The San Francisco call., 1896-02-08

park, for wheelmen do not care to take
long journeys at this season of the year,
and riding about the park, stopping here
and there, is more to their liking. Many
of the contestants in the 25-mile road race.
to be run two weeks from to-day over the
San Leandro triangle, will cross the bay so
as to have the advantage of days train
ing over the course they are to ride upon.
The regular monthly meeting of the Off
GERS of the North California Division,
League of American Wheelmen, will be
held this evening at the rooms of the Bay
City Wheelmen. The annual league meet
will probably be awarded to Petaluma,
and considerable other business of import
ance will be transacted.
Captain Will /. Pixley has called run
of the members of the San Francisco Road
Club to Haywards tomorrow. From High
street, Fruitvale, to Haywards the road
racing devotees will have a try-out as
sort of preliminary training for the
25-mile race, and to judge the mems
qualifications for positions on the clubs
relay team.
Gate money to the amount of $4,000,
representing the admission fees of 120,0 600
visitors, constitutes the most incontro-
vertible and satisfactory evidence of the
astonishing success of the recent New
York cycle show. The attendance was as
Tuesday 1886. Wednesday $3.50, Thurs
day IL ,023, Friday 16, 125, Saturday 20,564.
Popular as was the show held in Chicago
few weeks previously, the New York
show surpassed the most sanguine ex-
pectations, and the Cycle Board of Trade
is now considering what to do with the
thousands of dollars which 1t has taken at
the doors of the two shows. 1t has been
suggested that the board might see its way
to deyoting the amount to the cause of the
improvement of roads throughout the
country. No better use could possibly be
found for the money, nor one more caIcu-
lated to promote the interests OF cycling.
The League of American Wheelmen in
this State is looking out for all its mem
bers who have been arrested in this City
for violating the new bicycle ordinance.
OF the nine men arrested about week ago
and who appeared IN Judge Lows court,
seven we're defended by the league and
their cases were dismissed. The other
two paid fine of $5 each. The other day
twenty-one were arrested in the Mission,
and although some were not league MEM
bers, the league defended the entire batch
and Judge Joachimsen dismissed them
with only reprlmand. The league is
doing good work for its mem bers in this
State and deserves the support of every
wheelman.
The six-seated machine now en- route to
Santa Monica to be used by the record
breakers there weighs 137 pounds and is
geared to 40. 1t is built after the fashion
of truss bridge and can sustain an i'm
mense weight. The makers believe that
with it six men can ride a mile straight
away in lilo, or even less.
A. Kennedy Child, well-known East
ern wheelman, says the bloomer costume
is being discarded by most of its earlier ad-
vocates there. He says the popular cos
tune is a short skirt, hanging straight,
without draping or ornameutation, leg
gings and shirt waists or blouses. But,
then, what does man know about what
is proper for lady's cycling costume,
anyway?
Chief Consul Kerrigan is making arrange
naents with the management OF the indoor
tournament to be held at the pavilion next
month so that league members will be ad-
mltted at half price upon presentation of
membership cards at the door. This is
another advantage of belonging to the l..
4. w.
Very little has been said about the Cres-
cent Road Club lately, but it has only been
waiting for the riding season to open again.
when the members will be seen on the road
as often and in as large numbers as ofyore
Captain Bearwald has called the first club
run for 1896 to Lake Chabot for tomorrow.
leaving on the 9 O'Clock creek route boat.
Class gained immense favor at the
New York Cycle Show, when several man
ufacturers came out openly with declara-
tions that they would support class B
racing teams in case the l.. A. w. delegates
to the National Assembly, to be held next
week at Baltimore, voted to sustain the
class. 1t is the general sentiment that
class B should be encouraged in preference
to professionalism, and so many express
sions were heard in favor OF it that the
National Assembly delegates will do well
TO abide by the general opinion. The
riders themselves are for class y. They
are not anxious to be put into profession
alism, for they realize that the public is
not ready to accept that class, and should
the public look with disfavor upon the
''pro" riders racing would soon be dis
couraged. While the L. A. w. officials