The herald., 1895-10-28

| team, now hold two coast records, the
mile competition and the mile unpaced
Both were made at the recent SantaMonica
meet, and the time for the comp etition
/, event was 2:15 and the unpaoed trial
against time event in { 0S.
The wonderful unpaced mile record of
Mud Horse" Billy Hamilton of Denver
would seem pretty hard nut to crack.
be made at every meet in California to
! lower this mark.
Herb McCrea and Fritz Lacy, two of
| the fastest and most popular local riders.
expect 20 go north to attend the San Jose
| National meet and find out in advance
wnere they stand with the great circuit
! chasers.
Last Thursday number of electric
cars were held upon Spring street by
the unusual spectacle of a horse trying
to tide bicycle. In regard to this we
are forcibly reminded OF the words of
horse, and Els name is Mud Horse
! Hamilton
ii. c. f. Smith. the official Handicap
per. has taken his life in his hand. When
he follows the circuit he will need a
body-guard, for Santa Ana alone has put
| six handicap events on her program.
Concerning the oft-repeated kick of the
ri ders at race meets anent the inflated
| value of prizes Cabanne is said to have
asked Eddie Bald of the Columbia team ::
Let me see that diamond you won in
the mile OPEN" Bald replied: You
can't see it; it's too small.
! r. Il. Dow the class A crack of the
Garden City cyclers. recently rode an un-
paced third OF mill in 35 1-5, lie was
! timed by the regulation set of timers who
have been acting at Walter Foster : recent
| trials.
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to Livermore TO attack the straigItaway
mile record of IA 1-5, held by Wilbur
Edwards, and made at the same place.
| Foster declares that ne can put the tim C
below 80, and will be paced by the fam
Gus Rambler quad team. Allan Jones, c.
L. Davis, Richard Alyward and r. j..
| Dow.
For the first time in the memory of
man Phil Kitchen is training hard. He
| is going to ride in the big meets down
here and if he is in condition should
make things unpleasantly lively for the
best men of them ALL
/ AROUND THE CLUBS.
The Citrus Wheemen added six more
members to their roll last Tuesday even.
ing, making sixty members in all. 1t is
| one of the rules of the club that all m lem
bers must belong to the League of Ameri.
can Wheelmen. A the majority of those
admitted to the club have never belonged
to any cycling organization. the secretary
| of the club now sends a weekly remit
lance to Mr.. Bassett for initiation fees
| to the l.. A. W.
| The Orange County Wheelmen are max
| ing preparations to entertain the circuit
| ohasers when they arrive in their city.
| The meet comes on Thanksgiving day,
and the time is peculiarly appropriate for
! the banquet that the club expects to give.
| There will also be colossal smoker, to
| which all league mem bers OF the south
| division will be invited.
The East Side Cycling club is the only
| club in the city that has its own club
| house, and a charming little place 1t is.
| 1t is situated on Chestnut street, and the
members are partially refurnishing the
place. A billiard table will be put upstairs
and curtains and large easy chairs will
be put in the lower rooms to please the
| loungers. smoker will soon be given
| for the entertainment of those riders who