The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01

anu ". WeStpnal were eleCteO members Vi
the Liberty Cycling Club. The club has
been presented with an elegant banner by
n. A. Robinson, one of its members, which
will hereafter be carried at the head OF the
column in all parades.
Owing to the rain last Sunday the San
Francisco Road Club was unable to take
its proposed outing to Petaluma, SO Cap
tain L. L. Korn has announced the same
run for tomorrow. The members are in
Market streets at 7:30 A. NJ, and will take
the o'clock boat and train to San Rafael,
and ride from there, the distance being
twenty-five miles.
Captain Lynngreen of the Verein Elm
tracht Cycling Club has called two runs
for to-day and tomorrow. The first under
the captain and First Lieutenant II. @.
Frank will leave liz Golden Gate avenue
this evening at o'clock, the destination
being Santa Cruz. The other run will be
to Uncle Toms Cabin tomorrow, about
sixteen miles away on the San Jose road,
and will be managed by Second Lieuten-
ant A. Peterson.
The mile competition records for both
classes were considerably lowered last
Murphy brought the class B record down
to POI As, which is 2 Is seconds better
time than Bald's performance at San
Jose on April 20, and helps confirm my
prediction that the mile competition
record would be under 2 minutes before the
1895 racing season closed. At Los Angeles
ii. McCrea made mile in a race in 2:1519,
which is now the class A competition
record for the coast.
NJ. T. Dirnberger's mile record against
time, flying start, paced by quadruplet,
of AS, made at Louisville on Wednesday,
is a remarkable performance, and his two
miles in 3:51 As on Thursday is another
evidence that the curly-haired Mike is in
far better shape than when he visited US
records will stand until the end of Septem-
Der now, as the league rules state: " No
private record trials will be sanctioned be-
tween June l and October l.
Captain Argent has called an afternoon
run of the Camera Club Cyclists to-day at
3 O'Clock. Meeting place, Bakersfield en-
trance to the park; destination, the Cliff
clists will have a "cherry run" to the
orchard of DR.. Harmon, near San Leandro,
through the kindness of w. n. Brunt
The riders will leave here on the 9:15 A. NJ.
narrow-gauge boat. After visiting the
orchard they will wheel to San Leandro
for luncheon.
Wilbur F. Knapp and E. N. Creigh have
been elected members of the Bay City
Wheelmen.
H D. Hadenfeldt has been elected second
lieutenant OF the Olympic Club Wheelmen,
vice ". L. Geldert, who resigned on ac-
count of press of business.
The Acme Club Wheelmen of Oakland
and the Bay City Wheelmen of this City
will tomorrow hold a joint club run to
Camp Taylor, leaving here on the A. NJ
Sausalito ferry AS both clubs have very
large memberships it is expected this will
be one of the largest runs of the season.
Wheeimen of this locality will attend the
Santa Cruz water carnival and cycle races
in large numbers OF June is. Nearly all
the clubs will haveiruns to that point, and
the men are already making arrangements
for accommodations. The Pilot Wheel
men of Santa Cruz will entertain the visi-
tors literally, and jolly time is assured
all who make the trip.
Acting on the suggestion / made in the
CALL Thursday, Captain Burke has again
postponed the picnic run of the California
Associated Cycling Clubs scheduled for
Niles on June 16, as every one seemed more
inclined to 60 to Santa Cruz. The run
will doubtless come off the following Sun
day, however, June %, when a large crowd
is assured.
James Joyce Jr., whose likeness is pre-
sented herewith, has been on the coast for
about three months, travelling for the
Columbia people. He has made friends
everywhere. and our only wish is that his
principals would locate him here perma-
nently. While here he has given the local
men some ideas in the way of timing races,
and as a result their work in that respect
has been much better that heretofore.
Mrs. Joseph B. Carey of San Jose is a
great long distance rider. With her hus-
band, who is cycling editor of the Mer-
curry, she frequently takes long trips into
the country, and she stands the JOURNEYS
well and never seems to tire of the sport.
She rides a seventeen-pound Ariel dia-
mond frame, and wears the rational COS
tune boomers without their unnecessary
adjunct, leggins.
The Crescent Road Club will have a run
tomorrow to Niles Canyon under Captain
A. Boardwalk, taking the 8 A. M. broad
gauge boat. The club has recently elected
to membership W. PEBBLES, II. Gunderson,
J. Alexander and M. Jacobson, and have q
number of new applications awaiting ac-
ton.
A new cycling club has been formed at
Lakeport under the name of the Clear
Lake Cyclers. The club starts off with a
membership of twenty-three and the fol-
lowing officers: DIR. G. w. Kellogg, presi-
dent; W. L. Rideout, secretary treasurer;
+. L. Coles, captain; f. Green, lieutenant.
Charles Balm, popular member of the
leaves for Yokohama on June 5. His in.
tention is to learn the ms and outs of the
tea business before returning. incidentally
ne will do little trading In bicycles, and
might possibly be induced to enter a race
or two. If he does, look out for him, you
Japs.
Victor A. and Frank Hancock are now
travelling through Northern California in
the interests of the League of American
Wheelmen, gathering data for the road
book of this division. A very valuable ad-
dition to this book will also be map of
the route from San Francisco to Los An
geles, the new work commencing from
Pleyto, Monterey County. The Hancock
brothers are now in Mendoclno County,
and an interesting letter has been received
from them from Ukiah, under date of May
q, as follows:
Dear Friends: We have been here since
Saturday, on account of rain. 1t has been
pouring, with little rest between showers.
We rode down from Lakeport in the rain and
were sights when we came in-mud from head
TO foot. We went up the Pieta grade to High
land Springs-eight miles up and five down.
1t is the finest grade in the State and can all be
ridden with rests between. The grade IL six
feet to the hundred, surface all smooth, no
rocks. The road from San Rafael north is bet
ter than last year, from Petaluma worse, and
from Santa Rosa to Healdsburg very poor, as 1t
has dust and ruts; will be better after this
rain. From Healdsburg to Cloverdale 1t is