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=== The Wheelmen ===

Not a [[run]], but rather a "climb and [[coast]]" this time was the programme of the [[Bay Citys]] yesterday. The 8 o'clock boat to [[Sausalito]] found the boys all ready for the ride, which they started at [[Ross Station]], and walked and climbed to the very top of the [[Tamalpais|mountain]], about two hours from the station. A register in the book at the top, lunch, a survey of the really magnificent view from that point, the great ocean on one side, San Francisco and San Pablo bays on the other, with the pretty valleys at the base of the mountain, and then the descent. It may have taken two hours to reach the summit, but considerably less than half that time was necessary to get back. The [[scorchers]] went on via [[Corte Madera]] to Sausalito, while the others took the train at Ross Station.

Those on the run were Captain [[Thomas H. Doane]], [[George P. Wetmore]], [[Alex M. Burns]], [[Charles Dietle]], [[Alfred J. Storey]], [[Arthur Barnes]], [[Horace B. Sperry]], [[Calvin N. Langton]], [[Wallace Thompson]], [[Theodore C. Dodge]], [[Albert F. Buneman]], [[Charles H. Rankin]], [[George H. Bell]] and [[George Andrews]], and "Tom," the club dog. [[Edwin Mohrig]] and [[Robert M. Welch]] started for a [[century run]] yesterday morning in order to get a bar for their "[[Century Club]]" badges.

[[T. H. B. Varney]] and [[George Faulkner]] rode to Santa Cruz, via [[Alma]] and [[Hotel de Redwood]], Wednesday of last week on [[pneumatics]], covering the distance in 10h. 45m., which they claim as record. [[H. F. Wynne]], one of the long distance "fiends" who has heretofore held the record, will try to regain it within a few weeks.

The preparations for [[the race meet at Oakland]] go on apace, and from the friendly rivalry which has been started among the several clubs we are sure to see some good races. The three-mile [[ordinary]] and five-mile [[safety]] championships will be run, and not as stated last week, the five-mile ordinary and three-mile safety.

The [[Hesperian Cyclists]] held a run to Piedmont yesterday. After partaking of a luncheon they continued their journey to Alameda, [[W. J. Pattosien]] acting as pace-maker for the day. The club, having been but recently organized, is looked upon with a great deal of interest by the residents of the Mission. The members on the run yesterday were [[Charles W. Etting]], [[Charles F. Meyer]], [[John Merguire]], [[James Temple]], [[W. J. Pattosien]], [[W. H. O'Malley]] and [[W. F. Cordes]].

The [[Pacific Road Club]] held a club run to [[Niles]] yesterday, going via [[Centerville]]. At Niles they fell in with some [[San Jose]] cyclists, and with these they visited the stone dam. On the return trip the San Jose boys went via the mountain road, the Pacific Road Club members via Haywards.

Those on the run were: President [[A. T. Janzen]], [[J. F. Hancock]], [[E. S. Battles]], [[J. C. Luby]], [[George Hicks]], [[L. L. Murch]], [[A. Aiken]], [[Thomas Colestock]], [[J. Simmer]], [[Albert Makison]], [[C. Pomeroy]], [[W. Grimes]], [[R. Gilkey]], [[C. Belloli]], [[M. Lummers]] and [[G. Peterson]].

The [[Bay City Wheelmen]] hold open house for their lady friends next Thursday evening. The membership of the club goes on steadily increasing. Many of the very old members, who had almost forsaken cycling, have with the advent of the [[cushion tire|cushion]] and [[pneumatic]] tires and an appreciation of the good times had by the members of the club again presented their applications for membership.

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