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  • Racing Board
    ...ue of American Wheelmen]] which created and enforced the rules for bicycle racing. There were local members in each division. {{Special:Whatlinkshere/Racing Board}}
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  • The Wheel
    ...tional racing board of the League of American Wheelmen, is Chairman of the racing board of the North California Division of the League of American Wheelmen.
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  • National Racing Board
    #REDIRECT [[Racing Board]]
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  • Racing board
    #REDIRECT [[Racing Board]]
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  • OTTO ZEIGLER CLAIMS BRIDE - Petaluma Argus-Courier - July 18, 1932
    ...ago as the result of an accident while racing]. He met his bride during a racing contest in San Jose. ...he [[Bay City Wheelmen]] Club [[runs]] from [[San Francisco]] when bicycle racing was the main attraction.
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  • Charles Fuller Gates
    The Southern California racing circuit has turned out a grand fizzle, owing to the mismanagement of [[Char ...referee was in a better position to decide the question of a foul than the racing board could now be."
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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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  • Howard E. Raymond
    ...VISION]]. [[Howard E. Raymond|HOWARD E. RAYMOND]], CHAIRMAN [[Racing Board|RACING BOARD]], [[L. A. W.]]<br/>WELL KNOWN OFFICIALS OF THE [[L. A. W.|LEAGUE OF I first knew Chairman [[Howard E. Raymond]] of the National Racing Board when he was one of the strong road riders of the Brooklyn Bicycle Clu
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  • George F. Taylor
    ...ing some excellent prizes. He is at present a member of one of the fastest racing teams in the country, and it is reasonable to suppose that he will do much
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  • Outing Cycle Club
    ...akland, and vicinity recently organized the California Team Interclub Road Racing Association. The clubs in the association are the Ariel Club of Oakland, th [[RACING WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 22 Feb 1888]]
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  • Scratch
    Scratch refers to handicap marks in scratch racing, which some running races like [https://www.dipsea.org/ the Dipsea] still u
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  • Class A
    ...his legal residence, except by special permission from the member of the [[Racing Board]] in charge of his district. ...ts of cycling solely for the purpose of effecting the sale of a cycle; but racing men in the employ of cycling establishments may be transferred to Class B.
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  • Professional
    Receives pay for bicycle racing, or teaching bicycling. Not [[Class A]] or [[Class B]] under [[League of Am
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  • Class B
    ...an $150, except in the case of special sanction having been given by the [[Racing Board]] for a greater value prize at any special meeting. ...o answer questions touching his amateur status, to the satisfaction of the Racing Board, inside of thirty days, shall be declared to have forfeited his amate
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  • BICYCLING. - The San Francisco Call, 24 Jun 1890
    The following extracts are taken from the article on "Racing," written by [[Robert Assheton Smyth|R. A. Smythe]] for the “Division Roa ...ng [[wheels]] of to-day. It was not considered necessary to have elaborate racing-rigs, and tradition says that [[Edwin Mohrig]], who, as a racer, legislator
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  • BAY CITY PARTY HAS BEEN POSTPONED - San Francisco Call - February 08, 1899
    ===== T. Alfred Griffiths, Who Won Fame for the Club in Its Racing Contests, Passed Away Yesterday Morning. ===== Owing to the death of [[T. Alfred Griffiths]], a prominent member and racing man of the club, the [[Annual smoker of the Bay City Wheelmen|fourteenth an
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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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  • Clement Joseph Belloli
    Road racing committee — J. F. Hancock, S. F. B. C.; L. A. Lamory, Acme; C. J. Belloli [[San Francisco Call, Volume 73, Number 85, 23 February 1893 - RACING ON WHEELS - A Pacific Coast Record Broken.]]
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  • RACE MEETS A'PLENTY - The Minneapolis Journal - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Thursday, May 13, 1897
    === The L. A. W. Racing Board Has a Pro- gram of Its Own === ==== FOR RACING IN THIS STATE IN 1897 ====
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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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  • California Cycle Racing Circuit Confederation
    ...g against the [[cracks]] of Southern California in the "[[California Cycle Racing Circuit Confederation]]". In that word "confederation" I see the pet scheme ...d June 12]], and [[Fresno June 15]], thus making a full month's circuit of racing, ten meetings in all, with intermediate days for resting. Last Wednesday th
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  • David Marshall
    [[David McT. Marshall]], the well-known ex-racing man of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]], was married last Thursday at high noon to
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  • HIS RACING CAREER - Walter Foster Gets Favorable Mention. - Alameda Daily Argus, 19 Oct 1895
    === HIS RACING CAREER === "The man of the year in California cycling racing has unquestionably been [[Walter F. Foster]] of the [[Olympic Club Wheelmen
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  • W. H. Gibbons
    There were a few people who might have been this W. H. Gibbons, racing bicycles in 1884. The person mentioned in newspaper articles only raced for
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - Election of Officers of the Ariel Bicycle Club. - Oakland Tribune, 01 Feb 1888
    An [[California Team Interclub Road Racing Association|interclub road race association]] has been formed, which the [[ [[Category:California Team Interclub Road Racing Association]]
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  • The Bicycle - The San Francisco Examiner, 29 Nov 1886
    ...on the road leading to San Leandro, on the day of the race. but as all the racing men took the train that number does not represent all the wheelmen who were [[Category:racing]]
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  • Edward Carl Bald
    ...did not have much success on the circuit, but be learned a lot about track racing. At Buffalo, though, he won the city championship. ...A few weeks ago he decided with his trainer, [[Asa Windle]], who is an old racing man, to come here for the Midwinter races. But in common with the other fas
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  • Otto Ziegler, Jr.
    So far as the racing was concerned the surprise of the day to the uninitiated was the fast ridin ...hat there is big money in bicycle racing, while as a fact only three other racing men -Zimmerman, Sanger and Johnson - have received as big a salary as Ziegl
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  • 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. ...of the Bay City Wheelmen has announced his intention of retiring from the racing path on account of business interfering with training.
