The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-11

will meet he Mount DIablo tourists on their
return. Then the three parties will AL return
in a body, via Haywards The trip 10 Mount
Dablo is hard journey for rider. unless he
is in good condition. but the ride is well worth
taxing. and the beauties seen from the top OF
the mountain well repay you for the hard
climbing and rough riding.
The San Jose Road Cub has ISSUED entry
blanks for their initial race meet to be held In
Der 20. The events are as follows: Glass A.
one-me novice. One-mlle handicap FIVE
mile scratch; class l., three-mile handi-
cap, one-mile handicap, fiye-mile scratch.
Entries should be sent to w. 5. Hamilton,
16 North Second street, San Jose on Or be
fore November %. The prize list for the six
events Is especially good, aggregating over
$500.
AT these races George a. Nissen of the Bay
City Wheelmen Will attempt TO lower he half
mile worlds unpaced record, class A, which
now lands at :04 %, and as lie is training
carefully he should be In condition to 10 it.
The Rambler team Will shortly go 10 Sacra-
mento again TO try for records once more.
Ziegler is confident he can regain his lost one
mile record, which Tyler lowered 10 :48 2-5,
and Wells and Edwards also have designs on
some OF the other championship II, arks.
Bob Long Will ride to-day at the Olympic
Wheelmen's road race. and this Will he his last
appearance on The track for some time as he
will retire and rest mp for a while.
The "ktndergarfenS" OF tile Garden City Cy-
clers and the Bay City Wh-elmen are 10 have a
match team race before long for six meu for a
trophy valued al $50. The Garden Guy Cy-
Jones, q. Smith, Delmas and Moody, while the
Bay City Mheelmen will be represented by
Hall, Lundberg, Day, Caldwell, MEME and
Battles; none of these riders are over 81 years
but are known to be "scOrcbers." The Bay
Cities wanted 10 enter Bob TerriIl in their team
who is within the age limit, but is feet tall
wouldn't have it.
The ten-mile race between Rose OF the Acme
Club and Terrill OF the Bay Citys last Sunday
over the HayWards course was very unsatis-
factorv-in fact. there was no race at all. Rose
rode from scratch In the morning in the Oak
land Cycle Cluhs race and won II, but the effort
so united him that he did not present himself
at 1 O'Clock, when bis race with Terrll was 10
start. so the latter rode leisurely over the
course and was given tn priZ.
President Frank n. kerrigan OF the B. c. W
has been quite i'll the past week, but is now
rapidly recovering and expects 10 be about this
week. His success In politics was very crafty
ing 10 all tile wheelmen of this city, who sup
ported him o man.
Chief Consul MeIrose and his wife may be
seen almost any morning early riding their
wheels through the PARK. Mr.. Merose is
thinking somewhat Of purchasing a tandem.
SPAULDING.
An excellent article on the "Care of Wheels
recently appeared la the American WbeelmaD,
Ii is as follows:
"When we consider how many riders there
are who never take any care OF their wheels
we may well wonder that they stand up as we'll
as they do. The great majority don't know
how to keep them In order, while many other rs
won't do it because il is too much trouble.
IN lhls way nuts ana D0ltS become loose, pear
lngs get dry and out of adjustment, spOkes
come united or loose or break without being
noticed. and The rider Keeps the poor old ma
chine going in ignorance OF the fact that 1t Is
going TO rack and ruin as fast as T. can get
there When the knowledge does dawn upon
nlm, and he learns that almost irreparabie in
jury has been done, he is very apt to attempt TO
inrow the blame on the maker OF the wheel,
and to say that IL is inferior.
III cannot be too strongly Impressed, on
wheelmen that IL Is OF the utmost Importance
10 see mat their machines are kept In order
Inc instant anything gets wrong with any part
OF IL the matter should be attended 10 lmmedi-
aie!y. More bearings ruued by being ad-
luSttu tGO tightly or too loosely than is com
monty supposed, while not infrequently does
me OIL IAN In some way TO reach the balls and
tne bearing Is run perfectly dry-a state of af-
IaITs almost sure TO result in It's cutting. Many
cnaln Is worn out in half the time that it