The San Francisco call., 1896-11-21

country to secure special paths for their
own exclusive use is nine times out OF ten
energy expended in the wrong direction.
What W wheelmen should do, according to a
prominent official of the League of Amerl-
can Wheelmen, is 10 work for better roads.
| With these secured there would be no call
| for special paths. The wheelmen are be-
ginning to realize this and several OF the
! State divisions of the league will WORK
this winter TO secure good roads through
| legislative enactment.
Captain Black of the Golden Gate Cycl-
ing Club has called run for tomorrow to
| the park and Presidio. f. Derby, V. g.
| 1urreli, f. Clifford and W. 7. Dwyer have
recently been elected to embership.
There is still some talk OF the big World
cord team coming to this State-perhaps
| to Coronado, perhaps 10 San Jose or TO the
new Velodrome here. The team is now al
! Memphis, and next Monday will go TO
Nashville. 1t has no dates after Decem ber
l. and if the Velodrome people are alive
and really want good talent here is the
! opportunity Some idea OF the fast work
the team does can be CLEANED from the
| following taken from Bearings New
| Orleans correspondent:
! Yesterday the Phillips triplet took Michael
| three miles in 6:02, while the Cooks triplei
| took him three more in GIG. Waller followed
Michael five miles of the distance. johnson
| went out back of the Waller quad. and did his
! first mile in l:56, quitting for time to wait
| for the Jallu brothers triplet team When
the Frenchmen came out Johnny rode several
miles at two-minute clip. After Michael
| rode his six miles he claimed he was too fat,
! so he ran all the way back to the hotel, dis
tance of five miles, and then, donning two
| sweaters, skipped he rope for an hour. This
morning he is ridi ing twenty-five miles on the
road, and this afternoon in lends 10 go twenty
five miles behind The pacing machines at the
track.
Probably the most wonderful perform
o. xyof n hr-f fI,a& AZ
ing OF the worlds fve-mile record by
Michael on November s at New Orleans.
he bringing the mark down TO the phe-
nomenal figures OF 9:12 So. A most inter-
esting description of the trial is given by
+. Ed Spooner, who witnessed it:
In the morning Michael walked i've miles
to the track, then did seven miles in Is %
which goes to show what horse the young
ster is for work. In the afternoon the wea ther
conditions were far from favorable for record
breaking, strong wind blowing on the back
stretch, making it hard for both paeemakers
and man. The heavens had been cloudy all
day, aud rain threatened st any moment
However 1t was determined to make the at
tempt, ana the sextuplet manned by its regu-
lar crew was brought out. The start was most
favorable, tie big machine, with Michael
tucked under Its wing, holding the turns witk
ease. The "sex" took him the first mile in
1:45 2-5, fast going for an attempt on the five
mile mark. The pickup at the end of four
laps by the Jallus was most prettily made, not
=
for faster pace. but Eek cautioned the men to
hold it steady, aud steady it was
The second mile was ridden in 1 :53, max
ing the time for the distance 3 :3S % over
three seconds outside of the record. The third
mile was faster than the second the figures
for the three miles being $50 Is, two-fifths
OF second shy OF the record. Then the sextu-
plet came out again and the fourth mile was
made N 80 As, bringing the four-mile
record from "a 20, where Tom Linton left
it, 20 z :2l fiat. Every one save the officials
was excited by this time, and the chances for
getting the mark were excellent. The last
mile, including the pickup. made in
/ 81 80, making the total time 9:12 50.
President Sterling of the San Francisco
Road Club Is making an active fight for
A. w. Wehe of his club for chairman of
the board of governors of the associated
clubs, and will probably be successful, as
Mr.. Wehe is we'll known and very popular
with the wheelmen and would make an
efficient officer.
The news that the Market-street Rail-
way Company contemplated putting an
attachment on the rear dashboard of all
its cars and then carrying bicycles for a
fare, as exclusively told in THE CALL yes
terday, was the subject of great deal of
comment among the wheelmen yester-
day. They were all pleased with the idea,
and while few of the clubmen expressed
the thought that they would ever take ad-
vantage OF the innovation, preferring to
ride the basalt blocks, asphalt and cable
slots in the level districts. still for those
who live in billy parts of the town and
for ladies' and gentlemen who are not ex-
pert riders, or do not care to ride through
the City's Streets it will be a great con-
venience. Such a move, too, would go a.
great way toward healing the breach be-
tween the corporation and the wheeling
public, which has existed ever since that
memorable bicycle parade on July 25,
when the company ran it's cars on Market
street and disrupted the turnout, regard
so. SPAJDTNG