New-York tribune., 1896-12-08
BICYCLE RECORDS BROKEN.
Hale FIRST, WITH MOORE CLOSE
SECOND.

THE LEADERS ~ THE SIN DAYS CONTEST AT TIL.
GARDEN SEVERAL MILES AHEAD OF PAST
EECoRDs-vAN EMBrRG AND WAL
LER INJURED IN A TUMBLE.
Contests which require superhumln strength or
wonderful endurance seem be particularly popular
Jus; Prize-hgh;s of almos, daily occurrence
ard man who thrasho3 another man IN the ri's I'M
medately announces himself the bes; man in the
wo:ld." Possibly he who wins the six days
bicycle next Saturday night now in progress at
the Madison Square Garden. may be proclaimed by
his friends another one OF the best mon on eaIth'
but he won; fe' that way.
Tho scccos In the immense anlphitheatre yesterday
afternoon and las, nigh, Identical with those
alHay seer a; such contests. score OF men, more
or less. mounted upon the conventional safety p!-
cycle pcialied woarly around the tack. and look
into their faces showed abjeci misery. Ihen the
leader Of tho musicians perchcd UP in the oalcohy
would wave his baton and the music would spread
over the house in a wave OF melody and the result
would be instantaneous.
The spectators. who had been watch'1S 'he '''c
rather stlessy would take keener interest In what
was going The merry Jingle would puf aho',''"
into the plolIers. sweep the cobweos from '"e''
brains chase the sleep from their eyes ana increase
their speed. Just long as the mus!c lasted tne
riders kept M the increased speed ana the raster anu
lvelior the time the faster would go those SHINING
sprocke,s Then the music would stop. and as inc
las: note died away ii seemed to extract the iaS'
ourcc OF ambition from the hearts OF the peoa''is
Wearv Wacglescs Music certainly has its charms ior
the six-day bicycle tramp.
SCIIOCK NOT ENERTING HIMSELF
schock. the present champion. continues to plod
along some distance In the rear. doing Just wh"'
his seepy-cycd but alert trainer. Billie Young.
tells him TO do. The sprntng of his less scasoh'n
rivals does not bother the stolid German, and he
saws that he will continue to ride when the sprint
ers are on the shelf. Young Is confident tha' n's
man will come pretty close to winning the race.
Major Tavlor the colorcd mascot or the Soith
Brooklyn Wheelmen. does not look as frisky as no
did on Saturday when he made his sensational
sprint and defeated Bald and the other champions
Still he sticks to his work. and As ne II wei
handled it Is difficult matter TO predict JUST "'a.
he can do He rides almost erect, with raised
handle bars. and his trunks are as yeiio" as MS
skin is black. lie says. nothing. but pushes 'ne
pedals
Eddie" Eald made rather clever ride at night
Paced bv the black and white tandem. which was
manned by 'Rastus' and SNOWFALL, he rode d
mile in two minutes eight and onc-ffth seconds
way the performance Is Il creditab' one IL Is tne
tastes, time ever made In the Garden. ne ne m1l- r
agcmen. will add shori-distancc races 70 the pro,
grammr. beginning this afternoon Roome and
Latham The hyinf ama"rS, ,,o, wl'I ma" handc-bara on
half OF the riders wore hidcou7 Shocking sosse' -
protect their eyes.
READING; AND HALE IN THE LEAD
or the leaders. Hale. the Irishman has made
many friends lie j. a w~ll-bu.t fellow. with
Van Dyke bearl The real feature OF the day was
4, spr,r; tween Hale and Reading. Between
and 80 m they started in TO draw away from the
bunch ali they kept up the teriiiic spur .p .oa
o",,i., ~, " bonr but neither could shake off the
h.r Healing had a small lead and he fel u,
behind Hale determined that the lriShhi'h s'o"u
not tacr.asr the distance between them. -,
A. /, D. m all records had been iett peh.m1' @ III, ~
host n-c-.iols racord for that time was 81 miles
gnI : i,ns made by Waller. The score at 10 p m
was follows: