the line
was X. W. Stoves, In hour, 10 minutes and
40 seconds.
GENERAL NOTES.
The Oakleaf Wheelmen of Stockton and
the Capital Citys of Sacramento held a
reception and barbecue at New Hope yeSter-
day, which was attended by about 100
wheelmen.
Captain Pixley, Of the San :Franeiscos.
has been something Of wanderer OF late.
He has visited San Jose. Gilroy. Monterey,
Salinas, Holster and other places. On an
other trip he Included all the towns in Yolo
and Solano counties, and says that he aud
his pneumatic will soon be seen on the road
to Fresno. A little more work of that kind
should put the tall scorcher In good trim for
the century run.
Starting on the Alameda track at 6 o'clock
next Friday evening, Frank Waller, of the
Acme Athletic Club, will try to beat the
coast 24-hour record, this time on wheel
geared down to 81 inches. He will probably
succeed in his undertaking, for the night
air is expected to chill his attendent hoodoo.
Waller was secoud in the fye-mile scratch
race, in which. Grant Bell cut l minute Is
seconds off the coast record.
Several OF tho Acme boys went on run
from Oakland to San Jose yesterday.
Rev Dr. Mcclure of Oakland started on
Friday morning on his Victor for trip to
Mouteray He ia an enthusiastic rider and