Evening star., 1900-11-29
Annual Road Race Of the Arlington
Wheelmen.
HARRY WALKER MADE THE BEST TIME
Covered the Distance in 27 Min
utes and 7 2-5 Seconds.
MANY FAILURES TO START

The sixth annual road race of the Airing
ton Wheelmen was held this morning, and
was as successful as any yet given by the
popular wheeling club. The race was won
by Fred Moore whose time was % min
utes seconds, while Harry Walker secured
time prize, his actual riding time being
27O 2-5. Guy E.. Mitchell was the first
rider to finish. but he did not go over the
course. but merely paced many Of the
riders.
The day was not an ideal one for road
racing. The road was in fair condition,
the rain having caused some bad stretches
The air was somewhat raw. but this would
not have been such a drawback had it not
been for a rather stiff breeze that swept
the road.
The distance was the usual ten miles on
the Conduit road course. The start was
made at the spring near the entrance to
Glen Echo, the course lying westward to
the large tree in front of the Anglers
In front of Cabin John Bridge Hotel. The
finish was suitably marked so as to pe
plainly visible to the riders.
The friends of the club turned out in
force. There was quite gathering at the
start. while at Cabin John Bridge Hotel a
much larger crowd assembled. The front
balcony of the hotel was turned over to
the use of the ladies. and was we'll filed.
the start until it numbered several hun-
dred. There was plenty Of enthusiasm.
The Start.
The start was made about 1920 o'clock
The riders were lined up in their order of
handicap and soon after the limit men were
sent off, the others following in rapid sue
cession, the limit men having four min
utes.
The officials Of the race were club men,
bers and were as follows: Judges j. T.
Walker. Frank Mcgee, W. E. Clark and
William D. Leisster; timers Claude Brent.
J. F. Broadbent and E. ]. Murphy; clerk
of the course, William T. Robertson ref
cree, Lon. L. Harding; Handicapped. E. J.
Murphy.
OF those given four minutes. B. A. Bell
was the only rider to start. There were six
men in the three-minute class. but only
DR.. Thomas T. Utz. c. A. Mayer, E. B.
Terry and J. E. Butterfield started.
Seven men started in the two and one
half-minute class. F. A. Loefier, e. A
J. H. Strickland, w. H. Duffy. jr.. and r.
E. Williams. There were eight men on the
two-minute mark, of whom A. II. Dawson,
N. Eckhardt. jr. G. A. Myers, F. P. Lib
class. Frank G. Potts, Fred. Loefier.
Guy E. Mitchell and c. ]. Butler
started.
The same number of riders were repre-
sented in the one-minute class-R- H. Stone.
w. l. Whitson, Fred. W. Moore and A J.
Christman.
There were only two scratch memo. H.
Miller and Harry Walker.
The Finish.
1t seemed only brief time after the
scratch men disappeared around the bend
in the road before the cry of the return was
raised. solitary rider was seen coming
down the stretch, who proved to be Guy
Mitchell. A few seconds later a troop Of
ten wheelmen came into sight. There was
lively sprinting, but Moore succeeded in
beating the others to the tape From this
time on the men came struggling in until
the last man appeared. No casualties were
reported. The only misadventure happened
to c.. E. Wood, who was accidentally forced
down an embankment by Wurdeman. He
was unhurt. and mounting his wheel fin
ished among the front riders.
Order of Finishing.
The order of finishing, as announced by
the officials, is as follows: Fred w.
Moore, Harry Walker. Otis Miller, Charles
]. Butler, A. H. Dawson, Frank c. Potts.
G. A. Myers, Fritz Loeff1er, Nick Eckhardt,
c. A. Mayer, C. A. Smith. F. G. Wurde-
man, F. A. Loeffler ]. E. Whitson. c. E.
Wood, A. Christman, w. 1. Whitson, Ed.
Terry, r. H. Stone, B. A. Bell. J. H.
Strickland. w. H. Duffy. r. E. Williams,
F. P. Libbey. A. T. Utz.
The presents for the winners will be dis
tributed at the next regular meeting Of the
club.