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	[[File:Screen Shot 2017-06-02 at 5.52.42 PM.png\|thumb\|center\|[[P. R. MOTT]], [[Acme Wheelmen\|Acme Club Wheelmen]]. [[D. T. WHITMAN]], [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]]. [[Floyd A. McFarland\|F. A. McFARLAND]], [[San Jose Road Club]]. THREE CRACK CLASS A RIDERS.<br/>[''original photo [https://archive.org/stream/waspjandec1895unse#page/n611/mode/2up/search/acme here]''] ]]		[[File:Screen Shot 2017-06-02 at 5.52.42 PM.png\|thumb\|center\|[[Percy R. Mott\|P. R. MOTT]], [[Acme Wheelmen\|Acme Club Wheelmen]]. [[D. T. Whitman\|D. T. WHITMAN]], [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]]. [[Floyd A. McFarland\|F. A. McFARLAND]], [[San Jose Road Club]]. THREE CRACK CLASS A RIDERS.<br/>[''original photo [https://archive.org/stream/waspjandec1895unse#page/n611/mode/2up/search/acme here]''] ]]

	The picture accompanying this article shows three of the fastest and best known [[class A]] riders in California, representing three of the largest cycling clubs — [[Percy R. Mott]], [[Acme Club Wheelmen]]; [[Dan T. Whitman]] (of Los Angeles), [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]], and [[Floyd A. McFarland]], [[San Jose Road Club]]. The picture gives the impression of an actual race - Mott's side glance at Whitman's wheel, the latter's determined look, and McFarland with that celebrated hump on his back.		The picture accompanying this article shows three of the fastest and best known [[class A]] riders in California, representing three of the largest cycling clubs — [[Percy R. Mott]], [[Acme Club Wheelmen]]; [[Dan T. Whitman]] (of Los Angeles), [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]], and [[Floyd A. McFarland]], [[San Jose Road Club]]. The picture gives the impression of an actual race - Mott's side glance at Whitman's wheel, the latter's determined look, and McFarland with that celebrated hump on his back.
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	The Reliance Club Wheelmen will hold a ten-mile try-out to-day over the triangle course, starting at 2 o'clock. It is to select three more riders for the team for next Sunday's big race, and will be contested by Gooch, Elford, Griffith, Curtis, Brereton and probably several others. Yeoman and Bates have already been selected and Mott also, but the latter's parents objected to his riding in so long a race, and he was forced to give up the position.		The Reliance Club Wheelmen will hold a ten-mile try-out to-day over the triangle course, starting at 2 o'clock. It is to select three more riders for the team for next Sunday's big race, and will be contested by Gooch, Elford, Griffith, Curtis, Brereton and probably several others. Yeoman and Bates have already been selected and [[Percy R. Mott\|Mott]] also, but the latter's parents objected to his riding in so long a race, and he was forced to give up the position.
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Morgan: Created page with "[https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC8V-8Y9 Percy Robert Mott 12 November 1877 – 4 August 1952] === Clubs === * Acme Club Wheelmen * Reliance Club Wheelmen ----
Percy Mott.]] ... I present this week likenesses of Percy R. Mott and Walter Jamison. Mott is a new luminary in the cycling sky, but his few performances have been brilliant an..."

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Created page with "[https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC8V-8Y9 Percy Robert Mott 12 November 1877 – 4 August 1952] === Clubs === * Acme Club Wheelmen * Reliance Club Wheelmen ---- <blockquote> thumb|center|[[Percy R. Mott|Percy Mott.]] ... I present this week likenesses of Percy R. Mott and Walter Jamison. Mott is a new luminary in the cycling sky, but his few performances have been brilliant an..."

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[https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC8V-8Y9 Percy Robert Mott 12 November 1877 – 4 August 1952]

=== Clubs ===
* [[Acme Club Wheelmen]]
* [[Reliance Club Wheelmen]]

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[[File:The San Francisco Call Sat May 25 1895 Mott.jpeg|thumb|center|[[Percy R. Mott|Percy Mott]].]]

