The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-05
PARADE OF THE WHEELMEN.
Last Evenings Compliment to the City
Trustees.
The Great Olympic Circuit Meet To-
Morrow-The Worlds Cham
pion Here.

Under direction of the Capital City
Wheelmen, cyclists turned out last
evening in an informal lantern parade
to the number of 100 and went through
the bituminized streets with and with
out lanterns. There was no special eff
fort at decoration, though there We're
! a few handsomely dressed wheels in the
line. The movement was under direc-
ton of Captain Shaw of the c. c. W.,
and was a sort of Acknowledgements of
the grant by the Trustees of a wheel
way on Thirtieth street.
This evening, at 8 O'clock the Recep-
ton Committee of the Capital City
Wheelmen will go to the depot, escorted
by the Capital City Drum Corps, which
has volunteered for the occasion, and
receive wheelmen coming from san
Francisco and other points TO be pres
ent at the Oak Park meet tomorrow.
Immediately after the arrival Of the
|, train the Board of Governors of the
FCalifornia Associated Cycling Clubs
will go into session at the c. c. w.
rooms, one of which viii be reserved
exclusively for their use. AT 10 O'Clock
tonight the Capital City Wheelmen
will give smoker" with musical
programme and light refreshments, to
the visiting wheelmen from San Fran
cisco, Oakland, San Jose, Vallejo,
| Stockton and other points.
Tomorrow morning, at s o'clock
sharp, a large delegation of the Capital
City Wheelmen, under command of
Captain Shaw, will take the visitors
| who bring or procure wheels on a run
over the Folsom wheelway to Patter-
sons, stopping also at Perkins. The
return will be made by half-past IL,
giving plenty of time to rest before
going out to the races at Oak Park at
| l o'clock.
Among the visitors at the park to-
morrow will be Lucien Lesna, the
worlds champion long distance rider.
| He is a native of France and came to
California this week from a successful
season in Australia He viii go from
here direct to the East, where he will
engage the best long distance riders of
America and expects to strip the lau-
rels from all of them. He now holds
all the Australian records, is champion
of France, long distance champion Of
| the world, and has a record of twenty
miles at a two-minute gait per mile.
first American races he has ever seen.
OF course, he is not in condition after
a sea voyage, and cannot ride here, but
may be prevailed upon to show himself
upon a wheel on the track. His COM
ments on American styles of bicycle
racing, after he witnesses the meet to-
morrow, viii be very interesting when
compared by him with the methods of
| France and Australia.
The reserved seats for to-morrow's
meet are on sale at Atwater & Co. s,
Fifth and K streets and at Eagleson's,
Seventh and j streets. The sales are
large and guarantee a great attendance.
Arrangements have been made at the
track for the accommodation of report
ers of the press, and badges for them
are in charge of J. A. Woodson. The
general management is under COM
mittee Of which NJ. s. Lavenson is
| Chairman. The reception tonight is
under charge of a committee of which
| II. A. Croker is Chairman.
! F. T. Dwyer, Vice-Consul for the
| North California Division, League of
| American Wheelmen, went to Auburn
yesterday to meet with and address the
| Gateway Club of that city in the inter-
| ests of the league.
/ The ladies who are decorating the c.
c.. w clubrooms with flowers will be
glad to receive floral donations at the
rooms this forenoon.