Evening star., 1898-08-08
ONE HUNDRED SURVIVED.
Open Century Nnn of the Century
Cycle Club.

tycle Club.
The first open century run of the season
of the Century Cycle Club was held yester-
day, and was a successful event. There
We're 126 starters. and out of this number
100 survived and will be entitled to the hand
some gold-plated medal that will shortly
be awarded. The ride was one of the easi-
est centuries ever held in the city and
every one who participated was highly
pleased over the manner in which the run
was conducted. A slow and even pace was
kept, and its value was demonstrated by
the fact that out of the 100 survivors nine
ty of the number finished in one bunch
The other ten struggled in, and some took
the full time allowed to deposit their
checks.
One of the features was the successful
riding of the distance by two ladies' Mrs.
Mary Park the wife of Harry Park the
weil-known trick rider, and Miss MAY Rog-
erson. We're the two, and their riding all
during the course was good surprising
many of the male riders. In the century
last fall one young lady Miss Lillian Smith
managed to finish and received medal
These three are perhaps the only members
Oh the fair Sex in this city who have ever
succeeded in riding the full distance In the
time allowed. At the finish yesterday the
pacemakers sashes We're given to Mrs
Park and Miss Rogerson, and they assum-
ing the lead carried the riders at rattling
Z streets to the club house, the end of the
ride.
An unusually large crowd at the finish
witnessed the incoming of the dusty riders
AS the bunch appeared five minutes before
the scheduled time there was plenty of
hand clapping and cheering. The clubhouse
OF the Century boys was thrown open dur
ing the afternoon for the accommodation
OF the friends of the riders. The attractive
appearance of the place created much
favorable comment.
Inc route OF the century was published
In The Star Saturday and was followed to
the letter. On the ride in the forenoon the
contestants were fully three-uuarters of an
hour ahead of the schedule, and at one time
more than an hour. While the riders were
scheduled to arrive at Cabin John bridge at
10 o'clock, the bunch passed through
Georgetown before O'Clock. On account
of this good time a rest of some minutes
was made at the bridge, and then the ride
resumed to the Anglers club house re-
turning TO the city without a STOP fully
half an hour ahead of the schedule While
the riders living in the western section of
the city were permitted to check just out
side of Georgetown, they were not com
PEELED to ride to Washington before leaving
the ranks for the two hours of rest allowed
them.
When at Ashton, Md. in the afternoon.
there was a lively Windstorm for several
minutes, and it looked as though all would
be drenched, but this did not happen.
few miles outside of Ashton it was found
that there had been a good rain, and for
five or six miles the roads were somewhat
muddy, but not too bad to ride. There
were nc serious accidents on the trim
though several spills occurred. Perhaps
! the most narrow escape happened in the
morning to Mrs. Park. While riding down
IN the car track from North Takoma her
wheel slipped and threw her almost in
front of a rapidly approaching car, which
was coming down grade at good clip On
the outward trip one rider slipped at the
nf Tp;n
and five other riders went down with him.
AT the bend in the road near the lower
reservoir six more men went down in an
accident. Several wheels were injured but
no riders were hurt. On the return trip
one of the members of the Capital Ri CIuh
sustained a broken fork a few miles out
from sBurnt Mills, which prevented him
from finishing. Punctures were numerous
on the ride but these were repaired by
willing hands. The action of the club men
of the Century Club in helping the disabled
In this respect is worthy of much praise
The handsome silk flag offered as a
trophy to the club bringing in the largest
number of survivors will not be awarded.
sentation of at least fifteen men from each
club at the start. The Arlingtons had
eleven men, the Levant Wheelmen six and
the Capital Bi. Club four or five men in
line. Men from these clubs were selected
to help pace the bunch. The pacemakers
for the entire route were:
Washington to stream, Ed Hutchinson
and Robert Williams; stream to Washing
Fisk; Washington to Anglers Club and re-
turn to city, Edward j. Murphy and viii
lam Maher; Washington to Olney, Walter
Allen and Robert Stone; Olney to Burnt
Mills. Capt. MeDaniels and Robert DIM
mick; Burnt Mills to Sligo and Sligo to
Washington, L. P. Keller A. w RaIdan
and William Brearley.
The checks will be assorted tonight after