New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-09
THE WHEELS SPIN SWIFTLY.
SECOND DAY OF THE BICYCLE RACE.
RIDERS CLOSE TOGETHER AND Keeling OFF
THE MILES AT A WORCESTERSHIRE PACE.


THE MILES AT A WORCESTERSHIRE PACE.
There decided falling of IN the attendance at
the sxday bicycle tournament at Madison square
Garden Yesterday. still the attendance was fair, and
the interest Of those present did not seem to lag.
The policy Of the management In increasing the price
of admission from 80 cents to 81 may have had some
thing 10 do with the empty benches.
The survivors Of the original fourteen starters
kept their whir from 1 p. m. yesterday until l
q. this morning The men were constantly on the
track stage being the only occasionally to leave
his steel steed. What promised at one time to be a
serious difference between the riders and managers
occurred yesterday. On Monday Lumsden fell and in
falling he carried Reading and Stage with him. Ac-
coding to the rules, the referee allowed all
three men the lap lost through the tumble.
But lap although only tenth Of e
mile, may great deal In the present
tournament and the other riders held indignation
meeting yesterday, and protested against tho referees
decision They argued that the accident was due to
Lumsdens carlcssness and that he should be made to
suffer for his bungling. The men were finally pre-
vailed upon to 60 on.
Some Of the riders openly charge bad faith against
the management and 1t is probably y good thing
that the managers OF the garden guarantee
certain cash prizes and tho contestants will not
have TO depend upon Eek anybody else for a
division Of the gate receipts. Tho say that Eek
and Others took unfair advantage OF them in the
recent tournament at San Francisco. Tho riders
declare that they not only deraudcd out Of $500
in money but that they left in the lurch. They
say that they wero compelled to come East In an
emgrant and that their bicycles were guaranteed
to the railroad for their passage.
There is likely TO be another rumpus when the
other riders become cOnversant with tho kind OF
machine which schock the German is riding.
Merret, schooks trainer says that the wheel makes
only thirty four revolutions lap whilc the other
bicycles mako forty -four revolutions to the lap.
The contestants plodded away yesterday at the
ratio Of sixteen miles an hour. fho best record for
sevcnty-tw hours is .O40 miles, made by Prince II
the present pace Is kept up the record Will certainly
be beaten. At least three of the seven still in the
race seem capable Of beating the record.
The bicycle exhibit in the restaurant attracts con-
siderable Interest. All the modern wheels now In use
are on exhibition, but there is one old-limc whsel
which holds the place OF honor 1t IS the first bicycle
made in this country
Martini the plucky Wolverine, looks as fresh he
did at the start, while Ashinger seems to have u
healthier glow his cheeks and brighter eye than on
Monday. Lumsden, Reading and Lamb do not seem
to be fatgued.
The short races aroused the lvelest interest and the
clever manoeuvres Of the trick riders amused the women
and children Some Of the shortdlsancc races were
spirited, and while OF the finishes were drawn
rather finely, all the races probably honestly con
tested The best time OF tho tournament was made
when Howell and O'Fanagan met In Il mile race.
Howell In minutes and % Of a second. The
next best time made when O'Flanaean defeated
Wood In 100 49, Robb defeated Mcdowell In :l3 ID.
In lvc-mle race Howell defeated Wood In 1927
O'Fanagan defeated Robb in a three mile race In
10 40. When Mcdowell and Howell were racing, all
tho long distance joined in, and the llveicst en-
thisasm was shown. Mcdowell won the sprint In
o "a. Robb and Prince ran dead heat for two miles
in Il 20 L. Robb defeated Wood In a ne-mlle race
Ia 3 AS Ia go
stage fell from his wheel last night while taking
drink from his trainer lie was not injured. The i've
men cling 10 each other like brothers, only few
inches separating them. The first 200 miles was made
IN 10 hours aud minutes. Lumsden getting the rec
ord. The 26Oth mile made in 10 hours and =!
minutes Martin being q few inches In front.