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[https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ1D-HMS Hardy Kenneth Downing Sr.] 10 December 1877 – 9 July 1960 | |||
Brother of [[Lewis Richard "Lace" Downing]] | |||
Read more about Hardy Downing here: http://recycledandrecounted.blogspot.com/2018/01/downing-rode.html | |||
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* [[Garden City Cyclers]] | * [[Garden City Cyclers]] | ||
Revision as of 03:07, 12 December 2022
Hardy Kenneth Downing Sr. 10 December 1877 – 9 July 1960
Brother of Lewis Richard "Lace" Downing
Read more about Hardy Downing here: http://recycledandrecounted.blogspot.com/2018/01/downing-rode.html
Clubs
The ninth was a hard ride past Hall's, Alvarado and Mount Eden over a miserable road and against a strong head wind. To give an idea how bad the conditions were Ulbricht, the Bay City man, who can negotiate ten miles under favorable circumstances in 25 minutes, could do no better than 33 min. 35 sec., and yet his was the best time of the relay - faster than the celebrated Olympian, Edwards, than the speedy Nissen, Acme, Downing Garden City, or Bates, Reliance, or crack riders.
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There was more hard luck for the Garden City Club on the ninth. Downing, one of their best men, punctured his tire and lost considerable time for them. They were fourth at the beginning of the tenth. Edwards took the lead away from the Acmes, they being in second position.
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NINTH RELAY.
Position
at
finish.Rider. Club. Time. Actual
Riding
Time.1 J. E. Edwards Olympic 1:19:00 33:42 2 G. A. Nissen Acme 1:20:08 35:45 3 E. Ulbricht Bay City 1:20:48 33:36 4 H. Downing Garden C 1:21:48 37:25 5 Ted Belloli San Jose 1:25:24 34:44 6 C. D. Bates Jr Reliance 1:28:24 36:49 7 T. Farnsworth San Fran 1:30:48 37:35 8 J. J. Boree Imperial 1:31:12 35:19 9 R. Coulter California 1:31:24 35:44 10 F. E. Graham Alameda Did not finish. Fastest time - 1894, 33:00; 1895, 29:19.
Pages which link here:
- Garden City Cyclers (← links)
- Charles D. Bates, Jr. (← links)
- TO OLYMPUS ON WHEELS. - Annual Feast and Games of the O. C. Cyclers at Escalles. - San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 1898 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 07 Sep 1895 (← links)
- 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 (← links)
- Ted Belloli (← links)
- T. Farnsworth (← links)
- J. J. Boree (← links)
- R. Coulter (← links)
- F. E. Graham (← links)
- ONE RECORD BROKEN. - Byrne Went a Half Mile at San Jose in 1:01. - The San Francisco Call - September 10, 1895 (← links)
- BYRNE MAKES A NEW RECORD. - San Francisco Examiner. September 10, 1895 (← links)
- Hardy Downing (redirect page) (← links)
- V. A. Benson (← links)
- Lace Downing (← links)
- Burton Downing (← links)
- Jack Dermody (← links)
- 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 (← links)
- STARTERS ARE READY FOR THE ROAD RACE - The San Francisco Call - October 08, 1898 (← links)
- FAST ROAD RACE. - San Jose herald, Volume LXIII, Number 105, 1 November 1897 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call - August 29, 1896 (← links)
- ROAD RECORD TRIAL. - To Be Made by Charles M. Smith of the Garden City Cyclers. - San Jose Mercury-news, 16 October 1896 (← links)
