The San Francisco call., 1910-09-03
CHUG CHUGS Will
GO TO PLEASANTON
MOfOrcycIiStS of San Francisco
Invite OakfanderS to Be
Holiday Guests

The members of the San Francisco
motorcycle club will hold their second
annual outing tomorrow and Labor day.
The motorcyclists of Oakland will be.
the guests Of the club on this event
The riders will leave the city at and
S o'clock Sunday morning and ride lei
surely to Pleasanton, making the trip
in about two hours Sunday afternoon
d program of races has been arranged
for.
This is not race meet, but merely
outing for a few hours of amuse
ment. No prizes will be given, but the
racing viii be done for the pure sport.
Post entries of impromptu nature are
in order and all motorists are invited
to participate. The program of events
for Sunday afternoon, beginning a 2
o'clock, is composed of the following
10 races;
Five miles for single stock machines; FIVE
miles. for double stock machines; five miles, for
single belt machines; five miles. for double belt
machines; relay race OF three teams Australian
pursuit race over 20 mile course: maiden nov
city race, open on;y 20 riders who have never
won an event; special event for racing ma
chimes; novelty race. crawling through the bar
rel at the tape, disnou1t Eve miles and ride for
i've miles, for tandem; test race FOR steering
circlinC objects on the track: ladies race, over
three mile course; tandem race. carrying ladies,
three miles.
On Monday there will be relay race
between the teams from Oakland and
San Francisco. The rest Of the pro-
gram for the day viii be announced at
Pleasanton on Sunday evening. There
is a possibility that a baseball game
VIII take place
At the arst annual run held to Los
Gatos last year there were 200 in at
tendance. and from present indications
this number is likely to be doubled for
the coming event.
In speaking of the use OF the motor
cycle in municipal service and its grow
ing popularity, c. c. Hopkins, local
agent for the Indian motorcycle, said
yesterday:
"On August two belt drive Indians
were delivered to the Sacramento po-
lice department for use in controlling
traffic in the capital city. This makes
more than 60 cities in the United tSates
now using the Indian in their police
service and more than 500 machines In
the hard. daily running. The follow
ing letter was received from Harry R.
Kiessig company. Sacramento agents
for the Indian: The machines arrived
in good order. We had no trouble with
the demonstration. The chief of police
was very much pleased with the ma
chimes in every particular and accepted
them immediately
The last motorcycle meet that will
ever be held a t Tournament park Pasa-
dena, viii be held Labor day afternoon
| under the auspices of the Pasadena mo-
! torcycle club. The Crown City motor
/ lists are planning to make the event
one of the biggest ever held in the
south. Horsemen at the Tournament
| park track claim that the motorcycles
ruin the track, and because of this fact
! the owners have decided to allow no
more motorcycle races after the Labor
DAY meet.
Motorcycle racing at the Coliseum
will be started during the first or sec
| ond week in September, according to
an official announcement issued last
week by President Hood of the Los An
| geles motorcycle club.
The opening meet will be held under
the auspices of the Los Angeles motor
| cycle club and will be produced under
! the auspices of the special committee
! of the club, consisting of the followin g
| members: w i. Cannon, Roy Simons
! (chairman), A. Janeway, Gal Blaylock.
| c. Mccullough.
Arrangements will be made to bring
| many of the fastest amateur and pro-
| fessional riders of the country together
| at the big opening meet. Invitations
| will be issued TO the best riders of the
| eastern and Salt Lake tracks.