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• THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - September 05, 1896
  ...any [[track]] racing hereabouts for some time to come. In this event road racing will thrive - that branch of the sport which the [[L. A. W.|league]] frowns ...lle]], taking the 9 o'clock broad-gauge boat. The latest bulletin of the [[racing board]] is as follows:
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• John F. McGlynn
  ...engraved, by the Olympics in recognition of his earnest work in developing racing talent for the club.
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• THE WHEEL. - Picnic Run of the Bay Citys - Oakland's Lady Riders - Oakland's Lady Riders - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1890
  The week has been a charming one as far as bicycle racing is concerned and the roads both in this city and the interior are now in pr [[Frederick Clift]] of Oakland has been appointed a member of the District Racing Board.
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• CYCLING NEWS AND COMMENT. - The San Francisco Examiner - 01 Jun 1895
  ...t on [[1895/05/30 Decoration Day race meeting of the Bay City Wheelmen|the racing at Central Park]], as it prevented fast time, which always arouses enthusia Chairman [[Robert M. Welch|R. M. Welch]] has issued the following bulletin of racing information:
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• ROAD RECORD TRIAL. - To Be Made by Charles M. Smith of the Garden City Cyclers. - San Jose Mercury-news, 16 October 1896
  ...l, and it is officially sanctioned by [[George H. Stratton]] of the [[Road Racing Committee]].
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• Walter Romain Lovegrove
  ...aps the speediest rider in the club, and bids fair to develop into a great racing man. Lewis C. Hunter, the secretary of the wheelmen, is also secretary-trea ...he Olympic Club Wheelmen. H. A. Alexander, J. E. Alexander, who has a fine racing record, and George W. Pollard, members of the Garden City Cyclers were also
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• Bearings
  ...Van Sicklen|Van Sicklen]] and [[George K. Barrett|Barrett]], both old-time racing men, $50,000 net during the year 1895, its decline can be quickly measured.
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• San Jose Road Club
  ...ing. The object of the club is to advance the interests of road-riding and racing for the purpose of physical improvement and the promotion of amateur sport. ...team will therefore be known as the Falcon team. All will wear Nile green racing suits.
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• F. Ed Spooner
  ...erated in a leadership role within the organizing and promotion of bicycle racing, and who successfully made the transition to press and photographic coverag ...is 24 years old, 5 feet 10 1/2 inches high, and weighs 144 pounds when in racing condition. There is not a half ounce of fat anywhere in his anatomy. He was
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• Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club
  [[WHIRLING WHEELS! - The Greatest Racing Meet Ever Held on the Coast. - Alameda Daily Argus - May 31, 1892]] ...yesterday morning. It was the preliminary [[parade]] announcing the great racing event for the afternoon. [[Wheelmen]] had spent hours in decorating their m
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• TO OLYMPUS ON WHEELS. - Annual Feast and Games of the O. C. Cyclers at Escalles. - San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 1898
  ...st enjoyable cycling run of the season. The Cyclers care not for races for racing men, their entire energies being devoted to having a good time and being ho ...uring his short sojourn in the north, and is not nearly so anxious to talk racing as he was upon first arrival. After backing down from propositions to race
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• WHEELMEN PREPARED FOR BIG ROAD RACE - The San Francisco Examiner, April 27, 1902
  ...h Holle]] and [[A. B. Moffitt]]; clerk of the course, [[George E. Dixon]]; racing committee, [[M. C. Rambo]], [[Frank Bollo]], [[H. L. McInerney]], [[C. W. C
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• WHEEL WHIRLS. - Another Bicycle Club Has Been Organized in This City. - Oakland Tribune, June 24, 1891
  ...e run. Several Oakland men went by train to San Jose with the intention of racing him back to this city, but were unable to keep in the lead of this redoubta
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• With the Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 02 Feb 1891
  ...d to hold races should have a meeting and decide on dates at once, so that racing men may know how matters stand.
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• Casey Castleman
  ...his year. He is only 17 years old, but tips the beam at 168 pounds when in racing condition. Castleman is six feet tall, and has demonstrated his ability as [[Howard E. Raymond|H. A. Raymond]], chairman of the [[racing board]] of [[League of American Wheelmen]], under date of August 23d places
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• OUR CYCLE CHAMPIONS. - The Fastest Riders in the State. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 1893
  ...will send their best men to represent them. In view of the opening of the racing season something about the speediest men in California will be of interest. ...[Star]] of his own manufacture. Bell is 29 years old, weighs 155 pounds in racing condition and is five feet ten inches tall.
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• WHEEL WHIRLS. - Oakland Tribune, 24 Sep 1890
  ...ong both wheelmen and makers in general. It is an undisputed fact that for racing purposes the pneumatic tired wheels will have to be placed in a class by th ...ces on the 25th instant and ends two days later. They have a new track for racing and many records are expected to be lowered.
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• Lowell High School
  The [[racing board]] of the league has issued its bulletin, No. 21, dated September 19,
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• Reliance Club Wheelmen
  ...an; Second-Lieutenant, Fred Knight; Bugler, H. P. Carlton. This places the racing men in charge of the wheeling part of the Reliance A. C., and as the office ...- Champion Ziegler's Teammates, Harbottle and Coulter, and Their Record as Racing Men. - The Czar of Russia as a Cycler. - The San Francisco Examiner, 12 Jan
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• George H. Stratton
  ...aps the speediest rider in the club, and bids fair to develop into a great racing man. Lewis C. Hunter, the secretary of the wheelmen, is also secretary-trea
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