New-York tribune., 1896-12-07
LINTON ~ THE LEAD.
BEGINNING OF THE SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACE
A GOOD CROWD IN MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN

few minutes after - o'clock this morning the SIX
days international bicycle began N Madison
Square Garden and twenty-eight c,per. cycll,'s
started of In their contest OF speed and endurance
for glory and the valuable money prizes Offered 10
the winners by the management Of the exhibition.
People began coming into the Garden early in the
evening and they amused themselves by watching
the riders warming up and making the last inspection
OF the track previous 20 the beginning % tho big
-ace BY midnight the crowd had grown - generous
proportions and IT uproariousy cheercd the riders
they came on the track TO line up i. T. Powers and
j. c. Kennedy managers of The races. and the
track which has been erected In the Garden and the
accommodations provided for the riders are gool
as could be expected. Bayne's Goth Regiment Band
has been engaged 10 furnish music during The week
and It's efforts please last night were hghy appc-
cia ted by the spectators.
Among the riders who started in the biz race We're
Albert Schock OF this city. who Is the champion long
distance rider Of the world. with record OF lSeD
miles in 144 hours and talks Of rcelns OF 1000 miles
IN the presen. contest: Frank Waller also Of thia
city who was second Schock In the .aters record
breaking race: tom" Linton. Of Wales. VINO is sal
% he the world's rniddle-ds;ance champion and VIII
tam Lumsden. OF Scotland The latter ia the cham
MON Of the Land O. Cakes ard has been here before.
lie ,ook mart In the races in the Garden held in 1893
but met with accident and had 20 WIN
The other foreign riders Include freddy nae.
~ England the winner Of the North Road race In
tbs, country for four consecutive years: a. y.
Hanson Fred Foster OF Germany ana +. Won
Steeg Of the same country. Among the American
riders not already mentioned are Peter Golden the
old time pedestrian. +. c. Moore who halls from
pbiladelphia; Edward Reading. Of Omaha. formerly
a priva,e in the United States Army; Charles a.
Aehinrer of Ohio. of the best known lonE-dis-
tonce riders in the country. T.. C. Smith. OF Sara
,oea winner Of the twenty -four-hour race held re-
Gently In that place: George Van Emburgh. VINO
as called the boy wonder In the first long distance
raccs held I'm the Garden and Major Taylor the
coIored mascot Of the South Brooklyn Wheemen
who gained fame and such a large sum Of money
that II made his eyes bulge out by winning the
balf-mile race for professionals on Saturday night
defeating such weIknown sprinters as r. 9. Bald
and others The remainder Of the twenty-'lght
starters comprised c. Chapple. II. H. Maddox, OF
Asbury Park Zmmcrmans dark horse; George
Coriwright OF Syracuse: -. NJ. Macleod oi fhl!-
aoelphia; j. W. Conklin, Of Newark, Burns W
j. s. Rice. OF Wilkesbarro; Wilson ana ), r.
Canunn Of this city; w. a. Fixes OF Saratoga
and J. A. Click OF Detroit .,oo,o .
The rnanag.mcnt has offered nearly WV" IN
races which will take place every evening during
the week beginning tonight. me manager
soid last night that there could not possibly be
any error in the scoring OF the big race as every
preca ution had been taken to guard against II.
THE start was made soon after u o'clock. ana
shock led around the first lap Linton the English
rider made the first mile In 2:'3 ne nnlshed the
6ye miles In l2:l4 20 which beats AL indoor rec
nrds He had finished ten miles In @ min 35 sec.
This ties the record OF A. i. seen ne made hi.een
ord. He covered twenty miles I'm 81 min AZ 20 Soc
Tho score at ! o'clock was.