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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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  • Henry Carl Finkler
    ...San+Francisco+Bicycle+Club San Francisco Bicycle Club]. He first commenced racing in 1882-83, and during those years won all the prominent races. One of his [[THE CYCLING WORLD - OLD TIME RACING MEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, Sat, Jul 8, 1893]]<br />
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  • Sacramento New Pavilion indoor track
    ...ation by turning out in thousands at each event. That is an indoor bicycle racing tournament. ...e track and after the State Fair, and to allow the Capital City Wheelmen's racing team the use of the itrack during the winter months; also, to permit the Ca
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  • E. S. Battles
    ...ighs 135 pounds in riding condition, and is only 18 years of age. He began racing in 1892 in the road races of the Pacific Road Club, being more or less succ
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  • Colin C. Harbottle
    C. C. Harbottle is also one of the newer riders, having begun racing on July 1, 1893, at the annual championship meet of the [http://omeka.tplcs ...- 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov 1889
    W. W. Taxis, the crack racing man, who had such phenomenal luck on the path this season, has competed in ...o participated in the Omaha tournament, but the chairman of the [[National Racing Board]] of [[League of American Wheelmen|American Wheelmen]] decides that t
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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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  • A LOS ANGELES WHEELMAN. - Fox Will Represent Southern California at the Fair Races. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Apr 1894
    ...Whom Great Things Are Expected - Howard Raymond, Chairman of the National Racing Board, and Local Representative R. A. Smyth - Classification of Wheelmen. = ...VISION]]. [[Howard E. Raymond|HOWARD E. RAYMOND]], CHAIRMAN [[Racing Board|RACING BOARD]], [[L. A. W.]]<br/>WELL KNOWN OFFICIALS OF THE [[L. A. W.|LEAGUE OF
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  • The Wheel. - San Francisco Examiner, 21 Mar 1887
    Now that the [[Olympic Club]] is dabbling in bicycle racing it should provide a [[home trainer]] for its members. ...as commenced practice in the Boston gymnasium, preparing for next season's racing.
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  • Ariel Bicycle Club
    ...akland, and vicinity recently organized the California Team Interclub Road Racing Association. The clubs in the association are the [[Ariel Bicycle Club|Arie [[RACING WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 22 Feb 1888]]
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  • THE CYCLING WORLD - OLD TIME RACING MEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, Sat, Jul 8, 1893
    === OLD TIME RACING MEN. === ...of history and to note the men who in the past have been prominent on the racing path.
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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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  • 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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  • RACING WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 22 Feb 1888
    === RACING WHEELMEN. === ...land, and vicinity recently organized the [[California Team Interclub Road Racing Association]]. The clubs in the association are the [[Ariel Club]] of Oakla
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  • Thomas L. Hill
    ...settled down now to a quiet enjoyment of the wheel. He was prominent as a racing man, and has taken a leading place in wheeling circles. He is a splendid pr
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  • Charles D. Bates, Jr.
    ...an; Second-Lieutenant, Fred Knight; Bugler, H. P. Carlton. This places the racing men in charge of the wheeling part of the Reliance A. C., and as the office ...- 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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  • Garden City Wheelmen World Famous. - San Jose Mercury-news, 6 September 1906
    .../maps/sgN3DAiphT1sCyt89 23 North Third street], a new era began in bicycle racing in this vicinity. Plans for future meets and other interesting events are n ...the result of a desire on the part of the club members to promote bicycle racing, but a few progressive business men are also interested. If the idea is wor
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  • Haight-street Baseball Grounds
    ...ll be established. The handicaps have been arranged by R. A. Smythe of the Racing Board of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen, and as Mr. S
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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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  • 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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  • 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 ...lle]], taking the 9 o'clock broad-gauge boat. The latest bulletin of the [[racing board]] is as follows:
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  • John F. McGlynn
    ...engraved, by the Olympics in recognition of his earnest work in developing racing talent for the club.
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  • THE WHEEL. - Picnic Run of the Bay Citys - Oakland's Lady Riders - Oakland's Lady Riders - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1890
    The week has been a charming one as far as bicycle racing is concerned and the roads both in this city and the interior are now in pr [[Frederick Clift]] of Oakland has been appointed a member of the District Racing Board.
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  • CYCLING NEWS AND COMMENT. - The San Francisco Examiner - 01 Jun 1895
    ...t on [[1895/05/30 Decoration Day race meeting of the Bay City Wheelmen|the racing at Central Park]], as it prevented fast time, which always arouses enthusia Chairman [[Robert M. Welch|R. M. Welch]] has issued the following bulletin of racing information:
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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
    ...l, and it is officially sanctioned by [[George H. Stratton]] of the [[Road Racing Committee]].
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  • Walter Romain Lovegrove
    ...aps the speediest rider in the club, and bids fair to develop into a great racing man. Lewis C. Hunter, the secretary of the wheelmen, is also secretary-trea ...he Olympic Club Wheelmen. H. A. Alexander, J. E. Alexander, who has a fine racing record, and George W. Pollard, members of the Garden City Cyclers were also
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  • Bearings
    ...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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  • San Jose Road Club
    ...ing. The object of the club is to advance the interests of road-riding and racing for the purpose of physical improvement and the promotion of amateur sport. ...team will therefore be known as the Falcon team. All will wear Nile green racing suits.
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  • F. Ed Spooner
    ...erated in a leadership role within the organizing and promotion of bicycle racing, and who successfully made the transition to press and photographic coverag ...is 24 years old, 5 feet 10 1/2 inches high, and weighs 144 pounds when in racing condition. There is not a half ounce of fat anywhere in his anatomy. He was
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  • Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club
    [[WHIRLING WHEELS! - The Greatest Racing Meet Ever Held on the Coast. - Alameda Daily Argus - May 31, 1892]] ...yesterday morning. It was the preliminary [[parade]] announcing the great racing event for the afternoon. [[Wheelmen]] had spent hours in decorating their m
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  • TO OLYMPUS ON WHEELS. - Annual Feast and Games of the O. C. Cyclers at Escalles. - San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 1898
    ...st enjoyable cycling run of the season. The Cyclers care not for races for racing men, their entire energies being devoted to having a good time and being ho ...uring his short sojourn in the north, and is not nearly so anxious to talk racing as he was upon first arrival. After backing down from propositions to race
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  • WHEELMEN PREPARED FOR BIG ROAD RACE - The San Francisco Examiner, April 27, 1902
    ...h Holle]] and [[A. B. Moffitt]]; clerk of the course, [[George E. Dixon]]; racing committee, [[M. C. Rambo]], [[Frank Bollo]], [[H. L. McInerney]], [[C. W. C
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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.
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  • Casey Castleman
    ...his year. He is only 17 years old, but tips the beam at 168 pounds when in racing condition. Castleman is six feet tall, and has demonstrated his ability as [[Howard E. Raymond|H. A. Raymond]], chairman of the [[racing board]] of [[League of American Wheelmen]], under date of August 23d places
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  • OUR CYCLE CHAMPIONS. - The Fastest Riders in the State. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 1893
    ...will send their best men to represent them. In view of the opening of the racing season something about the speediest men in California will be of interest. ...[Star]] of his own manufacture. Bell is 29 years old, weighs 155 pounds in racing condition and is five feet ten inches tall.
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  • WHEEL WHIRLS. - Oakland Tribune, 24 Sep 1890
    ...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 ...ces on the 25th instant and ends two days later. They have a new track for racing and many records are expected to be lowered.
