The morning times., 1895-10-22
GRIMES is THE WINNER
Captures the First Prize in the
Duponts 'Twenly-MiIe Run.
SIMS TIME THE FASTEST
But He Mny BE Disqualified for Ac-
ccpting Assistance from PAGERS.
Protest VIII he Laid Before Conn
mittee OF Five-Record Held by
Cause Was Equnied.

The twenty mile road race of the Dupont
Cycle Club, which toek place on the Conduit
road yesterday afternoon, was one of the
most successful runs which has been held
on this popular course. The weather was
everything that could be desredand Il large
crowd of cycling people turnedout to witness
the event.
There were fully five hundred people
grouped around the start and distributed
along the course when the first man left
the line. Among the crowd were many
ladies who rod eouton their wheclsto witness
the race and also a number of carriages
filled with the fair admirers of the contest
ants.
There were tliirtyseven men originally
entered for the race, but six OF this number
did not show up to compete for the prizes.
There were fifteen OF the latter, exclusive
OF that which was offeredby The Tinlesasa
.'time prize"
STARTING WAS GOOD.
AT the start everything went off lovely.
The officers OF the race We're: l.. B. Graves,
referee; ". y. -Hadgcr and j. Woerner,
judges; A. NJ. Tubman and W. Tappan.
timers; and William Jose, who oificiated
as starter and Handicapped
The race was wonderfully free from
accidents, BILLY Robinson, X. ii. Stone
and Fred Moore being the only ones to
come to grief. The latter two punctured
their tires, while Robinson received n bad
cropper. He was coasting down steep
hill about eight miles ont when he struck
n snag of some sort and was thrown high
into the air. He was badly hurt but started
to remouHt his wheel. To his disgust he
found that one of the pedals had been
broken clean off aud he had to get back To
the start as best he could with one pedal.
WON THE FIRST PRIZE.
The lucky boy to capture first prize
was b. +. Grimes, unattached, who had
n handicap OF nine and a half minutes.
He came in eighteen seconds ahead OF
+. &. Thompson, W. X. c., who had q
handicap or seven and half minutes.
These two were quickly followed By T.
n. Mudd, ir., A. W; j. W. Garrison,
unattached: W. II. walcott, W. C c.; +.
L. skinner, +. l. Burton. Unattached; and
then came four In a bunch with W. F.
Sims, c. A. c.. who started from scratch,
at their head. The others were strung
out, some OF them not Ginning in for ten
minutes.
Sims time for the distance was 50
minutes and 81 seconds, which just
equaled the record held by Charley
Cause. Cause started yesterday with n
handicap of two minutes. but did not
appear to have his speed with him, and
finished among the ''also rans.'
While Sims won the time prize. IL is
very doubtful II he viii gel it. rs a protest
has been filed against him by the Dupont
Cycle Club, and I. n fMu,id. ir., for
accepting the help of pacem3kers. While
1t is true that Sims WAS paced, the same
can be said Of halr OF the men who
started in the race.
WERE PACED BY 'TANDEMs.
Two tandenis, one ridden b. schade and
RounseviIle. and The otheS by Hutchins and
Palmer, met a bunch OF thcnien u few miles
from the start and paceJ them the entire
"trip. There were also several individual
PAGERS, so that nearly every man in the race
at one tine or another bad some outside
help. 1t would be an act OF injustice 10
disqualify Sims and mot TO punish the other
men who received the assistance thepaccrs.
When the wbeelmen met at the club rooms
of the Washington Road Club last night TO
receive the prizes they made big kick
against ! Inns, and II committee OF five promi-
nent wheelmcn will be appointed TO inyesii
gate the race. Pending the result of this
investigation the time prize viii be held by
the club.