The record-union., 1897-03-09
THE COMING WHEEL RACES.
Saturday Next Will be Sacramento Cir
cult Day.
Enthusiastic rleeting of the c. G.
w. Last Night-Wheelway
Improvement.

| The Capital City Wheelmen crowded
their club rooms to full capacity last
night to hear the reports of its COM
nIittee on the great wheel meet of next
Saturday.
| When Chairman Upson announced
| that the meeting would assuredly take
| place next Saturday afternoon, that
the contract for Agricultural Park had
| been closed, and that the entries had
filed for the amateur races to sue
ceed the professionals, there went up
round of applause
This morning the first official an
nouncement of the meeting appears.
All the champions will be here, with
| triplets, tandems, and Quads, and in
addition there will be a lot of speedy
amateur riders on the track for the
| amateur events. Many Of these Will
| come from San Francisco and other
cities, for it happens that the liveliest
| kind of contention has broken out
among the coast amateurs, and they
are in the races ''for blood" Among
these speedy men will be Mott, who
has been winning all the honors lately
and who last year had such a hot con-
| test with Hirsch and others in this
city
There are to be six events, and it
will take the entire afternoon next Sat
urday to work them off. The fastest
riders in the world will be on the track,
and the contests will be as genuine and
hot as any ever nominated in the
! United States. The proceeds of the
great meeting will go to the building
and Improvement of paths along coun-
| try roads leading out of this city. AS
this is a matter that interests all who
take outdoor exercise, it is expected
that there will be a great turnout for
the first meeting of the Olympic Circuit
| in Sacramento.
The Wheelway Committee. by Chair
man Miller, made a report that work
has been pushed for a week on the
Folsom path and great improvements
made In some cases the line has been
changed, and generally the path has
been much improved a gang of men
and teams will resume work to-day to
complete the path to Alder Creek as
q permanency by the close of the week,
when Captain Roundey will call a club
run to inspect the work
1t was reported by Mr.. Miller that
Mr.. Patterson has built a truss bridge
for the slough at Manlove's and pre-
sented it to the club, Whereupon a vote
of hearty thanks was ordered for Pat
terson. c. L. Pugh was made Super
| intendent of the wheelWay, and will
lpatrol it when complete and enforce the
| law forbidding teams and horses to
move upon it.
The club elected fifteen new members
and received eight applications that
| will be voted on next week. In fact,
! it was one of the liveliest meetings yet
| held, and the enthusiasm and interest
was at fever heat. The club was
greatly pleased when Chairman Miller
reported that Stockton was raising
money to build a fine wheelway to
| Gait, and it applauded heartily when
Vice President Dwyer reported that
yesterday the Senate passed the bill
authorizing Supervisors to lay out and
dedicate paths along country roads for
! pedestrians and wheelmen.
| 1t was stated by the wheelway com
riittee that it proposes to make the
path to Alder Creek perfect. From
| that point they expect the people of
| Folsom to do the work and furnish
the means. 1t is thought to be simple
| justice that if Sacramento puts up the
ccin for nineteen miles Folsom should
dc the business for three miles