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fZY8msmmfr zr ijSwswvAjvjtn SA2T FRA2TCISC0 CHRONICLE SATUBDAX SEPTEMftEE 8 1804 11 One Pleasurable and Tiresome Experiences Wading Through Sand and Tide LP tn del4 dy nt tookjtSJl nii jodgnt ranee nnrfrtittti ai Uta ear it thftt ipreupeii erreacasi kneeling reiuam France since 1 1 hTtI ea atin CaiiforaV xpres of eoffiiajj toretnia xsrmlinsi oceedinji eessaryji France fnrpM a day was aforeuid ice ig his slste and tin a buja tanyaM graphic Narrative of a Cycling Trip to Southern California This year Soathern California baa been IBs Mecca of touring wheelmen Swain of the Acmes was the first to make the tffp then followed Osens celebrated rec ofd performance and the almost equally itBrkahlevtrip of Professor Wilson and party So graphically were the delight fa seaside resorts beautiful orange VgroVts and healthful climate described and ertolled by these parties that a general desire was awakened to inspect the fWtbern portion of tbe State in person gnd among the others I succumbed to the Jem which was becoming so prevalent even a suspicion ol a bridge and consequently no alternative but to wade i Twc miles beyond Here the road runs through the bed ot a creek for three miles and the sand is so deep that it is Impossible to ride a foot of it We were now rapidly leaving the coast end the beat was becoming intense The road here became sandy again making progress very slow We were told that what was called the long erade was a boat a mile ahead so we pushed forward reaching the top after a bard climb The road on the descent was so steep and sandy that riding was impossible We trundled oar machines some distance before we could remount A mile beyond this this road forked and taking the one to tbe left we followed It nntil it disappeared in the middle of a held We Concluded we would cut across the country rather than retrace onr steps It was two hoars before we again struck the right road and another hour before we saw a house which we hailed with delight as it was now 3 oclock and we had not tasted food since leaving Ventura at 6 oclock But this bouse was deserted as was also the next Tbe neat was now more intense tban at noonday and seeking the shelter of the barn we waited until the sun went down before proceeding Fifteen miles further on we reached Calabassas a road hoase and Postoffice thirty miles from Los Angeles where after procuring something to eat for we were faint with hunger we remained for the night Next morning we arose early and arriTed at Los Angeles three hours after rejoiced to be again amid civilization The Alexanders and Pollard attired the next day and we greatly enjoyed exchanging stories and comparing notes Jack Alexander gave the following ae jMUllllLllMi jff i ssmm I it rMsmEr TRAILING A BRUSH FOR A BRAKE WHILE COASTING eter with ft of hs inyatoM ntioator ip tA He alii pertni mia sw resideHCI rs layn ce Fraa MtlneJ inpljwl UuibU injrsMJW oreeii4 nioi I immediately began planning the trip and soon induced Dr Lovegrove Will Haley Frank Fuller Frank Hunter George Pollard and Jack and Howard Alexander to join the party What a time we anticipated a regular club rud but Haley Fuller and Frank Hunter found It impossible to go and i as the San Jose boys started some days 1 before Df Lovegrove and myself could i leave we found it imperative to abandon tbe original intention of riding all tbe SLwsy through and instead to take the ikeamer to Santa Barbara and join forces Vuie Ike trip down on the steamer was uneventful and we found ourselves In Santa Barbara on the night of July 16tb Inquiry elicited the information that tht Pan Jose delegation had not yet arrived and as a consequence we bad some time tt our disposal to inspect the town At 3 oclock the boys not having sr rived we decided to take advantage of the low tide and proceed to Ventura along the beach a distance of thirty miles Some three miles out of Santa Barbara the doctor got a puncture which we could not locate and which necessitated a walk of about a mile to the next bouse where we eould obtain a bucket of water From there we went on to Carpentaria over excellent roads principally down grade Shortly after leaving Carpenteria we truck tbe beach It was now after 4 6 clock and a dense fog was rolling in making it impossible to look sbead more than 100 yards or so Meeting a team here tbe driver informed uj that we could make it although we might get a little wet The first fifteen miles were excellent the wet sand making a good hard surface but after this the cliffs became more precipitous rising right from tbe waters edge and makipj it necessary to watch for an opportunity run around as the waves receded After this had been repeated several times each passage being more difficult than tbe last and knowing retreat to be Impossible with an impenetrable fog enveloping us and with no means of ascertaining when the cliffs came to an end we began to think our chances excellent for csraping on some ledge of rock Riding as we had never done before we natlv reached a point projecting out a considerable distance Into the sea There vti no help for It and without waiting to take off shoes and stockings we picked