1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

necessary preliminary preparations. The Committee in question,when its numbers were complete, comprised the following members:President:Vice-President:Treasurer:Secretary:Other Members:Captain C. G. DRAKE, President of theSwedish Cycling Association.A. STORM, Esq.O. KRAEPELIN, Esq.C. ULLÉN, Esq.ERIK PALLIN, Esq.,FRANS PETTERSSON, Esq.,S. AKERSTEDT, Esq.,K. S. HELLBERG, Esq.,C. F. R. PLATIN, Esq.,E. SALMSON, Esq.A special Training Committee, consisting of Messrs. Hellberg, Petterssonand Akerstedt, was chosen from among the members of theprincipal Committee, for the purpose of arranging, carrying out andsupervising the training of the Swedish cyclists.Early in 1911, a great number of inquiries began to be receivedfrom abroad, together with requests for the programme and proposalsfor amendments in the scheme drawn up, etc. Several nations, too,came forward with additions that they wished to have made to theprogramme.One thing that caused a considerable amount of trouble at first,was the determination that all those who intended taking part in thecycling competition, should be provided with a certificate issued bythe Union Cycliste Internationale, or by an Association affiliated tothat body. Two years before the date mentioned, Germany hadwithdrawn from the Union, and would not now consent to be compelledto apply to its Committee for a license. The matter was arranged,however, by the Swedish representative at the Congress of theUnion Cycliste Internationale, at Paris in February, 1912, and theGerman Association applied for, and obtained, re-admission to theInternational Federation in question.The complete ignorance, shown by many nations, of the existenceof the Union Cycliste Internationale and of the method of applyingfor, and obtaining, the license, also caused some difficulty, but, finally,all these matters were settled satisfactorily. The immediate resultof all this trouble about the license was, that all those nations whichprevious to the Games, had not been affiliated to the Union, tooksteps to obtain admission to the Federation as soon as they wereconcluded. The Union Cycliste Internationale has, therefore, grownboth in numbers and in strength, as a result of the Olympic Gamesof 1912.Several nations requested that track-racing should be included inthe programme, but for reasons mentioned on the preceding page, theCommittee was, unfortunately, not able to comply with this wish.428