The record-union., 1898-10-22
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.
TO-MORROW'S ROAD RACES
STREET RIDING ORDINANCE.
Racing and L. A. W.-Power In
Cycling-The Tandem-Sad-
dIes-Heavy Prizes.

run Dy the racing men or the OdpAlehi
City Wheelmen. The route will be as
before, from Twenty-eighth and
streets via the Stockton roads, hnlsn-
Ing on the macadam near the END OF
the upper Stockton road
The time may be slower than in the
other races, for the roads are consld-
erably heavier. The contest to TINS
date has been a splendid one. 1t mas
awakened new interest in the athletlc
sport, and has developed splendidly the
virtues Of the point system. 1t IS pos
sible that to-morrow's race may not
determine the award of the prizes ana
medals, but it will settle the distrlbu-
tion of Rider-Pins and Honor-Bars. In
the other awards, however 1t is posi-
BILE that there may be one or two ties,
In which cases the tied men will go an
other day to determine the final.
The handicaps were fixed last even
ing as follows: Noyes and Hirsch,
scratch men; Eldred and Wilson, 5O
seconds start; Egeberg and Moeller,
TO seconds; Valentine and Payen. 100
seconds; Clay and Pierson, 10 sec
onds; Hastenplug, $50; Holl, $50. This
gives five well-separated punches, and
will make a companionship on the road
that will develop some good general
ship.
The officers Of the day are: Referee,
M. S. Lavenson; Starter, J. E. Little:
Assistant, Captain Smith; Judges, J. t.
Sheehan, DR.. Todd, George H. Hamlin;
Scorers, Frank Moeller, Ed Prideaux;
Marshal, w. A Hubert; Timers, z. NJ.
Woodson, G. M. Goethe, A. r. Pommer.
A committee of the Capital City
Wheelmen, acting in conjunction with
committee of the City Trustees, last
February, after weeks of hard work
and consulting the ordinances of many
cities from New York to San Fran
CISCO prepared an ordinance relative
to riding and driving in the streets Of
Sacramento, and to protect life and
limb. It was officially published for four
weeks. In July the Chief of Police
again published it for ten days. The
Record Union" on three occasions
published its synopsis twice, with an
illustrative diagram, and in this col
umn 1t has been several times out
lined. Yet, strange to say, there are
officers of the police force who are
ignorant of its provisions, according
to their own confession, and scores
of cyclists declare they do not know
what is required of them under the
law, while it is daily violated with
what would seem to be defiance. Chief
of Police DWyer is now enforcing it.
for which he is entitled to full COM
mendation. There is no reason that
viii excuse any one in not knowing
just what the law is. 1t is simple and
prudent, easily understood and more
easily obeyed. It is to be said for
the Capital City Wheelmen that that
organization is unanimously applaud
ing the Chief, and is doing all in its
power to secure respect for the Jaw
created at the instance of the club
New York Tribune: Recent develop
ments appear to have convinced the
leading officials Of the League of Amer
lean Wheelmen that it would not be
for the best interests of cycling for
that organization to give up control of
professional racing at this time A
few weeks ago many Of the prominent
leaders in the League of American
Wheelmen were outspoken in their an
tagonism to keeping control IF the
sport, and several of the Eastern d.
visions formed a sort Of combination
to vote together with that object in
view at the National Assembly of the
League of American Wheelmen, which
will be held at Providence on the sec
ond Wednesday in February. A de-
cided change in sentiment has been
noticeable during the last few days,
and some of the best posted men in
the League of American Wheelmen say
fhpT6 c h0+ he
will be supreme in both professional
and amateur racing affairs at least for
another year. This information will
be received with positive regret by the
professional riders who have rebelled
against the organization. and who are
now riding in the West outside the
sanction of the league Most of the
professionals were convinced at the
time Of their Strike" that the league
officials had practically decided to give
up the control of the sport with the
close of the present outdoor season.
But for this several of them, at least,
would not have been so hasty in giving
defiance to Uncle Jerry" of the Rae
ing Board.
A paper recently read before a
recorded by dynomometers that It
takes treble as much work to drive a.
machine at sixteen miles an hour as at
eight miles an hour. Judgment and
experience are necessary to enable a
man TO tell the pace that suits him
best under different circumstances. and
ones road-riding ability depends in no
small measure on the possession Of
such judgment.
1T is a good plan in getting a drop
back tandem to have a rim brake fitted
on the back wheel, retaining, of course,
the front wheel spoon brake, which, in
an emergency, cannot be surpassed I"
says an expert. THE rim brake should
be one which. when applied, will re-
main on until released. Then. without
extra labor for the man, the woman
will be able to coast down all the hills,
and avoid the fatigue which back-ped-
aling causes. For use in windy wealth
er there is nothing TO equal a low
geared tandem"
In speaking about trade matters a
prominent dealer says: with the ad-
vent Of the cheap bicycle there is a
tendency to cut down the quality of
saddles, and on all hands 1 hear COM
plants Of the discomfort which riders
and especially novices-are experiencing
from their saddles. However cheap
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