op our wheels and started to wadt around in water now up to our ankles now at our antra Availing ourselves of the rocks where they woutd afford foothold we ithilly managed to get out of tbewater on tbs other side of the cliff and were re Joictd to tee tbatwe had pastod the worst of it But tbe tide was too high to admit Tiding on the beach and after a weary i tramp of two miles through loose sand we arrived at Ventura hungry and sleepy Leaving there next morning at clock count of his trip to which we listened with an interest born of sympathy I left San Jose Thursday July 12th at 11 a The first days ride took me to Hoi lister This is some eight or ten miles off the road but as 4 had four days in which to make 200 miles I wished to take in as much of the country as possible Early next morninic I climbed the San Juan mountains which looked bad enough that early in the trip but which were a Paradise compared to those encountered later At the foot of tbe grade I again wandered from the straight and narrow path by taking the road throng a Salinas From here to Kings City a straightaway stretcn of fifty miles over hard adobe roads the winds blow a regular hurricane at your back Sandcloudi laden with pebbles and Tveeds envelop vou with sudden fierceness and large bowlders by the wayside seem anxiously waiting for a larger gnst so that they too can join in the procession Borrowing a few sticks from a neighboring fence I fixed my coat so that it would spread out like a sail In this Way I floated along mile after mile scarcely pedaling ten miles out of the entire fifty From Pleyto to San Miguel twenty miles distant the road loses what good reputation it may have gained in its former course For the first five miles the scenery is lost in the toil up and down the mountain side and mostly up at that At Kings City I had been instructed regarding tbe route After crossing a bridge and passing wp houses you were to turn to ttie lert and from there make no turns at all but were to keep the right hand road there only being one other fork and that about half a mile further on From here on to San Luis Obispo the trip was monotonous and wearisome except the coast down the Cuesta gmtie Luckily I had rubber strips on my tires so that I could use mv foot as a brake Without tnis protectfou my light racing tires woud hardly have reached Mexico At San Luis I met my brother Howard Alexander and George Pollard who had arrived safely the evening before One of the best arrangements we bad made for tbe trip was in having a trunk of necessary articles sent on from town to town ahead of us So in the evening after wo bad disappeared in our rooms for a short time you would never have thought wo had been traveling all day over hot dusty roads It was late in tbe morning when we left San Luis Obispo We took a longer and as they told us a better route to Arroyo Grande But If the other Is worse I pity the poor wheelman who is ever luckless enough to go that way Krery thing wrnt well until we came to the Santa Maria river bed the placo where the wster must have turned Into snd and before the conversion there surely was plenty of wsler They fall It two but I will wager we walked fifty miles In crossing It At least that is how it seemed to me First you climb a barbed wire fence and tear your clothes trying to find it harder on tbe other side Then you climb back again and settle down to steady wait dracglugvour wheel after you The fence ends ana you seem lost In a great desert Walking In the wagon tracks yon think the other bank byJf iedtt citUi Fr WE PICKED VP OUB WHEELS ASD STAEIHD TO WAM Proceeded confident that our tribula nyert aaend Aieirly good road Jfjnds almost to New Jerusalem where vJLv rtWhrough ariver some hnndred win width and over which there Jr abf will bring relieL Yon struggle vp the Other side only to 9t tbV send stretching ott and on In the atraightaiid narrow way tbe way yon mast go path must end last and we were repaid at Santa Miria by one of the best meals on thv trip Perhaps we called allot them tbe Test for it only takes a few days on the road to change a consumptive into an athlete In the sentiments ot the great humorist a few weeks trip awheel would return an Egyptian mummy to its pristine vigor and give it an appetite like an alligator We were escorted on our way by Gns Pene A Cox and Bert Coblentz Leaving them some ten mites ont we wended our way up the valley over a very sandy road One thing which a cyclist would like to see spread all over the country is a set of distance posts noting bow far you are from the next town Its a failing in this country for no one seems to know how far he is from any place excepting it may be well as I was saying we would inquire distances One person would say ten miles Inside of tbe next 300 yards another would answer fifteen Rather slow traveling and we often vented our feelings on the surrounding atmosphere Our route was over the steep grades of the Santa Ynez being shorter and if the other through Los Almas could be worse then this is the better So they told us at least There are two separate inclines both very steep from this side but offering long gradual coasts on the other For three or four