The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-02
PERRY THE WINNER
0: CENTURY EVENT
c. { ok Excelsior Rider Goes
he 100 Miles Yesterday
in 1865.
TRACK A HEAVY ONE
Because of Danger Racers
Wanted 100 Mile Race
Cut to Is Miles.
TRACK A HEAVY ONE

On track neaVy WITH uuSt WHICH,
made fast riding both difficult and
dangerous, Robert Perry. of Rockford,
Ill, on an Excelsior stock machine,
won the 10-mile motorcycle race in
! hour, SO minutes and IS seconds,
Monday afternoon at the Driving park.
Perry was easily the star of the
events of the day, leading the entire
field in the ten-mile race for eight laps
only to lose out on account of engine
trouble, and winning the main event
with three minutes to spare over his
teammate, Shafer who landed another
Excelsior in second place.
Miner Ennice, with an Indian, fin
ished third. Baker, with an Indian,
and Brinkenbach, with a Thor, We're
the only others to finish.
Ellis Won Ten-Mile Race.
The ten-mile event, open to all
classes of machines, was won by John
Ellis with an Indian in 9 minutes and
43 seconds Perry led the entire field
in this race for the greater portion
of the distance but through ignition
trouble had to finish on one cylinder,
getting third place in 10 minutes and
Is seconds. Shafer took second with
his Excelsior.
Owing to a smash-up just before
the race, when c. Alexander, who was
riding Brinkenbach' racing machine,
hit a fence, this rider was unable to
enter the ten-mile event, but succeed
ed in substituting parts in time to
get it in shape for the 100-mile race.
Smith is Sdecar Winner.
The first event of the day was the
fve-mile race for side cars, with four
entries: Smith, Excelsior; Cook, Elk
celsior; HUMPHREYS, Henderson and
lawson Indian. Smith finished an
easy first in 6 minutes and % seconds.
event No. 2, a f1ve-mile race for ma
chimes of not more than 1850 cylinder
displacement, was called off because
of damage to machines that had been
entered in the race.
On this account, fearing that such
action would prove unpopular with the
crowd, the management later re-
fused to accede to the request of the
races to cut down the main event to
seventy-fve miles. A number of rid
strenuously objected to going the full
100 miles, stating that the track was
in such a dangerous condition that
number of accidents must necessarily
result.
Fearing that the request, if granted
would displease the crowd and work
injury to the sport in Richmond it
was decided after delay of several
minutes that the race should be run
as advertised, even if only one ma
chine started.
Eight Machines in 1O0-Mile Race.
The riders got away at $50 o'clock
There were eight machines in the
field, ridden by Tangeman, Ennice,
Thomas, Shafer, Brickenbach, Kesel,
Allen and Perry.
Shafer set the pace in the early part
of the race, riding the first ten miles
in minutes fat.
Allen was the first rider to be COM
PEELED to stop, leaving the track in the
sixth lap to repair broken chain. At
the twenty-fifth mile Perry was lead
ing the field, having run the quarter in
81 minutes and As seconds. He COM
pleted the half-century in so minutes
and As seconds. The time for seven
ty-fve miles was 1 hour, II minutes
and so seconds.
Some excitement was created d''r-
Ing the final laps Of the race by the
failure of Tangeman to pass the grand
stand with the other contestants
Thinking that he might have met with
an accident, party was sent out to
bring him in. He was found in the
back stretch with a stalled engine,
caused by ignition trouble.
Considerable interest was shown in
an Excelsior stock machine. Shafer
had been riding his machine about the
city all morning after reaching the
city by a 1o0-mile cross-country ride
The only preparation he made for the
race was to remove his lamp and
change handlebars. With this Insult
ficient preparation he was able to fin
Isl, second in the big event of the day.
J. H. Kinsey. state referee of the
F. A. NJ, of Indianapolis, acted as
official referee. ]. c. Brown started
the races. and Fred Gates and Elmer
Smith acted as Judges.
The meet, which was the second to
be held under the auspices of the Mo-
torcycle club was a very successful
one from every standpoint. The at
tendance was close to the two thous-
and mark. and while the weather was
intensely hot. and there was not nearly
enough shade to go around, practically
every spectator remained for the fin
ish.