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• Ernest C. Barley
  ...h has proved himself by long odds the most efficient representative of the Racing Board we have ever had out here, and his decisions are much admired for the
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• Wheelmen About the Bay Preparing for Big Relay Race Sunday. - San Jose Mercury-news, 10 May 1905
  === Wheelmen About the Bay Preparing for Big Relay Race Sunday. === ...|ROBERT DIEFENBACHER]].<br/>Who will ride for the [[Garden City Wheelmen]] Sunday in [[the big relay]].]]
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• Archie Reid
  ...jpg|thumb|center|500px|THE BAY CITY WHEELMEN'S RELAY TEAM, WINNERS OF LAST SUNDAY'S 100-MILE RACE.<br/>[[T. A Griffiths]], [[C. S. Wells]], [[Archie Reid]], ...ss A men will be strengthened by the appearance of [[Archie Reid]], an old racing member of the Bay Citys recently returned from Scotland.
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• CYCLE RACING MEN ON OREGON PATHS. - Otto Ziegler and Other Flyers to Be Seen in Competition in the Northwest. - The San Francisco Examiner, 12 Aug 1897
  === CYCLE RACING MEN ON OREGON PATHS. === The field of operations of the [[crack]] cycle racing men of this district will change on Saturday, when the best of the local me
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• Jack Dermody
  [[CYCLE RACING MEN ON OREGON PATHS. - Otto Ziegler and Other Flyers to Be Seen in Competit ....jpg|thumb|center|700px|<div style='text-align: center;'>WINNERS OF [[LAST SUNDAY'S 100-MILE RELAY RACE]].</div>
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• THE RELAY RACE CUP. - The San Francisco Call - April 17, 1896
  ==== The Bay City Smoker To-Morrow Night. Some Sunday Runs. ==== The [[California Cycling Club]] will open the [[touring]] season with a run Sunday to [[Tocoloma]], taking the 8 A. M. [[Sausalito]] ferry and local train to
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• WHEELMEN TO BE PUNISHED. - San Francisco Chronicle, 07 Jul 1896
  ...the [[racing board]] notifying him of his disqualification from all track racing for an indefinite period. ...he had the honor of riding second. Owing to his supposed knowledge of the racing rules, his punishment will be more severe than that of the others.
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• VOTARIES OF THE SILENT STEED. - Twelve San Francisco Lady Bikers Organize a Bloomer Club. - San Francisco Chronicle, 03 Aug 1895
  ...l hold a [[race::five-mile handicap road race over the San Mateo course on Sunday, August 25th]]. The [[Verein Eintracht Cycling Club]] will bold a picnic run to Haywards on Sunday, August 11th.
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• WHEELMEN PLANNING FOR CLUB TOURS - The San Francisco Call - Saturday, October 06, 1900
  ...a run and have charge of the arrangements. Now that the club has given up racing every effort will be made to make the country rides attractive. ...n [[Thomas G. Spillane]] of the [[Olympic Wheelmen]], chairman of the road racing committee, has the event in charge.
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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
  ...road record will be made by [[C. M. Smith]] of the [[Garden City Cyclers]] Sunday afternoon. The course will be from [[Milpitas]] to the northern city limits ...l, and it is officially sanctioned by [[George H. Stratton]] of the [[Road Racing Committee]].
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• Annual ten-mile road race of the California Cycling Club
  ...l accompany the contestants, and fast time is expected from the club's new racing men.
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• Alameda Scorchers
  ...lameda Scorchers]] are in doubt as to what uniform to adopt. Why not try a racing jersey and a single-barreled eyeglass? This together with Captain Haslett's ...akland, and vicinity recently organized the California Team Interclub Road Racing Association. The clubs in the association are the Ariel Club of Oakland, th
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• WHEELMEN'S INTERESTS - The San Francisco Call, 19 Jun 1895
  ==== The Garden City Cyclers Have Lost Two of Their Best Racing Men. ==== ...rom the [[Garden City Cyclers]], as thereby the club loses two of its best racing men. Davis and Jones are now employed here, and have stated their probable
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• PICNIC RUNS ARE NOW THE CYCLERS' PASTIME - The San Francisco Call, 11 Jun 1898
  ...ub Wheelmen]], under Captain [[W. L. Loos]], will tour [[Marin County]] on Sunday, the 19th, their destination being [[Tocaloma]]. ...pic Cyclers]] will hold a picnic run to [[Escalles]], [[Marin County]], on Sunday, the 19th inst., and Captain [[Shea]] expects a large attendance.
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• Wheeling. - The Columbia-square Wheelmen have organized - The San Francisco Examiner, 16 Apr 1888
  ...ized with twenty-four charter members. It is intent on placing some of its racing men on the track to compete in the [[Olympic Club]] races in May. ...rth states that the San Franciscos will have a club run to [[Petaluma]] on Sunday, the 22d. The morning boat for [[San Rafael]] will be taken, and from there
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• O. L. Pickard
  ...retary. The initial run of the club under the new management was held last Sunday to the Cliff House. There were 28 members in line, and on returning to Oakl ...via San Jose. His record held for years. At about the height of 'ordinary' racing Bert Lund, unattached, entered the races held at the Oakland Trotting Park
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• Everett S. Dowdle
  ...via San Jose. His record held for years. At about the height of 'ordinary' racing Bert Lund, unattached, entered the races held at the Oakland Trotting Park ...early-day Oakland athlete famous for his boxing, sprinting and velocipede racing ability in the early '90s.
