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• Henry C. Smith
  ...low wheel and made a good showing, riding a close second in the [[division championship]] at [[Central Park track]]. Smith is but five feet six and a half inches t ...low wheel, and made a good showing, riding a close second in the division championship at Central Park track.
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• Los Angeles Wheelmen
  ...championships, - the latter called the national championship. The one-mile championship, run on the Stockton quarter mile track, is the most celebrated in local bi ...he same day Davis and Elwell again came together in the five-mile national championship, this race was tame by comparison with the most sensational race ever conte
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• N. H. Van Sicklen
  ...g the bicycle crazes of the late 19th century. In 1886, he won the 10 Mile Championship of the League of American Wheelmen.[3] It was, however, after changing to t
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• Napa Cycling Club
  ...handicap, 1-mile handicap and 5-mile invitation, and on Thursday a 1-mile championship and 25-mile club relay.
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• Charles Edmund Adcock
  ...iki>[</nowiki>the [[Bay City Wheelmen]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> has produced its championship winners as follows: 1884, Fred Russ Cook; 1885, Fred Russ Cook, W. G. Davis
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• Frank Howlett
  ...Chronicle, 05 Jul 1890|On July 4, 1890, Jesse Ives won the one-mile safety championship of the Pacific Coast at the race meet at San Jose.]]
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov 1889
  ...2-5s. The best time is 2m. 50s., held by P. Kilkelly. The twenty-five-mile championship of Ireland was also won by A. Du Kross in 1h. 27m. 22s., the standard time
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• ON WHEELS. - A Great Day for California Bicycles - Winners of Races - The San Francisco Examiner, 10 Sep 1886
  ...hile on the lead, but his injuries were slight. In the three mile national championship there were four entries, [[S. F. Booth Jr.]] and [[F. D. Elwell]] of the [[ ...[[F. D. Elwell]] carried off the honors in the one mile race for the State championship in 3:16 25, with [[S. F. Booth, Jr.]], second.
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• Alfred Angel Alcayaga
  The last race was five miles, safety, for the State championship, which had nine starters. [[Alfred Angel Alcayaga|Al Alcayaga]] of the Orie
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 1887
  ...elmen, State championship: two-mile, League of American Wheelmen, National championship: half-mile dash; one-mile handicap; three-mile handicap: five-mile handicap Five-mile L. A. W. State championship race - C. A. Biederman, H. C. Finkler, C. E. Adcock, J. Henderson.
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• WHEELMEN PREPARED FOR BIG ROAD RACE - The San Francisco Examiner, April 27, 1902
  ...men as [[Burton Downing|Burton]] and [[Lace Downing]], who hold the coast championship; [[Arthur McDonald]] and [[Tony Delmas]]. The officials in charge of the ra
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• Wilbur J. Edwards
  ...n 1891 he won the race again. In 1892 Edwards got second in the mile State championship, riding against such mon ag Foster, Bell, Waller and Needham, who were crac ...- November 28th - he won the five-mile scratch and also got the half-mile championship.
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• Sixth of a series of five-mile road races - San Jose Road Club - San Francisco Chronicle, 07 Aug 1893
  Ziegler now holds the championship medal for the five-mile race. Having won it three times, it is now his indi
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr 1890
  ...mile, the winners of which are to be sent East to contest in the national championship at the expense of the division.
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• R. W. Turner
  ...rd. F. D. Elwell carried off the honors in the one mile race for the State championship in 3:16 25, with S. F. Booth, Jr., second. Five mile L. A. W. State championship - C. A. Biederman, W. W. Haralson, P. E. Haslett, B. C. W.; L. R. Larzelere
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• Oakland Ramblers
  ...one mile tricycle, five-mile L. A. W. [[:Category:state championship|State championship]], three-mile handicap, one-mile [[star]] wheelers, two-mile handicap, one- ...mile tricycle, five-mile [[L. A. W.]] [[:Category:state championship|State championship]], three-mile handicap, one-mile "[[Star]]," two-mile handicap, one-mile ta
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - San Francisco Call - May 9, 1892
  ...rticle/the-san-francisco-call-bicycle-records-b/127968470/ five-mile State championship race], and the club expects great things of him during the coming season. ...George F. Neece|Neece]]. [[Grant Bell]], the holder of the five-mile State championship, has recently joined the [[Acmes]] and will hereafter wear the [[Acme Wheel
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• The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 13 Jun 1887
  ...ican Wheelmen|the Santa Cruz races]]. He says he will race until he wins a championship. ...eet of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen|L. A. W. State championship]] will bring together the best riders California has ever produced and prom
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• FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1889
  The next race was a two-mile, L. A. W. State championship contest. The Coast record was six minutes. The starters were [[F. E. Southw ...ore the next race, which was one mile, [[Safety]] bicycles, L. A. W. State championship, the Coast record being three minutes ten and four-fifths seconds, that unl
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• Garden City Wheelmen World Famous. - San Jose Mercury-news, 6 September 1906
  ...REPRESENTING [[Garden City Wheelmen|GARDEN CITY WHEELMEN]] WHICH WON COAST CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.<br/> The ten-man team representing this city has held for many years the championship of the Pacific Slope. It has defeated every team entered against it in ever
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