The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-28
WALTHOUR AWINNER
HE DEFEATS HARRY ELKEs AT
MANHATTAN BEACH.
THE GEORGIAN WON EASILY.
RODE so MILES IN ONE HOUR -
MINUTES, % 3-5 SECONDS.

EIkes Quite Thoroughly Beaten At
ter Riding 81 MiIes-OpeninE Mile
Was Run in I i}3 3-5, New
Worlds Record, by Jimmy Moran,
who Passed EIkes - WRlthOur
Took the Lead nt the seventeenth
after-Mnde ~ Miles 21s Laps In
the First Hour and Then Beat
EIkes' Record for Forty Miles.
New York, July 21.-The winning col
ors of Harry Elkes. the Glens Falls
middle distance bicycle rider were low
cred this afternoon on the Manhattan
beach bicycle track. After riding thir
ty-seven miles in four cornered fifty
mile motor paced race. Elkes abandon
ed the contest and went to his dressing
room, thoroughly beaten Bobby Wal
thour of Atlanta, won the race in one
hour, % minutes and twenty-nine and
three-fifths seconds, finishing five and
three-quarter laps, almost two miles
ahead of Jimmy Moran of Chelsea,
Mass, who was three miles in front of
Arthur Ross of Newark, N. j., who fin
ished third.
The opening mile was run at such
a fast clip that a new worlds record
of 1873 3-5 was established For the
first time in a race of this kind, EllSes
was passed, and the one who did it
was Moran. During the riding of the
seventeenth mile Walthour shot into
the lead, passing Elkes with a terrific
burst of speed. Elkes lost his pace a
moment later and fell back. In the
twentieth mile Walthour again passed
Elkes, which made him one lap to the
good. AT 81 miles Walthour had two
laps on the Glens Falls rider. and in
the next mile gained a third lap, which
made him have a lead of one mile on
Elkes. Moran in the meanwhile had
lost couple of laps. but at this point
he began to gain on Elkes, and at
thirty-six miles the Chelsea man took
second place, while Elkes was in evil
dent trouble.
EII<es Gave II Up.
At the finish of 81 miles Elkes quit,
being then seven laps behind Wal
thour and two behind Moran. When
they had been riding one hour Wal
thour had ridden 81 miles, 2h laps,
equalling Elkes' record made on the
same track a short time ago. Walthour
dld not let up in the least after Elkes
had dropped out, and finished the for
tieth mile in sixty three minutes, for
ty-four and four-fifth seconds, beat
ing Elkes' time of $3.50 3-5 seconds,
made one week ago.
WnlthOur Has an Accident.
With forty-seven miles traYersed,
Walthour met with an accident which
caused him to lose about half a lap.
The crank on the left side of his wheel
broke off, leaving the toe clip attached
to Walthour's foot. The little Geor-
gian made circuit of the track riding
with his right foot and dismounted to
exchange his wheel for a perfect one.
He only lost half lap by this mlshap
ard finished seemingly without effort
almost six laps in front of Moran.
Major Taylor and Frank l.. Kramer
met in the final heat of the half-mile
circuit championship and treated the
spectators to an exhibition of the
French style of riding. Neither man
semed anxious to get away from the
starting point and in the first thirty
seconds neither one had gone thirty
yards. When it came down to the
question of a sprint, however, Taylor
finished like a whirlwind. beating Kra-
mer at the tape by few inches, after
an exciting race