The record-union., 1897-02-12
PROMISED WHEEL EVENTS.
4 Great Circuit Racing 0utat-Cham-
piOnS Coming.
Some of the Fastest Weeelmen in
the World to be Here-The
Local Club to Manage.

Now that the Capital City Wheelmen
have comfortably housed themselves,
and provided decent quarters for as
sembly and for the racing section Sooo
training appliances, the club VIII IN all
probability turn its attention 10 out
door entertainments in cycle athletics.
The members hold that the only rea-
son no greater interest is felt mere III
cycling events is because so feW. nave
been given that the people have not
learned how attractive and entertaining
they are They stand to-day in the
East at the head of all outdoor atnletlcS,
because there is in these contests neither
gaming, cheating nor Jobbery. SO rlgld
are the rules of the national organiZa-
ton that such thing as a scandal at
taching to wheel events is almost un-
known.
Last night at the C. c. W. clubrooms
a most important conference was held
between officers and members OF the
club on one side and d. G. Shafer of chi
cago and c. w. Ravlin of San Francisco
on the other. Mr.. Shafer represents
racing interests and wheel interests the
manufacturers of the latter being HD-
eral patrons OF wheel sports, as Weli
they may Mr.. Ravlin is editor OF the
Olympic of San Francisco, and is be
sides a cycling writer for the metro
politan press.
The conference held was relative to a
California spring racing circuit. 1t mas
so far been concluded that Petalumtl,
Santa Rosa Woodland, Dixon ana san
Jose have united in the scheme, ana 1t
only remains for Stockton and Sacra-
mento to accede in order to complete
splendid circuit That Sacramento VIII
do so may be taken as certain. The mat
ter will be determined by the vote OF the
club on Monday night. The plan is TINS:
Messrs. Shafer and Ravlin have signed
for the circuit these famous wheelemn
Otto Zeigler of San Jose, who finished
last season sixth among American
champions.
Fred Longhead of Sarnia, Ontario,
who has won every Canadian champion
ship during the past two years ana
finished fifth among American cham
pions in 1896
Orlando Stevens, champion of Iowa,
holder of Il and 1s mile worlds records
owen Kimble of Louisville, KY, who
is looked upon as probable champion OF
1897.
w. A. Terrill, who won the champion
ship of the Pacific Coast last season.
c. s. Wells. with a mile record of 1:4l,
and Allen Jones and Harry Terrill OF
San Francisco.
George Bovee and Max Morris, the
Texas Crackerjacks. and Hardy Down
ing, who finished one point behind Ter
riu for the championship of the coast.
D. e Whitman of Los Angeles, W. h.
Becker of Minneapolis, the ive-mile ma
tionaI champion. c. C. Ingrahan of
Dixon. H.. the American amateur
champion Of 90, who rode second to
Cooper in the quarter-mile national
championship. defeating Bald, Zeigler
and the rest of the cracks.
c. f. Dow Of Seattle. champion of
Washington: Horace Slate Of Phoenix,
champion of Arizona: c. L. Davis of
San Jose. and Floyd Mcfarland of the
same city.
The circuit will open at Woodland on
March 9TH and the next meeting will be
at Sacramento on the 9th and 18th
The races will include on the first day
two amateur and two professional
events and q predatory parade Of
wheelnen. and on the second day two
amateur and four professional events.
All amateurs who wish can enter
in their division, and prizes will be
hung up that will be worth their con-
tsting. The purses for the professionals
are liberal, but not extravagant.
These professionals ride for records
that they may thereafter make their
services valuable for team work on the
National circuit They come into the
California circuit on terms, therefore
that enable local clubs to take them
and give the entertainments without
other cost than the purses and the
necessary track and advertising ex-
penses. If the Capital City Wheelmen
vote on Monday nightto put Sacramen-
10 into the circuit. it viii give to Sac
ranentans the finest exhibition of cycle
racing ever witnessed in California.
The events will be Of the most at
tractive character and the public will
witness contests worthy Of their praise.
The races are, Of course, in all such
cases under League rules and the en-
tire direction will be under the Capital
Citys. such profit as results the club
will devote wholly to the construction
and maintenance of wheelways, So that
all wheelmen and wheelwomen in the
county will be benefited and feel an in
terest in the races
Mr.. Shafer is one Of the most expert
enoed circuit racing managers in the
country. and has a reputation in that
lire that is envlable. During the races
here there will be exhibited in parade a
great sextet, quad, and three triplets,
ridden by skilled people. Sacramento
amateurs will enter their best men in
the races and Santa Rosa. Petaluma
and Stockton amateur riders viii prob
ably follow the circuit.