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[[SAN JOSE]], August 19. - The [[race::five-mile handicap road race]], under the auspices of the [[San Jose Road Club]], came off to-day. The start was made at the corner of [https://goo.gl/maps/zMGKhWRvtmp9Lg6a7 Alum Rock and McLaughlin avenues], and the finish was made at a point on McLaughlin avenue about 300 yards from the starting point.
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[https://goo.gl/maps/bxrV3aUSKomLrrKy5 The route was out Alum Rock avenue to the Story road, thence to King's road, thence to the McKee road and back to McLaughlin avenue]. The racers struck a stretch of gravelly road and this was what caused the slow time and is also responsible for the falls of Belloli and Berryessa.  
Betting was lively, [[Oscar Osen|Osen]], [[J. C. Smith|Smith]] and [[Otto Ziegler, Jr.|Ziegler]] being the favorites. The [[scratch]] men were Ziegler, J. C. Smith and Oscar Osen. [[A. M. Hobson]] and [[C. J. Belloli]] were given thirty seconds [[handicap]] and [[J. T. Bailey]] and [[C. J. Sullivan]] forty seconds each. The starting point was [https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63779 Quincey's motor-house], and the handicap men kept their lead till McLaughlin avenue was reached. There Sullivan was first, Bailey second, Belloli third and Hobson fourth. The scratch men came next, with Ziegler first and Osen and Smith following. On the King road the three scratch men passed the handicaps, and Osen led the race when the turn into Alum Rock avenue was made on the homestretch. Ziegler was second. Then the exciting race began. When about 400 yards from the finish Ziegler made a remarkable [[spurt]], and began to crowd up until he took the lead. He crossed the finish mark first, making the run in 14m. 42 1.5s., amid wild cheering; J. C. Smith second, 14m. 45s.; Oscar Osen third, 14m. 45 2-5s., and Sullivan fourth, 15m. 11s. All of these broke the coast record of 15m. 48 1-5s., made by J. C. Smith of this city, who was in this morning's race.
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[[Sixth of a series of five-mile road races - San Jose Road Club - San Francisco Chronicle, 07 Aug 1893]]
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[[SAN Jose]], August 19. - The [[race::five-mile handicap road race]], under the auspices of the [[San Jose Road Club]], came off to-day. The start was made at the corner of [https://goo.gl/maps/zMGKhWRvtmp9Lg6a7 Alum Rock and McLaughlin avenues], and the finish was made at a point on McLaughlin avenue about 300 yards from the starting point. It was expected that the Coast record for the distance, 13:57, held by [[Otto Ziegler]], would be broken, as [[Floyd McFarland]] and [[Ted Belloli]], the two [[scratch]] men, have been in training for some time in preparation for the event.
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Revision as of 00:59, 3 January 2023

SAN JOSE, August 19. - The five-mile handicap road race, under the auspices of the San Jose Road Club, came off to-day. The start was made at the corner of Alum Rock and McLaughlin avenues, and the finish was made at a point on McLaughlin avenue about 300 yards from the starting point.

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The route was out Alum Rock avenue to the Story road, thence to King's road, thence to the McKee road and back to McLaughlin avenue. The racers struck a stretch of gravelly road and this was what caused the slow time and is also responsible for the falls of Belloli and Berryessa.

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BENSON WINS THE SILVER CUP. - The San Francisco Examiner, 20 Aug 1894.png

BENSON WINS THE SILVER CUP. - The San Francisco Examiner, 20 Aug 1894

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