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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 ...seldom loses out in securing a prize. His brother "Bob" does not engage in racing, at present, but as the season advances will in all...
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• Bay district race track
  [https://www.outsidelands.org/bay-district-track.php Bay District Racing Track]
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• THE BICYCLE SPEED TRACK - The Sacramento Bee, 07 Jan 1896
  ...speed [[:Category:Tracks|track]] made its report and submitted a plan of a racing track the estimated cost of which would be $8000. The intention is to form
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• Scorcher
  ...is is not meant to disparage his importance. Without him there would be no racing, and without contests of speed to stimulate the ambition of wheelmen even t
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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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• O. L. Pickard
  ...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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• Clint R. Coulter
  ...manufacturer who was backing him had him give up the long tour and follow racing the rest of the season. Coulter was quite successful, too, and at this mome ...1 1/2, inches, and weighs 185 pounds. He began riding a wheel in 1892, and racing on July 4th last.
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• L. W. Fox
  "Since then," Fox writes, "my racing experience has been the same as the average, winning probably a few more ra [[L. W. Fox|Louis Fox]] has had but two falls since he began racing, and in the first did not get a scratch. He has already won over $2,000 wor
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• James Searle
  [[THE CYCLING WORLD - OLD TIME RACING MEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, Sat, Jul 8, 1893]]
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• John Beckett
  ...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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• ECHOES OF THE RELAY RACE. - The Victorious Garden Citys and Their Speedy Men. - MIDWINTER FAIR TRACK. - San Francisco Examiner, 14 Apr 1894
  ====== It Is In Poor shape and Thoroughly Unfit for Racing Purposes - Something About E. C. Bald, the Wheelman Who Has Broken Several ...s kept up throughout it. Mr. Smith has had considerable experience in road racing, otherwise the Garden City Cyclers might not have won.
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• Bicycle Clubs and Organizations
  [https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/p/falcon-racing-team.html Falcon racing team]
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• Charles B. Wheaton
  ...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 [[THE CYCLING WORLD - OLD TIME RACING MEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, Sat, Jul 8, 1893]]
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• William A. Terrill
  ...rill of the Bay City Wheelmen is making a splendid showing on the National racing circuit. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13047271/syracuse_mile_handicap_b ...y smaller man; always good-natured and smiling, a gentleman and a thorough racing man.
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• Frank Howlett
  [[WHIRLING WHEELS! - The Greatest Racing Meet Ever Held on the Coast. - Alameda Daily Argus - May 31, 1892]]
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• VOTARIES OF THE SILENT STEED. - Twelve San Francisco Lady Bikers Organize a Bloomer Club. - San Francisco Chronicle, 03 Aug 1895
  ...[[racing board]] has forbidden any of the class A men to go on the coming racing circuit, and as the matter now stands they are in a deplorable quandary.
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• William G. Davis
  [[THE CYCLING WORLD - OLD TIME RACING MEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, Sat, Jul 8, 1893]]
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• Another Club for Boys Takes Up Wheeling - San Francisco Chronicle - December 17, 1905
  ...ad of the [[West City Wheelmen]], another club of boys will break into the racing game to-day. The new organization is known as the [[Golden City Wheelmen]], ...his place has been filled by [[John T. Kelly]]. The latter is an old-time racing man, and has long been a member of the club. He intends to hold numerous ra
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• Jack Dermody
  [[CYCLE RACING MEN ON OREGON PATHS. - Otto Ziegler and Other Flyers to Be Seen in Competit ...[[W. Chaboya]]. All these youngsters have had previous experience in road racing. Many are known as being among the fastest amateurs on this coast.
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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.
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• Allan N. Jones
  ...ndicap that day Jones finished second, and these two races cover his whole racing experience. On the [[quadruplet]] Jones is the third man from the front and ...d lad, but is now located in San Francisco. He first commenced his bicycle racing career in this city in 1894, winning a two-mile race, defeating Harrington
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• THE OLYMPIC SPORTS. - San Francisco Chronicle - May 31, 1884
  ==== Some Excellent Foot-Racing by Amateurs. ====
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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
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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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• NEARING A MILE A MINUTE. - The San Francisco Examiner - February 11, 1895
  ...for one of the feet. But the gear used by Edwards is in common use now on racing [[wheels]]. ...com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-fast-cycling/77149431/ He commenced racing on May 11th last, when he finished second in his novice race and also won s
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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.
