El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-06


George Ashley, entry No z, OF lhls
citv. riding an Indian, was the LrSL
enfrv to pass through CanutilIo ana at
This point was leading the race. He was
caught by the checkers in 6:l1;21, zap
hing Al Rhodes, of Tucson Rhodes on
a HarIey-Davidson, was the tlrst man
to start in the event Rhodes time was
$40 Frank Bennett, entry No b, passed
11t.Irougb CanutfIIo at 16:16:16. ]. N.
Sbear entry No 8, passed through
CanutiIIo at 622. J. c. Oechsner, entry
No. IL. passed through at 6:23. VIM.
Gerig. No. z, passed through at 6;Z7- l..
= Wevand. entry No. Is, passed
through at 6;26. z. G. Baker, entry no.
IL and e R Highfill, entry No. II,
PASSED through at 6:28, and oscar Fegan
entry No 10, passed through at b:ZS.
Rhodes Is First to start.
The sun was just peep1ng over the
mountains at o'clock Wnen = Il HurX-
sthaI raised his right hanQ aI9II ana
cave the signal that started Al Rhodes,
81 Tucson. Arfz. riding a Harley-Da-
wilson on the 533 mile dash TO Fhoenlx-
one minute apart the other II entries
in the event started
Fifteen minutes before the start OF
the race it was dark. but as the hour
hand moved around to 8 o'clock, the sun
started rising from behlnd Ine noun
tains and it was daylight Wnen the flrst
car was sent away. The ar was very
chilly and fewer than 800 FL Pasoans
were at the starting point to see the
daring riders off on their long trip
across the desert.
start From Dead Engines
The motorcycles lined up about half
mile down the r0hd from lne cement
plant and were started with their en-
gines dead" Each rider ran alongside
of his motorcycle until the engine
/ started cracking and then maze ny
ing jump to the seat Ihere was not an
accident to mar the start OF the DERBY.
one minute after Rhodes had left the
I starting point the SPINAL was given
| George Ashley, of Ell Paso, riding an
| Indian, and his machine was soon NY
ing down the Borderland highway
] wrapped in a cloud Of dust
Hamtamks's Mount Unruly.
A Hamtamks, of Douglas, Ariz-, rid
ing an Indian. was the third pilot 70
start. When he was given the signal he
ran about 20 yards before his engine
started and the machine, gaining mo-
mentum, nearly jumped away from MIN
The rider just managed to scramble on
/ the seat in time to avoid his mount
shooting off the course into the Rio
Grande.
Halted by Confused Mexican.
NJ. S. Graves, of YsIeta. who entered
his Thor, scratched his entry late
| Thursday night, and two minutes after
Hamtamks got off Frank Bennett, OF
! Douglas, Ariz-, mounted on Harley
Davidson, was sent away. he got away
to a perfect start, but was somewhat
handicapped at the first turn In the
road when a Mexican driving a wagon
load of wood became confused and
The fifth rider to start was Paul
Heating, of this city. He was the sec
ond of the four FL PasO riders to get
the word. Heating is riding Thor and
he had some difficulty IN getting his
engine to going.
VIM. Gerig. on Merkle, was the first
of the Phoenix entries to get away he
was followed a minute later by j. NJ.
Obear. of Ysleta. mounted on a Thor.
Another Entry Scratched.
Entry No. 8, a Merkle, entered by L
S. Hanger, Of Phoenix, Arlz-, was
scratched Mr.. Hanger broke down en-
route to this city on his machine
Oscar Fegan, Of FL Paso, on Yale,
was the next rider to be started Chas;
Russell. of Tucson, Ariz., who entered
an Indian. was scratched falling to ar
rive in time to start.
J. G. Oechsner. Of Ell Paso, riding a
Thor, made one Of the most spectacular
starts of any of the riders He ran
alongside of his machine until the en-
CINE was working and then made side
jump on his seat later straddnng the
machine. Oechsner is strong local
favorite among the motorcycle men He
won many first races on the Juarez
race course.
There was no entry No. Il and l. E.
Weyand, of Phoenix, on an Excelsior,
was the next rider off. No. 16 was
Cancelled number. and the 18th rider to
get away was Z. r. Highflll, Of Tucson
AriZ., on a Merkle.
Baker Starts Last.
The last starter in the derby was
E. G. Baker. of Indianapolis, Ind, on an
Indian. Baker is the winner Of the san
DiegO-New York transcOntinental race,
He made the ocean to ocean trip last
summer in II days. u hours and 10
minutes. This is the fastest time ever
made across the continent on a motor
cycle, and Baker won the $4,000 Hearst
prize.
Douglas Is Night Control
Douglas, ArtZ., is the night control
for the first days run and Deming. and
Lordsburg the checking points. All the
riders arriving at Douglas Friday eve
ming will place Their machines in the
control and Saturday morning will
leave at o'clock on the second day s
run. Tucson, is the night control for
the second days run, and Lowell and
Hereford are the checking points. The
machines leave Tucson at o'clock
Sunday morning on the final dash to
Phoenix Florence, Chandler and Tempe
are the checking point of the last day s
run.
There is a purse of $11OO hung up for
the winners of the race The winning
machine is expected to finish at PhOe-
nix Sunday noon.
Weather Clear and Cool.
weather conditions are very favor
able. Reports received by the Galveston,
Harrisburg & San Antonio railroad Of
flee in this city from their dspatchers
along the route to Phoenix are to the
! effect that the weather is clear and
| cool.
Ashley Nears Mile a Minute.
George Ashley, of Ell Paso, riding an
Indian, continued leading all other con-
testants in the race at Lanark, n. NJ.
He arrived there at 6:44, giving him a
running time of 43 minutes for the 80
miles, which establishes a new record
between this city and that point
Al Rhodes, riding a Harley Davidson,
! was the second to reach Lanark, his
running time being 40 minutes. Frank
Bennett, also riding a Harley-David-
son, was third, his running time being
So minutes. J. NJ. Ober passed through
on his Thor at 1908, giving him a run
ming time Of Sc minutes. j. G. Oechs-
ner, on a Thor, passed through at zoos,
his running time being 81 minutes E.
G. Baker, on an Indian, passed through
at 1907, time so minutes, placing him
third in the positions at this point. Z.
r. Highfill, riding a MerkIe, passed
through at 1908, time 50 minutes. VIM.
Gerig. Merkle, passed through Lanark
at 1880 with a running time of 1904.
Oscar Fegan, riding a Yale. who had a
breakdown, repaired his machine and
passed through Lanark at 8 o'clock
WeyRnd's Time Not Caught.
L. Z. Weyand, entry No Is, riding an
Excelsior, was not caught bv the
checkers at La1ark, although he PASSED
through that town. His number evil
IDENTIFY could not be distinguished for
the dust.