The morning call., 1893-01-02
ABOUT THE CYCLE.
Visitors Made to Feel at
Home.
A GREAT RUN TO HAYWARDS.
Wheelmen From Abroad Entertained
by Local CIubs-Important s ::
Consolidation. ::

Pope, the fatner OF: good T0a0S, ana M eSsrS.'
Allen and 1SachtebeH. who have .gifdled the
world with their cushion tires, mas made the
past week an eventual one in bicycle circles:
The joint reception given by the San Fran.
cisco Bicycle Club oil Friday evening was
In every respect success. The ATTENDANCE:
was large and included members of every:
organization of wheelmen liz this Vicinity:
The remarks of Colonel Pope made IA deep
impression, though he. made no. converts.
for all of his auditors were already active
workers In the cause of highway Improve.
ment. He condemned the roads of. Cafffor-
MIA little too severely, perhaps, but pointed
out the fact that when-0nce placed in proper
condition they could be kept fn repair
at comparatively small expense owing to
the mildness of the climate Referring to-
the introduction of the pneumatic BALI
bearing suIkey .ol the race track the Colonel
told good story at the. expense Of prom:
inent eastern tuffman who had been
chosen by the owner Of speedy mare to
drive her hitched to one of the new tangled
vehicles. She was In good form and might
have won the Ia ce, but for the clever trick. OF
a boy attached TO rival stable. Approaches
ing her driver in a confidential way this
fn-de-siocle boy said: SAY, you ain tin Ii,
They've filled your hubs with shot" An
investigation followed and sure enough q.
whols handful of bright new BUCK shot. was
found and carefully removed by tho .silnrs
ian driver. or course he lost the race and
can't appreciate the advantage OF -ball-bear.
lngs.
The remarks of the cycling chims. Allen
and Sachtlsben, were brief. but ,meaty.
Referring to the influence Of bicycle clubs,
Allen said be believed'ln, an exclusion by.
law that would prevent the admission OF
any person not of good character and tenn
perate habits. Membership In club should
be passport to good society. The cyclist
should not try to be SPORTY" / ayalling
him self of the best open air exercise yet de.
vised, he should cultivate not. only his
physical strength. but his moral and In
tellectual nature as we'll. :: :.
Mr.. Sachtieben told of heart broken
American youth whom they met in Flor
ence. lie had been Tilted by his sweetifesE
and fled across the ocean. His time in the
Old world was spent in the great galleries
where the masterpieces of sCu p ure are to
be found. Here he would lfBger Till the
shadows fell ana the other VISITORS departed.
Then, approaching eachmarble representa-
tion Of the Goddess of love. he would strike
her sharply with his cane. II am bent on
revenge be explained to the cyclists in
whom he was induced to- confde. 81 have
sworn to castigate every Venus in Europe
before | return home"
In many respects the reception was one
of the most notable gatherings of wheelmen
eyet held in this city, and it will not soon be
Since the story of their wonderful. journey
was told in THE CALL, Allen and Sachtle-
ben have been lionZed until they are
anxious to take to the wilderness again.
On Wednesday they visited the grounds Of
the Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club.
took run over to Oakland. and madea
tonr of the city bicycle club houses in the
evening. On Thursday they were the
guests of the Pacific Union Club; on Friday
they took in the park, Cliff and Sutfo
Heights on their wheels; Saturday was de-
voted to an early morning spin to.the ocean,
dinner at the Pacific Union Club. and.a
theater party in the evening, and yesterday
came the biggest event of ala run TO Hay
wards, under the auspices of the San Fran
cisco Bicycle Club.
This run was a complete success. Over
100 wheelmen were In line and rode 10 good
order from Broadway, Oakland. to Hay
wards. The boys made splendid appear
ance riding along Broadway in fOufs
Captain Scovern of the San Francisco
Bicycle Club led the way with tall Earl as
color: bearer. and Captain Hancock of the
late Pacific Road Club (Which now forms ain
active portion of the membership OF the
San Francisco Bycicle CLUB as aid: Fol-
lowing them were the guests OF the day,
bearing the small American flags which
they bore on their great trip through the
heart of the Asiatc continent, with special
escort consisting OF Chief Consul Strong,
Lieutenant Twitchell. San Francisco Bicycle
Club, Lieutenant Dodge. Bay City Wheel
men. CaptainVidy. California Cycling Club. /.
and Captain Russ. Olympic Cycling Annex.
Then followed large representations from
the San Francisco Bicycle Club. Bay City
Wheelmen, California Cycling Club, Acme
Club, Alameda County Wheelmen, Ala
media Bicycle and Athletic Club. Olympic
Annex and others. A number Of photo-
graphs were taken by Captain Vidys and
others. The tourists also took some shots
at the boys with their kodaks as mementos
of the occasion. AT Haywards good din
ner awaited the boys. and the way they
SAILED In" would have made the casual
observer think they had tasted for week.
On the way home some OF the crowd scorched
from Frui:vale to the ferry, the round.the-
world cyclists leading most the way.
There have been quite o numb Der of home
trainers invented for hicyclIsts, but perhaps
the most ingenious is the one which has
just been completed by Arthur l.. Banker
for the Pittsburg Athletic Club. BY means
of this apparatus a rider can get the Full
benefit of road practice, bring all the muscles
into play that are used in general riding.
Heretofore training machines have only
given the rider the development in the legs,
but Bankers apparatus compels a.man to
use all the muscles to keep his equilibrium