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This was a huge competition every year, around the bay, 100 miles, from San Francisco to Oakland through San Jose. Each team had ten men who raced ten mile legs, taking a relay from the previous rider of their team and handing off to the next. It was club against club but also man against man.  
This was a huge competition every year, around the bay, 100 miles, from [[San Francisco]] to [[Oakland]] through [[San Jose]]. Each team had ten men who raced ten mile legs, taking a [[relay]] from the previous rider of their team and handing off to the next. It was club against club but also man against man.  
 
[[File:The San Francisco Call Sat Apr 11 1896 3 modified.jpg|thumb|center|700px|This route, for the 1896 [[100-mile relay race from San Francisco to Oakland]], from [[Great Hundred-Mile Relay Race to Be Run To-Morrow - The San Francisco Call, 11 Apr 1896]], shows the use of the [[San Bruno road]], as opposed to the [[San Jose road]], for the exit from [[San Francisco]].]]
 
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This was a huge competition every year, around the bay, 100 miles, from San Francisco to Oakland through San Jose. Each team had ten men who raced ten mile legs, taking a relay from the previous rider of their team and handing off to the next. It was club against club but also man against man.

This route, for the 1896 100-mile relay race from San Francisco to Oakland, from Great Hundred-Mile Relay Race to Be Run To-Morrow - The San Francisco Call, 11 Apr 1896, shows the use of the San Bruno road, as opposed to the San Jose road, for the exit from San Francisco.

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