The San Francisco call., 1897-08-14
THE WHEEL LINEN.
Kraft VIII Try for the TWenty-Mile
Record Tomorrow Acme
Road Pace.
CLUB EVENTS TOMORROW.


CLUB EVENTS TOMORROW.
Acme Club Wheelmen Road race,
San Leandro to Baywards.
Bay City WheeImen-Run to San Le-
andre.
Chance Acquaintance Club - Run to
San Mateo.
Imperial Cycling Club - Yachting
party.
Olympic Club WheeImen-Blind run.
San Francisco Road Club-Run to San
Quentin.
Charles A Kraft of the Bay City Wheel
men, who has Justly earned the right to
be called The best road-ride in the State,
will endeavor 10 make a new coast record
for twenty miles tom orrow morning over
the San Leandro triangle. The arrange
mepts have been in the hands OF d. Lloyd
Conkljng, and are so complete that 1t
would seem Kraft cannot fail to break all
coast records and possibly establish one
lower than any Eastern performance.
Nothing but an accident or poor road
will prevent him, for he certainly has the
speed determination and all that go to
make up a record breaker.
The start will be about 10 o'clock from
Fitchburg, and the course is around the
San Leandro triangle. Off Gals and spec
tators will all go over on the $3.50 A. NJ.
boat. The course has been divided so
that no tandem team will have more than
two miles to pace Kraft, and should there
fore make the speed very fast.
Kraft will start out behind the David
son brothers, John E. and Walter J., OF
the Bay City Wheelmen, and be taken by
them to the power-house this side of San
Leandro, where Vincent aud Ferguson,
u will toll him nd m
the first junction. beyond San Leandro.
There he will be picked up by Thiesen
and Birdsall, the crack team of the Cali
fornia Cycling Club. and paced by them
to the first turn. From Haywards to San
Lorenzo Kelley and Tobin, Bay Citys
will keep him going to the tank corner.
Kanzee and Raynaud, B. c. W., will be
in waiting there and will see him safely
across the railroad track, and then Men
del and Welch, B. G. W., will make the
pace back into San Leandro. The short
distance in San Leandro will be ridden
without pace, owing to the turns.
On the second time down the Haywards
road Bacon and Peck b. G. W., will take
him in tow, to be relieved bv Haley and
Gilman, B. c. W., WHO will carry him to
the last turn. whence 10 the finish
the assistance of three teams will be gwen
him.
The officials for the trial have been
named as follows Referee, Charles Al bert
Adams; starter, Henry l.. Day; judges, G..
n. Ravlin, Sanford Plummer r. A.
Smyth, j. G. Hines and II. w. Spalding
timers, Fred L. Day, George P. Wetmore,
James w. Coffroth and Edwin E. Stod-
dard.
The twenty-mile coast record that Kraft
is particularly after is now held by Z. a.
Bozio OF the Imperial Cycling Club at 80
min. 16 sec., and is hardly a month old.
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rider is 4S:59, made by L. N. Walleston OF
Newburyport, Mass, October T. 1895, over
a standard course. 46:01 was made by A.
B. Mcdonnell of Buffalo, n. Y, May 26,
1896, but this was over a straightaway
course.
Captain Henry L. Day has called run
OF the Bay City Wheelmen for tomorrow
to witness Kraft record trial. The men,
bers will take the A. NJ. broad-gauge boat.
The .much-looked-for run of the San
Francisco Road Club to San Quentin has
been called by Captain Lewis for to-mor-
row. The run will leave the clubhouse,
503 Golden Gate avenue, at A. NJ, taking
the 8 80 boat to Tburon. The club has
beon favored with permission to inspect
the penitentiarY. This is ore of the most
interesting runs hereabouts and large
crowd is ex pected. Friends of mem bers
and unattached wheelmen are invited.
The Acme Club Wheelmen OF Oakland
will have hve-mile road race to- M orrow
morning from San Leandro to Hayw
Captain Shedd says that his men are all
we'll trained and be expects some fast
time to be made. There will be large
entry-list.
The Chance Acquaintance Club and
another called Our Own Bicycle ana
Social Com bination will have a Joint run
tomorrow to San Mateo, first visiting the
Spring Valley lakes via Uncle Toms
Cabin. A large party is expected, as this
is one of tie prelliest trips i'll San Mateo
County.
G. P. Mcleod. who has been prominent
in cycling affairs IN Solano County, is now
located here permanently, being one of the
staff of Western Sports. George E. Dixon,
the Senator" is also connected with the
same paper, which will issue its first
number next Thursday.
The Mechanics Institute has named
Friday evening, August 90 as wheelmen' s
night at the fair, under the auspices OF the
associat ation, and a special programme is
now being arranged to fit the occasion.
The associations booth at the fair will
probably be in charge of Victor a Han
cock Charles Albert Adams is making
the arrangements.
Before President Swain left for the