The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-28
STIRRING CENTURY ROAD RACE
BIG FIELD AND 4 NEW HUNDRED
MILE RECORD.
link Finishes First. while kOpsky Gets
the Time Prize and Lowers the Figures
by More Than Three Minutes--Two
Women, . Boy and . Cripple Finish.

Two record-breaking riders. two women,
n man with wooden leg, a boy Of fifteen years
and a man with n hand and wrist missing
were among the competitors yesterday in
what proved TO be far and away the greatest
road race of the year. 1t was the annual
record century, held under the auspices
OF the Century Road Club Association. which
Ia no more or less than l0O-mle handicap
road race. This race was greatest, because
1t was for a longer distance than any other.
because il had more participants. and be-
cause a record of two years standing was
lowered by two of the scratch men. Joseph
Kopsky and Charles Mock.
There were 2O5 entries for the race, and
15s started. including the women. the boy
and the physically incomplete riders, The
course was from Bedford Rest. Brooklyn.
through Jamaica and over the Merrick road
10 Massage qua, then across to Hicksville,
back to Massepequa again and from there
straight in over the outward route Inc
conditions of the race required every rider
To be checked at each of the turns and pro-
bibited pacemaking There were prizes
for the first thirteen to finish and three time
prizes 1t was the privilege of every rider
to obtain at the finish. by paying 81, souvenir
medal, with his time made engraved on H.
The handicaps ranged by duarter-hours from
scratch to the limit of hours and 30 minutes.
and the finish demonstrated that excellent
handicapping had been done by Daniel NJ Adee
The start was scheduled to be made at
o'clock in the morning. but the officials de-
layed it until after the shower, and the limit
bunch with the two women in 1t, Mrs. A. Waller
and Miss 4. Klein, was sent away as 100
o'clock. The route was all macadam ana
the rain had simply laid the dust and made
it fast All the conditions for fast race
were present.
There has not been for years n road race
in the neighborhood Of. New York with ls6
starters and yet there were no serious acci-
dents reported. d. d. Adee, is years old.
ran over a chicken at Hicksville. pitched
over on his head, cut his scalp and lay un-
conscious for few minutes. but he re-
mounted and finished fourteenth. A. G.
Carrier, who finished eleventh. was scraped
by n fall, and Otto Resine had one side of
his face made raw.
c. link, who won the race. with n / hour
and IS minute handicap, in the splendid time
OF hours 80 minutes 3s seconds for the
100 miles, is a youngster who has done con-
iderable century riding. but never before
distinguished himself in race. He and
sprint OF it to the finish line on Eastern Purk-
way. The first scratch men to arrive were
kopsky,, and Mock, fighting it out in great
spectiveiy twentieth and twenty-frst. The
next scratch man and third time-pri2e VIM
ner was ii Cranston, who finished Awenty-
fifth. There was talk of protesting Mock
on the ground Of professionalism and II
the protest is allowed by the referee, Cranston
will get second time prize and Eiher, who
finished fifth from the one hour mark In
hours minutes 70 seconds will get third
time prize.
The women rode together all the way
and finished almost abreast. riding strong.
Miss Klein in eighty seventh and Mrs. Wal
Ter in eighty-eighth place. Miss klein,s
time was 0 hours minutes ~ 3-5 seconds
and Mrs. Waller was one-tifth OF a second
behind her. The man with the wooden
leg was E. Groom OF Tarrytown. who was
to have had two hours and quarter start.
but who arrived late and went away with
the scratch men. He wore a wooden stump
on the left side and the bottom OF 1t fitted
into a projecting socket made for 1t and at
tached to the crank hanger There were
nearly a hundred riders in when the evening
The man with the hand and wrist missing
was L.. Won Million Of the c. r G. 4. He
finished among the first forty. The fifteen
year-old boy was A. W Ortiz. who started
from the limit mark and finished forty fourth
in the net time OF hours minutes rs
seconds
Kopsky and Mock are members Of the
Century Road Club OF America, and It was
a bitter pill for the association officials
to have these cracks Of the rival body carry
of the highest honors The former record
hu Gus Egloff in 1901 Kopsky lowered the
The first twenty-five riders to finish in
their order