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  • Lowell High School
    The [[racing board]] of the league has issued its bulletin, No. 21, dated September 19,
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  • Reliance Club Wheelmen
    ...an; Second-Lieutenant, Fred Knight; Bugler, H. P. Carlton. This places the racing men in charge of the wheeling part of the Reliance A. C., and as the office ...- 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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  • George H. Stratton
    ...aps the speediest rider in the club, and bids fair to develop into a great racing man. Lewis C. Hunter, the secretary of the wheelmen, is also secretary-trea
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  • Wheelmen About the Bay Preparing for Big Relay Race Sunday. - San Jose Mercury-news, 10 May 1905
    ...[[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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  • Imperial Cycling Club
    ...is is true a good drawing card will be lost to the promoters of tbe indoor racing scheme.
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  • Pathfinder Bicycle Club
    ...unkirk, N. Y. They have a number of members and expect to be heard from in racing circles before long.
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  • California Associated Cycling Clubs
    To assume control of, regulate and legislate for road racing in California, and to receive and pass upon all claims for records made on 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. - The San Francisco Call, 06 Jul 1895
    ...95 annual meet of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen|The racing at San Jose on July 4]] attracted the greatest attention the past week. [[J ...at San Jose]]. This will be a big affair and will doubtless draw the best racing talent of the State. It is possible, also, that some of the Eastern men may
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  • San Leandro triangle
    ...e times, equaled almost exactly 25 miles, a commonly-used unit of distance racing. Below are some original articles, maps, and a summary of the course.</i> ...ubs]] — was [[San Francisco Call, Volume 73, Number 85, 23 February 1893 - RACING ON WHEELS - A Pacific Coast Record Broken.|successfully run off over the Sa
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  • W. E. Griffith
    ...e Club Wheelmen, and A. P. Swain, captain Acme Club Wheelmen. The National racing circuit will open at this fete, going to Santa Rosa on May 2. It will attra
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  • WHEELING NOTES. - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume XLI, Number 164, 12 June 1892
    ...his life against Bell. [[William R. Lipsett|Lipsett]] is having a special racing machine built for him, and Mr. [[Burton Clarence Lund|Lund]] of Oakland wil
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  • PICNIC RUNS ARE NOW THE CYCLERS' PASTIME - The San Francisco Call, 11 Jun 1898
    ...he local riders have picked up these soldier-cyclers as "good things" in a racing sense, wherein they have been badly fooled, as many a soldier has shown the ...ournament at the [[Pavilion]] next winter, managed by the [[American Cycle Racing Association]]. Alt Ellinghouse, well-known in theatrical circles here, is t
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  • Great Hundred-Mile Relay Race to Be Run To-Morrow - The San Francisco Call, 11 Apr 1896
    [[R. M. Welch]] of the [[National Racing Board]] has issued his bulletin No. 6, dated April 9, 1896, as follows: ...ck building], Portland. Or., is appointed representative of the [[National Racing Board]] in Oregon.<br/>
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  • W. N. Brunt
    [[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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  • Bert C. Menne
    ...weighs 150 pounds when in riding trim. He first came into prominence as a racing man in the [[Bay City Wheelmen]]'s [[electric light race meet on August 22,
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  • Thomas R. Knox
    [[San Francisco Call, Volume 73, Number 85, 23 February 1893 - RACING ON WHEELS - A Pacific Coast Record Broken.]]
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  • H. W. Squires
    ...champion of the coast for so many years and who was said to be in splendid racing condition. ...elegant boulevard Foster, Wells, Squires and Ziegler flew, neck and neck, racing like mad, for all desire to loaf had left them, now that the finish was nea
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  • Sacramento (Oak Park) outdoor track
    ...ittee appointed on a speed 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 "What racing that meet will provide! The track is unquestionably the fastest three-lap a
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  • READY FOR THE RELAY RACE. - San Francisco Examiner - March 31, 1894
    ...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 ...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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  • FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1889
    ...as in fine condition, but the weather was warm for the visitors, who found racing hard work. [[Category:racing]]
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  • WHEN SAN JOSE’S BUSINESSMEN WERE CYCLISTS - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 72, 12 March 1908
    ...cle had reached this stage in its development, having participated in many racing events on the old clumsy "[[ordinary]]” when it first made its appearance
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  • J. E. Edwards
    ...other of its training spins, which have been found a success in developing racing men. The racing at San Jose on July 4 attracted the greatest attention the past week. [[J.
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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
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  • CYCLING UP TO DATE. - The San Francisco Examiner, 22 Apr 1894
    ...or [[next Saturday's Midwinter Fair races]]. This will include most of the racing men in north California.
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  • Theodore A. Schlueter
    ...vent to which the old-timers look forward. WHEELMEN of the Acme Club began racing against San Francisco riders back in 1893, (part 2) when the 100-mile jaunt [[Acme Reunion, Six-Day Bicycle Racing - Oakland Tribune, 07 Jun 1935, Fri, Page 38]]
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - January 15, 1896
    ...Kerrigan]] says that it would dissipate the energies of the members toward racing, and as they are desirous of winning [[100-mile relay race from San Francis
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  • A CYCLING RECORD BROKEN. - The San Francisco Examiner - 03 Jun 1895
    ...th the [[Century Road Club of Chicago]], which practically govern all road-racing in America.
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  • The Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Examiner, 22 Aug 1887
    ...ready for distribution. [[George J. Hobe]] responded to the toast of the "Racing Men,” in his usual happy style; while the quartets of the [[Bay City Whee
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  • THE CYCLERS. - San Jose Mercury-news, 19 June 1892
    ...be readily seen that such a condition of affairs will call forth the best racing talent. ...]] of the [[Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club]] held a conference with the racing team of the [[Garden City Cyclers]] at the club rooms Thursday night. They
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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
    ====== The Greatest Activity Among the .: Racing Ven Ever Known in California. ====== ...rested in the management of meets ever since that time. He has also been a racing man of some merit, having been at one time (1888-89) the [[safety]] champio
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  • CYCLISTS WILL GATHER AT HAYWARDS FOR BIG RACE - San Jose Mercury-news, 26 April 1903
    ...es of their lives. All but three of the members of the team are new at the racing game, and many of the older riders are inclined to think that their inexper
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  • Walter F. Foster
    ...nter|[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75937320/whirling-wheelsthe-greatest-racing-mee/ Walter Foster, one-mile State champion.]]] ...humb|center|[[San Francisco Call, Volume 73, Number 85, 23 February 1893 - RACING ON WHEELS - A Pacific Coast Record Broken.|Walter F. Foster]]]]
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  • Lewis Sears
    ...ought their seniors too old-fogyish and branched out to do more riding and racing. They have a blue knit uniform, with gray shirts.
