The herald., 1895-08-31
THE ANAKEIM ROAD RACE
Wsshbcrn Wins Time Prize 10 a
Drive
Rodriguez Rides Cool Second-Piaee Prize
Goes to Priest Of FulIsrt n-Fast Time
and Many Good Finishes

sThe first road race given by the Orange
County wheslmeu at Anaheim was won
by Clyde Washourne of Duartc in the fast
time of 81 "a, with Rodriguez of Azusa a
close second. In the half mile home
stretch Washburns sprinted ahead OF
Rodriguez and passed under the wire a
seconu ahead of him. The race was over
a course Of eleven miles. with six corners
to turn in each of the three laps. Nine
o. tho handicap men passed in ahead OF
these two scratch men. There were
thirty-seven entries, the scratch men
being Washbnrne. Enslo of Santa Ana,
Rodriguez, Lawton and Peach of River
side. Twenty-four men came in ahead of
Ro lriguez in the first sat. Washburne
trailins closely at mis- heels; time for the
iirst lap, l0:39. Englo came around IN
IL 40. In the second lap the two leading
scratch men made rapid gains on the
handicap men, the handicap limit being
5 minutes, and Rodriguez was twen-
tieth: time, 81 :05. In the third heat the
swarthy Azusan led to the home stretch,
but the fact that he had left the course
plentifully besprinkled with spokss nom
his hind wheel told against him; in the
home stretch Washburne passed him at
the wire and won by half a wheel. Roi-
riguez' wheel hadn' above a dozen spokes
in il at the close most OF those remain
ing being wrapped ABOUT the hub like s,
many coils. 1t was the prettiest finish yet
seen in race on the southern circuit.
Much enthusiasm prevailed and the
streets were iammed with thousands OF
people. The first prize was a suit of
taior-made clothes. H. II. Judson of
Whittier, who was in the 6-minute nand
leap class, won the first place p.ize.
gold watch, in the good time of 36:O7 40;
Will Priest of Fullerton was second in
"a 20 3-5. making a sensational fight with
Ike Fiel of Santa Ana, who finished in
34;29 As. Both came in on the home
stretch neck and neck, making beauti-
full finish, amidst great shouts OF cheering
and applause, and at the wire Priest
passed ahead by neck. the timers Civ
ing him fifth OF second behind the
SaLta Ana man. Peach broke his wheel
when within hundred yards from the
start. He had been allotted 30-second
handicap. but not caring to be pacemak-
er for the scratch men, refused it and
started at the scratch; he holds the fastest
mite record and would have made it IN
teIesting TO the Others. but broke down
and had to return. Engle lost his saddle
and finished among the last only two
men being behind him, in So: IA. Stantield
of Riverside cut aross lots and finished in
1904, but was ruled out for the prize. He
was IN the i 80 handicap and came in
seventh. Nick Hugo of Anaheim, wao
3S:07 Is. Ed Woelke. s-minute handi.
cap, finished fourteenth in 1856. Fred
Lewis, 8-minute handicap, fifteenth, in
4O:15 and Allan Melrose, with the same
handicap, sixteenth in 40:16; Joe Backs,
6-minute handicap, was seventeenth in
eighteenth. in 99:4l 1-5. These latter are
all Anaheim boys and all made good time.
BICYCLE sPOKES.
Emil Ulbricht is following the northern
circuit and is showing up we'll at all
meels. Horace Slater is with him and
his quick squirt is winning cleverly.
Dan Whitman, the crack Glass A mau,
returned fir ON the north on Thursday.
He has been in good form and brings
down several prizes.
Godfrey Schmidt and Will Hatton. of
the Syracuse team, have taken to tandem
riding, and are looked on by good jud ges
as remarkable pair. They have made
some five mile spins lately that are WON
derful on the cowpath of the Los An
glees Athletic club grounds.
Will Burke. the southern flyer, who is
following the northern circuit, won the
mile open at Woodlands on Wednesday,
beating such men as Foster aid Allan
Jones.
There will be race meet at San Diego
on Septembe 7th, on the Coronado horse
track. The riders will be mostly local
men.
Horace Slater is credited with riding
a half-mils recently at San Diego in the
rapid time of 55 seconds. A strong WIND
blew down the stretch and materially
lessened the time.
: Racing men in general are training for
the Riverside meet on September 9th.
The road race in the morning has list
of entries that prom ises to be larger than
was that of the Santa Monica event.
c. n. Ravlin, the editor of the Pacific
Cyclist, is the organizer and chief sup
po ter of the circuit that is now being fol-
lowed by Burke. Ulbricht. Slater and
others OF the southern contingent