The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-03
1ni with which the picnickers had only to

aud with which the pienickers had only TO
De in acting as good Samaritans.
The start for the days outing was made
comply at 10 o'clock in the morning
from in front of the clubhouse of the Bay
City Wheelmen at the corner Of Van
y .ss and Golden Gate avenues. When
c. n Langton of the Bay CitVs, who
acted as captain of the run. blew his
whistle upwards of three hundred men on
Bicycles responded. Captain Langton
y rs assisted by lieutenants 1. c. Dodge,
q =. Hall and w. B. Herndon. The
various wheelmen who are taking part in
the races were ont in large Dumbrrs, but
were in buggies. carriages. carts and carry
ais, not daring to run the risk of getting.
oct of racing form by making the trip on
saair wheels One big four-hotse carry
mi. into which The representatives of the
press and dozen racing cyclists were
loaded, was dubbed the ambulance before
the start, and before its return to town
ban earned the title given II in lest.
AS the wheelmen rode into Golden Gate
avenue after the signal Mount" had
De-n given the clubs represented were IN
line in the following order: Bay City
y 1erlmen, of San Francisco; California
Crciing Club. San Francisco; Capital
C.iy Club, Sacramento; Oak Leaf Club,
Stockton; Reliance Club. Oakland; Acme
Cnb, Oakland; Garden City Cyclists, San
jose. Scattered among the members of
1a#-clubs named were fully half hundred
IL n belonging to various cycling organi-
zations throughout the State, and double
ine number Of unattached riders, who,
willie enthusiastic wheelmen, are not
members of any club. The carriages fol-
lowed the cyclists at a respectful distance
sud the run out to the cliff was made in
comparatively slow time, the wheelmen
beng aware OF the long distance to be
enVered ahead of them both before and
aiter they had refreshed the inner man at
tha barbecue.
Every now and then on the way out
O. ere would come the sound of whip-lke
crack from among the riders on the two
yheeled vehicles ahead. The uninitiated
thought the boys had supplied themselves
with frecrackers. but the wheelmen knew
better, and each report was greeted with
another pipe busted" there gees
pneumatic" and then rider would be
discovered bending over his bicycle as it
lay prone on The ground al the side of the
road and working away for dear life. The
reports were caused by the bursting or
more correctly speaking the prirKing of
the alr-lnf1atrd tires CD the machines, but
as every rider was supplied with pocket
full OF patches ard an air-pump, the worst
that happened to him was few min utes'
delay while he stopped the hole in his tire
and refiled it with air. and to be obliged
20 listen to chatting from the cyclists in
the carriages.
Pump away, old mani" "Have a good
timeW BLOW in it'll" "Oh, what ma
machine ~ etc, were the cries that greeted
the men who came to grief through riding
over sharp-pointed rock in the road. AS
nearly every style and make of bicycle was
ridden in the procession, the intervals of
chatting were filed up with animated dis
customs as to the relative merits of the
different styles and classes of wheels. and
it would have puzzled a jury of wise men
TO decide upon favorlte.
The cliff reached, a rest of over half an
hour was taken in order that the visitors
might see all the sights. Many of the
wheelmen carried cameras. and they were
busy during the time spent at the Cliff
securing views for the benefit of the less
fortunate boys who couldn't get away"
TO come to San Francisco to jim in the
greatest meeting of wheelm ever known
on the coast
On the run back from the Cliff another
class of invalids whose wheels were all
right, but whose "wnd'' was all gone,
were found here and there along the road.
They were the tat men, and as they sat
painting and perspring al the foot or the
top OF steep grade they were the victims
OF bantering not only on the part OF the
boys in the carriages, but those on wheels
who. were not hampered with super
abundance of fatty tissue.
Ropes, hitchng-straps and strings mad e
out of handkerchefs tied together were
thrown from the rear of the carriages to
the tired fat men, and then they had the
laugh on the other fellows. for while the
slim wheelmen were toiling up steep hills,
dragging their machines along, the fat
men sat in their saddles with their feet on
the coasters" and were pulled along al
their ease without ever touching pedal.
Everybody was in good humor and
every body seemed to be having good time.
When: the park had been left behind and
the country reached the hills were made
tosecho and re-echo again the songs and
shouts of the light-hearted, healthy, ath-
letic wheelmen. 1t was simply case OF
feeling SO good physically that the reac.
ti0n upon the mental faculties demanded q
safety valve and found it in making noise,
lots of noise.
The barbecue was spread on rough boa rG