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I present this week likenesses of [[Percy R. Mott]] and [[Walter Jamison]]. Mott is a new luminary in the cycling sky, but his few performances have been brilliant and his future as a racer is bright. In build, manner and countenance he much resembles [https://italiawiki.com/pages/campionati-del-mondo-di-ciclismo-su-pista/campionati-del-mondo-di-ciclismo-su-pista-1893.html Julian Pye Bliss], the great Chicago racer. He rides for the [[Acme Wheelmen|Acme Club Wheelmen]] of Oakland, and added to the club's great list of victories at the [[Fabiola fete in Oakland, May 11]], by winning the one-mile handicap, class A.
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[[The Wheelmen - The San Francisco Call, 25 May 1895]]

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[[File:Screen Shot 2017-06-02 at 5.52.42 PM.png|thumb|center|[[P. R. MOTT]], [[Acme Wheelmen|Acme Club Wheelmen]]. [[D. T. WHITMAN]], [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]]. [[Floyd A. McFarland|F. A. McFARLAND]], [[San Jose Road Club]]. THREE CRACK CLASS A RIDERS. [''original photo [https://archive.org/stream/waspjandec1895unse#page/n611/mode/2up/search/acme here]''] ]]

The picture accompanying this article shows three of the fastest and best known [[class A]] riders in California, representing three of the largest cycling clubs — [[Percy R. Mott]], [[Acme Club Wheelmen]]; [[Dan T. Whitman]] (of Los Angeles), [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]], and [[Floyd A. McFarland]], [[San Jose Road Club]]. The picture gives the impression of an actual race - Mott's side glance at Whitman's wheel, the latter's determined look, and McFarland with that celebrated hump on his back.
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[[THE WHEELMEN. - San Jose Road Club's Five-Mile Road Race To-Morrow. - HE IS AN ENTHUSIAST. - Henry Martin Now Rides a Bike for Pleasure. - San Francisco Call, 3 August 1895]]

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====== FIFTH RELAY. ======
{|
!Position at finish.
!Rider.
!Club.
!Time.
!Actual Riding Time.
|-
|1
|[[C. R. Coulter]]
|[[Olympic]]
|11:15:44
|26:34
|-
|2
|[[Al Hubbard]]
|[[Garden C]]
|11:15:44
|26:19
|-
|3
|[[A. J. Menne]]
|[[Bay City]]
|11:15:47
|25:25
|-
|4
|[[E. J. Smith]]
|[[Acme]]
|11:17:47
|27:27
|-
|5
|[[Ray Hogg]]
|[[San Jose Road Club|San Jose]]
|11:17:49
|25:04
|-
|6
|[[H. Sternberg]]
|[[California]]
|11:18:25
|25:22
|-
|7
|[[L. S. Leavitt]]
|[[San Francisco Road Club|San Fran]]
|11:20:34
|25:49
|-
|8
|[[P. R. Mott]]
|[[Reliance]]
|11:21:54
|26:54
|-
|9
|[[T. Alboselle]]
|[[Imperial]]
|11:24:00
|28:38
|-
|10
|[[M. E. Gaines]]
|[[Alameda Cyclers|Alameda]]
|11:29:18
|29:33
|-
|colspan="5"|Fastest time - 1894, 27:55; 1895, 28:13.
|}
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[[WELLS WON FOR THE BAY CITYS. - For the Second Time This Club Gets the Relay Cup. 100-mile relay race - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1896]]

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The Reliance Club Wheelmen will hold a ten-mile try-out to-day over the triangle course, starting at 2 o'clock. It is to select three more riders for the team for next Sunday's big race, and will be contested by Gooch, Elford, Griffith, Curtis, Brereton and probably several others. Yeoman and Bates have already been selected and Mott also, but the latter's parents objected to his riding in so long a race, and he was forced to give up the position.
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[[WHEELMEN TO BE PUNISHED. - San Francisco Chronicle, 07 Jul 1896]]

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