The herald., 1897-05-17
meets will not pay expenses unless con


Frank Lyman. the Chicago pioneer
trainer of racing men. has decided to
open season of Sunday racing here,
and. aided by prominent Pasadena
wheelmen and the Cycle Dealers asso-
citation, will conduct the first meet on
May 30th at Agricultural park If this
is the big success expected, fine boar,
track will be built in the center of the
city. where electric light meets can be
run. The program of Decoration day
races is as follows:
Five-mile team race three men from
a club)-Prize, $50 cup.
Mile open, professional-First, $50;
second, $25; third, SIS.
Mile open, amateur-First, $25 stop
watch; second. SIT suit; third, $40 tires;
fourth, SO saddle.
Two mile professional handicap-First
$40; second. $50; third, $40.
Five mile amateur handicap-First,
$S5 diamond second, $40 stop watch;
third, $11 tires; fourth, $5 lamp; fifth,
81 saddle: sixth, 50 sweater; seventh
So cyclometer
All the leading riders in the southwest
have signed to ride. This gives a list
of nearly twenty professionals. includ-
ing Slater of Arizona. Walter Foster,
the coast champion, will ride in exhibi-
ton, and will furnish the Rambler quad
Baisden, the champion trick rider, will
also help to make the meet success.
and as the admission is only 25 cents,
there ought to be thousands at the first
Sunday meet. A sanction has been
given for the affair py the California
Associated Cycling clubs and the South
ern California Cycle Dealer@ associa-
ton. Among the amateurs who will
ride are Lacy. Ruess, Sallada, Casenave,
Cromwell, etc.
The last issue of Wheeling Is an es-
pecially attractive number, and contains
a number of half tones of leading wheel
men. This little journal improves every
week.
At last Monday evenings meeting of
the C. D. A., says Wheeling, it was de-
cided to sanction Sunday racing and to
support the Decoration day meet at Ag-
ricultural park. 1t was also decided to
hold midweek meetings at o'clock,
sharp every Wednesday in the chamber
of commerce.
At the Wednesday afternoon meeting
the following resolutions were passed:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
meeting Of the Cycle Dealers Aesocia-
ton of southern California, today in
session, that the city government of Los
Angeles be requested to protect the
wheelmen and wheelwomen on the
streets Of the city from being run down
by reckless drivers. Attention ie par
tiCr, ,Ior 81 oo1 cd f0 "a 10 dVyy n
down on Main street today (Wednes-
day. while riding on the right side of the
street. Ali drivers and riders should be
obliged to keep on the right half of the
street.
"Be 1t resolved. That it is the duty Of
the county government of Los Angeles
county to provide good highway from
Los Angeles to Santa Monica, and that
such road Is necessity.
"And be it further resolved, That the
present road is not fit to be Travelled over
in its present condition"
Among the announcements in last
weeks bulletin of the racing board Of
the California Associated Cycling clubs
are the following:
The president has completed the track
racing committee by the appointment of
l.. s. Upson of Sacramento. The commit
tee as now formed is as follows: r. M.
welch, chairman, San Francisco; A. G..
Col, San Jose; r. M. Thompson. Fresno;
L. c. Hunter, San Francisco; L. S. Up
son, Sacramento.
Charles Fuller Gates of Los Angeles is
appointed Handicapped for Southern Cal
ifornia. a'
Sanctions granted: May 9th, National
Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers, San
JQce; May 10th, H. c. N. Leadbetter,
San Jose; May 10th, the Tachydrome,
Fresno; May SOth, Lyman & Chadbourne.
Los Angeles; June 9Th, Capital City
Wheelmen, Sacramento; July 9Th, Capt.
tai City Wheelmen, Sacramento.
The racing rules of the California As
sociated Cycling clubs for both road and
track are ready for delivery and may be
had on application to any member either
Of the road or track racing committees.
The track racing rules differ in few
respects from those heretofore in use.
The arbitrary attempt of the League of
American Wheelmen to divide Califor-
MIA into two states and to declare that
amateurs from the Southern part of the
state shall not travel beyond fixed
distance from their homes to compete
with the amateurs in the northern part
OF the state Is ignored. Henceforth anna
teurs are free to compete at any distance
from their homes within the state. To
this extent California is reunited.
The attention Of referees and race pro-
moters is called to changes in track
rules, as follows:'
1. Relating to duties of starter. The
rule as to recall in case of a fall at the
start is amended to read as follows:
"In case of fall within thirty feet
Of the scratch line the contestants shall
be recalled by the starter and the race
started over again; but this shall not
apply to the fall of a contestant caused
by the breaking Of his own wheel. if no
other contestant is thrown thereby. In
the event of the breaking of contest
ants wheel at the start there shall be
no delay to permit him to repair the
injury or obtain another wheel, but If
there is any subsequent trial heat of
the same event the referee may permit
him to ride therein"
heats for scratch races a pacemaker or
pacemakers may be designated by the
referee, who shall start from scratch at
the pole, and the pacemaker or pace.
makers shall qualify for the final, pro-
vided they finish over the tape. These
pacemakers shall not be adjudged dis
tanced. When there are more than two
tr1 %e tn ha c1o