The herald., 1897-09-12

CHAN did much good work there. He IL
now resident of Los Angeles and there
is no active leader In the Orange county
metropolis.
San Diego has always been one Of the
leading cycle towns Of the southwest.
and it was the first town on the coast
to build perfect bicycle track. The
credit for that belongs to E. A. Horn
beck, who was the best chief consul the
South California L. A. w. division has
ever had.
L. A. Blochman has done much to ad-
vance all cycle interests in San Diego,
and as member of the city council he
watches the interests Of all wheelmen
with an eagle eye. A few years ago as
captain Of the San Diego wheelmen he
made that club famous, and he has al
ways been one of the main supports of
the San Diego wheelmen, which today
is the largest and best bicycle club south
Of San Francisco. Mr.. Blochman did
some racing and was for some time q
promoter of the race meets, but his bus
mess life keeps him now from paying
much attention to racing interests. Burt
Edwards is also a former racing man,
and has also been captain Of the s. d. w.
He is no wofficial timer at San Diego for
the c. A. c. C.
E. A. Woodward, the efficient secre
tary Of the San Diego Wheelmen, is one
of the best L. A. w. workers in Southern
California today.
Pomona has a host of wheel users but
until of late there has been no track there
to stir up enthusiasm in cycling matters.
Edwin K. Parker is the pioneer wheel
man and he has quietly but persistently
worked for the interest OF the wheel for
years. He is the oldest local dealer and
repairer and one of the first L. A. w.
members.
Ontario Is not large town, but cycling
affairs are we'll looked after there by
Robert Gray and DR.. r. H. Tremper. The
Ontario Wheelmen have held some races
nearly every year and have built cycle
path from North Ontario along the
electric line, which is kept up and much
used.
Redands is new town in cycling mat
ters, as very little interest was taken In
bicycle affairs until three years ago. L.
c. Groce was prime mover in all things
cycling until he left for Mexico last
most active wheelmen in Redlands today
are C. G. Gaylord and r. T. Vining.
Henry Short has stirred up cycling af
fairs in Santa Barbara for years and was
one of the first racing men there. The
good roads about Santa Barbara make
the wheel quite popular and the boys
have organized several clubs.
Ventura has a good worker in l. D.
Fowler, who has found time between SELL
ing wheels to see that wheelmen get
their just due in public affairs.
John Clancy, formerly Of Santa Bar
bara, is another enthusiastic rider and
o. T. Jones of late has been Of much
benefit to- all cyclists.
At Santa Marie Sam Sinsheimer looks
after 'bicyclers' rights and keeps an eye
out for touring wheelmen.
E. w. McCullum is to Anaheim what
Logan is to Riverside and no visiting
wheelman goes through the German col
ony without remembering Mr.. McCul-
lum with pleasure. Another Orange
county public worker is Ben Davis of
Orange.
j. S. Harris of Alhambra and G. w.
Knight Of Azusa deserve special men
tion for their missionary work for
wheelmen. The Fullers at Cotton are
other workers for cycling and the rights
Of wheel users.
At San Bernardino there are some
public spirited wheelmen who are al
ways working hard for their fellows.
Walter Hubbard, F. W. Richardson and
Billy Gurr are interested in any move
that will benefit wheelmen and wheel
women.
There are many other workers for
cycling throughout the southwest who
have done much for the general cycling
public in the way of road improvement,
building cycle paths, looking after the
rights Of wheelmen, promoting both
track and road races and aiding in many
ways. Among some of these are w. L.
Garrison of Covina, ]. D. S. Peach of
Corona, Archie Brown of Avalon, Wal
ter Imbler of Compton, James Jeffer-
son of Coronado, E. q. Bundy of Elsi-
more, Ed ]. Clark of Santa Monica,
Archie Jenkins Of Escondido, Fred AL
len of Ensenada, Lower California;
Frank Wheeler of Long Beach; w. S.
Crank of Monrovia, r. L. Janney Of
Paso Robles, and A. S. Hogue of Santa
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