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CYCLISTS FILL THE STREETS - GATHERING FOR THE BIG MEET AT SAN JOSE - San Francisco Chronicle - September 09, 1895

== CYCLISTS FILL THE STREETS ==
=== GATHERING FOR THE BIG MEET AT SAN JOSE. ===
==== Prizes for the Clubs That Parade - Good Sport on the Track Expected. ====
Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.
SAN JOSE, September 8. - Never before had there been so many wheelmen in this city. To-night the streets are crowded with the riders of the silent steeds, who have come to take part in the parade of the California Associated Cycling Clubs to-morrow morning, and also to attend the races at the Garden City Cyclers' track in the afternoon and help cheer their clubmates to victory. Every train that has arrived to-day has brought hundreds of wheelmen from various parts of the State. Delegations from the Garden City Cyclers and the San Jose Road Club have met all the incoming bicyclists and given them a royal welcome.
This afternoon a watermelon run to Alum Rock Park was held. Many indulged in a plunge in the swimming pool.
The parade to be held to-morrow morning will probably be the largest ever witnessed in the State. Prizes have been offered for the club belonging to the California Associated Cycling Clubs having the largest number in line, worth $75. A prize of the same value will be awarded the club making the best appearance. In making the award, the uniform and position of the men and condition of the wheels will be considered.
For the club not a member of the association, having the largest number in line, a $10 prize will be given. As this is a competitive parade, the Garden City Cyclers stipulate that it is necessary that at least three unattached clubs compete for the special $10 prize, otherwise no award will be made.
Great things are expected of Wilbur Edwards at the race meet. Several attempts to break records will be made. In the tandem contest there are eight entries.
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CYCLISTS WILL GATHER AT HAYWARDS FOR BIG RACE - San Jose Mercury-news, 26 April 1903

== CYCLISTS WILL GATHER AT HAYWARDS FOR BIG RACE ==
=== Contest for Eldridge Trophy Will Be an Exciting Event With Six Teams in the Race. Local Wheelmen Have Strong Riders. ===
[This next part is barely legible, as scanned. - MF]
Over fifty members of the Garden City Wheelmen will leave this city early this morning for Haywards to be in attendance at the race for the Eldridge trophy, which will be held under the auspices of the California Associated Cycling Clubs. There will be five teams in the race besides the local team. They will represent the Oakland Wheelmen, the Bay City Cyclers, the California Cyclers, the Pacific Cyclers and the Vallejo Wheelmen.
The race will start at 10 o'clock this morning, with a man from each club in the first relay. Every five minutes following another similar group will be turned loose and they will fly down the course. The average times will be taken and the team having the highest average for the race will be awarded the cup.
The local team is composed of L. and P. Maggini, A. Owen, W. Waibel, Emile Agraz, Carl Marty, Merle Gray, W. Dieffenbacher, J. Buick and J. Berryessa, and all are in the pink of condition. Captain Dermody says they will be able to ride the races of their lives. All but three of the members of the team are new at the racing game, and many of the older riders are inclined to think that their inexperience in riding will lose for them the race. Others hold differently however, and claim that the San Jose youngsters will so far outdistance their competitors that there will be only one side to the race.
By noon to-day the tale will be told and the wise ones will then know better than they do this morning.
CYCLISTS WILL GATHER AT HAYWARDS FOR BIG RACE - San Jose Mercury-news, 26 April 1903
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California Camera Club

See also Camera Club Cyclists.
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California Cycle Racing Circuit Confederation

