The morning call., 1894-02-23
WHEEL AND TRACK.
The Substance Bicycle Race at
San Leandro.

There was much rejoicing last night among
the Acme and Bay City WheelmeD. For an
Acme man captured the annual long distanc.
race al San LeandrO yesterday, while the Bay
City Club carried of six out of the eleven
prizes given in that event.
1t was the second effort of the California
Associated Cycling Clubs to establish an annual
race, TO be decided on Washington's birthday,
and from the results so far the experiment has
proved, ana is likely to prove distinct sue
cess. The course is TIVE My five miles over tile
country roads, being nearly three laps of what
is known a. the Sap LeandrO triangle" All
the star performers IN the various local clubs
take part, and the rivalry between rival f ater-
mites is strong. SO that when the $50 boat
left the ferry slip Yesterday morning IL carried
perfect host OF cyclists, all rejoicing In the
glorious sunshine and prepared 10 make day
of it, The mouotony of railroad travelling was
1rksome To most sporIsmen, as was evident
from the fact OF their leaving the train al Fruit
Vale preferring to make the rest of The Journey
upon their Iron steeds.
Prizes in the CONTEST were offered as follow
For The winner, 500 suit of clothes; second.
a diamond IQeket; bird, bicycle suit OF the
winnrrs club uniform; fourth. an alligator
travelling bag; NTH, pair OF mother-of- pearl
opera glasses; sixth, a S12 80 pair of panta-
looms; seventh, SO worth Of furnishing goods !;
eighth, 81 90 pair Of shoes; ninth, So hat;
tenIh, That Indispensable article of an athletes
wardrobe. sweater" A diamond medal was
offered Tor he best time.
The entries this year numbered thirty-Ghree,
all cyclists OF repute both on this coast and in
the East. Such men as G. L. Davis. Otto
ZeigleT, w. +. Foster and Emit Ulbrlcht were
placed the scratch mark with last years
winner, T. a. Griinths receiving start OF TWO
minutes, while others were handicapped at
various distances 10 10 the limit OF nine min-
utes. accorded 10 W. ID. Mcdonald of the
Acmes. or these entered competitors only
three failed 10 maJerlaliZe, viz: j. Quadt OF the
Bay CityS, c. l.. Davis of the Garden CityS and
OTTO ZeiglrT of The San JoseS, so that fully
thirty competitors faced The starter, T. ID.
Elwel
There was some delay at the commencement
of+he proceedings, owing 10 slight difference
of opinion between tn authorities as 10 the
exact location of the starting post, but this
happily adjusted ana the limit man, Mcdonald,
dispatched upon bis journey al u minutes past
II. Then the crowd OF spectators moved TO the
adjoining avenue 10 await the finish of the first
lap Inc roads were extremely rutty alter the
recent heavy rains, so that ii was hardly eX-
pected that good time would be made.
The first TO show up al the end OF the first
lap was Chris Langton of he Bay Citys who
used his start of 8 2 minutes 10 some advan-
tage. In facI, so well was he going that he
looked like taking matters easily. But, alas,
only one-thiTd OF the distance was accom-
plished. Langton was holly pursued by Ready
OF the Bay Citys, minutes start, and Swain
OF the, Acmes, re minutes, with others in
meBt of all, did not show up, and iG was learned
that be bad suffered the misfortune of broken
tire. Tbiesen. Faulkner and Rose gave UP.
at the end OF the second lap LangtOn had re-
tired and Swain showed the way, sely fol-
lowed by Ready, While the scratch man, u
bTich., received d cheer as be sailed by, with
his clubmate, Wells, apparently making the
pace for him. Terrill, Osen and Howard were
going well and the issue was still very much
IN doubt. Meanwhile one enthusiastic athlete,
having wagered So that the Bay City Wheemen
would secure three places out of the first six,
felt himself In clover and loudly protested that
he would not compromise for 81 90. Good
humOr prevailed and the watchers beguiled the
time by INDUCING In the innocent paStime OF
knocking each others hats of, rolling one an
other IN the dust and engaging the unwaIy in
the tolls of rope that was meant TO mark the
exact line beyond which the common herd
might not progress.
Suddenly a mighty shout arose, "They're
coming" So they W re, and nearer and arer
ning-post at IL hours 46 min. 90 Sec. making
the Journey in the net time of l hour "a min
20 sec. Ready was second, less than minute
behind, TerTlll third, Howard fourth, Osen
fifth, Wells sixth, the mighty Ulbricht seventh,
Simpson eighth. Bedbniy ninth, while last
years winner, Griffiths, secured the sweater by
coming in tenth. Others followed at long inter
walls.
Ready asronished his friends by the race he
made. In fact, he was a little unlucsy, as he
"came a puTler'' on the road aud had to finish
wi broken treadle Wells and Uibrcht also
came TO grief. so that their performances were
exceedingly creditabie. Ulbricht go the dla-
moud m da for The best time, completing the
course in L hour 90 min. 2-5 sec wells, who
received start OF 112 mInufes was close Ia
him with a record of l hour 20 min. 81 1-5 Sec.
and TerrIll covered The distance IN l hour &c
min SO sec. The following is the record of the
placed competitors: