The morning call., 1895-02-10

The entries Tor the Z0-mlle race must
be sent to NJ R. Gibson, at Fourteenth street
and Twenty-third avenue Oakland, by Satur-
day, February 16.
The California Cycling Club has two runs on
the cards for to-day. One delegation will go
over to San Leandro to witness the Acme Clubs
road race, taking the 8 O'Clock ferry. The sec
ond party viii journey TO Mount Tamalpais,
which trip entails long and tedious climb OF
panoramic view of everything within radius
oftwenty-fve miles after you arrive there, which
wellrepays one for the hard work getting there,
and then a .tscenic railway or tobogganinG de-
scent, hair-raising in its nature, around dan
gerous curves and precipitous inclines, which
is so swift that 1t generally lands the Devil
dered traveller at the base half scared out of his
wits, in very short space of time. Neverthe-
less, the trip is well worth taking, and no doubt
a number of C. C. C.'s will attend.
The Olympic Club Wheelmen have no run
called for to-day. OF course a great many OF
the riders will be over on the triangle, but
Captain Thornton has requested his stand-bys
to be at the Central Park track to lend hand
to those members of the club who are in train
ing, OF whom there are great many.
w. L. Geldert has been appointed second
lieutenantrof the Olympic Club Wheelmen vice
l. H. Cox, resigned.
1t seems we may see the mighty Zimmerman
here this fall, as it Is stated he, Wheeler and
Banker are to race in Australia next August,
and they will pass through here en- route. Just
a look at him, that is all we ask.
There has been considerable discussion this
week as to whether or not the wheelmen OF the
Y. NJ. C. A. of this city would withdraw from
the Associated Clubs
concluded to remain with the C. A. c. c., but
will not, of course, indulge in or encourage
Sunday road-racing. What action the Oakland
Y NJ. C. A. will take in the matter has not yet
been learned There has been some internal
strife in this organization over their recent
election, and, as one prominent member ex-
pressed it to me, awe hardly know where we
are at"
Tomorrow evening will be an eventful one
in Golden Gate Park if the weather is fair, for
''society on wheels" Will invade its precincts
and roam at will over the smooth highways
between Stanyan Street and the beach. Mr.
Greenway is the leading spirit, and all reports
to the effect that he is a novice and cannot ride
are in error.
day under Captain C. Bouton TO Haywards.
They have decided to keep up the social feat
ure OF club life by giving dance on March IL
at their hall, at the corner of Mission and Erie
streets.
To-day the great 1o0-mile or Century run
of the East Side Cycling Club of Los Angeles
viii be run, which will be participated in by
all the club wheelmen in Southern California
resident within q convenient distance of Los
Angeles. At least $50 riders will be in line,
but it is doubtful if a hundred will finish, as
the percentage of those who complete "cen-
turtles" to those who start is usually less than
one-haif
Next Wednesday night the San Francisco
Bicycle Track Association will hold another
meeting, at the rooms of the Bay City Wheel
men. There is considerable business to be
transacted, and all club delegates are requested
to be present.
The Imperial Cycling Club will have a run to-
day, under their new captain, John S. Egan, 10
San Leandro and Haywards, leaving the city
on the o'clock boat.
Henry F. Wynne is in Sacramento this week
looking after the interests of the L. A. w. at
the Good Roads Convention. Between this and
his duties as president of the G. A C. G. and
secretary OF the c. c. C. his. time is very much
occupied with cycling matters.
l have just obtained from R. NJ. WEIGH, chair
man of the L. A. w. racing board here, some
most valuable data regarding sanctions for race
meets during the approaching season which is
of interest to all wheelmen, and to clubs in
particular.
He says: "No sanctions have been issued
for any date subsequent to March l next nor
will there be until the new National Racing
Board comes into Office after the meeting of the
General Assembly at New York on the 18th
inst. So far the following circuits have been
established, within which no confliction of
dates will be allowed:
The Metropolitan circuit, comprising San
Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, San Jose and
towns within fifty miles of any one of the
places named.
The Capitol circuit, comprising Stockton,
Sacramento and towns within fifty miles of
either of those places.
Mr.. WEIGH is now in consultation by mail
with the chief consul of the Southern Califor-
mia division as to the forming of circuits in
that section.
While the official sanctions have not yet been
issued applications on file entitle clubs and
associations to dates as follows:
Metropolitan circuit-Bay City Wheelmen,
San Francisco, May 80; North California
division, meet at San Jose, July 4; Imperial
Cycling Club, San Francisco, September 2;
Garden City Cyclers, San Jose, September 8.
Capitol circuit-Sacramento Athletic Club
Sacramento, July 4.
Los Angeles circuit-LoS Angeles Wheelmen,
May 80 and July 4.
Measures pending before the present Legisla-
ture, in all probability to be adopted, pro-
pose to abolish the first Monday in October as
legal holiday. Still at the same time there is
no evidence of any intention to make the
national Labor day-the first Monday in Septem-
ber-a legal holiday in this State. Were the
first Monday in September a holiday weeks
circuit might be arranged, commencing at San
Francisco, taking in Oakland, Alameda, Stock
ton, Sacramento, Dixon, Fresno, and winding
up at San Jose on September 8.
San Francisco and San Jose have both
applied for dates on the national circuit, pro-
yided it is extended to takein the Pacific Coast
but nothing definite has yet been heard in
reply.
tuesday, April 16, will presumably be legal
holiday in San Francisco it being the date on
which. the new charter will be submitted to the
people, and it may be taken advantage of for
race meeting.
In view of the small number of legal holidays
during the summer months, q determined
effort should be made by the young men of the
State to have every Saturday between May /
and November l, after II o'clock noon, made
legal holiday, and the present Legislature
should be moved on to this end.
The Bay City Wheelmen are still without
captain, Mr.. Martin having resigned. 1t is
hoped Theodore c.. Dodge can be induced to
accept the Office. He has served once before,
and proved the best captain the club ever had.
The Imperials will not give their proposed
tssmoker' until the first of March, or there
abouts, as they wish to first get fully accus-
toned to their new quarters.
The coming twenty-five mile road race and
Pavilion tournament will give US chance to
Judge of r. M. Smythe as Handicapped. If he
fills his new position as well as he did the
Office of chairman of the racing board there
need be no doubt as to his efficiency.
/ heard the remark last week that there was
no accurate century course around the bay via
San Jose. This is an error, as one was laid out
by some of the Acme wheelmen by cyclometer
measurement last year, which covers exactly
100 miles from the ferry landing in San Fran
cisco to their clubhouse, Twelfth and Broad
way, Oakland. 1t includes some little doubling
on ones track at the finish, and does not per-
nit of starting from the Mission in this city
and completing the ride at the railroad station,
Fruitvale.
The first 100-mile jaunt for the Pacific Coast
the Garden City Cyclers, San Jose, holds the
twenty-four hours, made during terrible
storm on January IL.
Casey Castleman, the well-known southern
f1ier, and II. II. Jones, formerly of the Reliance
Wheelmen, Oakland, are up for membership
in the Olympic Club Wheelmen. SPALDING.