The San Francisco call., 1896-11-20
ENTRIES FOR THE RACES
Handicaps and Programme for the Veio-
drome Opening Meet to Be Held
To-Morrow Afternoon.

The entries, handicaps and general pro-
gramme of the opening meet OF the new
Velodrome bicycle track at Hayes and
Baker streets, which will be held to-mor-
row afternoon, have just been given out,
as follows:
First event-Match race, professional. one
mile, paced by a single rider, time limit OF
2:15; purse $500 to winner and $iOO 10 loser loser
Walter f. Foster, o. C. W., VS.. Charles s. Weils,
B. C. w.
Second event.. s. Brereton, R. A. c.. will
attempt to lower all amateur records from TWO
TO five miles with flying start
Third event-Velodrome shield race, one
mile, professional; prizes: first $50 second
$50, third $40. The winner OF this race will
receive SO per week while the shield is right
fully held by him. First and second in each
heat to qualify for final. First heat-Hardy
G. g. Co. ssn JSse e PSw ssw e
cisco; H. F. Terrill, B. C. W., San Francisco.
Second heath. E. McCrea, B. G. W., Los An
wards, l. c. c.. San Francis co; D. E. Whitman,
G. c. c., Los Angeles
Third heat-W. E. Becker, o. c. w, Mime
apolis: W. A. Terrill. B. c. w, San Francisco;
Cushing, G. c. c., San Jose.
Fourth event-Amateur invitation race one
ond, diamond stud, $25; third, diamond
locket, $15. First and second in each heat to
qualify for the final. First heat-C D. Bates
A. c. qakland j. r. Ae1na, nar.Id D. = w oak Rak
maud, B. G. W., San Francisco; G. II. Hamlin,
S. F, R. c., Sacramento.
Second heat-P. r. Mott, r. A. c., Oakland; |;
II. w. Squires, Acme. Oakland: G. j. Birdsall
c. G. c., San Francisco; Tony Alboreln, o: G.
W., San Francisco; Charles Krafts, B. G. W.,
San Francisco.
Third heat-E W. Decker, Acme, Oakland; /;
C. D. Gooch, R. A. c., Oakland; s. B. Vincent,
B. c. W., San Francisco; S. w. Leitch. C. c. W.,
Sacramento.
Fifth event-Two miles, paced by two single
riders, time limit 4 80. Foster VS.. Wells.
Sixth event-Final heat snield race.
Seventh event-Final heat invitation race.
Eighth event-Two mile Chinese race, in COS
tune.
Ninth event-C. D. Gooch and B. A Elford,
r. A. c., will attempt to lower the half-mlle
amateur tandem record.
Tenth eVent-C. ]. Birdsall and A. Thisen
c. G. c., will attempt to lower the one mile
amateur tandem record.
Eleventh hevent-Quadruplet exhibition, one
mile: George E. Dixon, captain; Sgd B. Vim
cent, Charles Krafts. w. l. Lohse.
Twelfth event, professional handicap-One
milei first heat, three men to qualify in each
heat for the final: w. A TerriIl, b. C. w. San
Francisco, scratch; w. E. Becker, o. c. W,
Minneapolis 20 yards; II. Downing. G. C. c.,
San Jose, 35 yards; H. E. MeCrea, B. C. W.,
Los Angeles, so yards; J. E. Edwards, /. C. c.,
San Francisco, IS yards; Ed. Chapman, o. C.
W., Napa, 100 yards.
Second heat-A N Jones, o. c. W., San Fran
cisco, scratch; H. F. Terrill. B. C. w, San Fran
cisco, 80 yards; D. c. Whitman, G. G. c., Los
Angeles, 40 yards; c. E; Dow, c. c. c., Seattle,
yards; P. Metcalf San Francisco, 120 yards.
Thirteenth event, match race, five miles.
paced by tandem, time limit 12:50-Foster vs.
Wells.
Fourteenth event-Final heat. handicap,
professional.
The handicapping was done by R. A.
Smyth. official Handicapped of the League
OF American Wheelmen, and the meet will
be under the direct supervision of R. NJ.
WEIGH, chairman racing board, f. H.
Kerrigan, chief consul, and the other
prominent league officials.
The racers are all said to be in splendid
condition, particularly Wells and Foster,
and the series OF match races between
these two champions will be well worth
seeing. Becker, the Eastern five-mile
champion, will make the events speedy,
and the Terrill brothers, Downing and
McCrea are in line for winning brackets.
Reserved seats for the races can be had
at Sherman, Clay & Co.'s music-store.
There has been large advance sale of
seats.