The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
THE WHEELMEN.
Tomorrow the Great Annual Re-
lay Race Around the

Bay.
Everything is in readiness for the great
annual reiay.race of the California .Asso-
ciated Cycling Clubs, which will take
place to- morrow. This afternoon the
riders. trailers and officials will go to their
positions on the different relays, so az to
be on the ground in ample time. In fact
1he4relay riders themselves have all been
training over their various courses for
week or. more, some of them two or three
times q day. Even the recent storms did
not interfere with this preparatory work,
forrelay races are run rain or shine, and
it is we'll for man 10 be experienced over
his course in both wet and dry going.
The ten clubs that have entered teams
are the same as last year with one excep-
ton. The San Jose Road Club is out of
existence, so its place has been taken by
the Capital City Wheelmen of Sacra-
mento, who have entered strong team.
The race will start promptly at O'Clock
tomorrow morning from In front OF the
BicloTama, corner OF Market and Tenth
streets. The route out OF the City is from
there to Ninth street, down Ninth to Fol
som and out Folsom to Twenty-fourth,
finally reaching the San Bruno road. The
relay packet should reach San jose in less
than TWO hours and q half, and it will
other side. The total ride of 100 miles
will be made in about four hours and
fifty minutes, the finish taking place at
Central avenue and Grand street, Ala
media, about 1:50 tomorrow afternoon.
Herbert Clarke of the Alameda Cyclers
has conceived novel idea in connection
with the relay which he will put into
execution tomorrow. a nun ber of the
mem bers of the Signal Service Corps will
be stationed on the relays on the Oakland
side of the way. They will flash signals
of the men and their positions to some
point on the Alameda hills, from where it
will in turn be transmitted to signal men
in Alameda.
The colors of the riders in the relay will
be as follows:
Alameda Cyclers, orange and black: Bay
City Wheelmen. old gold and crimson; Garden
City Cyclers. black; Olympic Club Wheelmen.
white; Imperial Cycling Club. white and royal
purple; San Francisco Road Club, red suit,
white sash; Acme Club, red and black; Cali
1ornia Cycling Club, olive green snd orange;
star. The Capital City Wheelmen have not
selected any distinctive coiors.
The regular bi-monthly meeting of the
hoard of governors of the California Asso-
ciated Cycling Clubs will be held this
evening It the rooms of the Imperial
Cycling Club, GA Van Ness avenue. Be-
sides the usual routine business and mat
ters pertaining to the relay, the all-im-
portant question of the G. A. C. g. taxing
up the work OF the League of American
Wheelmen in this State will come up for
final discussion, and committee which
has had the matter in charge will submit
its report to the board. The importance
of this question demands person al repre-
sentation from every club in the associa-
lion. If it is impossible for any delegates
to be present they should send their prox.
les 10 the secretary, 636 Market street, to-
day, with instructions how the vote is to
be cast
On the 1st of March there were nearly
100 members OF the North California Di-
vision The last bulletin shows 1472. and
several hundred expired April l. On the
other hand, Judge Kerrigan and Mr..
WEIGH are constantly being piled with
queries as TO the new organization, aud
. the. prospects for an exceptionally large
mbership are brilliant
The annual outing of the OIymnic
CycIers to Escalles. in Marin County, will
rake place Sunday, April II, and the in
vitation sent out by Captain Charles F.
Morel sets forth the great treat in store
for the members. A splendid entertain
ment has been arranged, which, accom-
panied by the usual excellent menu OF
eatable and drinkaoles and the glad
hano' style of greeting for which the
o. C.'s are famed, assures a most epioy-
able time for ali who attend.
The annual meeting of the members of
the Imperial Cycling Club, at which Off
GERS for the ensuing year Will be nomi-
mated. will takep place next Monday night.
April 5.
The three weeks indoor racing tourna-
ment at the MechanicsIP Pavilion, cut down
TO two weeks, ends Tonight In some
waysit has done good. and in other, it
has been the-source of contention. 1t has
helped the sport somewhat. giving the
racers an opportunity to win fame and
prizes, and the trade will feel he stimulus
by increased activity in their line. There
were some features of the meet-so.called
innovatlons-thatw were pot taken to yerv
kindly. but it is over with now. "Man-
ager" Sbafer is going to leave California
the crack Eastern. riders are going back
and we will settle down TO the old regime
again with more or less satisfaction.
The Eastern riders who came here all
left very favorable impression. They
were a. speedy lot, and withal gentle
manly, and won their races in a fair.
sportsmanlike manner. We hope TO have
the pleasure of seeing Fred Loughead
Jay Eaton. Will Becker, "Ottum wan
Stevens; Morris, Bovee and the Others
again next winter, and they can be as
sured acordial reception. SPALpINa.