milrs you wind slowly down tbe side of the mountain over hard smooth roads Here we were overtaken by darkness but as a full moon was rising tbe ride from the summit to Ios Olivos six miles away was one not to be forgotten After leaving Baiita Ynez five miles from Los Olivos the road becomes most monotonous You wind up a long barren canyon over roagh and dusty roads filled with loose rocks and bowlders The creek bed where water may once have been but which now looks as if it had forgotten what even vapor might have been winds from side to side of tbe gaily leaving high abutting ledges Up and down these we went in the most monotonous order every new one the exact counterpart of the one jnst passed As far away as you can see tbe same dust rocks and sagebrush are outlined against tbe blent and barren mountain Bide For the entire distance there are no bouses to be seen except where the stage stops for changing horse9 Nothing is ever raised here except on windy days when they raise a horrible cloud of dust But as the wind seldom blows they make a failure of even that About three miles from the summit the Cold springs stopping place is reached It is like an oasis in the midst of a desert Here by chance are a few trees and a tiny trickling stream of water Here we lunched and then resumed the same course to the top Then began our steep descent Bat about tvo miles down the road changes and is slightly elevated for another two when once more it plunges downward into the Santa Barbara valley Just before reaching ihis slight rise I suddenly discovered that How and Polly had dismounted I shouted but they answered that everytbing was all right so I continued onn until the road again took its downward course From this spot I was enabled to see the place where had left my companions Soon I saw an immense cloud of dust and How and Polly turned the corner dragging the famous brush pile behind them as a brake Tbey had struck the incline and stopped Then they dragged it for some hundreds of yards until they were compelled to cut it off in order to navigate They thought to surprise me but the joke worked the wrong way Then I went on back pedaling most of tbe way down the steep and dusty road At the bottom I waited and i was nesrly an hour before the others put in an appearance Thev were white with dust At tbe beginning of the second grade the7 bad tried the trick again and with great success Only the one who rode behind was lost in suca a cloud of dust that he was totally covered Then the brush in front would smooth Over the road so that tbe other would ride into chuck holes witliout seenpr them Still they said they would be willing to repeat the operation We arrived late in the Rlternoon at Santa Barbara where we expected to meet Lew Hunter and Lovegrove but were obliged to push on to Los Angeles before seeing them The doctor and myseif listened to this recital with interest and regretted that we had not made connections in Santa Barbara Next day we all went out toMount Lowe made the ascent on the celebrated inclined railway and enjoyed a grand panoramic viewof Pasadena and the San Gnbriel valley Keturning to Los Angeles we visited tbe athletic club where we were most hospitably treated Here we met Fox Burke McAleer liali and other southern stars On Saturday night we went to Santa Cstalina and as the little steamer approached the barDor which is a perfect crescent it was suddenly lighted up Rockets shot skyward and red and green fire was burned on every hand presenting a beautiful and fantastic appearance Next day we rowed around the pretty little bays and inlets Returning that night to Los Angeles the next day we left for San Diego There we visited the beautiful Coronado Hotel and enjoyed a swim The temperature of the water in the open bay Is over 70 degrees and the ocean is but slightly colder Jack and Howard Alexander were determined to go down to Tia Juana some fifteen miles so that they might say they had been in Mexico The rest of the party returned to Los Angeles where Dr Loregrove wished to engage in a game of chess with Dr Lipschutz While he was thus employed I rode out to Pasadena The road to Pasadena is a slight incline and the surface is sandy and almost unfit for wheeling In fact in no place in Southern California cau the roads be said to be really good The next day we took the train for home completing a trip which I should advise any who may cou template making to take early in the spring Lewis Hvstie TKVMS AT I1AVWAKD8 The Fifth Annual Championship Tournament Held Last Week Last week on Friday and Saturday the Haywards Lawn Tennis Club held its fifth annuel championship tournament on Its grounds at Haywards Although the weather was extremely hot the Four Hundred were out in full force turning the grounds into a miniature San Rafael The dainty summer costumes of the ladles and the white flannels of their escorts formed a charming picture against the dark background of the trees The preliminaries were played off on Friday and Saturday morning Mr Crooks and Mr Hatch coming together in the finals The intense heat and Mr Crooks poor condition proved too much et a handicap for him and Hatch won Score 6 1 6003 After a bait hours