Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-13

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Edward Hale Of
ireland won the sx-day bicycle race In
Madison Suare garden, having ridden l0lu
miles and eight laps between midnight last
Sunday and 10 o'clock tonight J. $. Rice Of
Wilke,barre. Pa finished second with 1,SS2
milep and six laps TO his credit. Ned Read
ing Of Omaha was third with 1855 miles and
three laps.
Twelve riders broke the worlds record for
1i2 hours, made by Albert Schock in 1893,
600 miles and one lap. Twenty-eight men
started and fifteen rode at the finish. The
strain on all has been great and all showed
the effects Of loss OF sleep. Hale and Rice,
who finished first and second were freshor
than any of the others. Hale spurtei to
the end and between and 10 o'clock made
a mile in 240 after riding more than l4l
hours. Tho garden has been crowded day and
night throughout the race and society has
lent its appearance to the contest The Sixty
ninth Regiment band chcered the riders and
added to the enthusiasm of the spectators
All the riders were quartered in the garden
Each man had little tent pitched near
the Fourth avenue entrance. where he wan
cared for by his trainers and handlers. The
scoring was by an electric system, each
rder'n work being recorded by lights on
pole. Whenever lap was completed one
of the lamps was lighted, ard so on until
had been finished and the lamps were then
extlnguished to be started over again.
The scene in the garden this evening
was exciting, although there was no doubt
as to the order in which the men would
finish. The attendance was ~ 900. In the
crowd were $50 members of the East End
Wheelmons club Of Wilkesbarre. Pa. shout
ing for Rice. At SA2 o'clock Hale scored
his l9G0th mile and the crowd sent up
deafening shout for the Irishman. A few
lH.1, IL N.lNs Lot ha
track and took seat in one of the boxes
with friends. Rice also quit riding, except
for an occasional squirt. The tail-enders
also took frequent rests. At 9:45 o'clock
the band struck up THE Wearing of the
Green" and Hale did some swift riding.
He was on the track when the clock struck
10. At the close of the race he was al
most smothered with flowers and bottle
after bottle Of champagne was sent to him
In floral pieces.
IN THE EARLY MORNING.
Hale. Rice Forster and Maddox indulged
in some sprinting during the early morning
hours, the last two taking tumble, but
coming around all right. Hale passed his
1,700th mile In 125 hours one minute and
80 2-5 seconds, or shortly after o'clock this
morning. He turned In for rest at S:2O
o'clock and fifteen minutes later Reading
Jumped to third place, putting five miles
between himself and Forster. The latter had
peen resting for an hour Pierce and Taylor
ndu n DEtSis ABOUT y u GlOlk, nut lHt NOiOltu
man was not able to draw away from the
Canadian until they had gone n mile AS he
left Pierce he bawed out: pats just too
easy" minute later the Major" came to
grief in a hard fall and sprawled along the
track for nearly thirty feet. He was soon
on his wheel again, but could not be drawn
into another sprint.
Ashinger, who had been doing little work
during the night, let out link or two
shortly after O'Clock and set the pace for
his la IN n that
time, but by steady effort may beat Moore,
who then led by ten miles.
All the riders were making a very slow
pace, evidently outstanding their strength
for later in the day. Hale and Rice were
going an eght-me gait. The Irishmans
condition seemed vastly better than that of
his nearest rival, who was still over thirty
miles behind and evinced no disposition to
narrow the gap.
Eleven of the contestants were ahead of
the record for 13O hours.
Click who covered exactly three miles and
six laps from midnight to 10 O'clock, led
= what the trainers called funeral procession
during the morning. In his wake were
Pierce and Taylor who are separated by
one lap foc seventh place. Schock, who also
seemed all played out was part of the
cortege Somebody presented the Major"
with wreath of immortalles bearing the
legend, Gone, but not forgotten"
Hale shows signs of breaking up and
there is no doubt that another twenty
four houn would put him out altogether.
His face has sunkcn away until his cheek
bones stick out and his complexion is like
putty and he works his pedals with ap-
parent effort. His limbs are stff and he is
saddle sore. For the first time his trainers
evnced some anxiety this morning and
couraged their charge in every possible way.
Maddox, the young jersey man. led his op
poncnts a merry ride for a mile shortly
before II o'clock and seemed as fresh as
when he started last Monday morning.
AshlngCr was the only one to keep up with
him.
GREAT CROWD AT NIGHT.
Enthusiasm reached fever heat early in
the afternoon. when Hale and Rice with less
than twenty-seven miles between them
commenced 20 ride in dead earnest. The
Irishman's eyes cleaned and snapped fire.
and he invited the Wilkesbarre lad to
"come on" The latter accepted the chal-
lenge but was pumped dry at the end Of
half an hour, and the Irishman and Major
Taylor had a 60 The contestants, tagged
out, as they all must have been, took new
courage in the applause Of the crowd, and
even Click made an occasional spurt.
Forster was making desperate efforts to re-
gain his place, ahead OF Reading but the
soldier appeared to hold himself. Rice was
keeping up good work, and at $3.50 o'clock
had reduced Haes ten miles since noon.
II was mutually agreed by the riders to
withdraw from the track between and
o'clock. during which hour several spirited