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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 full power being placed in the hands of the chairman of the [[league racing board]]. [[A. W. Cleaver]], the racing man of the [[Chicago Cycling Club]], has taken up his residence in Los Ange
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call, 27 July 1895
    ...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 The [[Racing Board]] has issued its bulletin No. 16, dated July 25, 1895, as follows:
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  • SAN JOSE'S PIONEERS OF THE BICYCLE - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 77, 17 March 1908
    This was the first victory for "Dick" in a successful racing career. He followed the California circuit for several seasons and won a to
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  • Columbia Square Wheelmen
    ...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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  • The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 06 Jun 1887
    It is to be feared that the five-mile champion's racing days are over. He rode game, but [[Charles Edmund Adcock|Adcock]] was too m ...dke]] Santa Cruz has an able representative, and riding an extremely light racing wheel on a good track he should be able to hold his ground against all come
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  • S. B. Vincent
    ...of itself is a reputation for any man. He has not given much attention to racing of late, except on the cable slot going home every morning at 3 A. M., for
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  • LONG RIDE ON BIKES. - Women and Children Who Rode All the Way on Their Wheels to Santa Barbara. - The San Francisco Call, 03 Jul 1895
    "We were not racing against time," said Mr. Morrill in speaking of the trip, "so we took our ti
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  • Mike Dirnberger
    ...l, the crack class B racer, was to go East next week to compete during the racing season on the Eastern circuit. Terrill is known to be a phenomenal rider, a
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  • L. Maggini
    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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  • E. W. Decker
    ...vent to which the old-timers look forward. WHEELMEN of the Acme Club began racing against San Francisco riders back in 1893, (part 2) when the 100-mile jaunt [[Acme Reunion, Six-Day Bicycle Racing - Oakland Tribune, 07 Jun 1935]]
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  • Robert M. Welch
    Attest his racing fame, The San Francisco Club members were not particularly hard road-riders or racing men, but led a jolly existence of good fellowship. A few of the more athlet
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  • TROUBLE OVER A ROAD RACE. - San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jun 1896
    ...nted [[Vincent A. Dodd]] of the Alameda Cyclers to the vacancy on the road racing board caused by the resignation of [[Henry F. Wynne]].
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  • Robert H. Magill, Jr.
    ...ought their seniors too old-fogyish and branched out to do more riding and racing. They have a blue knit uniform, with gray shirts.
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  • OLYMPIC CYCLISTS. Young Men Who Will Boom Wheeling. Some Reminiscences of the Sport. - Sat, Oct 14, 1893 - Page 10 - San Francisco Chronicle
    ...facility for attaining this excellence, and that with proper encouragement racing men will be developed may be reasonably expected. ...aps the speediest rider in the club, and bids fair to develop into a great racing man. [[Lewis C. Hunter]], the secretary of the wheelmen, is also secretary-
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  • THE RELAY RACE CUP. - The San Francisco Call - April 17, 1896
    ...gested by the cup-winning tendencies so forcibly manifested of late by our racing contingent, and as incidents of a pleasant nature are still fresh in mind t
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 07 Sep 1895
    ...his important position, and also in [[Robert M. Welch]], chairman of the [[racing board]], whose conduct of the affairs of that office have made him the frie The racing board has issued its bulletin No. 19, dated September 5, 1895, as follows;
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  • Al Barker
    ...cle had reached this stage in its development, having participated in many racing events on the old clumsy "ordinary” when it first made its appearance. He
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 22 Jun 1895
    ...here they chose for its social advantages, but why should they desert the racing colors of the club that has stood by them ever since they straddled a wheel ...The various clubs do not like the way the Olympics are enticing away their racing men, and this last instance, where Jones and Davis are concerned, has opene
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  • L. D. Munger
    I first knew Chairman Howard E. Raymond of the National Racing Board when he was one of the strong road riders of the Brooklyn Bicycle Clu
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  • Manuel F. Rose
    [[Joe Rose]] of the Acme Club Wheelmen has excited the suspicion of the racing board by what appears to have been deliberate foul riding at the Pleasanton ...cushioned-tired, spring fork bicycles and then came the 'pneumatic tired' racing machine - a Phoenix, 36 pounds. Of the 10 men who rode the first 100-mile r
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  • Alex J. Rosborough
    ...le and won several medals and trophies]]. [[San Leandro triangle|Most club racing was done on a triangle in the vicinity of San Leandro]].
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  • BIKES, TRIKES, AND SAFETIES. - Oakland Tribune, 17 Oct 1888
    ...beautiful trophy - a silver punch bowl - offered by the [[California Road Racing Association]]. The last two races were twenty-five miles, and were both won
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call, 08 Aug 1892
    [[Mrs. C. C. Candy]], wife of the chief of the western division racing board of the L. A. W., is the first woman to make the descent of Pike's Pea ...da Bicycle and Athletic Club]] has finally decided on the date of its next racing meet. [[It will be held on September 5th, in recognition of Labor day, the
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  • Joseph Antoine Delmas
    ...Cyclers, an organization which numbers among its members some of the best racing men on the coast, was formed on the 13th of last January by a combination o ...oseph Antoine Delmas|Delmas]] of San Jose. The State is big enough for two racing meets on one day, and the crowd at Stockton will leave enough people in thi
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  • A. M. Brown
    [[RACING WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 22 Feb 1888]]
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  • Dick Moody
    This was the first victory for "Dick" in a successful racing career. He followed the California circuit for several seasons and won a to
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  • Al Col
    ...Cyclers, an organization which numbers among its members some of the best racing men on the coast, was formed on the 13th of last January by a combination o ...hen he was known to everyone simply as "Al." The medal on the front of his racing suit indicates that he met with considerable success on the cycle path. At
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  • THE WHEEL. - Enthusiasts Who Are Keeping in Trim for Near Future Events. - The San Francisco Call, 06 May 1894
    ...Pacific Coast record for a mile, which was 2:30 4-5, and at the end of the racing season that record rested on the shoulders of the popular San Jose flyer, [ The present racing season, after contact with the Eastern [[cracks]], [[Bliss]] and [[Dirnberg
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  • H. A. Maxwell
    ...oseph Antoine Delmas|Delmas]] of San Jose. The State is big enough for two racing meets on one day, and the crowd at Stockton will leave enough people in thi
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  • Harlow H. White
    ...aps the speediest rider in the club, and bids fair to develop into a great racing man. Lewis C. Hunter, the secretary of the wheelmen, is also secretary-trea
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 31 Aug 1895
    ...could not recover from. Properly handled it should help the sport and the racing men. ...Jose on September 9, both offer attractions which will bring out the best racing talent for miles around. Both are large and influential clubs, and have off
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  • The Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, 20 Jul 1895
    ...and rivalry left. Of course we know the Olympics have never developed any racing men of their own, but is that any excuse for them to try and get them away ...ating colors belonging to them, viz: Royal purple sweater and royal purple racing suit with gold triangle.
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  • Garden City Wheelmen
    ...l City Wheelmen - Cook, Breuner and Toll of Sacramento. As many well-known racing men have entered this contest, a very exciting race is expected. The Garden
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  • Coast
    ...s so that I could use my foot as a brake. Without this protection my light racing tires would hardly have reached Mexico.
