The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-13
CLUB EVENTS TOMORROW.

Acme Club Wheelmen-Road Race,
FruitvaIe to Haywards.
Camera Club Cyclists-Run to Camp
Taylor.
Liberty Cycling CIub-Run to Camp
Taylor.
olympic Club Wheelmen = Run to
Reliance Club WheeImen Run to
W oodside.
San Francisco Road Club-Run to Napa.
The annual race meet of the North Cali
fornia Division, League OF American
WheeImen, will be held this year at Peta-
luna on July and 3, under the auspices
of the Petaluma Wheelmen, who are striv-
ing hard to make it a big success. The
fact that the division has grown so In
membership and power during the admin
istration of Chief Consul Kerr1san has
tended to give the meet greater Importance
than ever before, and it will doubtless be
attended by nearly all the league mem
bers in North California and by hundreds
of wheelmen from this City. Besides the
racing on Saturday, the 4th, there have
been arranged smoker for the night OF
the Sd, bicy Gle lantern parade for vaiu-
able prizes on the night of the 4th, and in
fact such succession of events from Fri
dav to Sunday evening that if visitors ex-
pect to take in everything they will have
little or no tine for rest or sleep.
OF course the bicycle races to be run Sat
urday afternoon will be the big feature OF
the meet. The following programme OF
events and prizes has been arranged:
One mile division championship amateur,
L. A. W.-Three L. A. W. medals.
Half-mile scratch, protessional-S6O' $50
SIS.
S35: suit to order, $25; gold sleeve buttons,
One eO mile handicap, professionals $40,
one mile handicap, amateur-Gold watch or
suit to order, $50; diamond sleeve buttons,
S25; trousers, $40.
each club, amateur-$40 prize $50 prize.
Entries close at Petaluma on June 26.
The races will be run on the four-iap track
of the Petaluma wheelmen, which was
first opened last year and has since been
improved upon until now 1t IS without
doubt the best quarter-mlIe track on the
coast. The surface is laid with peculiar
cement rock, allowing a smooth finish ana
giving it great speed qualities 1t has
been especially prepared for the division
meet and altogether the track will be
found fast ard absolutely safe at any rate
of speed. Ten men may be started in a
scratch event. Some of the track dimen-
sions are: Home stretch, 80 feet wide;
back Stretch 40 feet; turns % to 30 feet.
Some new features are to be introduced
az this meet, which will tend to enliven
the contests considerably. The breaking
OF worlds record will be rewarded; if
by q professional, with 800 in gold coin /;
if by an amateur with a $35 diamond.
Some OF the other inducements offered for
speed are:
For the rider ahead at end OF first lap in the
final OF the half-mile scratch, amateur, $15
prize.
final of the half-mile scratch, professional,
$15 gold coin.
Ii i:O8, or better, is made in events No. 2 or
No 3, SIS coin or S15 prize additional to
The general committee on Fourth OF July
parade has provided prizes for clubs and in
dividual riders as follows: CLUB, first, $40
cup; second, Sl5; individual, $40 prize
Entry blanks for the races may be Sc
cured by addressing Thomas Maclay. secre-
tary race meet committee Petaluma
Wheelmen, PetaIuma, Cal, and to him
all entry blanks should be returned when
filled out.
Il is the duty of every league me mber
in California to lend his support to the
division meet and help to make it a sue
cess, and from the hearty way in which
the big city clubs and the division officers
are taking hold of the affair, it seems
likely to be one of the largest meets and
biggest cycling functions ever held in the
State. The league has grown in popular
ity and Importance 10 such degree that a
league mem Der now feels that he amounts
to something besides merely belonging to a
wheeling organization together with fifty
thousand other souls. And the ad-
vantages to be gained from a membership
in the league are so many, at a minimum
of expense, 81 per year, that it seems
poor economy for any wheelman not to
Join. Applications and full data regard
ing the league may be had by addressing
the cycling editor of The CALL.
The following is the weekly bulletin
issued by the racing board:
bulletin No. 14.I JUNE IL, 1896.
Sanctions granted-June ID, Compton Cycle
Club. Compton, Cal June ID, Lowell and
Polytechnic high schools, San Francisco, Cal.
July %, "a and %, NJ n. Winans & Co. and
Sacramento Indoor Tournament, Sacramento
Cal.
Suspended for competing in unsanctioned
races at Fresno, May BE. W. Decker, R. G.
Barton, R. D. Heriot. John Hertwick, Edward
Hertwick, J. D. Baker, Arnold Johnson, VIII
liam Farmer, = Logan, - Haasberger, Fresno
w. j. Bell. Ed Meyers, - Baker, Visalia; A
Hoag, Fowler; - Richie, Hanford, until July
Pacific Coast records accepted-Two-third:
OF a mile competition, professional c. R. Coul
Ter, Tucson, Ariz., June 2, 1896, l OF 2-5; one
mile competition, professional G. r. Coulter
Tucson, Ariz., June 2, 1896, PIP As.
Official referees.-The attention Of race pro
mOlerS Is Cdlleu 10 RUE r, 1BidIluB 10 OmCla
referees. The persons qualified TO act such
on the Pacific Coast are, at large: R. NJ WEIGH
San Francisco, member National Racing
Board; Sanford Plummer, San Francisco, ap
pointee of National Racing Board. Northern
California-Al G. Col, San Jose; r. NJ. Thomp
son, Fresno, members of the Division Racinl
Board. Northern California and Neyada-R
A. Smyth San Francisco official Handicapped
Southern California-H. c. F. Smith, Los An
geles, representative National Racing BoarC
and Handicapped Arizona w. L. Pinney
Phoenix, representative National Racing
Board; H. A. Drachman, Tucson official hand
icapper Utah, Montana and Idaho-GeorgC
B. Bras tow, Salt Lake, representative Nationa
Racing Board; Edward II. Scott, Sail Lake, off
cial Handicapped Washington-E.G. Dorr Taco
ma, represen tative National Racing Board; w
NJ Newton, Tacoma, official Handicapped. Ore
gon-Carroll E. Hughes Portland, representa-
tive National Racing Board; a. B. McAlpin
Portland, official Handicapped.
When il is impossible to obtain the services
OF an official referee the member of the board
in charge of the district will appoint q specia
referee for the occasion R. NJ. WEIGH,
Member National Racing Board.
The meeting of the California CYCLING
Club last Monday evening was largely at
tended. Captain Mayo read a very well.
written report of the Sundays club run tc
San Leandro, Haywards and Lake Chabot