rest Hatch met Professor Blancbet who has held the championship since 1893 The contest was exciting every shot being applauded by the grand stand Hatch won tbe first two seta 61 62 At tbe beginning of the third set Professor Blancbet showed up with a look of determination on his face and carried tbe first three games with a rush before Hatch knew what was going on When the latter awoke to the situation he took a brace and ran out the set on six sraight games winning the club championship for the year Score 6 3 A dainty lunch was served on the grounds by the ladies of the dub After the ton araent suitable and costly prizes were awarded Tatars Tennis Club There will be held an all comers tournament on the Tulare Lavrn Tennis Club courts on September 10th games beginning at 9 oclock a The events will bo gentlemans double entrance fee 3 per tetrn mixed doubles ho entrance tee will be chanted in this The number of sets to be played will be best two out of three advantage sets On the evening of September lOtli Central California Tennis Association wilt be organized embracing all territory from Bafcersneld north to Stockton I ROSSIAUILETE Sadi AlfatabFs Marvelous Feats One Arm Balances and Hand Leaps He Astonished tbe Olympic Club Boyj Bora in the Business Local amateur athletes hive had something to marvel at as well as to receive pointers from of late during the engagement at one of the local theaters of Sadi AifarabL who is set down on the show bills as the Oriental wonder and who brated Russian gymnasts Sadi is the youngest son and turned oat to be the cleverest of the fsmiiy I have been very ranch Impressed with what I have seen of American athletes said Sadi to a Chbosicxs representative the day ot his departure As a rule they are superior to those of tbe old country particularly those who are not compelled by their circumstances in life to become professionals And I think thatthe amateurs here in San Francisco are ahead of any I bare seen I watched closely several members Of the Olympic Club whose inclinotions and tastes are tor strength and eqnilibristic feats such as I perform and I want to say tbey strrcrised me There is one young man there Mr Vail who gives promise of being a phenomenon In fact he is very nearly one already 1 c6tisider their achievements all the more creditable from the fact that they have net been compelled to do what they are doing have not been driven to practice for hours daily until every muscle in their body ached Alfarabig fame lies in his prodigious strength of arms and back and his marvelous balancing abilities His performance includes several feats which have never been seen in this country before and one or two of them are his own inventions His piece de resistance and the one which is invariably accorded mote applause than any other in his repertoire IIMTIIEEII 1 San Joseto BrjCaptureiil TlieiU Champion iZe1gler WiMot Bide The Californias Adopt a Special Uniform The ladlea Kot tp Parade A MARVELOUS ONT AKM FALANCF In reality is about the cleverest athlete in his peculiar line who has yet left the old country to show Americans what can be accomplished in tbe way of muscle training Alfarabi is now on his way eastward and mav never visit San Francisco again but rtsoti balavctxo ok iuiliikd cues his wonderful performances will remsln fresh for msny a day in the mtndi of the Olympic Acme and Reliance Ciub boys for whose benefit he gave several special act In return for the attention they bowed him Despite the feet that this performer is is hij one arm balance irst he builds a tower of chairs upon a table leaving two of them back to back at the top He next balances a lighted parlor lamp on the back of his head and grasping the backs of the toomost cbairs gradually elevates his legs and body until he attains an inverted position balancing on his hands tbe lamp still resting on bis head Now be begins slowly to shift the balance over to the right and presently it is all upon the right arm As the body bends over Alfarabi lifts one Of the chairs fre of the tower with his left hand and holding it at arms length remains balanced in this perilous attitude as shown in the accompanying illustration for several seconds Then he drops the swinging chair to the floor and in spite of tbe suddenness with which he must change the position of his legs In order to counteract the effect tbe absence of the chair makes he still maintains the balance on his right arm There are a good many performers who can batance on one arm all right bttt I have found very few who care about doing at a very great altitudeor with a lishted lump on their heads said Alfarabi after executing his feat for the benefit of his interviewer That trick cost me a severe shiiking up once he continued I was showing In Brussels and hadiust secured a splendid balance when the chair 1 was resting on slipped from under me and I took a tumble into the orchestra making my way partly through a piano Another of the young Russians star feats and one which he claims has never been duplicated to his knowledge by any other athlete is his hand balance upon four billiard cues He rests his hands on the heavvendsof the cues two in each hand with tne