The morning call., 1894-12-02

Monday evening, December 3. To-day the club
Will hold fiye-mIle handicap road race over
the course from Fruitvae 10 San Leandro open
TO club members only. The prizes won will be
distributed at the ''smoker" tomorrow night
The olympic wbeelmen will hold fiv' mile
handicap road race over this same course OF
Sunday, December 16 and considerable quiet
training Is being done for the event. Captain
Thornton viii undoubtedly be the limit man
with a fve-mDute handicap.
The new club building of the Garden City
Cyclers OF San Jose will be turned over TO them
during the coming week, and III furnishing
committee will Immediately commence work
The "hOusewarming' viii probably be held
early in January, somewhere about the 18th
the clubs anniversary. There IS some talk OF
having two nights. Friday night for reception
10 their lady friends and the business men Of
san Jose. and Saturday night rousine
smoker for the wheelmen. The Garden City
Cyclers now numbers over $50 members and
is probably the strongest cycling fraternity or
the Pacific Coast. both financially and in point
OF numbers.
The committee appointments made by Pres T.
dent Wynne of the California Associated Cy'
cling Clubs have given universal satisfaction
They are az follows:
Membership and intercub relations-J. c.
Young w. d. Sheldon, r. S. Allen.
Rules and gulatonS-J. a. DeSlm0ne, j. NJ
Mullen, r. ID. Mcfarland.
Political actlon-C. +. Gates, G. P. Wetmore
L. d. Owens.
Championships-C. II. Patterson, Jesse Ives
I. w. Flanagan.
Road-raclng and records-M. r. Gibson,
George c. Neece j. P. Bartelme
The first meeting Of the new board of officers
OF the California Associated Cycling Clubs was
held last evening at the rooms of the Olympic
Club Wheelmen.
An aggregation Of well-known wbeelmen who
have styled themselves "0ur SIT" have an.
nounced that they will issue invitations for
their first smoker" 10 be held at Normau's
on Bush street, Saturday evening, December %
The guests will be limited TO 100 and invita-
tions will be much sought for. The gentlemen
who comprise "OuT SetL'' are Messrs. Leon B.
Thomas. w. ii. Stlnson and E. John Fagohey
of the Olympic Club Wheelmen and Colonel
Wilbur T. Knapp of the Bay City Wheemen.
Messrs. c. n. Ravin aud j. Is. Carey, of San
Jose, editors of the Pacific Cyclst were in he
city several days last week. Mr.. Ravlln says
that without doubt the coming season promises
TO be the liveliest We have ever had; that the
deyotees of the sport on this coast are lncreas-
ing by The hundreds and are the best class Of
people.
The Bay City Wheelmen's minstrel show and
hop al Odd Fellows Hall Monday tvening, the
10th inst. will be 'wheelmen's night" In every
sense. The talent secured is exceptional, in
Guiding such well. known amateurs as Bob
Mitch II. Dave Mclaughlin, Jack Cathcart, +.
Sloane, Frank Kelley, Dan Ward. VIII Hal.
lett, Frank Coffin, VIII Andrews, George KOp-
piZ, Victor Hancock, Dick Whelan. Professor
Hadley and others who are popul n entertain
ers. The performance will begin 1T O'clock
and dancing will be INDUCED in after half past
10.
The Garden City Cyclers will fnaugurate a
whist tournament at their clubrooms tomorrow
evening which Will last the rest of the week.
Over hall the membership have entered the
contest, and it Will be an interesting way of
passing the coming evenings.
The California Cycling Club, from the reports
OF the officers who have just retired Is IN very
prosperous condition. Ii IS sound, financially
and has a membership of eightysiX. The club
run 10 TocalOma last Sund y was we'll al
tended. he club will have 4 Christmas pa rty
on saturday evening, December %. an will
see the old year out and the new year In with a
har MnnnaV DpPnm-
Der 81. The latter affair will be restricted 20
club members, but 10 the former friends of
members VIII be invited.
Last evening at the rooms OF the Bay City
Wheelmen the newly elected officers OF the
Moth California Division Of the League of
American Wheelmrn met, took office and
formulated plans for the coming year. Chief
Consul-elect Melrose has many Improvements
10 suggest and with the active assistance OF
Secretary RaVliD, Attorney keTringan and
MessFs Welcn, Smyth ana Weimore and Othe rs
Interested in the welfare Of the league he
should inaugurate some much-needed changes.
E. L. Stoddard, at one time a prominent deal
er on this coast, Will return from the East next
week. He is now travelling on The road for an
Eastern house.
The new bicycle paths in the park. described
in last Sundays CALL, are becoming very pop
ular with the Wheelmen, so much so that most
of the riders prefer them to the main drives as
they are shaded, well kept and secluded. OF
course there are some riders who are always
wanting 10 show of, who never will leave the
main drive for fear they won't be seen in their
cavOrtings over the road But the average
rider will appreciate path which he knows
has been built expressly for him. and will show
his appreciation by patroniZing IL. The next
time you are out take the path which com
mences on the left side OF the main drive near
strawberry cut, about one hundred feet east of
the speed track you can't miss it. This fol
lows practically alongside of the speed track
the entire distance and joins the main road al
the same place the latter does. II Is delight.
full ride.
Harry F. Terrill and T. A. Grif1iths, two mem
bers of the Bay City Wheelmen who have been
spending the past few months In tile Hawaiian
Islands, write me that they are having de-
lightful time there and are not bit anxious TO
return. The island cyclists are treating them
royalty, aud have scheduled several race meets
in which the CaifornaDs are 10 lake part BY
the way, the latter have found that as far as
speed on the wheel is concerned they are very
much faster tDan their hosts, but iU must b.
remembered that Terril and BIS are ex-
ceptionally fast riders. They made the triu
down and will come back on sailing vessel
anu will not get here until about the first OF the
year.
The local racing enthusiasts are surprised
that w, A. Terrll and Charles S. Wells did not
make better showing at the Thanksgiving
day races at San Jose last Thursday. Wells
was unplaced, and Terrill could only get Sec
ond place among contestants whom they had
defeated time and time again. l guess they are
very much in need of a rest after the large
number of races In which they have entered the
past season. SPAULDING.