The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-11
THE WHEELMEN.
Twenty-Mile Road Race of the AS
ISOLATED Clubs.

TWenty-Mile Road Race OF the As
ISOLATED Clubs.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the
big twenty-mile race of the California AS
sociated Cycling clubs will start on the
San Leandro road, full particulars of
which were given IN yesterdays CALL.
The preparations for the race are COM
plete and the men are all in good form.
There is not as much uncertainty attend
ing the result of this race as there was re-
garding the relay, and it is generally con-
coded ty those in position to know that
the Acme Club of Oakland has the strong
est team entered and stands the best show
of winning.
On Sunday, July 10, the annual picnic
run of the association will be held at Coy
ote Point Beach, near San Mateo, and will
be attended by nearly all OF the clubs be-
longing to the association.
At their last meeting the Alpha (adies')
Cycling Club elected the following officers:
President, NJ. Mccarthy; vice-president,
A. Wynne; secretary, Dorothy Fender
CAST: treasurer, n. Mcguire; sergeant-at-
arms. NJ. Madsen; captain, NJ. Mahony /;
first lieutenant, L. L. Egeberg; second lieu
tenant, L. NJ. LANCE. Tomorrow the club
will have run to San Leandro TO witness
the road race.
The Reliance Club Wheelmen have a
picnic run TO Lake Chabot on the cards for
Sunday, July 26.
Oscar Osen of the Olympic Cyclers is
trying to arrange a match race between
himself and a trotting horse, to take place
at Petaluma Sunday, August 2
James w. Coffroth of the Olympic Cy-
clers, has returned from his trip to Port
land.
The Olympic Club Wheelmen will hold
a five-mile handicap road race over the
San Acknowledgements course Sunday
August 2. What makes the race of more
than ordinary interest is the fact that J.
E. Wing will ride from scratch, paced by
tandems, and Will endeaYor to lower the
worlds fve-mile road record of Hill 2-5,
held by George Hamlin of the San Fran
cisco Road Club.
6. a. Wahlgreen of the Cycling West of
Denver is in the City on a business trip.
Mr.. Wahlgreen was here last fall and is
very popular with the club wheelmen.
Charles W. Etting, secretary of the Pa
cihc Cycling Club, furnishes the readers of
THE CALL with the following interesting
account of the run of his club on the
Fourth of July to Santa Cruz:
On Saturday morning, July 4, Captain Law
renee W. Pryor, Adolph Herbst, Alfred Bach,
Fred NJ. Hartter, Herbert r. Hicks and Ernest
E. Erbe, members of the Pacific Cycling Club
started for Santa Cruz via Congress Springs
and Boulder Creek. The start was made from
Ninth and Market streets long before most
people were out of bed 80 A. M AS guests
they had Messrs Cullen and Pinching of the
Olympic Cyclers and Mr.. Brady OF the Cali
fornias.
Starting down Ninth street the route then
continued to BraDnan, TO Potrero avenue
thence to San Bruno road. The morning was
somewhat cloudy but warm, and the boys rode
at a good pace, reaching San Mateo at 6
O'Clock, an hour and half after starting, the
distance being twenty miles. From San Mateo
the roads were much better than they had ex-
perienced along the bay road Redwood City
nine miles, was reached al AS, where break
last was had. At7:l5 A. NJ. the start was again
made, and with easy pace Mountain View
was reached at $50. From this point to Con-
gress Springs a pretty lively pace was set by
E. Erbe. and although it was upgrade, they all
arrived at this point in good condition at 9:45
At Congress Springs another stop was made
and after partaking OF hearty meal and
plenty OF Congress water they again started at
IL 80 and moved up the road, to be introduced
to by far the worst feature of the trip the hill
to the summit, which OF course had to be
walked, some six miles. It was extremely hot,
with not a breath of air 10 temper the fierce
heat that beat down upon them. Their con-
ton can better be imagined than described
They reached the summit more dead than
alive at 2 80 P. NJ, having consumed three
long hours In walking the six miles. This
part of the journey will long be remembered
by the boys as the hardest bit of cycling known
in their experience.
After half hours stop at the summit they
again took to the road, which was the be-
ginning OF thirty-mlle down-grade ride to
Santa Cruz. After every one had tied a niece
of shrubbery TO a rope attached to his wheel to
serve as drag, they began moving down the
grade,f being about 200 yards apart, SO as to
avoid the dust made by the man in front The
roads In this section of the mountains were ali
that could be desired and the scenery was
grand. 1t was few minutes after 6 O'clock
when they passed Boulder Greek bound for
SantaiCruz, fourteen miles away, which was
covered in a little over an hour they FINISHING
the eighty-seven mile trip at z: 80 P. M fifteen
hours after sterling.
It is needless to say that they all enioyed tho
journey, excepting that hill, and slept soundly
that night Sunday morning trip was made
TO Capitola, where swim in the breakers wa
in order. After dinner they returned to Santa
Cruz for home. The members say that except
ing the six-mile hill from Congress Springs to
the summit, the ride cannot be excelled for
fine scenery and good roads.
The next meeting of the California AS.
ISOLATED Cycling Clubs will be held Satur.
day evening, August 1.
Captain Pixley will take the members OF
the San Francisco Road Club TO San
Leandro tomorrow to witness the 20-mile
road race.
The Western Wheelman, local weekly
cycling paper, has suspended publication
owing to lack of patronage from adver-
tisers.
The proposed indoor race meet to be
held at Sacramento the latter part of this
month is attracting the attention of the
riders OF this City and across the bay, and
many OF them will 90 there to compete
The races will be held IN the new pavilion
at Fifteenth and n streets. Entry blanks
are now out and the entries close Thurs
day evening, July 16. The complete list
of events and prizes is as follows:
Thursday evening July %, 1896: Half a
mile, scratch, Professionalism, $50; second,
$25; third, $15.
One mile, scratch, amateur First, unset dia-