The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-12

The stands are all covered and sheltered,
so that the seats will always be dry, and
the tracks being banked the water runs
off directly it falls, and the boards dry
quickly. 1t IS the intention of the man
agement to go ahead with the roofing of
the entire place at once, and then the
meets they may hold will not be subject
to climatic conditions.
The programme to-day is not so good as
it has been for the previous meets. There
are only two competition events with
about fifteen entries in each. The absence
OF the Terrill brothers and Wells in the
professional race will be noted, and the
Velodrome people will wish they were IL.
The differe noes between them and Bob
Terrill should and probably will be salts
factorily adjusted this week.
Max Morris, a professional from Texas,
has arrived here and will be seen at the
next meet on Christmas day. This will
be star meet, as the programme will be
of exceptional merit and besides the
riders now in competition at the track,
Ziegler and Gardiner will be seen. John
F. Staver, the Portland professional, re-
ceiveda message announcing his fathers
death Thursday, and lett for home imme-
diateIy.
r. G. Barton is here, representing the
Fresno meet to be held next Saturday, the
18th, in conjunction with the citrus fair
now going on there. A new three-lap
dirt track has been constructed, and it is
sAid to be very fast The races will be a
mile scratch and a two-miIe handicap,
professional, and two amateur races at
ho Il Nd
will also be tandem racing and exhibition
record trials. A party is being made up
to go down from here Thursday night, re-
turning Sunday. All the professionals
now quartered at the Veiodrome will go,
and most of the officials. a varied line of
entertainment has been arranged for them.
More com petitive riding and fewer So
called exhibitions and record trials at the
Velodrome would suit the public better.
If Manager Fawcett does not think so let
HIM make inquiries among his own Off
Gals or sit in the grandstand and hear the
remarks about him. A half nour spent
thusly will suffice. The amateur riders
arr deserving of more attention than they
are receiving, too. A big drawing card
would be the matching of, say, Kenna,
Squires. Mott and DeInas. Who will pick
the winner in that quartet and back him
if all are in their best condition? 1t
ONLY one bicycle show will be held in
New YORK this winter the MadisonSquare
Garden Company having abandoned its
proposed exhibition in favor OF military
bicycle tournament. This decision will
leave the field clear for the show of the
National Cycle Board OF Trade, which will
be held in the Grand Central Palace, New
York. from February G to Is. This will
unQuestionabIy be the largest and most
i'm portant show in the history of the trade
warranting this statement is the fact that
over $40 spaces will be occupied by exhib-
itors After this show there will be an
exodus of all the professional racing men
for California to begin their 1897 training.
The most important ones who Will come
are Bald Cooper, Johnson and Michael.
have received personal letters from both
Bald and Cooper saying they will surely
come and incidentally asking to be re-
m en- bered to their many friends out here.
The League of American Wheelmen has
reached a mem bership of 70, $50. The an
nual meeting OF the North California
Division will be held this evening at The
rooms of the Bay City Wheelmen, AL
Golden Gate avenue, when the new board
of officers will take their seats, and hear
the reports of the various committees.
Chief Consul Kerrigan will also make his
committee appointments for the ensuing
year.
OF the many fine three-lap tracks built
in Southern California last fall and early
this wear the one at Pasadena seems 10 be
the only one now available should some
of the Eastern riders come to this State