The morning call., 1893-10-08

slow for the firsttportion, but they made it
UP in the finals when they came up the
stretc II at a rafting pace. making the mile
in 2:37 40.
In the two mile handicap, Davis of San
Jose put forth his best efforts and showed
that all the god things that have been
written and said of him have been but
the truth. He is a remarkably strong
rider, and seems to have the happy
faculty of teng able to reserve
his strength for great finish. He
rode this race with splendid judg-
entire way and came down the stretch
neck and neck With Ilegler, the scratch
man. He outspurted ZeSler here and won
from him with five or SIX feet TO spare.
Through an unfortunate circumstance
Ziegler. whose time was 4 :49, was debarred
from the coast record, as he had been
started On a line seven feet TO the front of
the actual scratch mark. This was one OF
the prettiest races of the day and brought
Davis well 20 the front in racing circles.
The One-mile handicap proved the sensa-
ton. Edwards, who had remained out OF
most of the previous races. evidently re-
serving himself for grand effort in this.
was on the scratch-the only one. Wells,
with thirty-fye yards, made splendid pace
for him from the crack of the pistol and
kept it up IN such good form that when
Edwards passed him at the end of the half
mile the time was / :06 10. and the timers
knew that unless some unforeseen accident
ted the coast record would come
way below the twenty mark. From
the half-lnile on. while not so In
fact, it seemed as though Edwards
was increasing his squirt all the time. At
the three-quarter mark he was right in the
front Of the bunch of handicap men, and
az he passed this mark he gained gradu-
ally and began to draw away from them.
When about fifty yards from the finish he
was four or five yards in front, which dis
lance he increased until lie passed the tape
in the splendid time or min. 10 Sec.
bringing the coast record down to a point
where, unless the most favorable c0ndi-
tons exist it will probably Iemaln until
next seasons races. Delmas. who rode
second to Edwards. finished in good form.
He did not start in many Of the other
events.
The one-quarter mile invitation, which
had not been placed on the programme
before, was run off with Ziegler and Ed
wards as the bright particular stars. They
rode in good form, making the distance in
thirty-two seconds equaling the coast rec
ord of Ii. +. Terrll of the Bay City
Wheelmen. Edwards claimed a foul on
this, as he stated Ziegler bad forced him
tanned.
The three-mile division championship
was farce from start TO finish The men
started around slowly. waiting for some
one to set the pace, but no one seemed will
ing to take this upon himself. They moved
arOundIat funereal pace for two and three
quarter miles, riding in pairs-six of them
as though they might have been out on
club run. They paid no attention whatso-
ever TO the jeers and Kisses OF the audience,
who were disguised witt the race. They
N ade a good finish. Davis winning in the
(?) coed time of 12:10
There were splendid prizes, which were
distributed 10 the yictors Immediately after
the contests.
A smoker was held in the evening, which
was largely enjoyed BY all who were pres
emit
In its account of the Los Angeles meet
ing held on the 4ih inst, the Times saws:
The event of the day was the final of the
one-mile open, with W. A. Burke. II. E.
McRea. W. NJ. jenkins. w. G. Houston,
Lewis Fox, II. B. Cromwell aud j. w.
Cowan as starters. 1t was in this run
that Lewis Fox broke the coast record.
The record made by Foster at San Fran
cisco that has stood heretofore untouched
in competition was OBS 10, and against
time 2:26 % Fox made the mile yester-
day in exactly . % 2-5. He was looked
friends hardly imagined that he would
be able TO knock off several sec
onds from the time quoted when he
started out, but after they saw with what
apparent ease lie made the pace in 2:25 %
The belief was expressed that with little
more eXertlon the last mentioned figures
might be lowered yet under 2:20 by the
phenomenal young rider On the first
quarter of the mile Fox was contented
with third place. On the second he began
TO move up until the tape was touched the
third time, and then he took The lead in
spite of the efforts OF jenkins to disap-
point him IN his purpose. 1t was pretty
sight as the men went flying around for
the last time, each bending every nerve
and muscle to increase the speed of their
mounts. jenkins was the only rider in
the race who stood the slightest chance of
keeping up with Fox and even this little
fast-time man was badly distanced. Burke
got in third somewhat winded.
One of the purposes for which divi-
sion meeting of the wheelmen was called
at Los Angeles recently was TO have a
suitable ordinance prepared for presenJa-
ton to the City Council. providing that
bicyclists should carry lanterns on their
wheels at night and conform to other regu-
lations having in view public safely and
personal convenience. The report has
been circulated tina: the bicycle men were
opposed 10 DuyluR lamps, OUT lHlS assertion
is NOT borne out by the facts of the case.
The truth of tho matter is that they really
do want such an ordinance passed, but
they object 10 provisions being inserted of
an absurd and useless kind tending neither
to prevent accident nor decrease danger to
pedestrians.
Since the original ordinance was re-
jected by the city officials one j. Bell has
been asSiduOusly at work getting signers
to petition asking the Council to pass an
ordinance which the cyclers denominate
as ridiculous and unheard of.
The local wbeelmen will have a gala
time at Haywards to-day and it is safe TO
conjecture that the largest gathering Of
riders CT the season Will be represented on
the triangle.
ATHLETICS.
WHY the Championship Games Have