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• John Wing
  [https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZGX-VZY John Edgar Wing 31 July 1878 – 25 January 1963] ====== FOURTH RELAY. ======
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• WHEELMEN TO BE PUNISHED. - San Francisco Chronicle, 07 Jul 1896
  ...ce by Chairman [[R. M. Welch|Welch]] of the [[racing board]] notifying him of his disqualification from all track racing for an indefinite period. ...nowledge of the racing rules, his punishment will be more severe than that of the others.
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• Francis Joseph H. Manning
  ...ent at the funeral. His absence from the city is indefinite and the riders of the San Francisco club will miss him. ...ated that a large number will turn out on account of the double attraction of the meet and the full moon. The run will be continued on to Mount Hamilton
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• RACING WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 22 Feb 1888
  ...eda, the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] of San Francisco, and the [[Oak Leaf Club]] of Stockton. ...nzo, and Haywards bridge. Thrice over this course constitutes the distance of twenty-five miles.]]
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - Entries and Handicaps for the Races at Pleasanton Saturday. - The San Francisco Call, 02 Jul 1896
  ...vents, which are for amateurs only, have been entered mostly by the riders of Alameda County, the [[Acme]] and [[Reliance]] clubs in particular. The even ...s done by [[Robert Assheton Smyth]], official handicapper for the [[League of American Wheelmen]].
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• The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 13 Jun 1887
  ...[[:Category:July 4th, 1887 annual meet of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen|the Santa Cruz races]]. He says he will race until he win ...at [[Fred Cook]] may race at Santa Cruz will greatly increase the interest of the ride. The person who beats him, if any one can do that, must ride all t
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• THE WHEEL. - A New Club-House for the San Franciscos. - The San Francisco Call, Jun 8, 1890
  ...men new to the path, and encouraged by the showing they made against same of the older racers in the [[brushes]] on the way to Hollister, are going to s ...n Scott and Steiner. The new home is a two-story frame building, very easy of access to the [[Golden Gate Park|park]]. The carpenters are now engaged in
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• George F. Neece
  ...Dec 18 1921 2.jpeg|thumb|center|700px|The undefeated bicycle team of 1893 of the Acme Athletic Club. Upper row (left to right), [[H. A. Maxwell|HARRY MA ...ile in 2:53 1-5, with no daylight between his slight figure and the shadow of George Neece. Some folks called it a dead heat, but what the referee said g
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• W. A. Shockley
  ...www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6G1-9F6 Walter Alden Shockley 15 July 1866 – 21 August 1950] ...ay road to Redwood City, where the run was dismissed by Captain Cook. Some of the riders went to San Mateo for a swim, others returned via the Mission ro
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• THE WHEEL. - San Francisco Call, 01 Jun 1890
  ...s complaining of the action of wheelmen in riding on the sidewalks instead of in the streets. ...attle-brained fellows who cannot be induced to abandon it, and the actions of these few bring opprobrium on wheelmen as a class.
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The Napa Register, 25 Oct 1889
  The official organ of [[California Division, L. A. W.]], has this to say concerning a coming even ...and the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] of San Francisco. The following is the list of events as arranged committee:
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• R. L. Long
  ...|ROBERT L. LONG]], HOLDER OF THE COAST RECORD FOR ONE-THIRD AND TWO-THIRDS OF A MILE.]] ...the performance is all the more remarkable. The [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]], of which club he is a member, appreciating his efforts in landing a world's re
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• City's Businessmen as Wheelmen - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 73, 13 March 1908
  ...and Homes of San Joseans Who Were Devoted Followers of Sport in Early Days of the Cycle. ==== ...ot a member of the [[Garden City Wheelmen]] of San Jose. He was a resident of San Francisco when the cycle age dawned, and, together with his brother [[J
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• ON TWO WHEELS. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1890
  ===== A Fully Attended Meeting of Wheelmen and Interesting Races. ===== ...quarter-mile dash was won by [[R. E. Dow]] of San Jose, [[C. E. Townsend]] of Berkeley second. Time, 44s.
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - Organization and Growth of the Pacific Road Club. - The San Francisco Call, 27 Jun 1892
  ==== Organization and Growth of the Pacific Road Club. ==== ...k Wins the Five-Mile Race. A Pacific Coast Trick Rider - Preparing for the Fourth. =====
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jun 1887
  ...e it thirty days previous to the date of contest, as required by the rules of the league. ...arge time on wheels, and the unfortunate who does not go will be an object of commiseration for a long time thereafter.
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• Palo Alto Wheelmen
  ...urth heat was a walkover for W. J. Edwards of the Palo Alto Wheelmen, none of the other men entered caring to compete with the diminutive Hercules. Howev ...Ravlin said, it was enough glory for San Jose to win the two chief events of the day without minding a few seconds more or less. Nevertheless, Walter Fo
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• H. Downing
  ...ee/person/details/LZ1D-HMS Hardy Kenneth Downing Sr.] 10 December 1877 – 9 July 1960 Brother of [[Lace Downing]] and [[Burton Downing]]
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• Allan N. Jones
  ...have ridden a mile in 1:34 1.5, though he divides the glory with the rest of the "quad" team. ...N. Jones|ALLAN N. JONES]] AND [[Clarence Leslie Davis|CLARENCE L. DAVIS]] OF THE [[Garden City Cyclers|GARDEN CITY CYCLERS]] ON THE QUADRUPLET AS THEY A
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• George H. Osen
  ''brother of'' [[Oscar Osen]] ...o Call, Volume 72, Number 35, 5 July 1892 - Bicycle Races in Various Parts of the State|George H. Osen, G. C. C.]]]]
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