South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-04
FASTEST TINE MADE
lin MOTORCYCLE RACE
Second Clipped Off thursdays
Record by Rutherford, Who
Comes in First in the Free
For-AII Event.
DAYS WINNERS.
Motorcycle RaCe.
Rutherford. first; bushnell, second;
Andrews, third.

Andrews, third.
GrOtesque Parade.
Portage Prairie Band. first; Fratcr-
nal Order OF Eagles, second; Red
Men, third
Howling Indians. wild cannibals.
animated corn shocks, rube bands,
clowns. suffragets, September Morn,
red fire. and then some, all com
bined into one cOnglOmerate mass
brought 10 a close the first Farmers,
Merchants and Manufacturers expo
sition. The final night of the week 5
carnival ended in a true blaze OF
glory and is said TO have brought one
of the biggest street crowds ever seen
in South Bend. Conservative estimates
put the number of people lining the
streets during the evenings entertain
ment between $4,000 and 10000
Long before the hour of the start
Of the parade the streets alonS the
line of march were thronged on both
sides. Michigan, Main and Washing
ton and ColfaX were one dense mass
OF packed humanity each struggling
To get a view of the participants in tue
grOtesque parade. Hundreds OF autos
likewise stood side by side on the
curbs each filled with half a score Of
people. Despite the huge crowds good
order was maintained and no trouble
was reported. Traffic rules especially
made for the occasion were all strictly
obeyed and the police had little diff !
Guilty in holding back the eager on
lockers.
Parade Is Success.
The grotesque parade planned
along the lines OF the New Orleans
Mardi Gras lived up to all eXpecta-
tiofs The efforts of Nelson Jones,
chairman of the parade, were well re-
warded with a turnout of truly COM
icaI and original makeups.
Four bands at various intervals
of the procession dispensed the music
necessary TO the occasion. The Leader
of these bands, that from Portage
Prairie disguised as rube band
carried away first hOnOrs. The sec
ond prize went 10 the local order OF
Eagles An odd sight was presented
when the me.E Ders of this lodge ap-
peared in single file each man being
concealed under a huge corn shock.
As they danced along the streets II
appeared as though a corn field had
broken loose in the city and had taken
charge The Red Men. winners OF the
third prize, all appeared on horses
each man dressed in fun Indian re-
gaIia. Their line of march ended with
n pony dragging a teppe followed by
a gang OF papooses.
Queen Was a Man.
Leading the parade was the queen 5
float taken in charge by a party OF I
Notre Dame students who secured
royal robes and burlesqued the festiv-
ities OF the opening night Cecil Bird
sat on the throne. His ladies in
waiting" were Dolly Gray. Ray
Eichenlaub. Joe Gargan and 'Rupe'
Mills
"Pepper" Hodges South Bends IA
nous newsbOy appeared in line driv-
ing a float bearing an exact reprOduc-
tion OF SeptembS Morn. Word was
passed to Pepper" that he was 10 De
arrested but he gave another 'cluck
TO his bay mare and kept on.
THE Woodmen of the World ap-
Deared as suffragets bearing big ban
ners labeled Votes for Women.
scores Of clowns. rubes. black face
artists. and Indians made up the re-
mainder OF the long procession.
The Judges of the parade We're
Rome Stephenson. A. TT. Heller Mrs.
A. J. Lent and c. r. Trowbridge.
Rutherford Is Winner.
The Il entries in Fridays free-tor-
all motorcycle race made the fastest
time i'm any of the races held in con-
neCtion with the exposition. TIE
winners time i'm Fridays race was
9o.4q. one second faster than that of
Thursday. Rutherford, VINO came IN
for first money. rode one OF the pref
test races ever seen in this city.
Bushnell also rode well and If he had
made better time az the corners he
would have made a better showing a.
the finish He took second prize. !
Andrews was third on an Excelsior. !
which make was ridden by all the
winners.
There We're no accidents. which !
was lucky considering the sharp cor
ners OF the course. Hess was out
after the first lap owing 20 loss of
gasoline GroChoske was protested
against. IL is said. owing 20 some ir-
regularity in the construction of his
machine 4 pretty race was that OF
Grochoske. Rutherford and Hodson |
down Colfax in the third lap. Ruth
erford. owing 10 the peculiar position
i'm which ne rides. seemed 10 pass the
other two with ridiculous ease.
Several Forced out
Gaskil Annis. Grochoske, Edgren, |
and YounQuist all had bad luck with
their machines and were forced out
before the finish of the race
The officials in this event were John
Cashmere and j. -. Weaver. time
Keepers. Frank Dolph. starter. and
Fred Hart Judge. The management
of all the three days races was in the
hands Of Frank Dolph
Earl Hodson. No. 10 made a pretty
start and might have made a strong
run for first place had it not been for
some unfortunate accidents which be-
fell INN N the cO&Tse OF the race