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  • The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Nov 1886
    ...], [[John Breuner|Breuner]] and [[Toll]] of Sacramento. As many well-known racing men have entered this contest, a very exciting race is expected. The [[Gard
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  • William H. Haley
    ...aps the speediest rider in the club, and bids fair to develop into a great racing man.
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  • CYCLERS IN TRAINING - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 1895
    ...ss A men will be strengthened by the appearance of [[Archie Reid]], an old racing member of the [[Bay City Wheelmen|Bay Citys]] recently returned from Scotla [[Robert M. Welch]], chairman of the Racing Board, League of American Wheelmen, states that there is no foundation for
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  • Frank M. Byrne
    ...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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  • THE WHEELMEN - The Camera Club Cyclists Will Tour Through Lake County - The San Francisco Call, 29 Jun 1895
    ...led throughout the State, as will appear by the latest bulletin from the [[racing board]] published in this column. Of course, the greatest interest will cen The [[racing board]] has issued its bulletin No. 13, dated June 27, 1895, as follows:
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  • BUZZING WHEELS. - The Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club Meet. - The San Francisco Call, 31 May 1893
    Better racing could not possibly have been desired, although the finishes in some of the So far as the racing was concerned the surprise of the day to the uninitiated was the fast ridin
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - October 26, 1895
    ==== The Racing Board Will Be Petitioned to Reinstate Oscar Osen. ==== ...es and their racing companions. From the time these men get here [[track]]-racing will receive a great impetus, and as they will all winter at San Jose and t
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  • THE BICYCLE IN 1993. - Akron Daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio 26 May 1893
    ..., the weight of a road machine will be reduced to 10 pounds or less, while racing machines will not weigh half that much. The machine will also be made so th
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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] [[Fred Russ Cook]]: "There is no man on the track who has the tactics of racing down as fine as [[Davis]]. In the mile he played to win and came very near
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  • The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 08 Nov 1886
    Eastern papers speak of professional racing in this city; there has not been such a race since [[Rollinson]] was here l
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  • CYCLERS WILL RACE AT THE GARDEN CITY - The San Francisco Call - March 04, 1899
    Chairman [[Loos]] of the [[Road Racing Board]] has set the date for [[the annual 25-mile road race]] for Sunday, M
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  • Wilbur J. Edwards
    ...is pretty well known all over the Coast, but as yet no full history of his racing work has ever been printed. His first race was in 1890 at the field day of ...MMENTS - Wilber J. Edwards, the San Jose Crackerjack, and Something of His Racing Record - The San Francisco Examiner, 09 Feb 1895]]
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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
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  • Olympic Club Wheelmen
    ...facility for attaining this excellence, and that with proper encouragement racing men will be developed may be reasonably expected. ...aps the speediest rider in the club, and bids fair to develop into a great racing man. Lewis C. Hunter, the secretary of the wheelmen, is also secretary-trea
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - 10 August 1895
    ...urprise they have had in some time. It is to the effect that four of their racing men have been signed to go on the National circuit for the [[Syracuse]] peo The complainant should register his grievance with [[R. M. Welch]], chairman racing board, [https://goo.gl/maps/54SUgfhLCLNRpRhCA 532 California street, San Fr
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  • Charles S. Wells
    The Capital City Wheelmen are to be congratulated on the success of their racing meet. It developed several surprises, and brought to the front a new racer, ...urprise they have had in some time. It is to the effect that four of their racing men have been signed to go on the National circuit for the Syracuse people
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  • Wilbur Frederick Knapp
    ...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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  • G. A. Nissen
    WHEELMEN of the Acme Club began racing against San Francisco riders back in 1893, (part 2) when the 100-mile jaunt [[Acme Reunion, Six-Day Bicycle Racing - Oakland Tribune, 07 Jun 1935, Fri, Page 38]]
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  • L. H. Cox
    ...aps the speediest rider in the club, and bids fair to develop into a great racing man. Lewis C. Hunter, the secretary of the wheelmen, is also secretary-trea
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  • SAN JOSE’S PIONEERS OF THE BICYCLE - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 78, 18 March 1908
    ...ssumed the cares of a hustling business man, did not attempt to follow the racing circuit, but he got the "long distance fever," and the miles of roads of al
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  • Clarence N. Ravlin
    ...yclers]], an organization which numbers among its members some of the best racing men on the coast, was formed on the 13th of last January by a combination o
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  • George Loring Cunningham
    ...y Wheelmen, but confines himself merely to little jaunts on the wheel, the racing path seeming to have lost him for all time.</blockquote> [[THE CYCLING WORLD - OLD TIME RACING MEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, Sat, Jul 8, 1893]]
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  • Leonard D. Owens
    ...aps the speediest rider in the club, and bids fair to develop into a great racing man. Lewis C. Hunter, the secretary of the wheelmen, is also secretary-trea
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  • The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, Sep 10 1888
    ...ds in its clubrooms every trophy ever offered in open competition for road racing.
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  • Robert Assheton Smyth
    ...phlet embraces several interesting and valuable papers, among which are "A Racing Retrospect " by [[Robert Assheton Smyth]], "Touring” by W. M. Meeker, “ ...e best known members of the old [[Bay City Wheelmen]]. After retiring from racing, Smyth was for several years one of the most skillful and successful bicycl
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  • The Bicyclists' Meet. - The San Francisco Examiner, 16 Jul 1883
    ...off, running, standing, from the rear and from the treadle, all the while racing around the arena at full speed. This exhibition of fancy riding was enthusi
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  • The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 1887
    ...akland, [[Harrison Houseworth]] and [[S. F. Booth, Jr.]], San Francisco: [[Racing Board]] - [[H. C. Finkler]] (chairman) San Francisco, [[R. C. Woodworth]] L ...ng. The location of the State championships have yet to be approved by the racing board. The two-mile national has not yet been assigned to this division, bu
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  • The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr 1888
    ...ning body of the sport in England, has recently decided to discourage road racing, and calls upon the clubs to assist it by refusing to hold races on the roa [[Category:road racing]]
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  • CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE - The San Francisco Examiner. October 07, 1894
    ...l accompany the contestants, and fast time is expected from the club's new racing men. ...ey Castleman|Castleman]] cannot therefore make an appeal to the [[National Racing Board]].
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  • Alameda Cyclers
    ...-half-mile-now/ Speed Track] on the other, either of which may be used for racing purposes.
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  • Pacific Cycling Club
    ...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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  • The Wheelmen - The San Francisco Call, 25 May 1895
    ...recognizes in the entries the names of several riders who are prominent in racing circles no doubt the affair will furnish good sport. [[Thomas H. Doane]] is contemplating racing once more.
