The San Francisco call., 1898-02-19
ROAD RACING AND
 TOURING SEASON OPENED.

Tn wheeling circles this week the all- absorbing topic has been the approach ing 25-mile road race of the California Associated Cycling Clubs, to be held on Washington's birthday over the San Le- andro triangle. There are eighty-eight entrants. whose handicaps will probably vary from nothing to eight minutes, ac- cording to Handicapper Smyth's estirna- ton of their abilities.
 The touring season will open about the 1st of March, and shortly thereafter Will come the roadbook of the c. A. C. C., Tor which we have long been waiting. and which is expected to prove parucularly valuable to all who indulge in the pleas 1re of cycling trips in the country. It has been built upon much more exten- sive scale than any previous work Of this character. which in a measure accounts for the long time it has taken to get II out.
 Cycle League baseball series will be Diayed to-morrow afternoon at2:3O O clock between the Bay City Wheelnen ana the Olympic Club Wheelmen. Both teams Will be made up of their best men, and the long-existing rivalry between these two big wheeling organizations fnsures snaDpy game The lineup will be as fol- lows
 Bay City. Position. olynlplc.
 
 McGilvray ......Pitcher .....; MansneIo Meme. First base ...CartWr1ght Whaley. Second Lase. .PocKWIt1 Gibson. Third base. Fuller O'Toole Left field. ....-- Mansfield Kanzee Center field. .......Sykes Boeckmann. Right Field. ..-......Cook
 Other games of the series will be played tomorrow as follows: California Cycllng Club vs San Francisco Road Club, at Velodrome. F noon; Encinal CvCiers vs Garden City Wheelmen, San Jose; Acme Vs Reliance, ElmhurSt grounds, l2 noon. The Imperial Cycling Club will nave a run to the park tomorrow; The club whist tournament is set for Tuesday evening. March l. Captain Wilson Is ar ranging a barbecue run for the near
 The opening of the elegant six-lap track at Elmhurst will be celebrated by race meet on Washington's birthday, match race at twenty miles between J. H. Eu- wards and G. H. Crafts being one Of the features.
 The regular meeting of the Olympic Wheelmen will be held next Wednesday night, February 23, at which final arrange ments for the smoker on the 2o.-- Will De made.
 Palace last Wednesday evening was a brli- liant success. The clubs pool and bil- Hard tournament begins tonight. The entries were given in The Call last Sat urday.
 Every Monday night sees a gathering of dog fanciers at the Bay City Wheelmen's s clubhouse. The raising of full-blooded dog of some kind or other has got to be quite fad with certain of the members. Kerrigan, Wetmore, Cofer. Battles Spalding, Boeckmann. Schillng and oth- CTS are all interested in pups, They handle them rather carelessly, however and there is going to be a dog fight there some night that will awaken the neigh borhood.
 nj a membership of eighty active wheelmen has applied for membership in the C. A. c. C. The officers are: Daniel J. Scuily, president: F. s. Jacks, vice-president; A. treasurer; j. G. Kyser, financial secre- tary; John, Parker, captain:
 Habitual Park and Cliff riders and late Sunday morning wheel enthusiasts take a run down the bay road and to the lakes back of Uncle Toms Cabin to-mor- row. A select party of over twenty ladies and gentlemen who have not been riding much this season are going to take along lunch and make the trip, and invite any one so inclined to accompany them They start from Wynnes drug store, Twenty-second and Poison streets at a. m sharp No trouble will be experienced in keeping the pacemaker in sight. Four tandem couples will be In the aggregation The roads were never better-no dust, and smooth This run down by the Six-Mile House along the bay shore and through South San Francisco always proves most enjoyable and acts as a first-class tonic for any one having an early dinner en- gagement. This same party made the trip to Antioch described in last Saturdays Call and pronounce that journey one of the best country rides within radius of fifty miles of this city. They are good at discovering new trips for wheelmen, which will be given from time to time In these columns as fast as they are dis covered" H. W. SPALDING.