The San Francisco call., 1897-06-26
THE WHEELMEN.

Numerous Road and Track Events
for the CycIers To- Morrow.
Another Sunday comes tomorrow and
with It more than the usual quota OF
wheeImen's races. There will be three
road events at San Leandro, those of the
Acme, Imperial and Barker clubs and
the first two named will be star attrac-
tions. The track racers will also have
their day al Vallejo, the occasion being
the second meet of the Ariel Bicycle Club
on its six-lap board track. The events are
as follows: One third, one-half and one
mile open, professional, and a match race
for the amateur champion ship of Solano
County between WihchelI, Bruce, McCau-
ley and Mckay, m lie heats, best two in
three.
Arrangements have been made 10 have
the steamer Monticello transport the local
wheelmen to Vallejo and return, the
round trip. including admission to the
track, being 81. The steamer will leave
Misslon-street wharf 1 at 1890 and arrive
here on the return trip at P. NJ.
The annual twenty mile road race of the
Associated Clubs, 70 be held around the
triangle at San Leaudro on Sunday, July
IL, Is sharing the attention gwen to race
meets of an earlier date, because of its
importance. This event ranks second
only to the famous relay race. There has
been considerable just complaint this year
at the ruling OF the race com mittee in
limiting the ce-making for this race,
which should really be paced affair, and
the question has arisen whether the COM
mlttee has such right. If they have it is
mistake to use 1t, as there is bound to be
illegal pacing in the race, and one would
think Mr.. Adams and his confreres had
had enough trouble about protests and
TO the very evil of which they have
com planned in previous ones when 1t
can be easily avoided. The demand of the
t1pees is for paced races, that the men
rlay be drawn out to their very best ef-
forts, and the twenty mile road record of
the world is within the grasp of the G. A.
G. G. If its road-racing committee will
sanction unlimited pacing in this race, as
it should dc.
Entries for the race close with Mr..
Adams next Saturday noon. Each club
contesting is invited to submit the names
OF two tandem teams, from which the
official pacemakers will be selected, and
will also be permitted TO name one Judge
These names must be sent to the COM
mittee not later than Wednesday, June 80.
The Pacific Cycling Club held its annual
meeting recently, at which the following
officers were elected: President Ernest E.
Erbe; vice president, Lawrence w. Pryor:
secretary-treasurer, Herbert R. Hicks;
captain, Adolph Herbst; lieutenant Dan
iel Bourk. The club is in fiourishing
condition.
There is some prospect of Walter G.
Sanger, the great Milwaukee rider, COM
ing TO the coast after his Denver engage
ments. Since his defeat of that remark
able plugger. Hachenberger, last Satur.
day, he has been beset with challenges
He has signed to ride w. w. Hamilton
three races unpaced, at one, two and five
niles, on July is and II, after which he
may come further westward.
The Olympic Club Wheelmen will hold
club run to focoloma, Marin County,
tomorrow, under Captain HadenfeIdt
anc Lieutenants Spillane and Smith
They will leave on the 9 A. NJ. Sausali
boat. This is a picturesque trip, and as
the roads are said to be good large num-
Der should attend
The Garden City Cyclers will again try
their hands at racing under electric lights
and will hold a big meet on their cele-
brated three-lap track at San Jose next
Wednesday evening. The events are
iwo-thirds of mile handicap and one
mile scratch, amateur; a two-thirds of
mile handicap. professional, and a match
race, best two in three, mile heats, be-
tween the crack professionals Allan Jones
and Hardy Downing.
The entry list is a representative one
and includes some of the best riders in
and reduction in the price of admission
should further help to swell the CROWD. 1t
will be a gala night for the cyclers in San
Jose.
The Terminal City Wheelmen of Stock
ton will hold a ten mile handicap road
race on Sunday, July 4, under the sanction
of the California a Associated Cycling Clubs.
The Capital City Wheelmen of Sacra-
mento have decided to hold a one-day
meet, and that on July 5, so there will be
no place for the riders TO assem- BILE on Sum
day, the 4th. The majority will probably
20 to Sacramento in advance a day or two,
however, o get the advantage of training
on the track they are going to race upon.
Entries for this meet close Monday.
The programme for the Sacramento
meet includes five events, VIZ. One mile
novice one mile open and one mile hadi-
cap; professional, Lwo-thirds of a mile
open, and one mile handicap, amateur.
Thiss hould prove a splendid card.
The East Oakland Wheelmen have post
poned their road race which was scheduled
for to- m orrow.
There will be a strictly amateur
meet at Fresno on July 5, the
events being two-mile handi-