The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-11
ROAD-RACING OF
THE VHEELMEN.
CYCLERS FOSTER, TERRILL, WELLS
AND HARBOTTfE DEVELOP
THE BEST TIME.
NO RECORDS WERE BROKEN
THE BAY CITY, OLYMPIC, CALIFoR.
MA, ACNE AND RELIANCE
CLUBS HAVE RACES.

That the season of 1895 in cycling will be
the greatest year the sport has ever had on
this coast was again evidenced yesterday
by the crowds of wheemen and spectators
who attended the several road races held
over the Fruitvale- Haywards course yester-
day.
There were five club races in the morn
ing, the Olympic Club and Reliance Club
wheelmen holding tiye-mile events, while
the Bay City Wheelmen, California CyC
ling Club and Acme Club wheelmen's
races We're each ten miles in length.
Had the course, over which the various
races were run, been in good condition,
there is no doubt that some records would
have been lowered, as almost all the men
were trained and the weather was all that
could be desired, being cloudy and cool.
But the road from Fruitvale to Haywards
and the San Leandro triangle, are thor
oughfares over which a large volume of
traffic passes daily, and, in consequence,
the course is much cut up in places, and
quite dusty.
The greatest interest followed the racers
of the Olympic Club and Bay City Wheel
men, The former had Foster, Long and
Coulter riding from scratch, while Wells
and Terrill rode from the same position
for the Bay CityS. These men are five of
the fastest class B riders on the coast. 1t
is not generally understood, however, that
class or B do not figure in Toadracing
as the League OF American Wheelmen does
not sanction roadracing or any Sunday
racing, so the class A or B men can COM
pete with each other on the road at will.
1t was 8 :43 A. N. when the first race of the
day was started, the ten-mile sealed handi-
cap event of the California Cycling Club.
Some twenty odd men were sent away a
minute apart on the road from High street,
Fruitvale, to Haywards. 1t was found,
however, by the timers and judges that
the last mile of the stretch was almost i'm
passable on account of sand, SO only nine
miles were ridden. Thirteen men rode
this distance, their various times and posi-
lions at the finish being as follows:
H. Friedlander 3O55 %, J. Wall 81 :55 2-5,
A Alcayaga 30:19 So, W. J. Pattosien 80 AS,
Vermeil 50 80 %, H. Sternberg 80 :45 %, H.
/. Mayo 50 80, Z. Erbe 30:15, W. q. LOWE
30:55 20, W. Strahle 31:54, ]. w. Harvey
% :5S 3-5.
J. w, Harvey, time, % min. So 3-5 Sec,
was a very fair performance, everything
considered.
The CALIFORNIA; will hold another similar
race next Sunday.
Then came the Acme Club Wheelmen of
Oakland with a ten-mile race over the same
road, starting at 10 30 They also stopped
a mile short of the finish. The ride was in
the nature of a try-out to select men for
their relay team. Twelve men started, two
minutes apart, of which number five quail
fed, J. a. Howard 7. Schleuter, Percy
Mott, G. Greaves and II. Phillips. These
men, with fifteen others, will have another
race March a. and the ten who make the
best showing then will constitute the
Acme's relay team.
AT IL O'Clock sharp came the next race,
the fve-mile handicap of the Reliance
Club Wheelmen of Oakland. G. D. Bates
Jr., J. H. Dieckmann Jr. and G. c. Har-
bottle, three good riders, started from
scratch. Harbottle is a recent importation
from the East and team mate of Zieg-
Ter, but evidently road racing is not in
his line, for he did not make much of a
showing, barely passing Dieckman and
Bates at the finish. c. R. Griftiths won
the race, but the time made by both scratch
and handicap men was so slow that the
club did not care to give it out. OF the
twenty-seven entries but sixteen finished.
Then followed what proved TO be the
most satisfactory event of the day, the ten
mile handicap race of the Bay City Wheel
men, the first one they have had in year,
Sanford Plummer had Handicapped the
men, and that he knew the abilities of the
men was shown when nearly all starters
finished within a few minutes Of each
other.
Having heard the road near Haywards
was bad, Captain Dodge decided to run the
race over the triangle, going up the road
about two miles to make the requisite
distance. At Ii :15 the men were off, and
the first to show at the finish was + c.
Day, who won by few feet over Languetin
and MEME. The three scratch men. Wells,
Terrill and Nissen came next at a terrific
rate of speed, Terrill winning time prize
in % minutes u 1-5 seconds. The others
were all close behind and their time WAS
as follows: