This was in Matthew Brady's Column of July 2001. In it he mentions both a A McClever and a Samuel Thompkins; Late on a Sunday afternoon in July 1895 a ribbon of fog was winding itself around the crest of Strawberry Hill, in Golden Gate Park, and the band had just taken up a a spirited march when suddenly a cyclist in white jacket and cap, with whiskers fluttering over each shoulder, burst onto the music concourse and pedaled merrily past a startled audience of thousands. The madcap, who later claimed to be "A McClever," was a member of a cycling club, and there were those who believed that he had been inspired by the wheelmen to test the legality of the park regulation that prohibited such behavior while the musicians were playing. A city policeman raided his club an yelled at the whiskered rider to halt. McClever did nothing of the kind; instead, he doffed his cap, laughed impertinently, and continued on his way. Samuel Thompson, captain of the Park Police, was astride his horse near the fern grotto. With lariat in hand, the famous vaquero in blue took off after the miscreant, crying, "Stop, or I'll will rope you!" For several hundred yard the race was run at a furious clip. then the capitan whirled his lariat three or four times around his head and the next instant a noose yanked th scorcher from his machine, to be relocated to the lockup in the basement of City Hall. A few notes: 1) I know nothing more that this. 2) The last time I checked he did not have a e-mail address. 3) So to get hold of him you can e-mail the paper at <letters@sfindependent.com> or call them at 415 826 1100 4) As to how much help he will be I do not know. For a number of months ago I gave him some information, one of them being on a story that he had ran with some more information on it, which a ran and did not either mention where he got or thank me. The other two he did run, so again how much help he will be I DO NOT KNOW. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/