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• WHEELMEN'S ROAD RACES - San Francisco Call - August 19, 1895
  ==== Olympic and Imperial Clubs' Five-Mile Events at San Mateo. ==== ...past three months, but none have proved such drawing cards as the two five-mile events run off yesterday after-noon by the [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]] and th
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• OAKLAND'S BIKES BUZZ. - Oakland Tribune - March 14, 1904
  ...able club runs taken by the [[Oakland Wheelmen]] came off yesterday. Fully twenty-five members of this popular organization visited [[Haywards]], [[San Leandro]] ...l be held on the following Sunday, March 27, at Haywards. It will be a ten mile race around the [[Haywards triangle]].
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• THE WHEELMEN. - San Jose Road Club's Five-Mile Road Race To-Morrow. - HE IS AN ENTHUSIAST. - Henry Martin Now Rides a Bike for Pleasure. - San Francisco Call, 3 August 1895
  ==== San Jose Road Club's Five-Mile Road Race To-Morrow. ==== [[San Jose Road Club]] — Five-mile road race.
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• William M. Meeker
  ...he affair. He raced a little in 1885, his best performance being in a five-mile race at Benicia, when he beat [[W. G. Davis]] from scratch, allowing the la
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 1887
  ...e State championships have yet to be approved by the racing board. The two-mile national has not yet been assigned to this division, but it has been asked One-mile maiden - [[Fred Hood]], [[J. Henderson]], [[B. H. Patrick]], [[Charles B. W
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• FROM FRISCO TO SAN DIEGO - Oscar Osen of San Jose Does It Inside of Four Days - The San Francisco Examiner, 26 May 1894
  ...to reel off many a mile this day. Weather fine, cool, calm. I paced him a mile or so and put him onto a wrinkle in the road to Santa Maria." When it is taken into consideration that the three days, twenty-two hours and twenty-five minutes includes three good nights' sleep and nearly fifteen stops for meal
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• Charles B. Wheaton
  ...of Alameda surprised his many friends by making a great record in the one mile handicap at Stockton. ...d undoubtedly have the advantage of Plummer, but for any distance over one mile Plummer would have as great, if not a greater advantage over him. Both men
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 06 Jul 1895
  ...t the game again, and showed he had not lost his speed, by winning the one-mile handicap class A quite handily. The accident in which [[Frank M. Byrne|Byrn The [[Acme Club Wheelmen]] will hold [[a ten-mile road race over the Fruitvale-Haywards course on July 28]]. This will be a b
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN - J. B. Carey Rides the First Century. - The Question of Race Meet Dates. - San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan 1895
  The [[Acme Wheelmen]] announce a [[five-mile handicap club race to be held on February 5th]], providing the roads dry up The Garden City Cyclers intend bolding [[a twenty-five-mile race on May day between San Jose and Gilroy]]. The course is a straight one
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• To the Summit of Mount Diablo by Wheel. - Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Apr 1889
  [[Frank E. Richardson|Richardson]] will enter the five-mile race. [[Wheelmen]] have for some time been anxious to see what he can do. What's the matter with [[Clarence Howard]] for the mile novice?
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• A LOS ANGELES WHEELMAN. - Fox Will Represent Southern California at the Fair Races. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Apr 1894
  ...nfortunate and won nothing, not even getting credit for breaking the three-mile record, which I lowered 37-1/2 seconds, for the judges lost count of the la ...f by defeating the Coast champion, [[Walter Foster]], and lowering the two mile record. At this meet Mr. [[Otto Ziegler, Jr.|Zeigler]] treated me to the pr
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• Frank J. Waller
  At the twenty-five mile road race of the Alameda Bicycle Club, held on the San Leandro triangle on [[Frank Waller sets the 25-mile record, rides from Oakland to top of Mount Hamilton and back - June, 1891]
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• Lincoln G. Hodgkins
  [[Frank Waller sets the 25-mile record, rides from Oakland to top of Mount Hamilton and back - June, 1891]]
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• Columbia Square Wheelmen
  ...bia League Wheelmen]] a few days ago, was full of incidents. The four "100 mile per day runners of the wheel" were [[W. B. Wegener]], [[M. D. Garratt]], [[
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• BICYCLE EXCURSION. - Sonoma Democrat, 14 July 1894
  ...oints of interest. Pacific Grove is more modern. The celebrated [[eighteen-mile drive]] is a splendid road. The beach at Pacific Grove is but a small spot
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• John W. Leavitt
  ...[Leavitt & Bill trophy]] that was awarded to the winning team of the [[100-mile relay race from San Francisco to Oakland]] for many years.
