Evening star., 1896-11-07

gala event. and everybody felt interested In
the race. While most of the spectators
we're out on the road the front ve-anda CT
the Cabin John Bridge Hotel was crowded
with people. who had good point of van
tage to witness the finish.
Inc course was In splendid condition. and
the rain of the previous day seemed to
nave very little effect on the hard macadam
surface. except in a few places between
CaDin Johns and Anglers Club House, but
these were not sufficient to cause any great
inconvenience or loss of time to the riders.
The new course which was used was Of
special advantage to the spectator. mas
much as the riders passed Cabin John four
times during the trip. including the finish.
Ihis made 1t q comparatively easy matter
to keep tab on the men and prevent any
foul riding. The day was splendid for the
riding. and the only drawback was stff
breeze. coming almost due west, which
swept down the road and struck the racers
squarely in front on the upward trip. 1t
was fortunate that out of the twenty miles
OF riding there were perhaps no more than
eight or nine miles in which the riders were
forced to face the wind, while for the
balance of the distance with the wind 10
their back splendid time was made.
Though there were in all 1O4 entrants.
there were only about eighty starters The
racers expected to be started at o clock
in the afternoon. but owing 10 the time con-
sumed in attending to the racers, It was
fully an hour later before the start was
made. The entire third floor of Cabin John
Bridge Hotel was placed at The disposal OF
the men for dressing room, and from This
point the men rode up the Conduit road to
the starting point in their racing suits.
nearly a mile and half distant.
With the high wind it was hardly expect
&c that the course would be covered in
much less than the hour. The results were
agreeably disappointing. and the time
made much better than was anticipated
Out Of the forty men who finished whose
tihce was taken there were only thirteen
men who finished on or above the hour.
record time, while the remaining twenty
seven finished within the fifty minutes. The
time prize was won by John l.. Turner OF
Boston, Mass, scratch man. who nnlshed
tW Wenty-fourth. and whose time was 5i:o3
This is just :b-21ths below the record eStab-
lished last year by T. N. Mudd the local
rider The second best time was made by
Bayard T.. Wrenn of the Arlington Wheel
men. who finished twenty-frst and whose
handicap of one minute and fifteen seconds
gave his corrected time 55:O4. George S.
Ball made the third best time, he being
scratch man and finishing thirty seventh.
Billie Sims also finished under the fifty-six-
minute mark.
There wer" Il number of accidents attend
ing the race.
Probably the most serious of the day was
that of Clarence f. lngling, a 512-mnute
man. who was well up near the first turn
when he was overtaken by bunch. to
which he tackled on. The first man very
soon after took bad tumble. and ma
jority of those behind him were thrown.
was caused by a man behind him. who
fell heavily across his back. breaking his
collar bone and taking the skin from both
knees and left hip.
The man trouble seemed to be at the lin
ish Quite number of riders were thrown
off their wheels by crossing Cabin John
bridge, and the short distance from the
end of the bridge to the finish was so jam
med with spectators that eight riders fell
te1ore reaching the tape. some being un-
able TO walk the distance out with their
wheels. 1t was Impossible for two men TO
ride abreast at this point, and, to keep
from fouling each other, the riders were
forced to skirt the edge of the crowd. Some
OF the men who were only slightly SHAKEN
up ran across the tape without their wheels
and wanted to be counted, but the judges
refused to recognize them until accom-
panied by their wheels
SO far as known only one protest has
been filed. and that by J. A. Galeski, who
finished fourteenth. He managed to reach
the tape on his wheel, and then fell off
exhausted. but he managed to cry out to
the judges that he had been fouled on
Cabin John bridge by Howard Matchett
who was twenty-siX. The protest was made
IN writing, and the judges and referee will
hold a meeting this afternoon at 1.i2J l4th
street and settle the matter.
AT Georgetown University the students
are proud. Charles Mclaughlin, with a
handicap of Ii2 minutes, managed to cross
the tape close winner. l.. B. Dannemiller
of Canton, Ohio, the boy champion of the
buckeye state, who was given 1-minute
handicap, finished third. Mudd, who also
rode under Georgetown College. was
thrown from his wheel at the first turn,
and was out of the race. He was one Of
the scratch men. Schade did not ride
The following is the summary of the race
with the actual and corrected riding time
OF the first forty two men crossing the tame.