Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-19
7 OR CASH And GLORY,
Crack WheeIm.n Start Ou
on q SiX-DayS' Contest
TIE MII.E RECORD BROKEN.
Ten Thousand People See The
RaCe-HOW The Score Stands.

NEW YoRK, Oct. l9-The six.day inter
national bicycle race beran soon al.rr mid
night this morning in Madison square
Garden. IL WAS preceded by concert.
The doors wera thrown open at 8 p. M,
aud lCDr g poured into the big amphithea-
ire unit. at midnight most Of the seats
were occupied. Tie interior Of the build
ing $ decorated with fla IS of various ma
tions and around the sides il curiously
constructed track II wood, oue-teuth of a.
milo u length. Tho turns are raised and
the smooth beard track uEduldtes ia "a
mguuer that would frighten al ordinary
rider
Soon after II O'Clock the men began
appearing On the track, and as they circled
around lap or two f,r practice the band
played the national aims Oi the contestants,
be.iuuny with God Save the Queen"
4 guu. rang, and the relocated musi-
cans switched OF T. est. Patrick's Day."
while Erin's cracks, NJ. j. O'Flaua gan and
William Martin, wheeled around in
parade 90 doafeniug cheers
Thea tho strains Of the "Wacht am
Rhriu' rang out, and William Schock
rol ed around A. FGthorland's knight.
Now came tho familiar air Of Scotia's
sons, scots Wha iile, aud Wallace Stage
and j. ID. LumsUrL showed as the warriors
Of the land Il tie Thistle.
Americans were now e. have their inn
ings. and tie house use rs the patriotic
music of Yankee Doodle" was card
TINS was followed by Hail Columbia"
and then the International cont, stants
Lined Up for start.
The men seemed pleased with the track
md al A nyin 81.
was made in the great race, in the manner
that horses are started on race track.
W. l.. Hicks, "A Cincinnati newspaper man,
acted gs st rter The following fourteen
contestants started:
Albert Schock, the German champion,
who holds the six-day worlds record OF
40. miles; John 5. Prince of Boston, who
has a record OF 1913 miles for ~ hours; w.
j Morgan, Portland, Ore, who has made
IA miles ia - hours; Willie Wood, North
Shields, Eng, cX-short-d stance champ IN;
Alfred Il bb, England's siort-distance
champion; George f. lien of Coventry,
Eng, with record Il 1886 mile, for 81
hours, Is hours day; William Lamb
Newcastie's ons-dstance champion; j. ID.
Lumsdcn, Aberdeen. Scotland, champion
4,-hpur rider; Wallace Stage, Glasgow
pr 'ts-ioual; NJ !. O'Flanagan, Tipperary,
champion OF Isa d William Martin,
Dublin; Charles W. Ashinger Cleveland
IS io won the six days race ~ Minneapolis
Ia May; Edward McDoacl', u puladalphia's
fls, lg.r,ar-od racer; and W NJ. BOYS
Who u.cd tp he n champ oa roller skater
and vino Uls u'ade some od records on
the wee.
jules Dubois AMI Charles 1""ront, the
noted French riders who w'' ''tc t)
participate. failed to make ... ..coI-
nc.tjuus. The men a. u,sG ,r aary
bicycles, safeties and other varietigo ucug
b.I.ed out. Toe referee of the racr is
Frank u. Prial, aud the seventeen ju srs
aro sr' 'ccJed from bicycle clubs in Nc,,
Y o., Brooklyn, Jersey City aud Long
Island City, who are members f the
League # American Wheelmen. The
scorers arc sworn in aud they ara watcLel
by two ho,akeepers in addition 10 the
judges The scoring Is done automatica'l Is
after The first lap IS recorded by machines
which reg is;er up 10 800 miles. TIE con.
t-stauts will get half the gross receipts,
AM % this sum men completing over 1890
miles will receive IL in shares n follow:
First man, 80 per cent; second. -; mira.
l.; fourth, 10. h4h, 5; sixth, &; seventh, T.
Edlcn Win. the rirst Nile.
When thep ,tol was fired there were pres.
ent in the garden 10000 peop'e. O'FMuagan
forced aLcad ami great cheering. closely
followed by Lumslen aud Lamb. O'Flan-
ayau made the FIRST lap 1y = small margin.
win the Others closely buuched and goiLg
very fast. Albert took the leG at tie
fifth lap, but Eden showed grtat speed
aud spurted, flnisuing the first mike in adj
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