The morning times., 1896-11-07
NJ 'LAUGH[|N LED THE PACK
Won the 20-Mile Road Race
from 81 Riders.
MANY RACERS WERE HURT
Mudd, Ball, and Clum Spilled in a
Mixup-Winner Failed to Lower
the RecOrd-JOhn l.. Turner Took
the Time Prize-HOw the First
Forty Finished.

The great twent y-mile road race of the
Washington Road Club was run off yes
terday afternoon on til Conduitrpad course.
The event had been looked forward TO with
much interest by the wheclmet-of the Dis
trict, as was shown by the extraordinary
number OF entries and the vatae of the
prizes offered. VIZ,
The race justified, by its exciting features,
ali the expectant interest with which 1t had
been looked forward to by the participants
and their friends.
out oil the / 03 entries 81 riders started in
the Lwenty-mile spin, and all OF them fir
lshed who were not prevented by some
serious accident To the cir wheels or to Them
selves.
The crowded condition Of the road with
regard to teams, as well as the judgment
OF The Handicapped in getting into groups
the nen Of almost exactly the same racing
power, made III e narrow crest OF the Conduit
none too wide for the race. ~ a.
LOTS OF ACCIDENTS.
Through fault or misfortune there were
many collisions and some thrilling and
hair breadth escapes from serious acci-
dent. AS it was there was one miX-up
that occurred Oh the first up-turn of the
race that resulted in putting two of the
scratch men hors-de-combat, and knocking
u third senseless for u few moments.
George Ball and II. W. ClUn and John l..
Turner, were the scratch competitors, was
alternating with Bah in setting the pace
for the bunch following them. In making
n turnouJ Tor an obstruction in the road,
Mudd, Ball and Clum collided, and all three
were thrown violently To the ground.
Both Mudd and Cum We're badly cut and
bruised from the knee to the shoulder, and
bled profusely from ther wounds. Mudd's
injuries were of especially painful and dis
tressing character, an ugly bruise on the
lower ribs and n frightfully confused knee
cap being the worst
Both lie and Clum were taken to Cabin
John Hotel where they were cared for and
their injuries received medical attention
tits not thought that the shock would entail
| internal injuries To either, but their wounds
are both ugly and painful.
BALL WAS PLuCKY
Ball was UNCONSCIOUS for few moments
| as the result of his fall, and his wheel
| demolished but on revival insisted on
| finishing the race, which he did on another
wheel.
Mudd's machine was wrecked, the chain
breaking and catching in the rear wheel.
There were many other accidents and
collisions, dozen or-more riders finishing
! the race with bleeding legs and hands
| Several received severe spralns and bruises
| mat practically threw them out OF the race
| and some few made no attempt to finish
| after such Jnix-ups.
one you6g man, whose grit and endur-
| ance would have gwen him a hettcI.)iace
| mad not aocdcnrintervencd rode over the
tape with the blood pouring from Ills III outh
4 fall having caused a badly cutiip.
Although set for = O'Clock, tile ra ce did
not start unit, 3:15. There Were fully
1000 people scattered along the road
| al different places, among them probably
| more than 100 ladies, to whom the lovely
autumn weather was n temptation not to
| be with stood.
The start was made about n mile above
| Cabin John Bridge. and the route was
| from that point to Dowiing's, near Stony
| Hill; back 10 the Anglers clubhouse: turn
and back TO Dowiings; turn again and
back To the finishing line, Immediately in
| front of Cabin J Ohm Hotei.
THE FIRST COURSE.
| On the downward cunrsc, Leo Vogt,
| the fourteen yehr-Oiu contestant, with nine
Gaping, passed Cabin John Bridge first,
| WITH tnarles Mclaughlin next III sight.
| Strung out behind them were thc com
| petitors III the order Of handicapping. In
| ~ shurL Spt &c al Lifnc tuai al nueH that
| Il furious pace was being set the long pro-
| ,-nssion vanished iown tue ro;!d amid III {.
| cheers OF the spectators, and in an in
| c:edibly short time reappeared on the
back course, led as before by young vogt.
Mclaughlin had given up second place
| 10 Norman Fruit ind had settled down To
| a steady gait in seventh place.
II was III this Ilrst upward course that
| the collision lctwe"n the scratch men oc-
/ cnrred that put Mudd and Cium entirely out
OF the race and really destroyed Balls
| chances In this upward Course j. A
Galeski "a six-minute man, had very ma
| terially improved his position in the line
and was well up toward the front rank
To tile Anglers cl ub house, to turn
| and start one the downward tack again,
was soGuickly done astoindicafe that II the
air had been still some records would have
: been broken The stiff wind from the
west was right in the teeth Of the racers
on the uphill turn, which placed them
at Il double disadvantage
GALESKI FORGED AHEAD.
GaleSki led on the hack turn, having
passed a dozen or more in the long rush
| down from the Anglers Club. Close at his
back were Eddie Smith and Mclaughlin
| who perSis,ently refused TO be shaken off
Dannemillcr, another Georgetown College
champion. was well up 20 the front. The
| line had thinned out now by the accidents,
ping out. Like flying shadows they
skinned over Cabin John Bridge and dis
appeared around the curve in the read
and the crowd cseered them to the echo
| The excitement was intense now, ant
there was rush OF the spectators to get
adv antageous positions from which to
view the finish. This rush threatened to
block the road completely, and a collision
between the officers of the course and
several persistent obstructionists seemed
imminent. Barely IN time for the finist
was the road cleared and the narrow esi
sort of gargway was allowed the racers
| 1t was an exciting scene when the con
teStants came in sight again for the final
rush up the long straigltaway below the
bridge, and when, just at the eastern enc
of the bridge. the riders became bunch c; i
SO closely as to make Interference certain
there was a shout from the men and 8
Shrek from the women as they saw sey
cral riders, almost at even terms, collide
and one 90 whrlng to the ground. 1t was
Galeski. contending with Mclaughlin fpl
the lead.
Over the bridge and over the ribbon came
the winners. Mclaughlin, the Georgetown
College whirl wind, good first, with
Matcbctt and Dannemilicr almost neck anG
neck for second n nd third.
HOW THEY FINISHED.
The order of finishing for the first forty
| Tn l,e tha = Jl,,s