The evening world., 1894-05-30
RkU WINS Al CHlCkCO
Finishes First in the Great Eight
een-Mile Road Race.
Accidents to Many Of the Three
Hundred Starters.
Police Forced to Club Persons to
Police Forced to Club Persons to
Keep the Course Clear.
my Associated Prers)

(By Associated Prens)
CHICAGO, May 3O.-The Chicago road
race, the successor Of the historic Pull
man bicycle event. was run over the
new North Side course to-day, the finish
being witnessed by an immense thronE
OF enthusiastic spectators.
The race was for the first time run
from a point on the Lake Shore Drive,
opposite the Grant monument In Lincoln
Park. north to Evanston and back 10 the
sterling point, a distance of somethiiIh
more than eighteen miles.
The noun of starting was fixed at ~
o'clock. and long before the time ar.
rived the driveways and ~fuotpaths OF
Lincoln Park were thronEed with spec
tators. Persons in carriages, tnlly-hos
and park phaetons. "hcc!emn and pc
destrians were clustered about the i'm
posing monument, and gathered on the
granite beach to cheer The scant-rob'd
wheslmen and to view the finish.
There were i6 entries. and more than
800 contestants lined up when the hou
arrived. The veteran wheelnlhh, y. ii
Van Sicklen. ottiCiated as. starter, ana
promptly at the stroke of 10 the lmi,
man was started twelve minutes ahead
OF the scratch.
Five cracks were billed for the
scratch: j. =. Bliss. Herbert Citizens,
George * Barrett, II. X. Winshi2 and
4. T.. Lumsden. but of these only lnr
three latter were on hand. As trey lc't
the mark amid lusty cheers and sped
away after the leaders, carriages and
bicycles swung into line and followed at
"A rafting gait 10 view the hrSt Few
miles OF the contest.
The course had been cleared by IL"
police and the racers mad full swims IN
their hot ride for cycling glory. Thsrr
,,.np lttt ana bod I1nan In the rnntn INC
crossing of the st. Paul railroad tracks,
and there some of the riders were badly
delayed. but the majority crossed free
from the obstruction OF passing trains
and swinging gates.
The value OF the prizes given to the
successful riders exceeded SI,JV', ihclnd-
ing CUPS. bicycles ana trophies.
As soon as the last starter had dis
al peared the immense crowd which Incl
the course became Interchangeable. surg
Ing back and forth. strainlng at the
ropes and Cruwding over one another in
the attempt to reach = point of yantnE"'
the driveway was soon black with peo-
pie. Ropes soon parted and po.ice lines
were broken through. and IN the crush
trampled upon, although none vas seri-
ously injured. The mounted police time
and again charged the surging lines. and
only after a vicious amount OF clubbing
Mas the track cleared.
Soon disabled riders began to make
their appearance, limping down the
curse and showing or carrying their
The first man back was o. Himmer-
Zimmerman, the crack, and one of the
a of the Y. NJ. c. ~, n relative of
collided with a mounted policeman
With a mile of the start n returned
with n badly smashed wheel and a
strained arm.
The Belmont avenue turn developed
into "A dangerous point In the course,
and man of the riders fell there. Three
men. L. G. G. Touch. w. II. Gross and
William Holmes. met at that point and
IA terrific collision followed. Gross and
Holmes were badly disa bled.
Many minor accidents resulted from
| punctured tires and buCkled wheels, and
during the hours wait for the finish a
sorry looking process on OF bruised and
bleeding wheclmen limped past the
judges, stand and hunted UP PHYSICIANS.
cred In the windows and on the side
walks watching the racers and occa-
s~ionally urging them on with hearty
cheers. The men who dropped out or
we're disabled along the way were over.
whelmed with offers of assistance. and
many were sent back to the park in car
riages. .
the day happened near the finish. Lind.
quisi, of the Lake View club, was com
;ng into the final stretch at "A screening
around him. A sudden swerve tire"
Linduuist's wheel against two others
The rider was thrown from his machine
and the wheel was wrecked.
Linduuist was unable to rise from the
twisted pile OF spokes and tires ana was
aided by friends. lie was taken To I'M
tent in which his club had h~eadauarter'
and physicians who were called pro
nounced his injuries very serious. Hi'
shoulder was dislocated and his bod!
badly bruised.
went up that the men were coming tn
crowds surged forward and were heater
back by the frantic police, who were
barely able to keep the %aE clear swt tn.
down the stretch at n terrific pace.
AZ Rau shot over the tape winner o
the race. "A shout OF JOY vent up from
his friends and the Grove chcered il
sympathy. Bezenek was a hot second
and then the men came in punched 70
the first fifteen or twenty, all pedallini
by at a hreak-neck speed. Then cam'
The ofncial finish was; Fred Rau, chi
cago; time, about j6m.; second. J. J
Rezenek. T. 7. club; third. A.. Wider
]. skeiton. NJ it, Is. c. c. Club! SIKH
A. Jackson. T. r. club.
itau was pulled from his wheel an,
carried up and down the course on tn
greeted on every side with Congratula
tons. The time made was cOnsidcre
t good, taking into consideration the stii
northeast wind against which the me
had t. pedal. and the race was mani
mously pronounced the most successful
all things considered. in the history q
: the famous event.
, The contest for the time prize resulte
/. in Il tie between G. II Peck. Of the CHI
cag Cycling cub. and W. R1inhri ig'
OF the Columbia Wheelmen, Time-jin
36s. Peck's handicap was three minute
i. lnl Bainhridge's two minutes. Ere
I Rau the winner Of the race. Is but six
, teen years old. lie had lie minute
i handicap, and the race was his first on
e CLEVELAND'S 25-MIL-E RACE