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• THE LEAGUE'S ELECTION. - The San Francisco Examiner, 17 Sep 1895
  ...r of meets, the high standard of the men and the enormous entry lists. The racing interests are invariably the most prominent of the division affairs and wil ...Camera Club Cyclists]] had a run from [[Sausalito]] to [[San Rafael]] last Sunday.
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• Stuart Hight
  ...oad rider, will take part in the relay race. He has no desire to pose as a racing man, and probably will never start in a track race. He is a native of this
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• Louis A. Lamory
  ...via San Jose. His record held for years. At about the height of 'ordinary' racing Bert Lund, unattached, entered the races held at the Oakland Trotting Park
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• TROUBLE OVER A ROAD RACE. - San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jun 1896
  ...d all due to the tandem pacemaking in the five-mile race of that club last Sunday. [[George A. Nissen|George Nissen]], the crack rider of Oakland, has resign ...m the time the latter lowered the world's five-mile record. But up to last Sunday the two had never had an opportunity of deciding who was the better man. Up
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• Fred G. Lacey
  ...76235253/for-the-cycle-tournamentthe-racing/ FOR THE CYCLE TOURNAMENT. The Racing Men Who Will Take Part in Next Week's Races. 16 Feb 1895, Sat The San Franc ...echt, who made such a good showing against Foster in the 25-mile race last Sunday, has returned to Los Angeles, where his business interests are, but will be
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• BIKES, TRIKES, AND SAFETIES. - Oakland Tribune, 17 Oct 1888
  ...|Oak Leaf Club]] of Stockton will also compete. The road was measured last Sunday, and is in fine condition. A good race is promised. Three riders took a trip to Sunol last Sunday by way of Mission pass. They report good roads except for a couple of miles
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• ANGRY COW AIDS LIVIO MAGGINI WIN BIKE RACE - San Jose Mercury-news, 19 August 1907
  A COW who evidently thought [[Livio Maggini]]'s gally colored racing suit had designs on the life of her newly born calf aided him in getting ac ...zing by the roadside with a calf spied Maggini's and Bryant's pink and red racing suits. She put down her horns, stuck her tail straight up in the air and ga
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• Robert Diefenbacher
  ....jpg|thumb|center|700px|<div style='text-align: center;'>WINNERS OF [[LAST SUNDAY'S 100-MILE RELAY RACE]].</div> ...elmen|GARDEN CITY WHEELMEN]] RELAY TEAM, WHICH WON [[100-MILE RELAY RACE]] SUNDAY.<br/> Top row, reading from left to right — [[Chaboya]], [[P. Maggini]],
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• Bearings
  ...en on the coast, and has a penchant for riding to San Jose and return on a Sunday, one hundred miles, "just for the exercise" as he expresses it. ...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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• A. M. Brown
  ...Haslett and O. C. Haslett, of the San Francisco Bicycle Club were in town Sunday. The members of the San Francisco Bicycle Club on Sunday started for a club picnic at Crystal Springs. The start was made from Missi
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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. ...ds in splendid condition for the [[road race of the Bay City Wheelmen next Sunday, February 8th]]. Many of the members have signified their intention of ente
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• Henry C. Smith
  ...e riding, and at seventeen he began making [[century runs]] and doing some racing. At that time he was a member of the [[Garden City Wheelmen]], which was st Henry C. Smith of San Jose has been racing longer than any of the other riders of the four-man machine. He is but twen
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• Harry Francis Terrill
  Is a brother of "Bob," and has been racing in California for several years past. When Harry first commenced riding he "We will say next Sunday the Terrills want to race in France. Where will they ride? Well, let's see.
