The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-20


finds he is not in proper condition. He
has been training for road races, which has
the effect of lessening ones speed on a
track.
The Mountain View Cvclers is the name
of new bicycle club formed at Mountain
View last week by fifteen riders. The en-
blem of the club is to be a five-pointed
star.
Allan Jones and Richard Moody will ride
as a tandem team in the races in Oakland
May l.
George D. Gideon, chairman of the racing
board of the League of American Wheel
men, has allotted the Bay City Wheelmen
November l and 2, and the Garden City
Cyclers November 5, 6 and as dates on
the national racing circuit. This is the time
then when all the crack riders of the East
will be out here to compete with our Cali
fornia flyers.
The Pajaro Valley Wheelmen of Watson
vile are a live organization this season.
They have held many pleasant country
runs, and will continue to do so throughout
the season. the next being to Aptos to-
morrow.
Liverymen in different parts of the coun-
try are now handling bicycles for renting
purposes. A prominent San Jose stable
recently bought fifty wheels to offset the
falling off of the livery business, due to the
popularity of cycling.
The Tribune Cyclers of Gilroy will run
off two races tomorrow, a mile handicap
and half-mile handicap, for which suita-
bic prizes will be offered. The races will
be run on the horse track there.
This week the pictures of Casey M. Cas-
tleman and w. A. Burke, two of Southern
CALIFORNIA; fastest racers, are presented.
Both are now at San Jose competing in the
races there, under class B, and are very
speedy. Castleman is a Canadian by birth,
20 years of age. He commenced racing
four years ago and won everything for
which he entered the first two years, when
he was first defeated by D. J.. Burke. Since
then Castleman has won majority of the
races run in Southern California and has
held the division pionship for three
successive years. He has also taken a
prominent part in team and road racing.
One of his best rides was 25-mile event
with Thomas MCAleer, in which all coast
records were lowered from three miles up
ward, and they still stand as records.
Castleman ran off the track on the last lap
and lost the race, which he would undoubt-
edly have won otherwise. On February
20 last he rode an unpaced flying quarter
mile in % seconds. Castleman rode the
tenth relay for the Acme Club Wheelmen
two weeks ago, covering his ten miles in %
minutes 46 seconds, and would have done
much better but for collision with dog
which lost him some little time. He is
nearly six feet tall and weighs $50 pounds.
W. A. Burke who is Castleman's riding
mate, is not so large or heavy as the latter,
but is remarkably fast on the track. He
was born in Illinois twenty-four years ago
and lived there until 1892, when he came
to Los Angeles. He learned to ride wheel
in the fall of that year and six weeks later
won his novice race. From that time on
he met with continued success, winning
the majority of the events in which he
started, even defeating his brother. D. l..
Burke, who then held the coast cham pion-
ship. He became very prominent later
on, however, when at the meet at San
Diego last spring he won all the class A
events and then entered in class B ard de-
feated such cracks as Edwards, Davis and
Osen of San Jose and Fox of Los Angeles.
He also won afive-mile handicap race from
men like Castleman, Ulbricht, kitchin,
McAleer and Lacey, the fastest men in the
south, wherein he secured both time and
place prizes. He only lost three races in
1894, in two of which he finished second.
He rode the fifth ten-mile stretch for the
Acme Club Wheelmen in the recent relay,
covering the distance in % minutes IL sec
onds, which was considerably faster than
any of the other riders on this relay rode
it. Burke rode yesterday and will ride to-
day at San Jose, and will be up front in all
class B events.
The Liberty Cycle Club will have run
to Petaluma tomorrow, leaving on the 8
A. NJ. Tiburon ferry.
The California Cycling Club will hold
one of its bi-weekly runs tomorrow. Cap
tain Burke has arranged short trip via
Piedmont and Laundry Farm, ending at
San Leandro, where lunch will be had. On
the return scorch home over the last five
miles of the Haywards course will be in
order. Leonard and Benjamin G.. Rey-
maud, well-known tandem team of this
city, have Joined the Bay City Wheelmen.
A special meeting of the Imperial Cy-
cling Club for the purpose of electing
captain and eleven directors will be held
on Tuesday evening. President North has
in his possession some handsome gold
badges to be given to members in good
standing upon presentation of an order
signed by the secretary. H, w. Spalding
has been elected an honorary member of
the Imperials.
Owing to the treatment the Imperial
Club members received recently from the
North Pacific Railroad Company, which
refused to take their wheels on board
train leaving Tocaloma for Sausalito, the
riders who will visit Camp Taylor this year
will be few.
The Outing Road Club will take spin
to Petaluma tomorrow, leaving San Rafael
upon the arrival of the first train from
1IOuIOU
The Crescent Road Club has decided
upon a run to Camp Taylor tomorrow
from Sausalito, but if the boys receive
the same treatment as the Imperials they
will find that the home spin to Sausalito
will land them tired and weary lot of
wheelmen.
A group picture of the wheelmen of the
Olympic Club is to be taken by one of the
leading photographers, which, when COM
pleted, will be consigned to a prominent
place in the wheelmen's meeting-room.
SPALDING.
The following communication from e.
B. Pomroy of the Fabiola Hospital is self
explanatory:
Dear Sir: Permit me to call your attention
to the fact that there will be held at the Oak
land Trotting Park on May a series of anna
teur sporting events in aid of the Fabiola Hos
p1tal OF this city, consisting in part of running
and trotting races, hurdle-race, burro-race, a
display OF fancy riding and driving, parade
OF decorated vehicles and many other events
calculated to interest and amuse.
Special attention will be given to the bicycle
races Immediately at the conclusion of the
races at San Jose the men now training there
will move to the Oakland Trotting Park, which
is now being put in condition for training pur-
poses, and will remain until the LIST of May
It will be the endeavor of the manage
ment to put the track in such condition