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - A Brief Sketch of the Garden City Cyclers. - Frank Waller Makes a New World's Record. - The Coming Century Run - Straight Spokes. - The San Francisco Call, Jun 13, 1892
    ...yclers]], an organization which numbers among its members some of the best racing men on the coast, was formed on the 13th of last January by a combination o ...oseph Antoine Delmas|Delmas]] of San Jose. The State is big enough for two racing meets on one day, and the crowd at Stockton will leave enough people in thi
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  • Frank D. Elwell
    He was the holder of 10 medals for “high bike" racing from 1884 to 1849. The "high bike" was the old fashioned cycle with a large ...and it is doubtful if it could be duplicated at the fountain head of cycle racing. Ewell has won six championships, including two of the National League. He
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN - Track to Be Used in the Tournament. - A Matter of Interest to Racers. - San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan 1895
    In many of the Class B races a racing wheel will be offered as a prize, as it is found that the men composing thi ...diamonds as prizes, but a prominent cyclist who has been in touch with the racing element expresses his opinion that the future race-meet managers will take
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  • Harry Austin Goddard
    ...rd's recent trip to Australia has developed some English ideas as to cycle racing, but he is still an enthusiast at the game.
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  • CYCLERS ARE AROUSED - San Francisco Chronicle, 01 Sep 1894
    ...ce, he was overturned and so badly bruised as to be unable to do any other racing that day. At San Jose November 27, 1893, he succeeded in [[winning second a ...nd to race at the September 10th meet, and reports that he will do no more racing until the opening of the [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|new t
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  • George F. Drake
    ...a balance on hand of nearly $1100, with all debts paid. The reports of the racing board, touring board and Committee on Rights and Privileges were all favora
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  • CYCLING CIRCLES. - The San Francisco Call, 21 May 1894
    The racing at the fair track on Saturday was the chief tople of gossip at the rooms of
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Jose Road Club and Its Members. - General Interest in the Race Meets to Be Held To-Day - High Jinks in the Redwoods. - The San Francisco Call, Jul 4, 1892
    ...ing. The object of the club is to advance the interests of road-riding and racing for the purpose of physical improvement and the promotion of amateur sport. The [[Merced Bicycle Club]] will hold a racing meet to-day. Among other novel features there will be a slow race for membe
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  • E. Ulbricht
    ...e his talent as a mechanic was in demand. From Los Angeles he made several racing pilgrimages to this city. He was at his best on the road, but was also a fa
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  • The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar 1887
    ...ving failed to use the five-mile State championship and returned it to the Racing Board, it is now open for assignment to any other club applying for it.
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  • A. J. Menne
    ...weighs 150 pounds when in riding trim. He first came into prominence as a racing man in the [[Bay City Wheelmen]]'s [[electric light race meet on August 22,
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  • Fred Russ Cook
    Some Excellent Foot - Racing by Amateurs.
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call - Jul 18, 1892
    ...is 24 years old, 5 feet 10 1/2 inches high, and weighs 144 pounds when in racing condition. There is not a half ounce of fat anywhere in his anatomy. He was 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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  • ON THE ROAD. A Contribution From an Old Time Biker. - Oakland Tribune, 26 Jun 1889
    ...Treasurer, used to labor with a heavy machine of unknown weight before his racing aspirations had made their appearance. [[Charles John Kryster|Charlie Kryts
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  • BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888
    Since its organization the club has been most prominent in racing circles, having produced such good men as [[Frank D. Elwell|Elwell]], [[Fre ...settled down now to a quiet enjoyment of the wheel. He was prominent as a racing man, and has taken a leading place in wheeling circles. He is a splendid pr
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - J. E. Edwards Wants the World's Five-Mile Road Record. - The San Francisco Call, 18 May 1895
    ...g against the [[cracks]] of Southern California in the "[[California Cycle Racing Circuit Confederation]]". In that word "confederation" I see the pet scheme ...d June 12]], and [[Fresno June 15]], thus making a full month's circuit of racing, ten meetings in all, with intermediate days for resting. Last Wednesday th
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  • With the Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan 1891
    ...legantly laid and fast time has been made there. There are a couple of new racing [[wheels]] out in the [[park]], Messrs. [[Thomas H. Doane|Doane]], [[R. M.
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  • San Jose Merchants as Cyclists - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 68, 8 March 1908
    ...hen he was known to everyone simply as "Al." The medal on the front of his racing suit indicates that he met with considerable success on the cycle path. At
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  • Annual smoker of the Bay City Wheelmen
    ...es and their racing companions. From the time these men get here [[track]]-racing will receive a great impetus, and as they will all winter at San Jose and t ...gested by the cup-winning tendencies so forcibly manifested of late by our racing contingent, and as incidents of a pleasant nature are still fresh in mind t
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  • The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Mar 1891
    ...r F. Knapp]], who is the holder of many championship medals, has renounced racing for a time and is devoting himself to giving lessons in bicycle riding at t
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  • Frank Willis Sharpe
    ...cushioned-tired, spring fork bicycles and then came the 'pneumatic tired' racing machine - a Phoenix, 36 pounds. Of the 10 men who rode the first 100-mile r
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  • ONE RECORD BROKEN. - Byrne Went a Half Mile at San Jose in 1:01. - The San Francisco Call - September 10, 1895
    ...eclared he would protest the referee's decision, but Chairman Welch of the racing board stated to [[THE CALL]] representative that he thought it would serve
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  • Oakland Ramblers
    ...ought their seniors too old-fogyish and branched out to do more riding and racing. They have a blue knit uniform, with gray shirts. The [[Oakland Ramblers]] have issued a circular to "racing men" of the coast asking all such to enter for the following events, to be
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  • The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr 1890
    ...a balance on hand of nearly $1100, with all debts paid. The reports of the racing board, touring board and [http://www.bikexprt.com/LAB/law1897/p19.htm Commi
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  • R. L. Long
    ...ce, he was overturned and so badly bruised as to be unable to do any other racing that day. At San Jose November 27, 1893, he succeeded in [[winning second a
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  • Santa Rosa Wheelmen
    The racing board has issued its bulletin No. 19, dated September 5, 1895, as follows;
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  • B. H. Patrick
    ...hairman) Oakland, Harrison Houseworth and S. F. Booth, Jr., San Francisco: Racing Board - H. C. Finkler (chairman) San Francisco, R. C. Woodworth Los Angeles
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  • Pilot Wheelmen
    ..., resting at San Jose and going over the mountains early this morning. The racing men all left by train last night. The Pilot Wheelmen, who have in hand the
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 08 Jun 1895
    ...ty of some [[1895/06/15 races during the Water Carnival at Santa Cruz|good racing and a pleasant entertainment at Santa Cruz next week, in conjunction with t ...avail themselves of the opportunity to have a jolly time and see some good racing.
