The San Francisco call., 1898-04-23
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 The course for the annual 1OO-mile relay race around the bay, which takes place this year on Sunday, May s, has been re- measured and changed in some particu- lars, this work having been done by the road racing committee of the California Associated Cycling Clubs during the past week. The start will be at McAllister and Larkin streets, instead of Tenth and Market, as heretofore. Thence down Larkin to Ninth, Ninth to Folsom, to TWenty-second, to Potrero avenue, turn ing to the right past the City and County Hospital to Twenty-third, turning left up Twenty-third to Nebraska and the San Bruno road.
 From here on the route is the same as before, following the county road to San Jose, covering the second, third fourth and fifth relays. The sixth, through San Jose, has seen some changes, but from there on to the finish the course is the same, except that the finish in Alameda Is different, terminating on Central ave- nue, opposite the dwelling house No 2525. between Pearl and Regent streets, on the left-hand side of the avenue.
 The Olympic Club Wheelmen and the Bay City Wheelmen are both still in doubt as to a few of the men who are en- titled to places on their teams, and will hold tryouts tomorrow to finally decide the question. The Olympics will take the
 
 Mateo to Menlo Park. The Bay Citys will cover the five miles lying between San Leandro and Haywards.
 The Encinal Cyclers are training as- siduously for their tive-mile road race on May l. Captain Curtis expects fully day to Piedmont was well attended.
 The San Luis Obispo ,Wheelmen. through the c. A. c. C.. local consul. J. for two eight-mile road events to be held 
 extensive preparations for their barbecue and general wheelmen's jollification, to be- held at Alum Rock Park on May day. All the San Francisco and Alameda County clubs have been invited
 Captain W. L. Loos will conduct club run of the Olympic Wheelmen to Red- clubs road race. Leave club house at 8 a. m., passing Twenty-second and Fol- ing will be held next Tuesday evening.
 The Bay City Wheelmen had an enjoy- able time at the TivoH last Wednesday evening, when 7S of the members attend. ed theater party in honor of Bob" Mitchell, the local favorlte now appear- Captain Larkin will take a club run over on the a. m. broad gauge boat toe morrow to see the clubs road race at Haywards.
 ballplayer, will leave for Honolulu in a fortnight on on three months trip; known A. ofa reFr oqG has tbe been we'll
 
 gagged by the American Cycle Racing As sociation of New York to captain, one of their big quad; teams that will pace Michael. Charley Wells. also of Califor- mia, will have charge of another. Wells is now in New York, and Terrill will leave here about May 2.
 A P Deacon, captain of the Reliance Wheelmen, and A T. Smith of the En- cinal Cyclers, are matched for a five-mile paced race at the Elmhurst track to- morrow.
 A reader of The Call sends in the fol- lowing interesting communication to this column regarding the trip to Spanishtown as given in local paper last Sunday:
 CITY. April 21. 1898
 To the Cycling Editor of The CalI-Dear Sir: good idea last Sunday. stating that it had es- tablished a touring department, to give par ticulars of rides around San Francisco with maps, etc. 'The maps will be more accurate than any in existence, says your contempor- ary, and then publishes its first map, which in places is so inaccurate that stranger would be hopelessy lost if he tried to follow it. This map was evidently drawn from some old map, and could never have been very correct. There is no excuse for this, al up-to-date and cor rect map of most of the ground covered can Geological Survey. In the newspaper map en- closed the number and positions of the Spring Valley lakes are all wrong, as you will see from rough tracing of the United States map also enclosed.
 l would also make the following criticisms on the description of the trip to Spanshtown: First-The place mentioned Baden is gen. orally known as South San Francisco
 Second-A large part of the road from Six Mile Hill to San Mateo is not excellent going at present being nearly impossible between San Bruno and Millbrae owing to the laying of new pipes, and at all times 1t is indifferent. Third-At Uncle Toms you keep straight on the main road. the road to San Andreas turns out at right angles.
 Fourth-For the dam across Lake San An dreas, five miles away, read: ''Causeway across the Crystal Springs Lake
 Fifth-On the return journey the directions should be: Gross over the big cement dam Crystal sprngs. and proceed along the east shore of lake to head of same up lane to San AndreaS dam, across same and up to the ridga and along same to near the head of lake, then down to Uncle Toms Cabin" the distance from the cement dam to Uncle Toms being paper. Finally, any person well acquainted with the country would advise the trip being taken the reverse way to that recommended as it is all up hill and against wind from the cemeteries in to the edge of the city. I might add that such a trip of seventy miles considering the country over which 1t is taken Is far beyond the powers of a "comparatiye novice, to whom 1t is apparently recom- mended. NO. 62,402, L. A. w R. c. Lennie, the popular tire expo- nent, Will leave on Monday for six weeks trip through Oregon and Washing ton.
 Some good cycling events will he held at San Rafael on Friday afternoon May b, In conjunction with the rose festival The races will be ten-mtle handicar handicap, one-mile handicap and a half mile scratch for boys under Is wears En tries close May 3 with M F. Cochrane. chairman ot the cycling committee of the rose carnival, at San Rafael, from whom full particulars may be had It would probably have been better to have held these events on the following day, Satur- day, May ', as most of the riders who would enter are amateurs, who could easily attend on Saturday but might find 1t hard getting away Friday afternoon. It Is not unlikely that the management may make this change.
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