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Considerable interest is manifested in the performances of Walter Foster, the Olympic Club racer, and Allan Jones, the pride of the Garden City Cyclers of San Jose, who are now racing against the cracks of Southern California in the "California Cycle Racing Circuit Confederation". In that word "confederation" I see the pet scheme of Charles Fuller Gates at last realized, and indeed I am told that it was Gates, assisted by T. H. B. Varney, who arranged this circuit of races, Mr. Varney is always doing something like that to assist the sport, and deserves great credit for his willingness to always foster anything tending to add interest to cycling.
This southern circuit as now arranged is as follows: Races were held at Santa Barbara on May 15 and at Ventura yesterday, and will be held at Pasadena May 20, San Bernardino May 22, Riverside May 23, Santa Ana May 25, Los Angeles May 30 and June 1, San Diego June 8, Bakersfield June 12, and Fresno June 15, thus making a full month's circuit of racing, ten meetings in all, with intermediate days for resting. Last Wednesday the first races of the circuit were ran at Santa Barbara, and as already reported, Burke and Castleman from Southern California carried off all the honors in the class B events. Foster and Jones each won a third place. It is safe to say, however, that Trainer Aylward will have the Rambler team in splendid shape very shortly, and then the positions at the finish may be different. Burke and Castleman each won a first and second prize at the Fabiola Mayday fete races last Saturday, and are in about the best condition of any of the coast class B men at present.
THE WHEELMEN. - J. E. Edwards Wants the World's Five-Mile Road Record. - The San Francisco Call, 18 May 1895
The bicycle scheme known by the name of the California Cycle Racing Circuit Confederation is a flat failure. It was managed by Charles F. Gates, representing a bicycle house. The whole business seems to have been of a very rambling character, a sort of go-as-you-please concern that went as it pleased and, naturally, went all to pieces. Whether it was that Southern California does not offer a sufficiently large field for Mr. Gates' large ideas, or whether Mr. Gates' large ideas are altogether too large for this or any other locality, has not yet been definitely determined; but there is one fact about which there remains no doubt — that the circuit scheme with the big name is a fiasco. The Rambler men here say that the circuit was not paying expenses, and as there was no one in sight to keep on putting up the deficiencies, the thing just naturally dropped out of sight.
The San Francisco Call, June 08, 1895
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California Division, League of American Wheelmen

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See also Northern California Division, League of American Wheelmen, Southern California Division, League of American Wheelmen, Annual race meet of the North California Division, League of American Wheelmen
The State Wheelmen. 
The members of the League of American Wheelmen met Thursday night at the clubrooms of the Bay City Wheelmen to form a State division of the league and elect officers. The names put in nomination for the office of Chief Consul were Edward [Edwin] Mohrig and R. M. Welch. The latter was elected. T. E. Haslett [P. E. Haslett] of Alameda was elected Secretary Treasurer. A committee of five, composed of the following gentlemen: T. L. Hill, E. Moore, F. R. Cook, F. E. Walsh and M. A. Bley, was elected to draft by-laws and regulations for the State division.
The State Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb 1886
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Camp Alta Vista

Appeared to have been in the Glenwood region of Santa Cruz, CA, near Mountain Charlie road.
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Camp Capitola

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Camp Sargent

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Cape Horn, San Mateo county

Leaving San Mateo, a drive of five miles, over a pleasant and romantic road, brings the traveller to Crystal Springs. Tbe road ia liaed on either side, and even extending far back towards the foothills, with dense ahrubbery, and varieties of beautiful native trwea, tucb at the laurel, oak, sycamore, bay, and grove* of tbe beautiful ceanotbua, witb iv delicate blue flowers; the green turf it covered with patches of wiid flowers of every hue and variety, their eweet odor filling tbe air, while tbe warbling of feainered songtten makes, sweet music to tbe ear.
A few miles further on and you come to Barns' (tore, a temporary stopping place. From this point you commence to ascend the mountain, and tbe weather becomes a little cooler, til! you reach "Cape Horn," an extreme point of the mountain, where the wind blows at time* with great violence —from which circumstance, and the peculiar locality, the iiame ie derived. The change in the temperature is a moct grateful relief from the heat and lust in the earlier part of the trip. From thi« point the scenery ie grandly beautiful, and fills tbe beholder with wonder aud awe. I may be pardoned, perhap*, if I paute a moment and briefly describe it. Tbe ttage road winds up, around and down the mountain, in a serpentine course — the ride and tbe sight are worth tbe trouble of tbe whole journey. On one tide it a frightful looking precipice, down wbich tbe eye can wander for feveral hundred feet, enough to make one giddy-beaded; on the other side the mountain rite* to a vast elevation, tbe gidt* covered with a coat of emerald green to the summit, about wbich are peejil&f myriads of wild flowers of erery variety,
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Daily Alta California, Volume 19, Number 6270, 15 May 1867
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Casino

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The Casino Roadhouse at 24th Avenue and Fulton Street., circa 1910 - Photo by A.L. Murat
In 1882 the Daeman brothers erected the Casino as a restaurant and bar in Golden Gate Park near the Conservatory of Flowers. The Casino never had a good reputation, and perhaps the serving of liquor contributed to activity not in keeping with values the public wanted displayed in their park. 
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Castroville

