The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-12-17
THE IRISH LAD WON IT
GREAT SIX DAY BICYCLE RACE IN
NEW YORK.
Twelve Riders Broke the Previous
Worlds Record for 142 Hours,
Made by Albert schock.


Ireland won the six days bicycle race IN
Madison Square garden, having ridden
1910 miles and laps between midnight last
Sunday and 10 o'clock tonight. J. s. Rice
OF Wilkesbarre Penn, finished second
with 1882 miles and laps TO his credit.
Twelve riders broke the worlds record
for 142 hours. made by Albert Schock In
1893, 1000 miles and l lap. Twenty eight
men started, and Is 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, we're fresher
than any of the others. Hale spurted to
the end, and between and 10 o clock made
a mile in 2:40, after riding moro than al
hours. Taylor. the colored boy, who mad
been dn buoyant spirits all the week, was
so stif when he dismouted that he had to
be carried to his dressing room.
The garden has been crowded day and
night throughout the race, and society has
lent Its appearance to the contest.
The Sixty ninth regiment band cheered
the riders and added to the enthusiasm Of
the spectators. All the riders were quar-
tered In the garden. Each man had a lit
tie tent pitched near the Fourth avenue
trainers and handlers.
The scoring was by an electric system.
each riders work being recorded by their
lights on pole. Whenever lap was COM
pleted, one OF the lamps was lighted, and
so until all 10 were burning This meant
that mile had been finished, and the
lights were then extingulshed, to be start
ed over again.
A Brush In the Afternoon
Enthusiasm reached fever heat early
In the afternoon, when Hale and Rice
with less than q miles between them,
commenced to ride In dead earnest The
Irishmans eyes cleaned and snapped
IRE ana he Invited the Wilkesbarre lad
TO come on" The latter accepted the
challenge, but was pumped dry at the
END OF half an hour. and the Irishman
and Major" Taylor had a go" The
contestants, tagged out as they all must
have been, took new courage In the APP
plause Of the crowd and even Click made
an occasional squirt Foster was making
desperate efforts to regain his place
ahead Of Reading, but the soldier APP
peared to hold him safe. Rice was keep
Ing up good work and at $3.50 o'clock had
reduced Hale's lead 10 miles since noon.
Short Races.
1t was mutually agreed by the riders
to withdraw from the track between
and O'Clock, during which hour several
spirited races were run.
Eddie Bald rode an exhibition mile In
216 3-6, the last lap beng covered In IL
seconds.
L. r.. Jefferson of the Harlem Wheel
men rode a half mile unpaced In 1:A
The final heat of the half mile profess
sionai was won by Con Baker: time,
Los So. Carpenter finished second.
Following Is the score at o o'clock of
the leaders: Hale 1904 miles, Rice 1887 4,
Reading 1868, Foster 1898
The closing hour of the race was mark
ed by the greatest enthusiasm ever dis
played at such a contest In this country.
Nearly 10000 persons were In the garden
at the time and many of the boxes were
elegantly attlred. Around the arena the
crowd was so great that the police had to
compel the spectators to stand back from
the track.
The Closing Hour.
At D. m. Maddox told his friends that
he was going to give Moore a run for 10th
place. At that time Maddox was 1896
miles and Moore 1899. AT O'Clock Mad
dox had gained on the Philadelphlan and
at 8 o'clock he was riding at sprinting
speed. Maddox made three laps to every
two made by the other riders. He rode
with as much vim as he did at the be-
ginning Of the race and every time he
passed the other riders the crowd yelled
itself hoarse.
The final score at 10 p. M was: Hale
1905 Rice 1895. Reading 1853, Foster
1924 Schock 1862, Smith 1754.7, Pierce
1881. Taylor 1732.2 Ashinger 1878, Moore
1861. Maddox 1644.3, Cassidy 16O5.o, GAN
non 1868. Mcleod 1902 Click 1096s
An Excited Audience.
The scene In the garden this evening was
exciting, although there was no doubt as
to the order in which the men would fin
ish. The attendance was 12,00c. In the au-
dience were $50 members of the East End
Wheelmen's Club Of Wilkesbarre, Penn,
shouting for Rice.
At 8:42 o'clock Hale scored 1900 miles, and
the crowd sent up a deafening shout for
the Irishman. few minutes after 8
o'clock Shock left the track and took a
seat In one Of the boxes with friends Rice
also quit riding. except for an occasional
squirt The tailenders also took frequent
rests
At 9:45 O'Clock the band struck up 1.-THE |
Wearing of the Green" and Hale did some
swift riding. He was ON the track whom |
the clock struck TO- AT the close OF the |
ers, and bottle after bottle of champagne |
was sent to him In floral pieces.
Hale an Old Rider.
Edward Hale. the winner of the race. |
was born in Temple Patrick, near Belfast. |
Ireland. He has been riding the bicycle
for II years, and during that time has
taken part In hundreds OF races at all dis
.ances. Hale has ridden In many of the
Dig races In France, and has often been a
winner. He won road race from Paris 20
Bayonne. Before the present race the
ongest distance Hale had ridden was SIS
niles In a road race In England.
The prizes to the winners will be- First
nan, 1890; second, $500; third, $500; fourth.
450; fifth. $500; sixth. $500; seventh. $50;
Eighth. $125; ninth. 800; tenth 300;
Seventh, SIS. Manager Pat Powers how
'ver, said every man who remained in the
ace to the finish would get 500 extra.
In the 25-mile race, which began at 1880
o'clock. there were nine starters: jaw
1aton Of Elizabeth. N. j.; f. +. Goldman
4 the Riverside Wheelmen; A. e. Weinig
4 Buffalo; Con Baker of Columbus, Ohio;
Turkey Thompson and A. e. Acker CT
Frank Waller OF New York;
!. G. Carpenter Of Railway. N. j., and W.
Honstetter of Florida Eaton won in |
03 IS 2-5, Weinig a close second, Carpen-
n third IL