The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-05-27
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
Something About the Athletic
Club Sports.
The Field Day Promises to Be Big
Success
Bicycling Notes From All Quarters = The
Corbett- jackson Mill May Be
Fought at Catalina-Other
Interesting Notes.

The Athletic clubs annual spring
field day will occur Wednesday after
noon at 80 O'Clock at the Athletic
park.
The indications point to an excellent
list of entries in the various events
which comprise the most interesting oil
Hports.
Already the names OF large number
of prominent runners and bicy-
Gle riders have been received,
and with the outside towns
yet to hear from. Among the most
prominent is Emile Ulbtecht, the
crack eastern wheelman, who won the
time prize in the great road race around
the San Leandro triangle several
months ago.
Charles Howard, Jim Ryan, Billie
Gard, AK Guther and all of the other
favorites will be on hand.
BICYCLE NOTES.
This year will see many new riders on
California tracks. William Haley. oil
the Olympic club. is promising mans
as is Thomas Hall, of the Bay Citys.
Both are members of the Ram bier team.
Manager Atkins thinks he has pair OF
world heaters in Otto Zeigler and w. A.
Terrill, who are showing up wonderfully
we'll under his supervision.
The track at the mdTlnter fair Is I'M
proving daily. but the strong breeze that
blows in from the ocean makes record
time almost impossible.
Oakland wheelmen are trying to or
ganize cycle corps in connection with
the National guard, on the same plan az
the corps organized in this city some
months ago. o. E. Pickard, OF the Acme
Bicycle club OF Oakland is credited with
reducing the 100 mile coast record from
1929 100 to 6 :37 80.
Several prominent business houses OF
this city propose to do away with the
old-fashioned horse and buggy in their
business, and will mount their drum
mers and collectors on the more modern
and cheaper bicycle.
NEW ALAMEDA TRACK.
On Decoration day the Reliance Ath-
letic park of Alameda will be opened
with programme OF IA bicycle races
and five field events.
The bicycle track, which is one fourth
OF q mile, has been put in perfect order,
the turns having been raised four feet.
making them 10 feet higher on the OUT
side than he inside, ana cemeuted. The
stretches, lao yards In length, have been
carefully resurtaced and are in excellent
condition. The consequence is that the
Reliance wheelmen are preparing to
slaughter all coast records, az they claim
to have the fastest track west of the
Rockies.
SOME QUICK TIME.
A German paper says: On April 18th,
at Hamburg, August Lehr started for
the first time on his new Raleigh, and
broke the record for 400 meters GAO
yards), doing the distance in D :29 4-5,
beating the record by III 20. He also
won the scratch race by SO yards from IL
competitors. As curiosity, we may
add that on this occasion the heaviest
racing man Ill Germany won his race Oh
the lightest racing machine, Mr.. Prses-
ent who weighs 22l pounds, and used
upon this occasion a racer weighing
only 20 pounds
TRANSPORTATION TO DENVER.
A general impression seems to prevail
among wheelmen that the l.. A w.
meet at Denver will not be attended by
many eastern members, owing to the
great expense OF railroad fare and the
long distance to be travelled. This iea-
ture of the expense ia not in accordance
with the facts. Denver is a distance,
but jolly party travelling in sleeping
and dining cars, attached to a through
train over the Fitchbnrg. West Shore,
Mckee Plate and Rock Island route,
would find it many hours nearer, and at
rate much below what one would
spend on weeks outing The cars will
be chartered excluAively for wheelmen,
and the rate will include berth aud
meals both ways. The attendance of a
large eastern delegation is assured, IN AZ