Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-25
Winner Of the Arlington Wheelmen's
Club Road Race.
MANY CYCLISTS At TIE START
CreditabIe Time Made by the Con-
testants.
THE RESULT A SURPRISE

The ten-mile club road race Of the Ar
liz ton Wbeelmen took place this morning
on the Conduit road course, and was won
by Eckhardt, one second ahead OF Bell and
two ahead of Brengie
The weather was splendid for the event.
1t was just cold enough to make the riders
work hard to keep warm, and not cold
enough to chill them. What little wind
there was did not effect the speed much
The start was witnessed by about go per-
sons, nearly all OF whom were cyclists. At
Cabin John Bridge Hotel there was a much
larger number
The scene OF the start was opposite the
entrance to Glen Echo. at the spring on the
north side of the road. The course was
westward to the Anglers Club house and
return. with the finish just In front of
Cabin John Bridge Hotel While the start
was to be made at 10 O'Clock ii was fully
m hour later before everything was ar
ranged. and the contestants numbered and
lined up ready for the word 60.
The officials Of the ~ y were: Referee,
Elmer 2. Simpson; judz IS. J. ID. Arnold. i.
H. harding and John W0efrer, jr.; timers,
A. e. Harris, John Rawlings end John Mil
ief; scorers, Mortimer Redmond, Oscar Hi
chew and w. T. Robertson; clerk Of the
course. J. F. Broadbent; starter, William
Getttngef.
The entries numbered twenty-seyen, but
not all lined up 1T the tape. Thompson.
With one and 0ne-half minutes handicap:
Rtnehardt, with two and ene-half minutes;
Wick. with four minutes; and Rawlings.
with four and one-haif minutes. did not
start. This left tweHty-three men in the
race, each determined to win. The limit
men had six minutes handicap.
They were John Miller, McCawley. c.
Miller and Clark. Some firm believer n
MeCawiey pinned two 81 bills on his num-
Der, and he was the only man who rode
with money on him.
There was q lsy-over of three minutes
before starting of the second batch Of
men. due to the fact that the men haEdi-
capped for the intermediate time had failed
to start. Warner and Hughes were next
started
From this time on the men were pushed
on at frequent intervals, clear down to the
scratch men. There were five scratch men,
two men on the Quarter-minute, two more
on the half, and still two more on the min
ute. There were two men on the two
minute mark, and four on the two-and-one-
haif-minute mark.
Weat tO the Finish.
Immediately after the start of the scratch
men the crowd went On to the point Of finish
at Cabin John. 1t seemed but a short time
when the first of the racers was seen
turning the bend Ia the road about a quar-
teF u 4 fuiie ABOVE SaDln JOnn. Inc Hnlsh
was unusual, inasmuch as there was little
loss OF time.
At the conclusion OF the race the officials
proceeded to a room in the hotel and fig
ured on the result. Eckhardt was found to
be the winner of the race. The time prize
was found to belong to Bob Stone, with
Guy Mitchell, the veteran rider, a close
second for time honors. Stone and Mitchell
also won seventh and eighth prizes re-
spectively. The result of the race was in
the nature Of surprise. Stone was looked
upon as winner of the time prize. though
Mitchell was thought to be a dangerous
rival
There were no accidents in the race to
amount to anything. Capt. Potts was the
only man to sustain fall, and that on
the return trip when within a mile of the
finish. He was urging Eckbardt when the
accident occurred.
Another of the riders fell after crossing
the tape. but vas not hurt. McCawley, the
man with the money on him, finished fif-
teenth, while Dawson, who was out of
fern, finished next to last man.
After the race the members of the club
assembled at the hotel ami Capt. Potts was
gwen three cheers, more particularly for
the success of the club in the Frederick
race Saturday with the Century Cycle Club.
The club yell was given Frequently, and the
members enjoyed themselves Immensely.
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