The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-11
Nearly One Hundred Motorcy-
cIists Invaded the City This
Afternoon Enroute to Ind
annapolis.
START At CLEVELAND
YESTERDAY MORNING
D. P. Whitney Riding an Ind
ian Car Was Only One En-
tering This City With a Per-
feet Score.

HlCnmOnO greeted the one lunOFeo
and five motorcyclists who passed
through this city this noon and who
for the best record established in the
eighth annual motorcycle endurance
and reliability THE motorists
started yesterday morning at Cleve-
land, Ohio and will reach Indianapolis
this evening about o'clock. The
first man to check in at the Westcott
hotel was d. r. Whitney. a well
known racer.
The streets were thronsed with peo-
pie who Witnessed the Contestants ar
rive and depart. Much interest was
taken in the event and more excite
ment than d little was furnished with
In the space of an hour by the fast
departure OF the motorists, runaway
and narrow escape from serious ac-
cident experienced by one of the rae
ers, and a smashup. {
A single tree on the coach belonging
to the Greene livery barn broke and
the horses started up Main street at
fast rate OF speed. However. before
trouble or accident occutred, the team
was stopped.
Racer Gets a Spill.
One of the. racers started to cross
the street car track 4 Ninth and
Main street when he Yell. sliding a
distance of fifteen or twenty feet on
the brick pavement. bystanders who
moment before had rushed to get
out of his way ht%<fed to his assist
ance, expecting to find him seriously
injured. However he jumped up, pick
ed up his machine and started away
to make up the lost time At Sixteenth
and Main streets horse became
frightened but did not cause any SER
ious trouble. A Thor machine was
wrecked a. Foleys greenhouse on the
Liberty pike. 1t was brought to the
city. $50
Several Of the men stated that the
roads were bad, being very dusty and
rough. This accounts for the number
of accidents to machines the men
have experienced. D. p. Whitney is
the only man who entered this city
who continued to have perfect score.
He was riding an Indian.
The worst part of the route was yet
to come when the racers left this city.
This was the hill country between
this city and Liberty. and between
Liberty and Connersville. The men
were not expecting to get over these
roads without suffering some more
accidents to their machines.
A Few Accidents.
The trip so far has been made with.
out serious accident to any of the
racers. One man went over a ditch
not far from Columbus while another
ran into buggy on the way from
Cleveland to Columbus and broke his
machine and damaged the buggy.
The hospitality accorded the visi
tors was commented upon by them
All arrangements had been made by
the local officials. The Fall Festival
association had man distributing
''turn-me-over" tags, advertising the
festival.
The Westcott hotel was the head
quarters. A stand was placed on the
street. at which place the men had to
register as they entered and also be
fore they left. The racers had to
check in and check out again at LIB
erty. The last place where they check
Is at Indianapolis, this evening, at
which time the officials will score the
cars and probably announce the re-
suits tomorrow. According to the rules
the only repairs allowable without de
tracing from perfect score. are tire
repairs.