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  • Albert A. Bouton
    [[WHIRLING WHEELS! The Greatest Racing Meet Ever Held on the Coast. - Alameda Daily Argus, 31 May 1892]]
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 21 Sep 1895
    Road racing still continues popular with the cycling clubs, and while there is not much The [[racing board]] of the league has issued its bulletin, No. 21, dated September 19,
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  • The Bicycle Races at Stockton. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1889
    ...as in fine condition, but the weather was warm for the visitors, who found racing hard work. Several records were broken and the meet was very successful in
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  • The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 13 Jun 1887
    ...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 [[Percy E
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  • Garden City Cyclers
    ...yclers]], an organization which numbers among its members some of the best racing men on the coast, was formed on the 13th of last January by a combination o
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  • Wheel. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Nov 1887
    ...Center-street track]] has proven to be just the place to carry out bicycle racing, as fast time can be made and but little labor is required to keep it in or
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  • Oakland Wheelmen
    ...ought their seniors too old-fogyish and branched out to do more riding and racing. They have a blue knit uniform, with gray shirts.
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  • THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, Volume 78, Number 15, 15 June 1895
    Most of the racing men and all the club members who can afford the time will be in Santa Cruz ..., resting at San Jose and going over the mountains early this morning. The racing men all left by train last night. The [[Pilot Wheelmen]], who have in hand
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  • Los Angeles Wheelmen
    The year 1888 marks the climax of bicycle racing in California. Five meets were held where championships were contested. Ear
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  • Oak Leaf Wheelmen
    ...a remarkably fine and level road, and will probably always be the favorite racing track of local wheelmen. No doubt some excellent time will be made on it in [[Bicycle racing tracks in California, The Bearings, December 16, 1892]]
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call - August 29, 1896
    ...ateurs, has joined the professional ranks, more at the suggestion of the [[racing board]] than of his own volition. He should do well in [[handicap]] events. ...,000 would be a poor crowd; to us it would be an immense mob. Professional racing is the proper thing, of course, and there is a great deal of betting on the
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  • COMING EVENTS OF THE LOCAL WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 06 Aug 1898
    [[Chester S. Myrick]] has resigned as chairman of the road racing committee of the [[Associated Cycling Clubs]] owing to press of business. P
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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. =====
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  • THE WHEELMEN - The San Francisco Call, 01 Jun 1895
    There will be a big meeting of racing wheelmen to-day at San Jose, when four good events will be run off under th ...elmen]] racing rules. This would effectually shut out all imported class B racing talent, making the race more of a home affair, and would place the contest
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  • Alfred Griffiths
    Owing to the death of [[T. Alfred Griffiths]], a prominent member and racing man of the club, the [[Annual smoker of the Bay City Wheelmen|fourteenth an
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  • George H. Strong
    ...ore the formation of the California Division, and was also a member of the racing board for one or two years.
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  • E. W. Adams
    ...andicap races at the Central Park track to-morrow morning to bring out new racing talent. The events will be a half-mile scratch, half-mile handicap and one-
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  • NEW FIVE-MILE RECORD. - Charles S. Wells' Fast Ride Over the San Mateo Course - The San Francisco Call, 10 Jun 1895
    ...] held three club races at Central Park yesterday morning to bring out new racing talent. The first was a half-mile scratch and was won by [[Peter Metcalf|P.
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  • The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 11 Apr 1887
    The sight of a lively youth racing in and out of Tyler street is explained by the fact that [[F. E. Browning|B
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  • WELLS WON FOR THE BAY CITYS. - For the Second Time This Club Gets the Relay Cup. 100-mile relay race - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1896
    ...ybody yelled Ziegler, whose name had been heralded on a hundred victorious racing fields, but fortune was against him. Wells, who seemed to have considerable ...ace the story may be different, for the club has some splendid undeveloped racing material.
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  • Crescent Road Club
    [[FOR THE CYCLE TOURNAMENT. - The Racing Men Who Will Take Part in Next Week's Races. - The San Francisco Examiner,
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  • ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885
    ...ain divided, and a number of gentlemen who cared more for touring than for racing formed what is called "[[The Cycling Club]]." ...ought their seniors too old-fogyish and branched out to do more riding and racing. They have a blue knit uniform, with gray shirts.
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  • Chronological index of historical cycling articles in San Francisco Bay Area Bicycle Culture, Historical
    1879/12/04 draft: CIRCLING BICYCLES. - Last Night's Racing and Exhibition Riding. - San Francisco Chronicle, 04 Dec 1879 1887/05/31 draft: RACING AND RUNNING. - Joint Outdoor Meeting of the Olympic and San Francisco Bicyc
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  • Grant Bell
    ...re Star of his own manufacture. Bell is 29 years old, weighs 155 pounds in racing condition and is five feet ten inches tall.
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 27 Apr 1895
    There will be some excellent racing at the [[1895/05/11 Fabiola race meet in Oakland|Mayday fete to be given fo ...k stretch; yet the track is so safe they all finished close together, at a racing speed, and not a slip occurred. Here are the handicaps for the Mayday races
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  • W. Waibel
    ...[[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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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 28 Sep 1895
    Road racing still continues in high favor among the various cycling clubs and the resul ...cCrea]], [[Bay City Wheelmen]], will go East shortly and meet the National Racing Circuit when it reaches Denver. They have been training assiduously for som
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  • Robert Diefenbacher
    ...[[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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  • Oriental Cycling Club
    ...e two-mile handicap, it is doubtful whether he will appear on the track in racing costume to-day. Were he in good form, however, he would not be found far be
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  • Unfrequented Bicycle Roads in the Vicinity of San Francisco - The San Francisco Call, 18 Apr 1897
    ...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 No need to more than mention the road to [[Haywards]] or the racing course over the famous [[San Lorenzo triangle]]. These are traversed weekly
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  • Wheeling. - The San Francisco Examiner, 29 Apr 1889
    ...e established. The handicaps have been arranged by [[R. A. Smythe]] of the Racing Board of the [[California Division, League of American Wheelmen]], and as M
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  • OUT AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - Reliance Races Coming This Afternoon. - LIBERTY'S LADIES' ANNEX. - San Francisco Chronicle, September 07, 1895
    ...ing circuit there has been a great deal of talk pro and con as regards the racing qualities of those two star performers, [[Walter F. Foster]] of the [[Olymp
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  • A QUIET WEEK IN CYCLING - The San Francisco Call - November 13, 1897
    ...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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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 04 May 1895
    ...], the crack class B racer, was to go East next week to compete during the racing season on the Eastern circuit. Terrill is known to be a phenomenal rider, a ...who is Bald's trainer, says California's climate is perfect for developing racing men, and he will bring his men out here every spring to train. [[Ray Macdon
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  • J. W. Coffroth
    ....pdf James Wood Coffroth (1872-1943): West Coast Promoter of Boxing, Horse Racing and Tourism - Joel Levanetz]
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jun 1895
    ...ogether with the other fast men, will put the club on top in the matter of racing talent. [[Otto Ziegler Jr.]] and [[C. R. Coulter]], both of whom belong to
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  • Three-lap track at the Midwinter Fair
    ...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.
