The morning times., 1896-10-12
TRIED THE CENTURY RUN.
Many District Riders Started,
But Few Made It.
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
All the Ills That the wheel Is Heir
TO Came with n Rush on the Strug
CLING Whrelmen-E Eight or Ten Men
Came In on Schedule Timc-The
Others struggled In.

This morning there are stiff aud sore
wheelmen in Washington.
Some are consoled by the fact that the
coyeted century medal is theirs, While II
mich larger number have no such comfort
to-iid them in forgetting their aches and
pains.
IL Would he hard to imagine a day more
unfavjrable for making Il century run than
yesterday. The bicyclist Who arose at
diw n, looked ,iut a nd sa W the eloweringskies,
felt he cutting wind, and then returned 10
bed WAS WISE. Many wneeimen VINO had
made all arrangements 10 go on the run
gave up the idea. So the number OF starters
was exceedingly small compared with the
Number estimated.
Those VINO uid go had enough to relate
ia the WAY of accidents, hard luck, md
tl;lsl,,i hopes, To iii Il ,uod-sized volumc
PunCtures. Drokenchans,e expiu led tires,;ind
al the Ills 10 which Il wheel is heir, came
Ia them. But the worst feature of all was
that wind. Some Of the wheelmen say Tie
telegraph wires on the road sounded like a
gigantic Eolian harp, and like Ulysses OF
old, they could not resist the magical
music, hut tarriel by the waysiie.
Those WHO FAILED.
Those Were mostly the unfortunates who
failed 10 make the century on schedule
time But all agreed that The strain or
long riding against such Il wind was fear
ful. Several wheelmen We're completely
exhausted, aud il is safe to say that thcS,
making the full run nsver had /, harder
ride. In addition to the wind the dust
was derry deep, and it interfered ma
tcriaily with tile speed of the riders.
The route taken was out Seventh street
road to Olney and thence To TaylorsvilIc
toDamascus, to oClagettown, To kempstown,
to Monroyia, to Newmarket. to Frederick
pike at a point eight miles from Frederick
City, and this part of the journey was
about the only easy riding on the trip.
1t must be borne III mind that the Balti-
more cyclists had much The advantage uf
the Washington wheelmcn in the kind of
road Travelled The Frederick pike is hard
and smooth, Furnishing. Il nrst-cIuss cycling
road.
Fourteen Columbia men assembled at the
club iouSc, ON q street, and the start was
made nearly on schedule time. with Capt.
Stiles in command Burroughs chain broke
early in the run and he was out of it.
Capt. Stiles also was among the fallen,
and with others they returned to the city
by rail, while the remainder pushed ahead.
They reached Frederick in about four hours
which was very good riding considering
the difficulties. The town was already
filled with Baltimore wheelmen and with
others arriving constantly. 1t was esti-
mated 10y some that there We're fully 500
Baltimore century seekers there when the
Washington wheelmen left at 3p. III. There
were fourteen ladies and they expressed
themselves a being confident OF completing
the century on schedule time.
Five Of the fourteen c. a. c. men fin
isheG inside the time limit. The first TO
arrive was W. E. Shannon. who came in
at T:20 ". Is. Wright. the fifth aud last
man. came at $50. The others were
Messrs. Ingling. Reed aud Story
OTHER STARTERS.
Only eight men made the start frota the
Capital Bicycle Club. but it scored .,uciI
the largest percentage of century men
Four men finished well inside The tine
limit. DIT. Harlan and Lee Allen would
almost certainly have made their century.
but they generously stayed with one OF
their comrades. who was sick aud t:dly
exhausted Just outside of Frederick. The
gerllemen making, the century were I"ssrs.
Macdaniel, Leamy, c. j. Allen and LIbbey.
A number Of Eastern athletic wheelmcn
made the start, but as none of them re-
ported inside the time limit, it is pre-
sumed thatthey failed toma Ike The century.
A large number of local wheelmen went
over to Baltimore by rail to join the wheel
men starting from the Monumental city and
they remained over night. Mr. Lecke. Of
the local l.. A W. was one of those start
ing.
TAKEN as d whole the century runs were
disappointing. Doubtless there will be
others from the local clubs in the near
future. when 1t is hoped that the weather
will be more propitious.