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• CYCLERS IN TRAINING - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 1895
  ...the [[Olympic Club Wheelmen|Olympic Club]], will try for the world's five-mile record tomorrow over the course from San Mateo to San Carlos. Everything wi The [[California Cycling Club]] will hold its third trial for the mile handicap club races to-morrow at 9:30 A. M. at the Central Park irack. So f
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• THAT TWENTY FOUR HOUR RECORD - Bearings, The Cycling Authority of America, June 24, 1892
  ...ry of Waller's Wonderful Ride in California - Also Broke the Three Hundred Mile Record - Dieted on Doughnuts - Was the Timing Reliable ==== [[Grant Bell]], five-mile state champion, paced for the first eight miles. Waller applied himself dil
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• George Loring Cunningham
  ...s://www.newspapers.com/clip/69259760/golden-gate-race-course-aka-bay/ half-mile track] with the intention of trying a brush, but owing to its heavy conditi ...of Twenty-fifth and Folsom streets], was the scene of the contest, and the mile race was [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13360072/r_searle_wins_first_outd
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• THE CYCLING WORLD. - San Francisco Bicycle Club annexed by Olympic Cycling Annex - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jul 1893
  ...ck where the international races are to be held. The track (one-third of a mile) I must say was some what of a disappointment to me. The turns are fairly w ...rifle, second prize, gentleman's traveling bag; third prize, sweater. One-mile handicap, first prize, order for business suit; second prize, silk umbrella
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• Al Col
  ...W. G. Davis, scratch: J. E. Hickenbotham. twenty-five yards; C. W. Hammer, twenty-five yards; T. W. Gilmour, fifty yards; W. T. Durant, seventy yards; [[Al Col]], His long, sinewy form was a familiar sight on the old quarter-mile cycle track which the Garden City Wheelmen constructed years ago on South F
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• THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call, 27 July 1895
  There will be a big road race over [[the ten-mile course from Fruitvale to Haywards]] to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock betwee The [[Crescent Athletic Club Wheelmen]] of Berkeley will hold a one mile track race for club members at the [[Oakland Trotting Park]] on Sunday, Aug
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle 15 Jun 1895
  ===== Foster to Try for a World's Twenty-five-Mile Record - Many Country Trips Contemplated. ===== ...ssociated Cycling Clubs|Associated Cycling Club]]'s annual [[:Category:100-mile relay race from San Francisco to Oakland|relay]] course and a schedule shou
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call - August 29, 1896
  ...ub there will put up a good-sized purse for the event. The [[Stockton half-mile track]] is being watered and rolled daily and will be a fast course on the ...tember 13. There will be a five-mile handicap, starting at 11 A. M., and a mile handicap, starting at 2:30 P. M. Entries should be sent to [[Frank M. Byrne
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 04 May 1895
  ...lunch will be ready on their arrival. On May 12 the club will hold a five-mile road race from San Mateo to San Carlos, in which [[Frank Byrne]] will endea ...s' [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90021903/five-mile-record-broken/ five-mile record of 13 min. 10 sec., made two weeks ago from San Mateo to San Carlos]
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• Clint R. Coulter
  "Then I went in for the State record, and rode a standing start unpaced mile in 2:19, which became the world's record for a four-lap track at that time. ...pen events and two handicaps, and I also got the Iowa State record for the mile in competition, the time being 2:18.
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - Growth of the Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club. - Century Run of the Orientals - A New Club. - End of the Thousand-Mile Relay Race. - The San Francisco Call, May 23, 1892
  ==== Century Run of the Orientals - A New Club. - End of the Thousand-Mile Relay Race. ==== ...n Francisco 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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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Sep 1894
  ...]'s [[scorch]] of the [[California Cycling Club]] last Sunday over the ten-mile straightaway saw eight entries, and of these three men rode it in thirty mi ...race meet on September 10th, and is expected to make a good showing in the mile race.
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• City's Businessmen as Wheelmen - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 73, 13 March 1908
  ...ingle newspaper was sold for $1, four men making up a pool by contributing twenty-five cents each. Without long delay the Hancocks started at 10:30 o'clock, climbed a five-mile hill, slid down another, pedaled a steeper six miles, crossed the State lin
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Jul 1888
  The division racing board has accepted the two-mile record of 6:10 4-5, made by [[F. D. Elwell]] at Oakland on 9th June last. S ...re lowered, and it was shown that we have a number of men able to ride the mile under three minutes.
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 27 Apr 1895
  ...ause, though others have made better time in speed trials, his record of a mile in competition at 2:04 stands as the greatest performance ever made on a wh ...mile ever ridden on a bicycle. and the coast record for the half mile and mile."
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• J. E. Alexander
  ...eptember 9th at San Jose he won second place in both the one mile and five mile scratch races. At Stockton September 16th with a twelve pounds heavier whee ...at it would spread out like a sail. In this way I floated along mile after mile, scarcely pedaling ten miles out of the entire fifty.