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  • Liberty Cycling Club
    [[FOR THE CYCLE TOURNAMENT. - The Racing Men Who Will Take Part in Next Week's Races. - The San Francisco Examiner,
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  • WHEELMEN'S ROAD RACES - San Francisco Call - August 19, 1895
    ...losing all chance in the race, but such an act of kindness would make road racing more popular if of more frequent occurrence. Fortunately Foard escaped with
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  • Acme Wheelmen
    ...inners getting prizes in each case. Throwing the hammer, putting the shot, racing, jumping and a slow bicycle race of fifty yards, the last one in being the ...MMENTS - Wilber J. Edwards, the San Jose Crackerjack, and Something of His Racing Record - The San Francisco Examiner, 09 Feb 1895
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  • San Francisco Bicycle Club
    ...ain divided, and a number of gentlemen who cared more for touring than for racing formed what is called &quot;The Cycling Club.&quot; ...ore the formation of the California Division, and was also a member of the racing board for one or two years. 
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  • Alameda Cycle Park track
    Better racing could not possibly have been desired, although the finishes in some of the
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  • LOCAL WHEELMEN ARE CHAMPIONS - San Jose Mercury-news, 9 May 1904
    ...Garden City wheelmen stand in a class by themselves when it comes to road racing.
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  • J. F. Hancock
    Road racing committee — [[J. F. Hancock]], S. F. B. C.; L. A. Lamory, Acme; C. J. Bel [[San Francisco Call, Volume 73, Number 85, 23 February 1893 - RACING ON WHEELS - A Pacific Coast Record Broken.]]
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  • THE NATIONAL CIRCUIT RACES. - The San Francisco Examiner, 09 Nov 1895
    ...ls and all possible conveniences have been provided for the comfort of the racing men.
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - A Cycling Trip to Santa Cruz - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jun 1895
    Wheelmen are on the watch for interesting facts from the [[League Racing Board]]. Ugly rumors are being spread that many of our local cracks are to ...Club Wheelmen|Olympics]] in recognition of his earnest work in developing racing talent for the club.
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  • Herman C. Eggers
    ...as a mile in 3:15, made on the old Bay District track, then used for horse racing. The track was in consequence softly rolled. No cinder tracks such as moder
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  • Theron Rufus Lillie
    In Dec. 1905, Theron showed that the racing spirit was still part of his soul.
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  • BICYCLISTS IN BAD LUCK. - Dirnberger Was Thrown and Bliss Pocketed in Their First Race. - The San Francisco Examiner, 20 May 1894
    The Eastern racing men received a welcome they will never forget. [[Julian P. Bliss|Bliss]]] o
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call, May 30, 1892
    ...e two-mile handicap, it is doubtful whether he will appear on the track in racing costume to-day. Were he in good form, however, he would not be found far be
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  • W. W. Haralson
    ...ought their seniors too old-fogyish and branched out to do more riding and racing. They have a blue knit uniform, with gray shirts.
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  • THE GERMAN WINS. - Emil Ulbricht Makes the Best Time. - The Los Angeles Times, 05 Jul 1894
    ...[[W. M. Jenkins|Jenkins]], who started on the scratch, wasn't in form for racing and he met with several mishaps along the road which greatly impeded his pr
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  • CYCLING CLUBS TO PLAY BALL - San Francisco Call - October 30, 1897
    ...ecure [[Cerdang]], [[Bouhours]], [[Chase]], [[Linton]] and other [[crack]] racing men to enter the [[six-day]] and other long-distance competitions to be run
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - San Francisco Call - May 9, 1892
    ...is club will be in perfect order for the [[WHIRLING WHEELS! - The Greatest Racing Meet Ever Held on the Coast. - Alameda Daily Argus - May 31, 1892|big races
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN - J. E. Edwards - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr 1895
    ...these track tryouts on every other Sunday, so as to bring out more of the racing talent.
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  • ABOUT THE CYCLE. - Allen and Sachtleben on the Homestretch. - The San Francisco Call, 16 Jan 1893
    [[Willie Windle]] is doing a great deal of road-riding. He will be fit for racing very early in the spring.
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  • George Albert Morrill
    "We were not racing against time," said Mr. Morrill in speaking of the trip, "so we took our ti
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  • J. E. Alexander
    ...s so that I could use my foot as a brake. Without this protection my light racing tires would hardly have reached Mexico.
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - A Brief Sketch of the Capitol City Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, Aug 22, 1892
    ...afety, two-mile handicap and five-mile safety. The club has some very good racing men. It will vote at the next meeting on the proposition of being controlle
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  • THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, 14 August 1897
    [[David McT. Marshall]], the well-known ex-racing man of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]], was married last Thursday at high noon to
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  • Robert R. Russ
    [[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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  • SPEEDING WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 1894
    ...egler, Jr.|Zeigler]], the Garden City "demon," turned up in his usual fine racing condition, and carried off the quarter-mile in good style. [[L. W. Fox|Fox]
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  • To the Summit of Mount Diablo by Wheel. - Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Apr 1889
    This will probably be the only chance that racing-men will have this season, outside of [[race::the league meet at Los Angele
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  • The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jun 1887
    The National Racing Board of the [[League of American Wheelmen]] offered to locate the ten-mile
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - Successful Celebration of the Annual Meet. - Los Angeles Herald, 31 May 1889
    ...Wheelmen]]; [[Charles C. Moore]] for the [[Oak Leaf Wheelmen]], Stockton. Racing Board - [[Robert Assheton Smyth|R. Ashton Smythe]], Chairman, of San Franci
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 09 Nov 1895
    ...tually wind up in Michigan. I telegraphed to D. W. Robert, chairman of the Racing Board of this division, for a permit to ride here next Saturday, but was re
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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
    Racing men will do well to keep their eyes on the [[Santa Rosa rose carnival, to b
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  • Frank J. Waller
    ...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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  • TOUR ON THE WHEEL. - Pleasurable and Tiresome Experiences Wading Through Sand and Tide. - Graphic Narrative of a Cycling Trip to Southern California. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Sep 1894
    ...s so that I could use my foot as a brake. Without this protection my light racing tires would hardly have reached Mexico.
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle 15 Jun 1895
    ...the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] has announced his intention of retiring from the racing path on account of business interfering with training.
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  • Howard Alexander
    ...s so that I could use my foot as a brake. Without this protection my light racing tires would hardly have reached Mexico.
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  • Frank Lee Hunter
    ...s so that I could use my foot as a brake. Without this protection my light racing tires would hardly have reached Mexico.
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  • Oakland Bicycle Club
    ...ought their seniors too old-fogyish and branched out to do more riding and racing. They have a blue knit uniform, with gray shirts.</span>
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