The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1879-05-25

seventy-two hours, which was begun by eight
man II fhe American Institute building On
Wednesday evening, c!ossd at u 10 n O'clock en 70
had s 70 previously e. been known as the champion.
The other contestants we're William E. Hard
inu 4. p. Messenger Charles II. De Noielle,
William Rutland, W. Il. Darling, Thomas
aiso aot 4 belt. William De NolelIe took the
lend On the first night and held II throughout.
His son, Charles H. DeNoille, as steadily re-
practically left out OF the struggle, although
he WAS on tho track part of to-day. Walsh
was soon tired out on Friday. and Darling
succumbed early this morning, me score & M for
| the first forty y-eight hours stood: DE Nolelle,
Sr, 37s miles; De Noielle, Jry 25s; Rutland,
325; Belard. 275; Darling, 1893; Harding, 1853;
Walsh, 146: Messenger, 1876. The enterprise
Was failure financially, and this afternoon
Biz building. Six of the blcyelers were
going at B o'clock. All were using the
modern. high machine. with seats over the
| forward wheel, giving the rider an upright at
titude From across the building the gossa-
mer-like structure of tho vehicles was rem
tered nearly as invisible as they were noise
less, and the men looked like pedestrians run
ming In tho air. The track was chnlked on the
smooth asphaltum floor. Eight circuits made
Frenchman, did not show fatigue greatly but
all the rest were more or less ueed up Hol-
low cheeks and swollen legs were the most
striking evidences OF the hard work. They
rested frequently during the afternoon, but
made good speed while on the track. Occa-
| sional spurts OF racing relieved the monoto-
ny-for the exhibition was monotunous by
reason OF its almost unvarying uniformity
| In pedestrlanism, the different gaits afford
variety, and the evident suffering OF the
contestants excites sympathy; but the bi-
cycles all moved exactly alike and with
such smoothness and regularity that the
to the casual observer. DO Noielle made iiye
miles In eighteen minutes, and his son five IN
nineteen. All wore tights, and Hardng's
were bright red, giving him the appearances 81
a flying demon. Belard, advertised as "the
the Hotel Brunswick, had been the iauntiest
OF the lot ut the start; now he was so lame
and weak that, on dlsmounting. he could
hardly get TO his room. Messenger. who
weighs 225 pounds. had a habit Of drawing up
his legs, and thus getting 4 rest Of few Yards,
while the momentum Of his bicycle carried
him along. Harding went vigorously. but lad
lost too much by his mishap OF Thursday to
make this late effort of any avail Toward
night ali rested from one to two hours, In or
der to be able to remain continuously on the
track during the evening. Rutland became
J cross In tho afternoon and openly declared
|, that the score had not been honestly kept.
J which time the miles travelled were as fol-
lows: De NoieIle, S.. 5OO%; De Noielle, Jr.
/ 500; Rutland, 476; Belard, 5l5; Darling, 29l !;
Harding, 215; Walsh, 40; Messenger, 17S.
LONDON, May 1o.-The finish OF the six
} days bicycle contest--COmmenced on Mon
day last at the Agricultural Hall, Islington
London presented no striking contrast to
the conclusion OF the generality OF long-dis-
} morning was noticeable for the absence OF
that punctuality which had characterized
each previous days commencement, only
Stanton, Higham, Andrews and Evans put
| ting In an appearances Mt a. m. This was
not to be wondered at considering that the
absentees, pursue almost what course they
liked, were certain to retain the positions
held by them at midnight on Friday. Waller.
however, was not content to remain Idle long
and speedily began to add to his 55 miles
lead of Terront Lees resumed work at 8 :53
and Terront at 9:15; but White did not take
to his bicycle@lntil 70 o'clock. Stanton, al
though apparently stiff and sore, persevered
, pluckily and succeeded In placing 1000 miles
to his credit at 1916 90 During the forenoon
Waller, Terront and Lees took matters very
comfortably. In fact, 30 frequently did Lees
seek the seclusion of his tent that Stanton
was enabled to continually approach within o
few miles of him. The Sheflielder, however,
when on the track rode in fine style and
} 30 kept the position OF third. An hour and
thirty-ve minutes after noon saw the COM
} pletion of 1000 miles by Higham. and a like
From this time the number OF spectators rap
Idly increased, but beyond the occasional
} spurts of the contestants there was but little
, to interest them until Stanton, at G:1g AS,
drew on level terms with Lees, who was rest,
. ing The number OF miles accomplished by
; each was 1862, and before Lees again mounted
the London man had gained two miles and four
laps. The last named was, however, obliged
} to take another spell Of rest when he had
} scored 1066 miles, and Lees quickly shot into
his old position finishing 100 miles at :33 10,
over four miles III front OF Stanton. For the
; remainder OF the time the chief feature con-
other of the men engaged, the affair coming
to an end at o few minutes after TO- Waller
) was then declared the winner Of the belt
(yalue G1oO) and G1o5 IN money; Terront So
cured the second prize OF $50, and Lees the
! third Of G2O. The actual distances covered
. were: Waller 1172 miles, Terront 1928 miles,
Lees 1902 miles laps, Stanton 100 miles
Higham 1880 miles laps, Andrews 1910 miles,
Evans $50 miles 5 laps and White $40 miles.
The previous best weeks performance was
that Of 1860 miles, achieved by Cam In No.
vember last, 50 that 1t will be seen by the
. return that four succeeded In beating this. II
!, Ii worthy Of notice that Waller, the winner
, never before took part in long distance com
petition.
D The fifth game of the billiard tournament
Q for the championship OF France WAS played
at the Grand Cafe May 9 The contestants
, were Albert GARNER, OF New York, and Lu
{ cien Plot, Of Paris. There were twenty-sever
. q score of 600 to 268 points. Garnier's high
t est run was 1874 and Plots highest 62 points
3 Garniers average was % G-27; Plots 10 s. 26
The summary of the games is as follows:
: Players. Games. Won. Lost
! NignauX Observation-Disclosures. 2
7 Plot ......,. ................
! | DAILY Observation-Disclosures. 2
:, GARNER Observation-Disclosures.