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 21 Sep 1895
  ==== The Bay City Wheelmen's Five-Mile Road Race To-Morrow. ==== ...the cyclers of the [[Young Men's Christian Association]] will hold a five-mile event from San Mateo to San Carlos, for which there are ten entries, who, w
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• Victor A. Hancock
  The Pacific Road Club's 10-mile handicap road race took place yesterday around the San Leandro triangle bef ...ing. It will be better in a month or so. Plenty of walks up three and four mile hills. We used drags with success down all the long grades. The roads for t
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• GOLDEN GATE PARK JOTS. - The San Francisco Call, 08 Apr 1895
  ...from the north drive just before reaching the track. It is a little over a mile long and at the west end joins the main drive that runs to the [[Ocean Beac
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• Great Hundred-Mile Relay Race to Be Run To-Morrow - The San Francisco Call, 11 Apr 1896
  ==== Great Hundred-Mile Relay Race to Be Run To-Morrow. ==== The [[:Category:1896 annual 100-mile relay race|third annual 100-mile relay race]] of the [[California Associated Cycling Clubs]], starting here,
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• Albert A. Bouton
  ...|Whiskers Bouton]] of the Oakland wheelmen made quite a showing in the two-mile safety handicap. He was running behind when the crowd began to yell "Go it,
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• CYCLERS ARE AROUSED - San Francisco Chronicle, 01 Sep 1894
  The [[San Jose Road Club]] will hold its next five-mile race on Sunday, September 5th, being the second race of the series. [[Walte ...RT L. LONG]], HOLDER OF THE COAST RECORD FOR ONE-THIRD AND TWO-THIRDS OF A MILE.]]
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 08 Jun 1895
  ==== C. S. Wells to Try for the World's Five-Mile Road Record. ==== [[California Cycling Club]] - Mile club race at [[Bay City Wheelmen track at Central Park|Central Park]], 9:30
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• THE WHEELMEN. - All Ready for the Great San Jose Meet on Friday and Saturday. - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1895
  [[:Category:1895 annual 100-mile relay race|The great relay race of last Sunday]] has been run over again ev ...calities have from time to time held 100-mile relay races, and even [[1000-mile interstate relay races from Chicago to New York]].
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• THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - October 26, 1895
  ...ered. [[Guy Frost]], the winner of the first of the Royals' series of five-mile road races, has been presented with a trophy in the shape of a handsome gol ...id clever work. The fact that one got under twenty-four minutes, six under twenty-five, six under twenty-six, seven under twenty-seven, four under twenty- eight,
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• THE WHEELMEN - The San Francisco Call, 01 Jun 1895
  ...f the [[Reliance Club Wheelmen]] will go against the tandem record for one mile, class A, of 2:09, made by [[B. E. Clark]] and [[O. B. Smith]] of the [[Gar The following are the handicaps for the two-mile class A and the two-mile class B, the other two events being scratch races:
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• WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Jun 1895
  The [[California Cycling Club]] will hold a five-mile [[handicap]] road race on Sunday, June 16th, over the [[San Mateo course]], The [[Golden Gate Cycling Club]] will hold its initial five-mile handicap road race on Sunday, June 30th over the [[San Mateo course]]. Mess
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - A Cycling Trip to Santa Cruz - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jun 1895
  ...to hold on the Fourth a mile novice, one mile handicap, class A, and a one mile handicap, class B. Valuable prizes are offered for each event. ...esen]] of the [[California Cycling Club|Californias]] will try for the ten-mile Coast record to-morrow over the [[Haywards course]], and will be paced by s
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• Stephen Horton Knapp, Jr.
  ...k of Tamalpais, an achievement they may well be proud of, as the last half mile (where the others left their wheels) is covered with brush and loose rocks. ...25 Aug 1890, Mon, Page 7 - WHEELMEN’S WHIRLS - Entries for the Twenty-five-mile Race. Trip to Tamalpais.]]
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• THE SPEEDY CYCLERS. - Coast Records Sure to Be Lowered. - Eastern Cracks Now on the Road. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr 1894
  ...ovice, one-mile [[handicap]], two-mile handicap, one-fourth-mile dash, one mile juvenile (for boys under 16 years). These races are open to all amateurs un ...[spurt]], the speed of the local riders will increase anywhere from ten to twenty-five per cent.
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 22 Jun 1895
  ...ing in that vicinity awheel. Pescadero is sixty-three miles away, the last twenty-five miles being over the roughest kind of a hilly country, where walking was ge The Oakland Young Men's Christian Association Cycling Club held a five-mile road race last Saturday afternoon over the course from Fruitvale to San Lea
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jun 1895
  ...ing. The pace will be set to accord with all in line. The distance is only twenty-five miles each way, and the roads are in excellent condition. A fine lunch has ...d Young Men's Christian Association Cycling Club]] held its postponed five-mile handicap road race last Saturday over the [[San Leandro triangle|San Leandr
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• THE NATIONAL CIRCUIT RACES. - The San Francisco Examiner, 09 Nov 1895
  ..., while more will go down this morning to witness the contest for the five-mile championship, the first time on this Coast when [[class A]] and [[class B|B ...any entries for this race that the club will probably run trial heats at a mile and then the five miles for the final. The race will be tandem paced.
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• Frank D. Elwell
  [[File:F. D. ELWELL, ONE MILE 2-48 1 2.jpg]] ...Club Compete. - Wed, Feb 24, 1886 - Page 3 - Oakland Tribune|1886/02/22 50-mile road race from Gilroy to Menlo Park]]
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