The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-28
ELKEs HAD TO QUIT.
WaIthOur wins Fifty-AIiJe Race at
Manhattan Beach

NEW YORK, July 27-The winning
coiorS OF Harry Elkes, the Glens Falls
middle-distance bicycle rider, were low
cred late this afternoon on the Manhat-
tan Beach bicycle track. After riding
thirty-seven miles in a four-cornerCd mo-
torpaced fifty-mile race, Fixes abandoned
the contest and went to his dressing
room, thoroughly beaten. Bobby Wal
thour, Of Atlanta, Ga, won the race in
l:2:29 9-5, finishing 594 laps, almost 2
miles, ahead OF Jimmy Moran, OF Chel-
sea, Mass, who was three miles in front
of Arthur Ross, of Newark, n. j., who
finished third. In the first mile Elkes
had the lead with Moran, Walthour and
Ross in the order named. The opening
mile was run at such q fast clip that d
new worlds record of 1873 3-5 was estab-
lished. For the first time in Il race Of
this kind, Elkes was passed and the one
who cid it was Moran, Moran finished
the second mile with Fixes ten yards
behind in 3:06 3-5, which is a worlds rec
ord for the distance. Fixes regained the
lead in the fifth mile with Moran second
and they rode in this order until the
eleventh mile, at the finish Of which v al-
thour took second place, with Moran
third and Ross last, several laps behind.
During the riding of the seventeenth
mile Walthour shot in the lead, passing
Fixes with a wonderful burst Of speed.
Elkes lost his pace a moment later and
fell back. In the twentieth mile Wal
thour again passed ElkeS, which made
him one lap to the good. In thirty-OLe
Glens Falls rider, and in the next mile
gained third lap, which made him have
q lead of one mile on Elkes. Moran in
the meanwhile had lost a couple Of laps,
but at this point he began to gain on
Elkes, and at thirtY-stX miles the Chelsea
man took second place, while ElkeS WAS
in evident trouble. At the finish of the
tEirty-SeyenLh mile Elkes quit, beins
then seven laps behind Walthour and two
behind Moran, with Ross struggling
along, sometimes without pace, badly in
the rear When he had been riding one
hour WaHhour had riden 81 miles ~ laps,
equaling Elkes' record made on the same
track a short time ago : Walthour did
not let up in the least after Fixes had
dropped out and finished the fortieth
mile in 63:4 As, beating Fixes time Of
e5:50 9-5 made one week ago. With AZ
miles traversed Walthour met with an
accident which caused him to lose about
half a lap. The crank on the left side
Of his wheel broke OF, leaving the toe
clip attached to Walthour's foot. The
little Georgian made a circuit of the
track riding with his right foot and dis
mounted to exchange his wheel for per
feet one He only lost half a lap by this
miSfap and finished seemingly WithOuI
effort almost six laps in front of Moran.
Moran completed the fifty miles before
he stopped, but little Ross was allowed
to cease his labors when he had still
three miles to go. After the race It was
said that Elkes' arm, which he had bro
ken two years ago, went back on him.
anu III COlJEiI~ClO4l WIFI MS HdVulS won
a flfty-mile race last night in Boston and
his travelling all night on his way here.
had weakened him and untitled him for
todays race. Major Taylor and Frank
L. Kramer met in the final half mile OF
the circuit championship and treated tie
spectators to an exhibition OF the French
style OF riding. Neither man seemed anx-
ious to get away from the starting line,
and In the first thirty seconds neither
enc had gone Thirty yards. When it came
down to the question Of a sprint, how
beating Kramer at the tape by a few
inches, after an exciting race. There was
a bad spill in the final heat of the one
George L. Leander, of Chicago, jumped
to the front in the final lap. with Had
field, Of Hartford, close up. These twj
were nearly leo yards ahead OF the rest
Of the contestants as they came down the
stretch. Hadhelds wheel became useless