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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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• THE WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune - July 20, 1892
  To assume control of, regulate and legislate for road racing in California, and to receive and pass upon all claims for records made on
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 1889
  ...that the [[University Wheelmen]] will maintain the position they took as a racing club at the last race meet given here. They should enter at least three men
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• Bay City Wheelmen track at Central Park
  ...e State as to the track and what they think of it when compared with other racing tracks. All those who have ridden on it state that the Bay Citys have struc ...itself a wonderful creation, and has excited widespread interest among the racing enthusiasts. Constructed of boards, six laps to the mile, it is expected to
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• THE CYCLING WORLD. - San Francisco Bicycle Club annexed by Olympic Cycling Annex - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jul 1893
  ...fornia wheelmen a good deal of [[F. D. Elwell|Elwell]], the ex-king of the racing path here. ...the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] is at present in Southern California. He is not racing, but is there in the interests of his business.
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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]]. The [[Olympic Wheelmen]] will hold a racing matinee at the [[Elmhurst track]] in a week or so, when [[George Fuller]] a
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• BYRNE MAKES A NEW RECORD. - San Francisco Examiner. September 10, 1895
  The racing was the great attraction of the day and proved highly exciting. The best by ...he racing men should bear in mind that it is the public which supports the racing, and they must be considered in the manner of running the races, and must b
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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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• BYRNE BADLY BRUISED - An Accident During the Acme Road Race. - The San Francisco Call, 11 Feb 1895
  Time prize, one bicycle suit; time prize (second), one racing suit. ...train for the coming racing tournament at the [[Mechanics' Pavilion]]. The racing team of the club expects to make a good showing at the meeting.
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Nov 1891
  ...The [[Acme Club]] will not be able to put the track in condition for cycle racing until three days before Thanksgiving, so we have been informed, so that rid ...ry:San Francisco Chronicle|Chronicle]]'' - DEAR SIR: At a meeting of the [[racing board]] of [[California Division, L. A. W.]] the three-mile [[safety]] and
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• California Cycling Club
  The Californias had a long discussion on club colors and adopted for racing colors orange and olive green. ...Harvey, Theison and Reid will ride under the colors of the C. C. C. in all racing events in which they may take part, other reports to the contrary notwithst
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• Sanford Plummer
  ...om/clip/19199176/sanford-plummer-racing-safety-and-ordina/ Sanford Plummer racing safety and ordinary 15 Apr 1889, Mon San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco ...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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• Jerome John B. Argenti
  Argenti is not ambitious for racing glory, but for years has been a pedestrian of some note and can ride fast i ...- Champion Ziegler's Teammates, Harbottle and Coulter, and Their Record as Racing Men. - The Czar of Russia as a Cycler. - The San Francisco Examiner, 12 Jan
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• BICYCLE TOURNAMENT. - A Great One Soon to be Held at the New Pavilion. - The Record-Union, 28 Jun 1896
  ...t. That is an [[July, 18966 indoor tournament at Sacramento|indoor bicycle racing tournament]].
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• Stanley G. Scovern
  ...ll made the best time. These boys promise soon to be shining lights in the racing line. [[San Francisco Call, Volume 73, Number 85, 23 February 1893 - RACING ON WHEELS - A Pacific Coast Record Broken.]]
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• Edward Chapman
  Edward Chapman, the Napa racing man who has been riding so fast lately, was in the city this woek on his wa ...among the starters Byrne, Rose and Chapman to finish it out, and as pretty racing as one could wish to see resulted between those men. Byrne was determined t
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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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• THE CYCLING MEN. - A SUPERB TRACK IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED. - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Nov 1893
  ...e during the months of April, May and June, 1894, of the very cream of the racing talent of the United States, and, in fact, of the world. ...[Dirnberger]], [[Bliss]] and [[Foster]] a chance to show what fast bicycle racing really is, and to bring forth all the talent which may be latent in this st
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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
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• EVENTS AMONG THE LOCAL WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, September 14, 1895
  ...d]], [[League of American Wheelmen]], is received. Reference to the league racing rules for 1895 reads: 1. The racing board shall have the power to make such rules for its government at cycle r
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• Clarence Leslie Davis
  ...enty-two years ago and began bicycle-racing, like hundreds of other famous racing men, when he was nineteen years of age. He is the largest man on the [[quad ...sible to get in shape, and, finally, after the San Diego meet, gave up the racing until he went into actual training for the work on the quadruplet. As Davis
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• Charles P. Fonda
  ...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 [[THE CYCLING WORLD - OLD TIME RACING MEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, Sat, Jul 8, 1893]]
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• WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle - 05 Jan 1895, Sat - Page 12
  ...i]] of the [[San Jose Road Club]] is quietly preparing to launch into road racing as soon as the weather becomes more settled. He is confident that his club ...is is true a good drawing card will be lost to the promoters of tbe indoor racing scheme.
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• BENSON WINS THE SILVER CUP. - The San Francisco Examiner, 20 Aug 1894
  The racing officials were: Referee, [[J. F. Hancock]], [[B. C. W.]]: starter, [[M. R. ...clubs will be present during the festivities. The events arranged for the racing of September 10th by the Garden City Club have been amended and are now as
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