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Centerville

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Chance Acquaintance Club

__NOTOC__
=== Place ===
Oakland, CA
=== Emblem & Uniform ===
=== Established ===
=== Members ===
* F. B. Freeman
* M. C. Rambo
* Al Raphael
* B. H. Ryan
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Quite a party of wheelmen and wheel-women will picnic at Schaefers Grove, near Ross Station, Marin County, to-morrow, including members of the Camera Club Cyclists and the Chance Acquaintance Club of Oakland. They will take the 9 A. M. Sausalito ferry and train to Corte Madera and ride from there to destination. After lunch a run will be made to Larkspur for a dip in the salt water baths there.
The San Francisco Call, San Francisco, California · Saturday, May 01, 1897
The Chance Acquaintance Club has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: M. C. Rambo, president; F. B. Freeman, vice-president; Al Raphael, secretary-treasurer; B. H. Ryan, captain. The initial run will be to San Lorenzo to-morrow. 
The San Francisco Call, San Francisco, California · Saturday, May 22, 1897
The Chance Acquaintance Club and another called Our Own Bicycle and Social Combination will have a joint run to-morrow to San Mateo, first visiting the Spring Valley lakes via Uncle Tom's Cabin. A large party is expected, as this is one of the prettiest trips in San Mateo County.
THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, 14 August 1897
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Charles A. Beiderman

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With Tinkler [Finkler] of the San Franciscos, Adcock of the Bay City Wheelmen and Biederman, the great unwashed, the championship ought to prove a very interesting affair.
The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 1887
During the following year, however, several records went under, and this season has gone on record as one of the most successful in the history of the Division. The annual meet of that year was held in Santa Cruz, on July 4th. This place had been agreed upon after much discussion, for Sacramento had been very anxious to obtain the meet, but the intense heat then prevailing in the Capital City induced the wheelmen to choose Santa Cruz as the more desirable spot. The races were held at the mile horse-track, [about here according to this and this - MF] some distance from the heart of the city, but in spite of this fact, there was quite a large attendance. The programme comprised the mile novice, the one-mile Division championship, the ten-mile Division championship, a half-mile scratch, a one mile handicap, and a five-mile handicap. On this occasion, for the first time on the Pacific Coast, the mile was ridden under three minutes, and the meeting was long famous for the records established. George H. Adams first lowered the mile record to 2 minutes and 55 2-5 seconds in the novice race. W. G. Davis cut it down to 2:52 in the mile championship, and C. A. Beiderman cut it down still further by riding it in 2:50 1-5. The three-mile record was lowered to 9:28 3-5 by A. S. Ireland, who started from scratch in the handicap race. W. G. Davis, starting from scratch in the five-mile handicap race, distanced all his competitors, and placed the records for two, four, and five miles at 6:17 1/2, 12:42, and 15:49, respectively.
The Wheel in California - Overland Monthly Vol. XXII July - December 1893
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Charles A. Elliot

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=== Clubs ===
Bay City Wheelmen
Charles Elliot is an old-time rider. He became a member of the Bay City Wheelmen in 1887 and is now serving his second term as director. He is in the lumber business.
THE LEAGUE MEETING. - All the Crack Riders Will Compete. - Officers of the Bay City Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jun 1893
The new board of directors of the Bay City Wheelmen went into office last night and the event was celebrated in a fitting tyle. The eleven men elected to the directorate for the ensuing year are: F. H. Kerrigan, W. D. Sheldon, W. H. Hallett, A. J. Menne, F. H. Watters Jr., S. Plummer, C. N. Langton, H. F. Terrill, G. H. Wetmore, W. H. Topeka [Toepke] and C. A. Elliot. These men are representative wheelmen whose names have been connected with the sport for years past, and with such good material the new board should make a wonderful improvement in the condition of the club.
THE WHEEL. - The San Francisco Call, 16 Sep 1894
There has been no opposition to the regular ticket of the Bay City Wheelmen for directors, as has been erroneously reported, and those who are elected for the ensuing year are: Hon. Frank H. Kerrigan, Sanford Plummer, Walter D. Sheldon, Albert J. Menne, William H. Toepke, Harry Larkin, Frank H. Watters, Charles A. Elliot, Horace P. Howard, Byron D. Bent and George P. Wetmore. The road officers are: Sanford Plummer, captain; George P. Caldwell, first lieutenant; Gustav Rosburg, second lieutenant.
THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 14 Sep 1895
Charles A. Elliot, one of the charter members of the Bay City Wheelmen, was married recently to Miss Smith of Stockton and is now receiving the congratulations of his friends and fellow members. In those good old cycling days when a rider (we all rode ordinaries then) knew personally every other rider in the City and the make of his wheel (there were only two or three different styles), Elliot was one of the most enthusiastic riders and took many long country trips in company with Steve Knapp, Billy Meeker, Ralph Thompson, Billy McClure, Fred Allan, Porter Libby, Robert M. Welch, Frank James, the writer and others, some of whose names you seldom hear of in cycling affairs nowadays.
THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 04 Jul 1896
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Charles A. Elliott

