The herald., 1896-05-11

There can be no reasonable objection
to the proper recognition of the profess
sional rider, as long as proper steps are
taken to guard against those features
III professionalism which demoralize
any sport. r. A. Smyth says in the
Examiner: With the more valuable
prizes offered for professional racing
abuses are liable to creap into the sport.
and the decided stand taken by the rae
ing board at recent meets shows that
body Is prepared to crush them out at
once. It's prompt action recently in the
suspension of rider charged with con-
duct prejudicial to good order is an indi-
cation of what may be expected through
out the season. 1t is not likely that any
official will use the power given him
other than for the best interests of rae
ing."
r. M. Welch, member of the national
racing board in California, has issued
another of his interesting bulletins as
BULLETIN NOS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8, 1895.
Sanctions granted-May IL. Garden
City Cycling club, Missoula, Mont; May
20, the Butchers Board of Trade, Oak
land. CAL; Stearns team to make private
record trials at San Jose, Cal, May to
Is inclusive.
Transferred to professional class
H. F. Terrill Of San Francisco. c. L.
Davis of San Jose, w. ]. Evans of Santa
Monica, under clause A.
Suspended--H. F. Terrill, San Fran
r. M. WEIGH,
Member National Racing Board.
Harry Terrill was suspended for the
Eon-payment of a fine of $40 imposed
upon him by Referee Plummer at the
Santa Rosa Races on the I'd inst.
The trouble is as follows: The referee
placed a time limit on all the scratch
events to prevent the riders from loahng'
In some cases where the limit was eX-
ceeded by second or two he overlooked
it. as it was evident that the men obeyed
the spirit of the rule IL not the letter.
But in one instance where the limit was
exceeded some twenty seconds, and the
race was palpably a loaf, he disquaii-
fed the men in that heat and would not
allow them to ride in the final. Terrili
IS then reported to have told Plummef
in a voice loud enough for every one
around to hear, that he was "bum
referee and was showing favofltlsm.
Whereupon he was at once nneo w.. IL
power given the referee under the new
racing rules. This is the first instance
of the kind on record and the outcome
will be awaited with interest:
"Spalding" says in the San Francisco
Call: THE Citrus wheelmen OF Los An
geles have opened quarters at Santa
Monica, and l am in receipt of an invita-
ton to attend their house warming
Sunday May 10, at II a. m. The club is
probably the most prosperous organiza-
ton in the south, and with their new
home by the sea and contiguous to the
great Santa Monica race track the men,
bers will be cared for"
The American Wheelman, the leading
weekly cycling journal of the east. pub
lished in New York city. will begin the
publication of a daily cycling paper
there on May "a. In the prospectus it is
stated that there are today over 100, 900
cyclists in the metropolitan district, and
More than three million in the United
States. and even these figures are said
to be conservative estimates.
The Citrus Wheelmen opened house
at Santa Monica yesterday with the
hospitality and elegance that distin-
guishes them. There could certainly be
no doubt of their hosts of friends. BY
actual count no less than S44 wheelmen
passed into Santa Monica yesterday.
and it is safe to say that the large pro-
portion of them availed themselves of
the Citrus Wheelmen's hospitality and
quenched their thirst with the delecta-
BILE punch provided. The Citrus men
have established for themselves a de-
lightful retreat in those summer quar-
ters, and the pleasant and comfortably
furnished cottage will often be the goal
of many a wheelman during the sum-
mer The idea was capital one, and it
has been carried out with that sure
enoughness" which already is charac-
teristic of the c. w.