The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-02
Thomas McAleer, One of the Starters
in the Los Angeles Road Race.
[Drarn from photograph

won BY w. A. Tufts, in LII. In 1892 the
race was participated in by thirty cyclists,
Frank Waller winning in 1:02:2s- The
race of 1888 called out si1ty-four contest
ants, resulting in victory for w. M. Jen-
kins, he making the run in So :19.
Last year the railroad strike was on, and
as the road was used for teaming freight
from Los Angeles to the wharf at Santa
Monica, and was in consequence badly cut
up, it was predicted that the race would
not come off. However more entries and
better time was the result, 106 entering
and Emil Ulbricht coming out winner, his
time being 81 :O2.
This year the larger number of entries,
greater list of prizes and the splendid con-
dition of the road have aroused more
enthusiasm than ever before, and almost
every foot of ground TO be gone over is
known to all contestants. Maps have
been circulated showing the grades,
curves, nature of the soil, etc., and the
whole course will be tagged so as to pre-
vent any possible mistakes. On the day
OF the race the course will be patrolled by
umpires, who will keep a close watch for
any fouling.
The best long distance riders in South
ern California have entered, and the
scratch men will in all likelihood be
Ulbricht, who won last years race;
McAleer, who holds all coast records
from three to ten miles; McCrea, the
Crimson Run wonder; Kitchin and
Godfrey Smith. The limit of the handi-
cap has been placed at twelve minutes.
The race will start at 8:15 O'Clock sharp,
and a special train will be run to Santa
Monica over the Southern Pacific, whose
tracks skirt the road almost the whole way,
for wheeImen and visitors desiring to wit
ness the race and be in at the finish.
The list OF prizes includes a Rambler
tandem, a Syracuse tandem, two Heating
bicycles, Syracuse bicycle, Gundron BIZ
cycle, saddle horse and outfit, Parker
shotgun, Sohmer piano, embossed leather
chair, besides various sporting goods and
accouterments, numbering in all about
seventy articles.
Some hard practicing and exercising is
being done by those intending to partici-
pate, and it is confidently predicted that
the record will be brought down to fifty
five minutes, if not less.
The official handicaps are as follows:
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of Denver.
Thirty seconds-Phil Kitchin, Herb McCrea,
VIM. Hatton.
One minute-Godfrey Schmidt, washburn,
Rodriguez.
Two minutes-w. A. Taylor, H. L. williams,
Tom McAleer, w. L. Garrison.
Three minutes-Badillo, Eckhardt. Weber.
Cox, Hargreave, Tomkins, Griffith, Scog land.
Mussey.
Four minutes-Fay Stevenson, Ed WATSON,
Olsen, Ruess, Sugg, Wade, Simonds, Squires,
E. P. Nealy, C. A. Miller, Ed Norman. Todd,
Charley Cowan, Grandson, Lawler, Will Knip-
penberg.
Five minutes-Cole, Hogue, Bayer, Lester,
E. Clark, Richardson, Ke8zie, Drew, stauter,
Weaver, 2. G. Taylor, Houston, Hawks.
Schwartz, Sanderson, Muchmore.
Six minutes = Adams, Howell, Clarence
Miller, FELTON,, Elliot w. A. Stephenson, Watts;
Rehbock, Wardell, Hillard, De Hay, Norman,
Cole, Campbell, Ducommun.
Seven minutes-Engle, w. e. Tyler, Nick
Biehl Morrill,, Mather,. r. s. Taylor, Jones,
Good, De Forrest, Savage. Gard, ELS, Mosner,
Maynard, Ritter, Lang, Salliday, Bennett, Burt,
Nealy.
Eight minutes-Pierce, Myer, Forsythe, vlnt.
Guercio, Yeoman, Juenger. Pease, Wilsford,
Jeffries, Wiley, H. L. jenkins, Church, Lawton,
Martindale.
Nine minutes-G. E. Smith, Matthewson,
Chelden, Manley, De Blegoet, Weir. H. A. Phil
lips, Fred Phillips.
Ten minutes-Taber, Imbler, Charley, Patter-
son, Carter Newell, Duque, Laverty.
Eleven minutes-Kingsbury and Hill.
Twelve minutes Qimit}-John Brink, Doc
Kennedy, Perry Howard.