annual twenty-five mile handicap road race of the California Associated Cycling Clubs

 

The fifth annual twenty-five mile handicap road race of the California Associated Cycling Clubs was run yesterday morning over what is known as the San Leandro triangle and, in points of entrants, accidents and time made, was the most remarkable event of its kind ever beld by the association.

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The California Associated Cycling Clubs is an organization which has been in existence about five years in this State, and is made up of twenty of the most prominent cycling clubs hereabouts, including nearly all the San Francisco clubs and those of Oakland, Alameda, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, San Jose and elsewhere. On Washington's birthday of each year since 1893 the various clubs belonging to the association have run a joint road race over the San Leandro course, and yesterday's event was the one for 1897, postponed from last Monday owing to the poor condition of the roads at that time. Besides this annual race tbe association conducts a 100-mile relay race in April, a twenty-mile team race in July and a ten-mile handicap in October every year, and valuable prizes are always hung up for the winners.

DELMAS WAS SPEEDIEST - Coast Record Broken in the Big Bicycle Handicap. - The San Francisco Call, 01 Mar 1897