The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-02

+ Olympl W nee linen have yet mucn II
learn, and will no doubt profit by the pas
/ experiences of the Bay City Wheelmen
whose races are always carried out with
prom ptness and dispatch, and perfect
| III anage ment.
The clerks of the course at yesterday
meeti g were seemingly unable 10 keeI
the track clear at any time, and as a con;
sequence. the contestants in many in.
stances experienced DO little difficulty il
getting through the crowd to the starring
point An imurovement. no doubt, viii be
noticed at the clubs next meeting in this
respect. -.'-i' -:
! The p handicapping could have been
easily Improved upon. as close finishes
were few as rule. The finish Of the two
mile handicap, "class B." was proba bly,
the most exciting of any race during The
day. but had the scratch men ridden as
best they could from start to fiuish. the
men with hanuicaps would have been a
long distance behind when the winner
shot over the tape. Foster, Wells and
E'1errill caught I'D with the leaders at the
end of the first mile. and then rode an
easy pacet To the finish. = .''.'''
/ the Track was slew and dangerous on
|: The east side of the Soilth end. The curve
Lis very sharp at-.this point, and when
riders are goinG at high speed over the
J. u
/ travelling is a. most certain to terminate in
header, which may some day end disas-
tronsly 20 any rider who fails to exercise
great ga ntion. =: =: -.
r. There were some heavy spills scored
Yesterday, but nothing more serious than
lacerated knees and elbows resulted. -"
= .One Ell the new features introduced was
an exhibition .tandem race OF one mile,
/ which: proved very entertaining.
f. AS no records fell by the .wayside.
nothing of any particular moment tran
spired worthy. Of special notice. The
gatbefln6.was very select and those who
ayalled themselves. Of the opportunity of
Satisfied with the days outing.
+ The following Is summary of events
and results: ..':
l.. One mile novee-frst in each heat ana two
tastes seconds 10 ride In final. First heat-G
+. KerrlSon. unait ached; j. III. b Him. o. q.
w; d F.: Belden II, A. c.; g. p. Caldwell. B.
c. W.; A. T. Swan, A. A. c.; Swain won. Bel
den second lime. 2:45.
Second heat.J.*A; K: Johnson, B. c. W.; Fl.
Gum, o. c. W.; T. Bello S. j. r. c.; Gum
woD, BelloIi second Time, 2:45 49,
In the third heat the riders could not make
the limit time, 2;5O. and were thrown out after
Fourth heat-C. Mayer, n. W.; G. DECK
mann. r. A. c.; +. A. Mcfarland, s. j. r. c. /;
w. j. Christ. .. C. W; Mcfarland won, Dieck,
mann second. Time 2:39 40
Final-One mile novice. Starters-BeIden.
Swain. Mcfarland. Bell0li, Gum. DiecSman;
Mcfarland won, Swain second. Time. . :49
There were two special half-miie scratch
races for class b. In the first T. S. Hall
and i. Delmas started and Hall won
easily in min. Is see.
In the second Foster, Wells. LONG. Ter
rill and Osen started aud Foster made the
contest Interesting by taking a header on
reaching the turn. He did not sustain any
injury himself, but his wheel looked as II
IL had come in contact with Chinese rail.
road engine. The hind wheel was doublr d
mp like Jack-knlfe and resembied one of
Shadows lead-pipe bars after being
smashed over bis good left arm. The race
was won by Wells, with Ttrrill good
second and OSen third. Time, :14I-
One mile handicap. class A, first and seco nd
in each heat to ride ~ hnal-first heat: c. d.
A. G.. 50 yards; G. Il. Balm, X. A. G.. SO yards;
}. Il. c.. Go YARDS. p. r. Mott. o. Y. Nj. c. A.
C. C., 100 yards; g. 7. Caldwell, B. c. W., 80
yards; c. +. Dixon. unattached, 10 yards: +.
second Belloll. Time, rs So
Second heat-G. a. Nissrn. b. c. W.. scratch;
X. A. c.. 35 yards; j. 4. Edwards, unatiached.
70 yards; J. II, Deickmann .Jr., r. A. C., AS
yards; II. Gum. Q: c. W., 90 yards; +. A. NJ C.
unattached. 100 yards; I. Ii. Goweil. A. A. c..
ITO yards. Won by Mcfarland, second Deck,
mann. Time, 2:2S 2-5.
In the third heat of this race A. N.
Jones and w. G. Elliot were run into by
some of their opponents and the result
was spill, which the fallen riders
claimed deprived them of chance of WIN
ming place in the final The judges de-
cided to give them chance In the final.
The starters we're:
NJ. r. Rose. A. A. c.. scratch; z. Chapman
55 yards; a. ". Small, B. c. W., 90 yards !;