Arizona republican., 1914-11-08
Covered With Blood from
Wounded Arm, Old War
horse Rides into Control,
Borrows Money and Buys
Supply Of Gasoline
WEYAND MAKING
SPLENDID RIDE
Local Excelsior Man Evens
Up Time Lost First Day
and is Now Third-Tuc-
son Has Ovation for Baker
and AL Rhodes
Especial to The Republican,

(Speclal 10 Inc RepuDllcln.)
. TUCSON, Nov. 7.-Dashing down
Stone avenue at full speed and fairly
jumping into the air when his ma
chine struck the raised car tracks at
the Congress street crossing, Old
Warhorse Baker checked in at Tucson
at 11:2S this morning Taking out
five minutes for each checking point,
Baker has ridden from FL Paso to
Tucson in 1928 or at the rate of
32.1 miles per hour This beats the
automobile record of last year.
Nine started from Douglas and all
are in Tucson. All appear in good
shape both men and machines.
They start from Tucson beginning
at eight o'clock Sunday morning.
Baker. speaking of experiences, said
was four minutes ahead of the auto
record at Deming when he rode over
an embankment and reinjured bad
knee. Twenty five miles west of
Douglas he took a skidding spill at
fifty-five miles an hour, put out his
right arm and a tWig, the size of a
lead pencil, was showed into his fore
arm five inches. He pulled it out,
got going again and when he reached
Douglas his right side was covered
with blood. On another spill six dol
lars and twenty cents in change flew
out of his pants pocket but the time
was worth more than the money, so
he didn't stop. He was forced to bor
row money to buy gasoline.
Rhodes says he started with distil-
late in mistake for gasoline and was
forced to change three tires. He says
he had a good ride>but his right eye,
nose and forehead are all skinned up.
Ashley, the sixteen year-Qld, who is
making a great record broke a chain
and was forced to chisel it off. He
was ahead Of Rhodes at the time and
says the chain cost him an hour.
Highfill who left Douglas in fourth
position, had magnetic trouble and
was forced to spend an hour at
Tombstone working on his ignition.
The magnetic never worked right
Isince leaving Tombstone and now
Highfill is way behind. It is a great
disappointment utlt NlltIC IlC 10 d
great favorite.
Obear limped in list at Ala and
says he had all sorts of engine trou-
BILE, the worst consisting OF valves
sticking He WILL however, start for
Phoenix with the bunch tomorrow.
All the riders say the roads are not
conducive to joy riding or fast time.
IN, lie,
missing and other accessories smash
ed off
Heating of FL Paso and Rhodes of
Tucson were both held back by pune
lures
Stone avenue was black with peo-
pie when the racers came dashing into
the city.
| The riders are guests of the Tucson
Motorcycle club tonight and are be-
| ing royalty entertained at Il theater
and banquet. All the machines are
under guard in Walter Red's shop
which was the checking station.
Baker prophesies that he will beat
his average time from here to Phoe-
nix tomorrow
/
automobile race and many bets that
the automobiles will not equal Bakers
record. Only two riders admit not
having suffered bad spills thus far.
Baker and Rhodes
BISBEE, Nov. 7.-Heralded by dus
clouds, Baker, on his Indian, drilled
into Bisbee ahead of all entrants thi.
| IN e.;J |,
Of Bisbee, he passed Rhodes, the MAJ
who beat him from FL Paso into Doug
las and climbed from tail-ender t,
first position. He also made thre
minutes over Rhodes.
Rhodes left Douglas at I O'Clock
and Baker followed him in five min
utes. Then they came on at inter
walls of five minutes Ashley, Highfil
Bennett. Weyand, Obear, Oechsner an
Keating last leaving at 7:40.
In the twenty-seven miles fror
Douglas to Bisbee only two machine
changed places. Baker passed Rhode
Ito first position. Bennett dropped fou
notches, to next to last position. A
the machines We're having more Q
less lIouple dIOlS lue Ioult' SoIi
with their engines and some with tire
Bennett lost his place while fiXin
lpunctures Baker and Rhodes change
places because Bakers engine troubl
was sooner found than was that {
Rhodes.
The first three machines were thre
; minutes apart in Bisbee, and the
, furnished some excitement to the sey
. eral hundred spectators. Baker too
al the wrong road coming in, and turne