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• Charles B. Wheaton
  The members of the San Francisco Bicycle Club on Sunday started for a club picnic at Crystal Springs. The start was made from Missi ...ry bicycle, a most creditable performance. Fonda devoted himself to safety racing and was a good man in his day. Plummer was noted principally in the road ra
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• WHEEL WHIRLS. - Oakland Tribune, 24 Sep 1890
  ...h ex-Chief Consul [[Edwin Mohrig|Mohrig]], was out on the San Leandro road Sunday, as smiling as ever. ...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
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• Stanley G. Scovern
  ...ll made the best time. These boys promise soon to be shining lights in the racing line. ...icles of Association of the Proposed Federation - The Enterprising Acmes - Sunday Runs - The San Francisco Call, 01 Aug 1892]]
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• CYCLING NEWS AND COMMENT. - The San Francisco Examiner - 25 May 1895
  ...Board's Bulletin - Camera Club Cyclists' Run - Byrne to Race in Portland - Racing at Santa Cruz. === ...lmen on May 30th at Central Park]] has secured a large entry, and spirited racing should result. The track has been thoroughly overhauled during the past wee
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• CYCLERS' NEW TRACK. - Matinee at the San Jose Course. - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar 1895
  ...own open to the public, and all took the opportunity of inspecting the new racing grounds. The event was not sanctioned by the League of American Wheelmen racing board, and consequently the records made were not official, although a worl
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• E. Ulbricht
  ...ht]], who made such a good showing against Foster in the 25-mile race last Sunday, has returned to Los Angeles, where his business interests are, but will be ...jpg|thumb|center|500px|THE BAY CITY WHEELMEN'S RELAY TEAM, WINNERS OF LAST SUNDAY'S 100-MILE RACE.<br/>[[T. A Griffiths]], [[C. S. Wells]], [[Archie Reid]],
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• W. Waibel
  ....jpg|thumb|center|700px|<div style='text-align: center;'>WINNERS OF [[LAST SUNDAY'S 100-MILE RELAY RACE]].</div> ...elmen|GARDEN CITY WHEELMEN]] RELAY TEAM, WHICH WON [[100-MILE RELAY RACE]] SUNDAY.<br/> Top row, reading from left to right — [[Chaboya]], [[P. Maggini]],
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• WHEELING NOTES. - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume XLI, Number 164, 12 June 1892
  The blind run of the [[Garden City Cyclers]] last Sunday was very successful, fifteen members participating. The course led out towa On next Sunday the [[Century Run of the California Division, L. A. W.]] will come off, the
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• W. N. Brunt
  ...[[W. N. Brunt|Brunt]]'s [[scorch]] of the [[California Cycling Club]] last Sunday over the ten-mile straightaway saw eight entries, and of these three men ro [[J. E. Alexander]], at one time a member of the [[Garden City Cyclers]]' racing team, and Miss [[Wanda Miller]], will be married in San Jose on May 20. [[R
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 1887
  ...ast and received the reply that the application would be referred to the [[Racing Board]] to be appointed at St. Louis in May. The inference was that the ass ...Mateo Wheelmen]] made the trip from Oak Grove to [[Gilroy]] and return on Sunday, the 22d inst. Cyclometers showed a total distance of 130 miles. Total time
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• READY FOR THE RELAY RACE. - San Francisco Examiner - March 31, 1894
  ...began riding only three years ago. Haley won first in the club tryout last Sunday and has just begun as a racer. He rides a [[Rambler]] and will go into the ...est time in the club race last October]. He rides a [[Columbia]] and began racing when he [https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-the-whe
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• Wilbur Frederick Knapp
  .... The local amateurs will probably escort the visitors to the ball park on Sunday and take part in two of the races. ...of the world, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1866; weight, 155 pounds in racing trim, and stands 5 feet 9 inches in height. Won the following championships
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• MANY EVENTS FOR WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle - July 31, 1904
  ...ive consecutive times. With records such as these there will be some great racing and some records may be shattered. ...tps://goo.gl/maps/FBQW2wf9kYUGwxxU9 down the new stage road to Dipsea]. On Sunday they returned to the city. A number of the Bay City riders have signed for
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• Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track
  ...about March 29 the Garden City Cyclers of San Jose propose to give a great racing tournament on their new three-lap cement track, which is said to be the equ [[CYCLING - The Twenty-five Mile Road Race Will Be Run Next Sunday. - Elwell track Mechanics' Pavilion tournament - The San Francisco Call, 24
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• "SMOKER" OF THE BAY CITY CLUB TO-NIGHT - The San Francisco Call - October 15, 1898
  ...]], [[Gus Koppe]], [[S. P. Reeves]], [[F. M. Schaedler]], [[John Shaver]]; racing board, [[Sam Mozingo]], [[Charles Becker]], Dr. [[C. A. Coffin]]. ...to-morrow on the Volunteer. There will be a five-mile road race the first Sunday in November.
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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 The [[Liberty Cycling Club]] will hold its road race, postponed from last Sunday, to-morrow over the [[San Leandro-Haywards course]] at 2 P. M. Captain [[Th
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• CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE. - California Champions Who Start To-Day for Denver. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Jul 1894
  ...hampion with [[Wilbur J. Edwards]] last season, is probably the best known racing man on the Coast. He was born in San Francisco about twenty-two years ago, ...r that he opened up the "[[Wheelery]]" at the [[Park]], and partly gave up racing.
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• Pacific Cycling Club
  ...Pacific Cycling Club]] and the emblem will be a wheel with two wings. Next Sunday's run will be to San Leandro by the way of Laundry Farm, starting on the 9 ...can keep when on the road. Secretary Paulsen is also a new rider. He has a racing bee in his bonnet and may be seen on the track this season.
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• CYCLING UP TO DATE. - Farewell Banquet Tendered Wilbur J. Edwards at San Jose. - The San Francisco Examiner, 27 Jun 1894
  ===== The Coast Champion Has Gone East to Meet the World's Fastest Racers - Racing Men Training for Events. ===== ...r command of Lieutenant [[John F. Burke|Burke]], had a run to Walnut Creek Sunday.
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