The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

to lend the relay rider he is following his own wheel in case the relay courier breaks down. The trailer is kept back of the courier a couple of minutes at the start. so as not to interfere with the couriers of other clubs.
 At the start the riders of the first relay are handed d leather packet, which usu- ally contains letter from the Mayor Of this city to the chairman of the Board of Trustees of Alameda, commenting upon the ra ce and wishing him the compliments of the day. At the end of the first relay each man hands his packet over as soon as he arrives to the rider of his club on the second relay, and so on down the line, and the club man who first bears his packet across the tape at the end of the tenth relay is declared the winner of the race, that is. his club wins the trophy for that year. It must be won three times to obtain final possession, and as new cup is being run for this year, it has yet to be won for the first time
 The following are the names of the relay riders for each relay of ten miles, and the clubs they will represent:
 First relay-Acme, George Ferris; Bay City. Harry Fowler; Garden City, Gail Hardenbrook; {; Olympic, L. H. Smith; Reliance, Phil H.
 Second relay-Acme, Theodore SchIeuter; Bay City, George Felix Garden City. Tony Del mas; Olympic. George Tantau; Reliance. Charles Bullock.
 Third relay-Acms, Howard W. Squires; Bay City, Ben Noonan Garden City, George Thorn; Olympic, George Fuller; Reliance, W. Poole.
 Fourth relay-Acme, Clarence H. Staples: i: Bay City, Ben Raynaud; Garden City, A. J. Clark; olympic, E. F. Russ; Reliance, George Franck.
 Fifth relay-Acrne, Leo A. Burke; Bay City, Frank c. Peck; Garden City, Roy Bridgeman; Olympic, H. D. Bean; Reliance, c. D. Gooch
 Sixth relay-Acme, Harry L. Anderson; Bay City, Walter J. Davidson; Garden City, Ted Belloli; Olympic. George Kroetz; Reliance, P.
 Seventh relay-Acme, J. R. Sampson; Bay City John l.. Davidson; Garden City D. D. Francis; Olympic, E. G. Stanley; Reliance, Fl.
 Eighth relay-Acme, A. S. McDougal; Bay City, w. J. Black; Garden City, Julius Smith; Olympic. E. O. Kragness; Reliance, F. F. Freeman.
 Ninth relay-Acme: E. J. Smith, Bay City. olvmpic' E. A Bozio; Reliance, William Ba-
 Tenth relsy-Acme. A. T. Smith; Bay City, Olympic, J. E. Wing: Reliance. A. F. Deacon
 Substtutes-Acule, C. N. Bolte and A Reidy; Olympic w. Maclxie and J. H. Nash; Garden City and Reliance Clubs did not name any substitutes.
 Each club provides its men with dis tinctive racing suits, made up of the club colors, and by noting the following any one will be easily able to distinguish what club a man is riding for to-morrow Acme Club, red and black Bay City, old gold and crimson; Garden City, purple and gold; Olympic, crimson and white; Reliance, red.
 The following are the trailers for the five clubs named in the order in which they will serve on the ten relays:
 Acme-F. W. G. Cortage J. Young, c. N Bolte R. Littlefield. A. Reidy. J. Hermann J: Warehouse, E. Harden, A. H. Bullion and T. Schleuter.
 R. Cofer, r. R. Haley, A J. Meme H V Ready. John McGllvray. Dr. E. T. Merry, Nat M. Gilman, J. M. Nye Jr.
 Garden City-Ray Johnson, Robert Butler Fred Burgess, R. Bubb H. Robinson A Hill M. G. Francis. Ed Wastie, George Van Leu wen c. Hardenbrook
 Olympic-C. Hadenfeldt Jr., c. B. Stone Jr J. Ford, J. H. Nash, J. Ward F. Carroll. O. B. Bozio A. J. Steri, M LInd, Ed Tucker
 Reliance-W. II. Arps F. Coxhead, A. Ban mister. Charles Gross, Clay Holmes C. Auvie Charles Vogel. William Bartlett. George Cra- ner c. R. Griffith.
 From a spectators point of view, there are numerous places of vantage at which the race can be seen and appreciated mense crowd at the start, McAllister and Larkin streets. From there the course