The San Francisco call., 1898-10-10
LINES WON
 THE TEN-M|LE
 ROAD RACE A Reliance Club Rider Victorious.
FIRST OF 115 STARTERS
JULIUS SMITH OF SAN JOSE
 TOOK TIME HONORS.
A Muddy Road for Half the Distance Prevented Record Breaking, but the Race Was Speedy
 Nevertheless.

Oakland and San Jose divided equally the honors of the California Associated Cycling Clubs big ten-mile road race across the bay yesterday morning, C. Holmes of the Reliance Club winning first place and Julius Smith of the Gar den City Wheelmen making the fastest time
 The event was the fifth annual handi- cap of the association and it differed ln many respects from the four previous ones. There were 115 entrants, the larg- est list of starters ever entered In an event of the association. Of this number Is were scratched, and of the 99 actual starters 79 finished.
 There were no serious accidents to mar the sport, something unusual in this style of a race. Several men suffered from slight falls and the usual dozen or so punctured wheels were In evidence, but that was all. The condition Of the road from the start at FruitVale TOT about the first three miles of the dis tance precluded any thought of record breaking. The recent rains had left a layer of mud two or three inches deep through which riding was slow and te- dious. Occasionally there would be a narrow strip of dry going where the men had to line up in Indian file and follow the leader until a better stretch was reached near the electric road power house at Elmhurst From there on to San Leandro the course improved, though still rough and muddy in places. From San Leandro to about mile before Hay wards was reached a newly made roaQ was found with a perfect surface. and here many 8 link was let out that forged some speedy man ahead and blighted the hopes of his slower competitors.
 The entrance to the town of Haywards, the finish of the race, was so muddy mat 1t had to be rolled for several hours Tn the morning before the racers arrived to put it into any kind Of shape, ana then 1t was very uncertain in places. Under minutes i9 seconds, was very fast, even when compared with the great record made by Howard W. Squires in 1896 of 24:20.
 The handicaps of the different starters varied from nothing to three ana aaII minutes. Holmes, the winner of nrst place, was on the 3:15 mark and had prac- tically an easy race Of H. He oFertook the half dozen men ahead Of him before they had covered half the distance, ana crossed the tape alone. hfty leet ahead of the second man. It was the third man; however, whom he might we'll be afraid of. and he was Julius Smith. time P1ze winner Smith started from the 1:l5 mark and practically gained two minutes on Holmes. He was coming so fast al first place had the race lasted another quarter of q mile. As It was he LOOK third place and first time. beating out the scratch men for the latter honor by
 It was expected that J. E. Wing. the OIympics' pride whe was given no handl- cap, would get the time PTize, F pH9 Ht ne 1as was Wings chances was the fact that of the six men on scratch but three started, Wing, Bozio and Lind. Fuller, Russ and Delmas kept out for reasons of their own This lessened the pacing material of the scratch men and they were unable to do well as they might otherwise Deacon, Reliance Club: Livingston, Bay City; Henderson. Olympic, and Clark, Garden City met with falls along the route which spoiled their chances. but none of them were badly hurt. The other accidents were side slips caused by the tired from the stiff pace, used the occa- sion as an excuse to drop out then anu there and seek the cool seclusion of wayside inn, of which there are many on the San Leandro- Haywards road.
 The arrangements for the race were very complete. and the prize list exceed place prizes. the best of which was suit of clothes, and three time prizes, the hrst being a gold watch. The nnish was vel vel road there kept back the crowd and avoided the possibility of a serious acci-
 Julius smith. the winner of the time prize. is an old stager at the racing game. He made his initial bow on New Years Day of 1889 at the track constructed with in the old Haight street baseball grounds. and won couple of events on the high or ordinary" machine. Ever since then he has been racing on the track and road with varying success. and no track or road event is seemingly complete without Smiths entry. He Is just as fast to-day as ever as witness his performance of yesterday.
 On the other hand. Holmes, winner of first place, is a new conner in the racing game. and Pop Jerome, the mentor of things cycling in the Reliance Club. is so pleased with his protege's victory that he proposes to tender him and the other Reliance racers a banquet some night this week in honor of the achievement
 The timing and judging at the finish was remarkably efficient when the diffi- culties of those positions are considered although the duties devolved upon but few. Chairman Loos of the racing board had appointed twenty-nine scorers, timers and judges, but many of these loitered along the road to watch the race and came in 10 the finish when 1t was all over They were never missed, however, for the few who were there did their work we'll Special credit in this respect Is due to Timers Wetmore. Montealegre. Stoddard and Bailey, Judges KerTigan, Mullen and Boeckman. and Scorers Owen, Hammer smith, Clark and Spalding.
 The following table will show the con- testants, their positions at the finish clubs. handicaps and net riding times for the ten miles:
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