smaller ends resting upon the tioor and then raises his legs over his bead and balances In that position Not only is he compelled to balance himself but ha must prevent the sticksfrom going sideways or slipping ont of his fingers It is punishing on the hands and puts a severe strain on the back muscles explained Alfarabi and It took me months and months to master it It is probably tbe most difficult feat I da His arm spread or reversed cross as it is sometimes called is also an astonishing feat as will be seen from the accompanying reproduction of a photograph taken ot tt Alfarabi places two chairs In the center of the stage about two feet apart and with the backs facing each other Then he balances upon bis bands on the backs and allows tbe chairs to slowly slide in the direction of the wings until his arms are In a perfectly horizontal position and at right angles with his body Tbe strain he says tt all upon the muscles of the chest and arms aside SADI ALFAKABf riRFORMINO TBE ABU 8PBEAD recognized as one of the stars ot the gym nastcandejxarcnsworld he but 19 years of age But he baa been in the business ever since he can remember He is one of the BomanoffsY family of cele from those brought into play through the necessity cf maintaining the heels overheadoverhead position Iris one of those feats which in order to accomplish one must bepos sessed of almost supernatural strength To night will witness the inauguration of festivities at Ban Jose which will last until Monday night and maybe until Tuesday morning The Garden City Cvcleri havft inarnf helrher xMnaa nor pains to make this meet success and their visitors welcome and and in this vast undertaking hare been materially helped by the hospitable citizens bi the Garden City The Ladies Cycling CI nh has extended the visiting wheelmen the hSjnd of friendship and will do all in its power to make the holidays an event unprecedented in the annals of cycling history The ladies have arranged a garden tea party and each lady cyclist will see that none of the male con tingent departs without first partaking of tha beverage which invigorates yet does not inebriate The California Cycling Club has adopted a uniform for the parade as follows Gray knickerbockers black sweater with Club emblem black shoes and stockings navy bine cap with club emblem Each man will also wear a silk red and white sash the clubs colors We do not expect to carry Oft the prlxe but will undoubtedly make a fine showy appearance says Captain Brunt They will carry tbeir usual parade banners The Olympic Wheelmen will be quar tered at the Westminster and the Reliance Wheelmen at the Nevada House A party of Reliance wheelmen consist ing of Messrs Quinn Clark and Young will go down to Los Gates to night riding over to Santa Cruz to morrow returning in the afternoon to San Jose Another party of Reliance wheelmen contem plating a similar trip will consist of Mesrs Knight Thomas Hersey and and Carleton The Ladies Cycling Club has elected Mrs Will Alexander and the Misses Mor ril Chase and Fifenberger to membership Ibe Misses McKrnney and reet have returned from Alameda where they have been enjoying several weeks The bicycle played a chief part in their enjoyment Captain Brunts scorch of the California Cycling Club last Sunday cfver the ten mile straightaway saw eignt entries and of these three men rode it in thirty minutes Edgebere reached Havwards first and this in the face of having had no training and riding a heavy wheel carrying his coat tools eta Their road race over the same course on September 30th will undoubtedly establish a new recofcd Levi Owens the wheelmens representative on the board of directors was elected by a large majority on Tuesday last His thirty four inch uicycle will be seen for the first time iu the annual parade Monday Jack Kitchen has been a wheelman for many years but not until last May did be make bis initial track appearance In the novice race at tbe Midwinter Fair he won with ease In cycling circles this is considered ft remarkable teat Many aspiring racers have been known to try as many as ten times before winning their Seven prizes will be pflt pWidivjV ipecwt time prize That cycling has itot berond the point where it is considered a fad is undeniable arid to rpe convinced yea hat only to tralk along the principal streets to dis cover the cyclers darting in arid out from the cable cars bent either on pleasure or basinejs and in rnany instances coin bin ing them botu rears ago ween a cycuss mounted one solid tire was compelled to go to tbe ferry be was the laughing Stock of the to wn besides ttxndhig a tearful amount of Jolting over the basalt blocks With the ad vent of tbe cushion tire this uncomfortable riding eras partly abol ishedbutnoti nntil thephenmatio tirer was introduced did the cycler enjoy pleas nre even cwbetv on business errands From early Mornniittrute it night ttur cycler Can ow be seen ohhe streets and the classes combined are from the errand boy up tcv the banter clergy mas and pbysicianii Many prominent bust ness men fare ardent cyclers andenjor numerous runs to the beach on saumet evenings 11Y 4 Sin Fraari an boast of bavin sv goodly number otcyclists It Is