View source for VOTARIES OF THE SILENT STEED. - Twelve San Francisco Lady Bikers Organize a Bloomer Club. - San Francisco Chronicle, 03 Aug 1895

=== VOTARIES OF THE SILENT STEED. ===
==== Twelve San Francisco Lady Bikers Organize a Bloomer Club. ====

The [[Liberty Cycling Club]] will hold a club run to [[Bolinas]] to-morrow, leaving on the 8 A. M. boat to [[Sausalito]], taking train to San Anselmo and resuming wheels to destination.

This club will hold a [[race::five-mile handicap road race over the San Mateo course on Sunday, August 25th]].

Messrs. [[F. Fanning]], [[C. Meyer]], [[R. McLean]], [[S. Mitchell]] and [[J. Quary]] will act as a handicap committee, and entries close at midnight of August 13th at the club.

Captain [[L. L. Korn]] has called a run of the [[San Francisco Road Club]] for to-morrow to the [[Park]] and beach.

The [[Verein Eintracht Cycling Club]] will bold a picnic run to Haywards on Sunday, August 11th.

[[F. M. Byrne]] still remains in [[class A]] and all the other class A riders who were suspended are still in the same class, except [[Dick Moody|Moody]] and [[D. E. Whitman|Whitman]]. Moody has announced his intention of joining [[class B]], but Whitman at present is undecided.

Chairman [[R. M. Welch]] of the [[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.

[[Casey Castleman|Castleman]] expects to leave for the San Diego races to-day, and [[W. A. Burke|Burke]], his riding mate, is now in the [[Yosemite]] valley enjoying a rest.

The [[Pastimes]] have added a bicycle annex to their organization and have elected the following officers: [[K. M. Borman]], captain; [[F. X. Larkey]], first lieutenant, and [[T. J. McCarthy]], second lieutenant. The Pastimes will hold their initial run to San Leandro on August 11th.

The [[Waverly Cycling Club]] has been organized, with the following officers: President [[George M. Hamlin]]; secretary and treasurer, [[Sidney W. Elston]]; captain, [[Ed Elliott]]; first lieutenant, [[Joe Reay]], and second lieutenant, [[Henry Heintze]].

The [[Four Aces Cycling Club]] will run to San Leandro Sunday, August 4th, leaving their clubrooms, at Eighth and Mission streets, at 10:30 A. M., sharp.

Twelve enthusiastic young lady [[wheelers]] met last Thursday night at the home of [[Mrs. N. A. Robinson]], [https://goo.gl/maps/48MWxxbfwoziifX57 1141 Market street], for the purpose of forming a [[bloomer]] club. The following officers were elected: Miss [[L. M. Munson]], president; Miss [[Ida M. Stanford]], secretary-treasurer; [[Mrs. N. A. Robinson]], captain. The club was organized as an annex to the [[Liberty Club]], and will be known as the [[Ladies' Annex to the Liberty Cycling Club]].

The charter members are [[Mrs. N. A. Robinson]], Miss [[Ida M. Stanford]], Miss [[L. M. Munson]], [[Mrs. McMillan]], Miss [[M. I. Crowley]] and Miss [[A. T. Crowley]], [[Mrs. A. H. Brod]], Miss [[Nixon]], Miss [[F. Webster]], [[Mrs. L. M. Hoeg]], [[Mrs. Chris Westphal]] and Miss [[Fenton]], all [[bloomerites]]. The colors are white and gold, and the emblem the gold liberty bell suspended to a white lover's knot.

The following club runs have been called: Sunday, August 4th, to the [[Park]] and beach; August 11th to San Leandro; August 18th, [[joint run]] with [[Liberty Bicycle Club]] to [[Golden Gate Park]].

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 publication date=1895/08/03
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