New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-26
SMASHING BICYCLE RECORDS.
THE RIDERS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
GAIN GLORY.
WALLER MAKES 400 MILES IN THE TWENTY
rouR uouRs MANY LEAGUES AHEAD OF
THE BEST PREVIOUS DISTANCE MADE
INTHAT TIME-H0w PRICE F0tLED
It'll DErS In
A SHORT RACE.


Tbere u,s y large crowd IN Madison Square Gar
den all day and until late hour last night "a'ch-
| ing the riders In the six days bicycle tournament
The short races between the specdicr but more
faint -heorte1 athletes helped TO enliven the sport
Stirring music by the 18th Regiment Band anu 'r'ch
riding by experts served 10 keep the spectators
Interested The crowd averaged Letween 900 and
800 all the afternoon and at about the same Inquiries
during the evening. After the theatres had as
charged their army of plcasure-seekers at nlsht
the crowd In the Garden sweled 10 fuly o,VD
OF the eighteen men who had started OF with
such high hopes at midnight on Sunday, hVe' from
either physical mental weakness, were lorceu ~
give up the struggle befo'e the first twenty-iour
hours had been passed. Bero retired at q 4. n'
after covering thirty miles, and Greer retired at
33i q m with forty-two miles to his credit. Bar
thoomew quit at J25, with eighty-two miles 10 his
credit Geading and Fornwalt stopped after cover
ing ll9 miles This left thirteen men on the Track
stu battling for glory and dollars. The veteran
campaigners were sticking pluckly 10 tne r rings
and outside of that hollow cheek ana uarh ila.,,n
about the EYES characierSle oil an worSe FOR their
long ride Hosmer he'd the lead up TO ociock
last night b whsn a5 nf IeSfh passei him chok
of Old bean to wobbe all over the track IaSt
n ib9p6e 9at sy y and no matter much the
pucky German urchod he neyer G,t ne nuckv
to his work. and with proper ha1GnE n rs E
not only win the race, but TO Dreak az p,vro ii
reeofhs Waep' tnrIv fe,ow and If his physical
bowers are as strong his Will power h. VIII De a
b@afSn All previous Neutrality-suspicious. records by
hours and 20 minutes At that time a,,er ;es
Schoclx and Martin by ten miles anu hosiner WaS S
fourth Ten miles further back. Ashinser was No
miles behind tire leader
CHARACTERISTICS or TIE RIDERS.
starbuck has shown wonderful nerve and determi-
nation He had an imperfect wheel at tile start ~
trainer and no preliminary training +. l. Powers
W. f.r's fpt
the clever trainer through sympathy. TOOK hod
of starbuck and promised 70 Sc. him through rne
race Van Emburg is a frcsh-faced. light-hared
vouth Of pleasing physical CONFORMATION. ana ne
has become Tx, especial pet Of the women who
visit the Garden Youth and lnexperence are likely
a brother TO the oarsman, and he has been naf2eI
the 'plodder' Ashnger received an Ugly IA ran
early in the day. but he was not inJuTed, n'uen.
Uis 'reai trouble is a refractory stomach lie was
in good shape last night and the iaet t h ne Md
tcIe Meixell and Golden are working on system
Of 40 many miles an hour. which they propose 10
The shor, races were spirited and aroused the
keenest enthusiasm am fr the hp1odrone influences
In the first race, at one mile oDd GrP xor Nv we
final heat with PrSe ice second Ten LnG scratch race
was for purse of $40 Berlo again won WIN New New;
house second and Race g sero won Win ett
ner second and Carl Hess third; time 30. 70 e. w;
da rcs wd fell be SR tee Fdt owe the English
pion and Jack" Prince the ex-Ameriean , enam
n. a
drive from the start the american winnins py
few inches in 1875 l-5, thus breaking an moor
records Howells right arrn Is in bad shape from
a recent fall he might have won: -, $500
The new electric scoring system lhtrOduceu yes
teriay is a vast improvement over the oli auto
matic arrangement The system Is a novel one, as
The laps are counted by ten little electric lamps on
a perpendcular pole. For each lap lamp Is
lighted until the ten laps are covered. when the
lamps are extnguished sngly as the wAeeineA
reel off the laps -, 49,. 81 o,o,ocl,
between Price Berlo. Bettner, Newhouse ana ness
,rha distance was ten miles, and Berlo and Price
med to be a team who understood each otner
thoroughly In the last mile Newhouse was IN the
lead when Berlo passed him Price followed l5erio
and delibera tely pulled in ahead OF Whitenouse
pushing the latter off the track and slyng nm nan an
ner third. in 2s:i5 The winner should nave osen
DISQUALIFIED. for a more palpable foul was never
committed Yet the referee took no action. New
house after the race. characterized Prices WORK
as u Contemplate trick
SHORT, SHARP Squirt.
At II o'clock Waller. Shock, Meixel, Martin and
Albert began a space-devourinS squirt which lasted
for an hour At ll52 Waller made his tOOth mile
amid ringing cheers-a wonderful performance
The best previous twenty-four-hour record was
that made by Martin October 10, 1881. or ~
miles laps Waller left the track at midnight
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