The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-13

ing tho corner at San Lorenzo to see his
two club mates, George Il. Dixon and
Herbert w. WEIGH, waiting there with
their tandem to pace some man, they did
not care who, though Bay City pre-
ferred
And so all was merry from there on
with Charley Kraft, for if there is any
team that can scorch the ground with
their speed it is Dixon and WEIGH. And
so it was that the spA ctators st the finish
saw whizzihg past them what appeared TO
be three men on q triplet dressed in pretty
pink racing suits and wearing the emblem
of the Maltese cross but which was in
reality the Dixon WEIGH tandem team
and Kraft on a single but trailing them
closely it looked like one three-seated
machine.
WAS that pace hot enough for your"
queried jolly Lieutenant Dixon after the
race, TO Kraft, VINO was still on his wheel,
| moving slowly and breathing heavily.
Don't ask me-" responded the thor
ouehly winded German. wait till / ride
another mile and get my breath"
Kraft's ride is most re markable ana es-
| tablishes very low twenty mile record
for the coast. His net time for the dis
lance was 81 min. 81 is sec. This has
only been beaten in two States in the
Union-Massachusett 1858 and Texas
50;09-neither OF which was made in COM
petition ashis was, and surely over better
courses, for the San Leandro triangle road
| is now very rough and heavy.
Williamson of Santa Rosa made splen-
did ride in tho fourth group. He beat
them all in and rode faster than the av-
erage time Of the day by a couple of MINI
utes. Bates of the Reliance Club rode
| splendidly in the third bunch, had a fall
or two and still finished we'll to the front.
Vincent of the Bay Cities CHI arged his
mount five times in the race and still fin
s.f.o lAr4
man to finish, fell six times all told, and
changed wheels whenever he saw one he
thought looked better than the last one he
borrowed, like Kentucky horsetrader.
The following show the perform
ances of the men on the teams which
finished the race:
Acme Club wheelmen-J R. Kenna,
Decker, $500; P. NJ. tefeyfe 81 "a S55; &. II.
Staples, 59:14 Average time of team, 90 :53.
Bay City wheelmen-c. A. Raymond,
| Sc AS %; C. A. Kraft, 81 :51 1-5; e. Langue-
tin, SIS 20; s. B.. Vincent, 5S:4o 25; A. j.
Nome. LOO Id 4-5. Average time OF team,
57:l0 IS 3-5;
SO A. c.. d. Gooch, $685. G. D. Bates Jf.,
IS :13 as; B. II. Eliord, 81 :27; W. Yeoman,
57:5s.- Average time of team, 57:15g36.-
5s:4s IS; A. a. ortion, i:oo.os; LANCER
| i los: 3-5; Webb. l 100 so; J. j. Borree,
57:55 %. Average time OF team, :00:2l.
The trophy will be turned over to the
winning club at banquet to be rendered
the team and the officers of the associated
clubs next Wednesday evening at Tor
| toni's.
A match race may come out Of yester-
days race between Squires of the Acme
Club and Kraft of the Bay Cities. The
| Acmes think their man can beat Kraft's
time for twenty miles; the Bay Cities
| think differently. Such differences oil
opinion often make races.
The following officials rendered efficient
service In the conduct of the race: Ref
cree, II. H. White; judges-E. b. Jerome,
6. +. Neece, ]. w. Ramage. F. III. Kerri-
gan, @. Kitchener; timers-George P. Wet.
more, F. w. Sharpe, II. A. Goddard, w.
B. Fawcett, John Kitchen Jr.