The San Francisco call., 1897-09-04
THE WHEELMEN
Two Days Meet at Santa Rosa
Next Week-Capital City's
Fine Programme.

opening. There are a number OF race
meets and road events in sight, and the
cooler weather will tempt many into the
country who have deferred their outings
owing to the hot spell and the dusty high
wavs. Autumn Is pronounced the best
time of the year for wheeling in Califor-
MIA, though almost any time is as good as
another.
The regular monthly meeting of the
California Associated Cycling Clubs will
be held tonight al the rooms OF the Acme
Club Wheelmen, Oakland The Acmes
new clubhouse Is at the corner OF Thlr-
teenth and Clay streets and officers and
delegates will take the 1880 P. NJ. narrow
gauge boat from here.
The Imperial Cycling Club will hold a
smoker at tue ciubrooms GA Van Ness
avenue, this evening. 1t viii be confined
10 mem bers in goou standing and admls-
sion will be by mem bership cards. large
force of talent has been secured and good
time is anticipated. The 1mperlals' next
run will be to Santa Rosa next Thurs
day, Admission day. Next Monday being
a legal holiday the regular meeting will be
held Tuesday evening following instead.
The clubs fifth party will te ned at Ma
tive Sons Hall Tuesday evening, Octo-
Der s.
T. Ross Lozier of Cleveland was recently
fined 50 by q magistrate there for scorch-
ing. Those of US who remem ber the gen.
la 200 FOUNDER when he was here last year
find IL hard TO think of him as a scorcher.
swimming club known as the "Bilge-
water Bathing Society" has been formed
in the Bay City Wheelmen and the mem
bers, some fifteen or twenty IN mum ber,
visit the Lurline Baths every Tuesday and
Friday evening.
The proposed outing of the Cycle Board
10
poned, as Captain Bob" Lennie is still
absent in the southern part of the State
and President ]. S. Conwell departed for
the East last evening on business trip.
The run will be held on their return, alter
the first rains.
Samuel c. Foltz of the Bay City Wheel
men is enjoying trip through Trinity
County at present. He may incidentally
decide to do little prospecting while up
there.
o to Ziegler .Tr. writes that the Califor-
MA riders are doing well in the Northwest
and are being very Hospitality treated.
H. says the l.. A. W. has seen its last
davs there and that the control of the G.
a c. c. is supreme. After the meets at
Portland on the 18th and 10 h inst, Zieg-
Ter, Jones, Downing and the others will
return here TO prepare ior the olympic
CLUB Wheelmen's let here on OCtober 3.
The Golden Gate Cycling Club will hold
a hve-mIle handicap road race to- morrow
morning from San Leandro TO Haywards.
Captain Goetz of the Ariel Road Club
will lead the members on a run 10 Hay
wards tomorrow, taking the 9 A. N.
oad-gauge boat.
The San Francisco Road Club will have
a run tomorrow TO San Leandro under
Captain J. S, Lewis, to attend the Golden
Gate Clubs road race after which both
clubs will ride 10 Lake Chabot and lunch.
Messrs Treader, Adelsdorfer and Uri OF
the San trancisCos have gone to Trinity
County on a prospecting trip.
W S. Bacon, the speedy amateur rider,
IS another OF the cycle colony now in
Trinity County. He Is the fourth mem Der
OF the Bay Cltvs 10 go there, the others
beng Captain H. L. Day, Frank Il. Wat
,ers and Samuel c. FoltZ.
1t seems that the ghost OF the Garden
Ci.y Cyclers of San Jose will not down,
for ike the pheni1 of old it has arisen
rom tne ashes OF its bankruptcy. The
DeImas brothers, "Bunt" Smith and
others prominent ir the old club are now
arranging for the form at on OF its success
soT. No one will be admitted to men,
bership who is not the owner of a wheel,
SO that the question OF social mem bershlp
will not be of much worry to the new Or
ganization. 1t is sincerely to be hoped
that the reorganizers will be successful in
their project.
Mike, the famous mascot of the Bay
City Wheelmen, is still missing, The
news of his loss was first published in
The CALL fully two months ago, since
when no tIdings have come of the lost
canine. Mr.. Wetmo ores bulie lin on the
club black board: keep your eye out for
Mike" seems to have been o. little avail.
He is described as heavv-set white bull
dog, with appropriate descriptive collar
around his neck, and of rather ferocious
disposition. Any information concerning
his " herea bouts will be gratefully received
at the clubhouse, AL Golden Gate avenue
The California cycling Club will leave
its clubrooms OF Twenty-second street
tomorrow at $3.50 O'Clock A. NJ. and pro-
ceed to the Velodrome, where a series of
club races will be held. After the races
the run will be continued through the
park to the Presidio, where lunch will De
had. Members can INVITE their friends.
The run will be conducted by Captain
Frank A. Bush.
The Cycle Board of Trade has secured
desirable quarters in the Parrot building
on the ffLn floor, room 562 Here the reg
ular meetings will be held hereafter, and
members can be found at all hours of the
day and evening.
One of the amendments to the bylaws
of the Bay City Wheelmen made at the
annual meeting last Wednesday evening
was to strike out the clause requiring all
members of the club to belong to the
League OF American Wheelmen. The
club is a rad cal c. A. q. c. organization
now, and this was the first amendment
proposed.
This month marks the thirteenth ami
versary of the Bay City Wheelmen, the
club having been organized in 1884. A
celebration fitting the event (for the Bay
Citys have great faith in their luck where
the num- Der thirteen is concerned) will
soon be held. Tomorrow Acting Captain
A. L. Keilom will take the members on a
run o Laundry Farm, across the bay, via
the 9 o'clock creek route boat. good
dinner, baseball game and a band are
among the attractive features
While rulling his keys out of his pocket
to enter the Bay City Club last Tuesday
evening Joe Nye also unknowingly pulled
out a purse containing $40 and, like The
hen. it lay there. "Trilby," the clever
young trick rider, happened along shortly
afterward and picked il up. He handed
his find 10 Tom Hall, and the mcknight,
when Nye, who had not noticed his loss
until the following day anu did not know
where { occurred, happened around to the
clubhouse TO attend the annual meeting
and mentioned his misfortune what was
his surprise and delight TO get his purse
and money back. While wondering how
any one man could have so much money
at one time the mem bers are conoratulat