The herald., 1894-11-07
SPORTING EVENTS or THE DAY.
Mr.. Spier's New Track Scheme
Is Popular.
News and Gossip About Bicycling.
Zlegler's Broken Spokes.
Rumors OF Winter Racing In This City
Arc Rifs-Gossip ABB out the Racers.
College AthistsS Field
Day.

IDo puoliCatl0n In the HERALD OF tne
details of 8. G. Spier's extensive plans
for = new bicycle track in Los Angeles
has awakened a great geal OF enthusi-
asm among the lovers of the great sport
in this as we'll as other cities OF the
coast.
The enterprise, which Mr.. Spier will
carry out immediately, will attract a
large number of the noted riders OF
America to Los Angeles for the winter
months. This fact inspires the local
riders. and it is certain that no amateur
sport in Southern California 10 receiving
the attention at present that bicycling
receives.
Southern California has material from
which 1t may turn out some oil the fast
est riders in the country.
Zjegler. who finished second in Mr..
Spier's great 25.mile handicap race in
this city on October 9th, has made the
statement in San Francisco that his de-
ieat was due entirely to the breaking Of
two spikes in his wheel on tho chaiu
side when he was within 80 feet of the
tape on the finish mile.
The statement was not made in this
city, as far as can be learned, and yet it
seems reasonable from the fact that
Zlegler finished in very awkward form,
his wheel wobbling and zigzagging in
frightful manner, and he evidently ex-
erting every power he possessed to cross
the tape in the lead.
Arthur Atkins Of Chicago, WI ho brought
Drnburger and Bliss to San Francisco
last year to train, has arrived in San
Francisco within the past week. He
comes this time for the purpose OF hand.
ling Ziegler IN his future attempts to
smash records, and has brought along
two triples and quadruple for the pace
makers to the "little demon"
ZieRer is going to try to beat john
sons strsightaway record OF :3531l for
mile. He will be paced by the quad
ruple on this attempt, and will use the
Alum Rock road at San Jose. Ziesler's
record for circular mile is $50, which
was unbroken until Johnson got in with
his record breaker.
Next Sunday the Olympic club
wheelmen OF San Francisco will
hold a fye-mile handicap road race.
The course will be over the last halt OF
the Associated clubs strsghtaway from
San Leandro to Haywards. A number
OF new riders will make their initial ap-
pearance at this time, and some new
names are looked for in the bicycle
world.
The Northern California division OF
the League of American Wheelmen has
elected the following officers: Charles
X. Mslrose of San Francisco, chief con-
sui; Robert Inglis OF Stockton, vice.
consul; Clarence N. Rsvlin OF San Jose.
secretary treasurer; Robert M. WEIGH
of San Francisco, representative at
large.
The Athletic, O we'll recognized au.
thorlty on bicycling matters, has the
following to say on road racing:
Road racing is doomed. At leaet it
lie doomed il wheelmen are alive to their
own interests. The recreation of cycling
has now passed it's experimental stages
and has become fixture and very
practical fixture with the body polite.
Its worth is recognized, its rights are
allowed, and safeguards have been in
stituted by the courts so that those
rights shall suffer no infringement, and
yet in the face OF all this, and while
owing all their rights and privileges to
the fact that the law looks upon bicycle
as vehicle. cyclers will insist upon
riding ovor the public highways and
holding races thereon at q rate OF speed
which. If INDUCED in by a buggy rider,
would bring down upon him the nniver-
cal censure of the cycling world. "What
is sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander." and you cannot make fiesh OF
one and fowl of another" in the eye OF
the law, therefore it would appear that
road racing is doomed, and rightly 80.