The sun., 1903-04-21
NEWS or THB VHEELBN.
RACING SEASON OPENS BEFORE
BIG CROWD IN NEW ENGLAND.
Harry Eikes Defeats Do Guichsrd Of rans.
Maya and Munroc In Metor'raced
Race-New York Motor Cycle CauD
70 FERN National Organization'

Harry Elkes Defeats Dc Guichard Of rsrs.
Maya and Munroc In Mstor.Paced
Race-New York Motor Cycle Club
10 Fern a National Organixaaon'
BOSTON. April 2o.-Six thousand persons
saw Harry Elkes defeat Basil De Guichard
OF Paris, Otto Maya Of Erie. Pa, and Benny
Munroe OF Memphis. Tenn. In twenty-mile
motor paced handicap race here TINS aiter-
noon, the ope ming OF the bicycle racing season
In New England. Because OF difnculty win
the motors. Elkes and Maya started from
scratch. conoeding one lap to De Guichard
and two laps to Munroe. Elkes and Maya
we mt out into the lead at once and for four
and half miles hardly twenty yards separateo
the pair Then when the latter was making
an effort to take the lead. both tires on nhs
machine went fat and he withdrew. Eikes
Tapped Munroe right after this and on the
ninth mile had gained q second lap In the
eleventh mile Elkes lapped De Guichard and
from that time the race was never In doubt:
Elkes won by almost mile. with DE Guichard
sc cond. the time be ing 80 minueso i-s conds'
One third Mile. Open: AuatsnrnWon by y,,gs GsoIgs
ssO Sswrrs Ii;cSs Ss Nsss ssTd Tine
ii minutes SIS Second.
ho,,sn S ysIG: David ssnsn x
Plain. 40 yards. third. Time minutes Is -
twenty Nile Motor Paced Handlcsp.Wen BY
HAIRY tlkeS, GlenS AIS. Basil lse
80 minutes Q Is seconds.
The New York Motor Cycle Club has deh-
nItsly ecidcd TO undertake the formation
OF q national organization Of motor cyclists.
The committee appointed to communicate
with other clubs and individual riders has
re port responses which left no doubt that
the movcms mt would meet with he arty sup
port. and accordingly was instructed to issue
the NJ cessary call for meeting at the earlf st
moms mt practicable. The committee. COM
prising O. Belts. DR.. T. A. Roy and L. L.
Ferguson. has r. ceivcd full power TO name
the dato and plac and has in mind n eting
at on OF the East IN shore resorts. where
a programme Of cont sts and e. neral good
time can b. hnd AFT; the national orga Mia;
was was " orsanisc ip isso One OF the ,fIsi
%s,Ts nax wh1n formed Is The T
r. eardine motor y. hicl 3 nov b. Ing Ing fnacts "a q
s'isc.ss SSs sssfsh ,h,i ,bs
old fisht for EQUAL rights on the roads which
was waged and won by ths Early wheelm,, n
must be fought arain Thdn ha II the bfysis oEI
ss s to-dayl To- E Hs The me ting p the New Y9Tk
r"ed an ,xcs rpt from a sp ech OF Charles E
Pratt the Massachnss It's lawyer, who was
Wheolmon The speech was made at the
organization mee ting Of the L. A. " In 1897
and the excerpt from Il which follows was
as the ) ntm' Mt on which the new association
should proceed
Of this country TO the equal and impartial
nse OF the publ highways and OF the pub
lie parks. and driv WAYS. which our fathers
nav; and We will not n ST until We and our
brother wheelrnon have the free dom OF travel
Bay to the Golden Gate
The first club quarters for motor cyclists
exclusive ly IL to be established at 1914 Broad
way The SECOND floor and base me mt at
that address have been r. nted by the New
York Motor Cycle Club. and the members
will he in full posse ssion by the end OF the
month These club rooms ar are % IN q gtrsi