estimated tnat there are fnuy itxw wneeimen in tnia town and about one third are members Of some club Oakland can perbapsfl nrim tobethei leading cycling town owingixo her many finely paved streets A talk with a prpm inent wheeler of that town ltd him to say thai ha believed thre were somewhere 2300 people ho use wheels in that townf either for pleasure or in their daily business Thai includes tne many cyclers ol Alameda i Satt JoseKoals cf between iOOandSXJ aad they say that cycling has just about commenCEd in that cilri The California Cycling CIubwflI hold xrrcHEx ja cairns ot rntAoaa its next regular meeting atlltstcinb rooms corner oi roisom ana iwentyr second streets on Tuesday September Uth IL Diecttmann is working bard to secure new members for the Hellenes Wheel men and as an incentive to work the club has offered a wheel to the member securing tbe most new members It is reported that the wheel is almost within bis grasp The Olympic Wheelmen wJtt have Waiter Foster Robert Long and 4WflL Haley to defend their colors in the class events on Monday and ais Foster inx ions to redeem himself en account ot his sickness when at Denver it is to accepted as a fact that men entered against him in anyt the even IS will be compelled to ride hard to keep him from winning handily i The team consisting of Mcssrs Tosfer Wells Haley Terrilt and Lone wilt ride in all of the diss events at the Garden City September 10th Vr On last Monday tbe cornerstone of the San Jose Road Clubs new clubhouse was laid and in a short time they will be ready to receive their friends in their nsusl hospitable style Otto Zelgler Jr their crack rider and the champion of the world In amateur circles has given themr 11 JP 11 JL 7fx SL WW rWkw irlltfli VII Miff i HflLEYT WALTER FOSTER THB THBEE MEN WHO WILL REPRE3EST THE OLYMPIC CLUB IK THE CLA8S BAtS AT HA USE a written promise that ha will do no pub lte riding until th formal opening ot their track consequently ho will not appear on BebtemberlOthinanyof theraeev The Olympic Wbeelmen met Thursday evening in special session and voted to hotdararo meet on October 2d It being npv fully decided tbit this day wilt be celebrated as Labor Day on this Coast Thy will put np about 700 worth ot prizes lor class A and 11 rscsiu A Jolly jiarty ft May City Wheelmen consisting ol Mitsra Kerrlgsn Jlsllctt Plurumer Sheldon tloddarrt Coot and Lee wilt leave here tdayon the Mon tereytiteamer staylnir there titer night thence bv train on Sunday to Santa Crut and on Monday mornlog they will train It to Kan Jose reaching there In time to view the parade and races Messrs Toepko Bpatdlnr and Dave Marshall oi tbe Day City Wheelmen will hold a quiet run to San Jcse on Suntliy The first roan of the trio who scorches will forfeit a wine supper to the others Thi OskUndcfflee the Caaosncuii new sttMjffBroadwsy novice He has ridden In many road races and won several seconds and a third Kitchen represented tbe Acme Wheelmen on relay i from Menlo Park to Mountain View In the late 100 mlle race and hii time was caught for the tn miles at 23 OZ At the last election of the Acme Club he wj elected lo the position of captain nl the wheelmen Ibis position also entitling him to a seat on the buard of directors of tht parent club He it one of the best all round athletes on the Const but ot present he Intends devoting his time solely to the advancement oi cycling In Ids club Kitchen Is entered in the half mile handicap and mile scratch both class A events in tbe Cardtn City Cycteri race meet on September 10th and is expected to make a good snowing in tht mile race About thirty members ot tht Bay City Wheelmen visited tht Oakland Trotting Park last 8unday some for training purposes while others were there merely al spectators or to urge their favorites to greater exertion Gardener of Napa who recently won hit novice race is entered at the Ban Jose meet in class A He is riding in good form and expects to fake back with him a prize or two In practice mites at the Garden City track Messrs McFarland Moody Beit ward Hsrdenbrook and ITeltoli of San Jose end Sherman of Holllster brave done it in 23a Moody and besward appear to be riding in best shape of all and if not overtrained will make a handsome showing Monday Joe Rose tne Acme Mustang is doing fine work at San Jose In the shape of jollying up the cyclers and holding his own In the watermelon patch AH of the Bay City Wheelmens class A riders will enter the races of the Young Mens Christain Association meet at Alameda on September 15th The Bay City Club has thoroughly canvassed its members urging each pne to go down to San Jose and help swell the ranksv at they are anxious to win tbe prize for the largest number in line Captain Kitchen Jr has appointed tbe following as road officers of tbe Acme wheelmen for the ensuinfflerrrit First lieutenant Hannan second lieuten ant a urmtbv ongier rickara color bearer Hutcningson The Acme Wheelmen will hold a ten aile handicaproad race on Sunday September 16th over the straightaway coarse from High street Alameda to Hay wards MlSCglXAXKOCtf levelai mjm Are Hot Favorites I havaafsw Second hand Wheels that nre Great Bargains EDWIN STODDARD 306 McAllistcKBlrees Sj.