The herald., 1896-08-24
THE WHEEL

The regular bulletin Of the racing
board, as issued by r. M. Welch, is an
unusually lengthy document his week.
and OF exceptional interest to a large
number of local riders. Apropos of the
meets at San Jose and Stockton Septem-
Der 9th, and the well known proclivity
of the racing men to enter in several
places, finally selecting the place they
VIII nave the least competition, the fol-
lowing is of interest:
Rlders are warned that unless their en-
!rles are Withdrawn not later than one week
before the date of meeting they are obl.
gated 70 ride, and in the absence of good
ana suincient excuse for keeping such en-
sion. Entry at another meeting will not he
accepted as an excuse. A rider must not
enter for the same day at more meetings
than he can attend. The referee of a meet
any event. -''
Pacific Coast records accepted-Flying
start, ,unpaced tandem. professional-Three-
quarters of mile, William Evans and VIII
Liam Hatton. riders. San Jose. May 2S, 1895.
Nav % 9Ss NILE 5 same te riders San Jose
San Jose, May Is, lSs6, 4:o4 IS; three three miles miles
same riders, San Jose, May 26, 1896 6:17 Is;
ifay MaT niles 81 isqs same riders, San Jose
riders, San Jose May IS, 1896. 1888 s-5; ''t ten
miles lies same riders. May 2S, 1896, .22:I7
Nicbnss Ntilansferred 1,ea to to-, Professional Glass
fax. Wash; Arthur Grimm. +. w. Hol-
9rook' 9oS Snao WI j. @ H9tton and J. L. Standefer,
Suspended-For competing in unsanc-
TONED races at Santa Monica. Sal, Sunday,
arifs aargHst W 18th: b William Aldridge, Arthur
J.. Hutton Charles Miller, j. L. Standefer, n ,
w. A. Taylor, Emil Ulbricht. Clyde Wash
Dqrn: Fd tor n.,i one year, j. to August 16, 1897.
until September l, 1896
For officiating at unsactoned races at
J; Phil. Percival. Thomas McAleer. James
Ryan and Fay Stephenson, for one year,
70 saspsnsions Angnst IS EsTnratsaosonh 1Ssr;
berg and Waltr Biddle, Albany, Or, and
Alfred e. Clark. Grant's Pass, Or. immedi-
atey; G; NJ; Smith, Gail HardenbroolS. r
Iiellar, San Jose, Cal, September 1st next
The absorbing topic of conversation
about the wheelmen's club houses, and,
III fact, wherever riders congregate, says
the. San Francisco Examiner is the Ex-
aminer-Journal Yellow Fellow trans
continental relay The majority of the
couriers to the Nevada state line are
men of known ability and there is a
fascination in calculating the length
of time which will elapse while they are
hurrying the packet to that point. Re
ports from division managers over the
entire route show tnat there is not a
Wcoh AAiiA AZ lLS SIedL cndln OF rlQerS
clear across the continent The ride is
a labor of love with the wheelmen, who
are glad of the opportunity afforded to
demonstrate in so marked a manner the
utility of the wheel. The race starts to-
morrows from the Examiner office at
pm.
Dave Shafer will take an American
racing team to Australia during the
coming fall after the racing season is
over here. 1t will be an all-American
team, be made up of the best riders in
the country, possibly including Eddie
Bald, Tom Cooper. Sanger and several
more of the American cracks. Johnson
and Parsons are going to Australia
about the latter part Of October under
the management of Tom Eek Johnson
may join the all-American team. With
such an aggregation of world heaters
the American team should capture near
ly all the rich prizes put up by the Aus
tralians. The prizes offered at race
meets in Australia are much larger than