Evening star., 1896-12-29
AROUND THE TRACK
Second Day Of the Big Cycle
Race.
WHEELIEN DRESS MORE WARMLY
Some Delay in Starting This
Afternoon.
SCORE OF THE RID DERS

given as heartily as ever. The contestants,
with the experience Of the riding yesterday,
| were dressed more warmly. Waller, the
big rider, who is tied with Maddox for
the lead. came dressed in q full blue suit,
with a small blue and white-striped cap.
| instead Of his white suit, which made him
conspicuous yesterday.
Lawson, the terrible Swede, left on his
blue tights and broke the uniform appear
ance Of his suit by wearing gray tights.
Schock discarded his, old black tights,
trimmed with old gold and wore pair Of
blue. George Ball was dressed for the oc-
| casion and wore several pairs Of tights.
1t was just a fraction over 10 when
Starter Bald fired the gun for the start
There was the usual delay in getting the
men up to the scratch, the spectators anx-
iously awaiting the beginning. All the men
appeared to be in excellent condition. SUI
fering not in the least from the ride OF yes
terday.
The men appeared to have all the fresh
ness of the start yesterday and kept NOV
| ing at lively rate.
dox, with Hunter next, Ashinger, fourth; !;
Lawson, fifth, and Forster sixth. Shock
was Tapped by one OF the riders Witnin
| few minutes after the opening. but he man.
aged to keep with the lire. The lead kept
| in this way for nearly two miles.
Score at PM.
The standing of the men at o'clock was
as follows: Waller. 155 miles laps; Mad
dcx, 155 miles, laps; Ashinger, 154 miles .
Iaps: Lawson 152 miles laps; Hunter. 152
miles laps; Forster, 15O miles laps; Ball.
$50 miles laps. Chapple. 148 miles laps;
Schock, 142 miles laps; Albert, 13s miles
laps.
End of the First Day.
The close of the first day OF the race at
Convention Hall yesterday witnessed
number of changes In the standing Of the
nr0 "a n
ped out after riding little more than one
hour. At the start the riding was close,
and the score of the men kept well to-
gether. Lap after lap was gained at a time
by the leaders, and soon the laps grew into
miles, and by the close OF the races Tor the
day. at little after 10 O'Clock. the leading
men were over seventeen miles from the
end man.
Waller, the flying Dutchmau." his large
| frame being clad in white. and Harry Mad
| dox of Asbury Park, N. j.. kept in the lead,
and when one tired of making the pace the
| other jumped to the lead. Occasionally the
program would be varied by some OF the
other riders squirting; then there would be
some lively moving among the leaders.
Every time a squirt was made the audience
cheered, and the band struck up lively
air
| There was only one accident during the
day. and that happened aboat an hour af-
| ter the race started. The men were well
| punched on the back stretch Waller
swerved, and the front wheel of Lawson,
| the terrible Swede." struck his rear wheel
with sufficient force to be thrown. Charley
| Ashinger, directly behind, steered away,
| but Albert Shock, the next man. went
down. and Chapple. one of the English
riders, also fell. The wheels of all three
suffered. and before the men were extri-
Gated the other riders had made a lap.
None of the men were seriously hurt. AS
soon as Lawson cleared the wreck he ran
to the starting point and mounted another
wheel. Meanwhile Maddox and Waller
made a squirt and increased their lead.
Lawson was second man before he FELL but
by the time he resumed riding he was in
fourth place. Shock and Chapple also lost
| time by the accident that placed them near
| the tail end of the procession for the day.
Only three English riders were entered.
Dudley Marks. one of the best men of the
| lot, was riding wheel geared to 100. an
unusual gear, for him. He was in poor con-
dition. and dropped out after covering a
| little over twenty-stE miles. It was under
| manager of the English riders, to establish
| new hour record but in this he failed as
| the other riders were away ahead Of him
| at the time. Hunt, the, other English
| his wheel compared with some of the other
| riders, managed to keep his position well,
| and finished the first day in fifth place,
with good lead over the man following.
| George Balls Riding.
| The riding OF George Ball, the local rider,
was extremely praiseworthy. He made a
| fine showing, and would have done much
better had he not been forced to leave the
track. At the start he showed up in poor
| form, being troubled with a bad cold, but
after he had been riding for some time, he
| regained his old riding condition, and kept
| well up in the lead. He was third man at
| the close of the afternoon, and could have
| easily kept that position. He wore a pair
| of thin, white cotton tights and stockings,
1 oY1d of he tNnu nntr 10
| muscles of his legs became almost par
| alyzed. rendering motion well nigh impossi-
BILE, except with the most excruciating pain.
| He left the track, and was given a good
| rub down, with good meal, and made to
| go back on the track. He was afraid that
| he could not keep up, but his friends urged
| him on, and he rode in good form for The
remainder of the day. though he stin suf-
him. and he was cheered on frequently.
During the evening he made some wonder
| full spurts. and taking the lead. made the
| other riders pedal hard before catching
| him. He lost several miles by his brief
| stop. but finished q good seventh. with the
next man only seven laps ahead of him.
Suffered From the Cold.
| All Of the riders suffered from the cold.
1t was known beforehand that the riding
| would not be as comfortable as in Madison
! Square Garden. and heavier riding suits
| were donned by all: but with many this
was not sufficient, and the cold penetrated
to the muscles, stiffening them to such an
| extent that some of the riders were badly
| cramped. being afraid to take one hand
| from the handle bars of the machine, 50
| stfn were the arms. The gaudy colors OF
| some Of the racing men were hidden before
the close of the day beneath' sweaters, and
| the men as. they rode at night presented a
| far different appearance than they did at
| the start.
Though Waiier managed to stay well in
| the lead. he was rot In the best of condi-
| tion at.the fin4sh., Perhaps the best man at
| tie end was Lawson, the Swede, who did
| not appear to be fatlgued at all. and who
| entered the cafe Immediately after, ate q
| ham sandwich and drank q cup Of tea.
| washing the whole down with a glass OF
| milk. He did not get rundown until he
reached his boarding house. several blocks
| distant, walking there In his riding suit.
| Charley Ashinger, the veteran rider, was
| not so badly fatigued, and he enjoyed q
| light meal Of stale bread and milk at the
/ end Of the ride. Albert seemed to be the
/ worst OF rider IN the lot, his recent injury
| at Saratoga. where he broke his collar
ene, having an effect upon him.
Behind Schedule Tine.
| Though the contestants rode in good form
they are not up to schedule form. Maddox
| and Waller. both tie, rode twenty-five miles
1 and ave laps within the hour, breaking the