Charles A. Elliot October 1861 – 6 November 1925
=== Clubs ===
Bay City Wheelmen
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The below pair of articles helps determine, by marriage and groomsmen that the genealogy above is correct. - MF
Elliot-Smith.
At high noon yesterday Charles Elliott of San Francisco and Miss Jessie Smith of this city were married at the residence of the bride's parents on San Joaquin street, between Church and Sonora, Rev. R. H. Sink officiating. The wedding was very quiet, only the relatieves and immediate friends of the bride and groom being present. The residence was beautifully decorated. Miss Georgie Smith acted as bridesmaid and and Richard Elliott as groomsman. A wedding breakfast followed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott left for San Francisco on the afternoon train yesterday.
Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, Stockton, California, Fri, Jun 5, 1896, Page 1
But of the directors only six of the old board are returned, being the first six named, while those who were replaced were Sanford Plummer, Byron D. Bent, W. H. Toepke, Charles A. Elliott and H. P. Howard. True, Mr. Howard had resigned and Mr. Elliot had married, and Mr. Toepke expressly declined re-election, but the gossips are wondering why "Sandy" Plummer, who was once captain, was "turned down" by the nominating committee, and why "Professor" Bent, one of the most popular members, was not returned to the directorate.
THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - September 05, 1896
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Charles A. Kraft

=== Clubs ===
Bay City Wheelmen
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Charles A. Kraft of the Bay City Wheelmen, who has justly earned the right to be called the best road-rider in the State, will endeavor to make a new coast record for twenty miles to-morrow morning over the San Leandro triangle. The arrangements have been in the hands of D. Lloyd Conkling, and are so complete that it would seem Kraft cannot fail to break all coast records and possibly establish one lower than any Eastern performance. Nothing but an accident or a poor road will prevent him, for he certainly has the speed, determination and all that go to make up a record-breaker.
THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, 14 August 1897
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Charles Albert Adams

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=== Clubs ===
* Olympic Club Wheelmen
* Camera Club Cyclists
FOR GOOD WHEELING.
Committee Appointed to Draft a Suitable Ordinance. 
City and County Attorney Creswell, as chairman of the wheelmen whose object is to promote good wheeling in this City, has appointed the following committee to frame ordinances for the regulation of wheelmen in this County to be submitted to the Board of Supervisors:
L. R. Ellert, manager California Title and Insurance Company, Mills building, unattached wheelmen: F. H. Kerrigan, Justice of the Peace, new City Hall, Bay City Wheelmen; Charles A. Adams, attorney-at-law, 137 Phelan building, Olympic Club Wheelmen and Camera Club Cyclists: Joseph F. Coffey, attorney-at-law, Supreme Court building, Olympic Cyclers, and Harry F. Wynne, [Henry F. Wynne] druggist, northeast corner Folsom and Twenty-second streets, California Cycling Club. On recommendation Chairman Creswell himself was added to this committee.
The six gentlemen will try to frame ordinances that will not only satisfy wheelmen but will protect pedestrians and drivers in every particular. They fully realize that the walking and driving public want their rights on the highway preserved and protected as well as the wheelmen. Ex-Mayor Ellert has been made chairman of the committee. He will call a meeting at an early date.
FOR GOOD WHEELING. - The San Francisco Call, 24 Oct 1895
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The officials for the trial have been named as follows: Referee, Charles Albert Adams; starter, Henry L. Day; judges, C. N. Ravlin, Sanford Plummer, R. A. Smyth, J. C. Hines and H. W. Spalding; timers, Fred L. Day, George P. Wetmore, James W. Coffroth and Edwin E. Stoddard.
THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, 14 August 1897
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