The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-05
THE BICYCLE ROAD RACE.
utrecht Breaks a Record and
Wins Time.
First Place Won by Johu Gardiner
of Duarte.
Second Place Captured by DisquaIh d
Rider-A Fall Lat OF the Win
ners and the Prizes
They Won.

utrecht good opportunity to redeem
himsef since leaving Chicago. He
broke a record by winning irst time,
covering the course in 81 minutes aud
l oecond. This 10 Ulbrecht's most re-
mnrkable performance since coming to
this city, luck having been againat him
in all previous events in which he waa
entered. First place was won by John
Gardiner Of Duarte. d. e. Whitman OF
University, who won second place, was
disqualified, owing to his having given
inaccurate history of his riding to the
handicap committee before the race.
His disqualification moves each OF the
rideys up one number higher In the dis
tribution of prizes.
A great crowd was present to see the
start from Second and Hill streets. AT
8 O'Clock the youths whose idea OF lame
ia confined to such events were present
in great numbers. They were busily en-
gagged in betting with each other es to
the inertia and dement's OF the various
riders and prophesying who would win.
BY $3.50 the fairer eeI waa spfinkiec
throughout the crowd, which thronged
Hill street all the way from Second to
Third. BY tho time the first man lett
the tape over 1000 people were present.
Exactly Sc ridsrB appeared for start
in the frat event. There were Dig
wheelmen, small wheelmen, fast and
slow Northumberland in gay colors OF
such fiimsy character that 1t caused
more than one not used to such events
to intimate that some OF the riders had
on little moro than smile.
All the men-and boy s-seemed to De
in excellent condition. There had been
come kick regarding the handicaps, but
that is usual In bicycle racing. Every
thing progressed finely from the time
the limit men started until Kit
chen, McAleer, Jenkins end Castle man
were sent away after them. There
was noticeable absence OF the old.
time wheelmen, the great mslority OF
them being new ridere. Fox, McCrea,
Shoemaker, James Cowan and Maxson
Smith, all OF the Riverside team, were
missing, and there was little to fear
from the men from the orange center.
Castlemac and other lesser swifts en-
deavored to sustain the reputation OF
the yellow ribbon team who have made
80 many brilliant successes on the Los
Angeles track.
/
Southern California. Pasadena, Rivera,
South Pasadena, Duarte, Santa Paula,
| South Riverside, Pomona, Ontario, Riv-
eraide. Redlands. Alham bra, University
| and other places were represented, and
every one OF the riders showed up well.
1t was exactly 6:48 o'clock when the
limit msn, with ~ minutes handicap.
were showed from the tape. Il was
O'Clock when the four scratch men
started out to overtake 80 riders who
had started before them. Some OF the
! handicap men we're two or three miles
| ON their journey when the last riders
started. The long procession OF swiftly
flying wheels made pretty spectacle as
| they sped down Hill street to the city
by the sea, II miles distant. So far as
the eve could reach down the long. mar
row street no great change WAS noticed
| in the position Of the men after they left
the starting point. After the two mile
post WAS reached there came a scatter
ing.
When the three minute men were
ehoved from the tape, the chain on +.
| w. Robbins wheel snapped in twain.
He got another wheel and tried 1t over
again. This cycle he could not ride, go
he got another. Just as be reached
Fourth street the forks OF tho wheel
gave way and he went to earth. He
went back to the tape, secured
another wheel, but when he reached
Fourth street the second time pedal
broke. Disguised with road racing in
particular and bicycling in general. he
quietly wendell his way to cool spot,
where he sat thinking of the prize goat
which he expected TO win. but which
went to another man. His friends who
waited for him at the finish went away
kumming. "She longed for the fellow
that never came"
Robbins is considered Santa Paula's
best rider, and his i'll luck was bemoaned
by all.
There were no serious accidents until
Pico street was reached, when +. r.
Martinez fell and it was thought his
collar bone was fractured. The acct
dent was caused by rider falling in
front of him.
From Pico street and Western avenue
for three miles toward the sea there was
q perfect line OF swift pedaling cyclists.
Now and then a rider would go down,
covered with dust, only to arise, swear a
little at fate, and sndeavor to make up
lost time.
From the tlhukutoIuouG5t oikut ullloe
out, the riders had to take the side
ditch, the road being in state OF re-.
pair. There was little opportunity for
the men to pass each other, and they
took slow pace. Two miles below The
Palms the dust was 60 thick at times
that the riders could not see the man on
the wheel in front OF them.
Fay Stephenson and John Edwards
did some good riding. They paced each
other alternately from start to finish.
When the scratch men left the tape
Kitchen took the lead. Jenkins next
made the pace, followed by Mr.. McAleer.
They changed pace positions along the
entire route, but Castlemsn did little or
no pace making. He trailed the three
other riders until jenkins tire was fat
tened for want of air. Fortunately he
was near Billy Juenger who changed
wheels with him. Kitchen and McAleer
finally tell behind, and Caatleman crossed
the tape line at the finish just short
distance ahead OF jenkins. Kitchen
, then beat McAleer in.
In the meantime many OF the handi-
, cap men had passed Over the tape, and
many had fallen by the wayside.
i A large crowd witnessed the finish OF
Thirty-second street and Santa Monica
PLACE WINNERS HANDICAP. TIME
John Gardner ...............1 30 o.
d. X. Whitman. ...............i0 I.01;0