New-York tribune., 1896-12-11
SEEMS CERTAIN FOR HALE.
LITTLE CHANCE OF HIS BEING OVER
TAKEN IN THE BIG BICYCLE RACE.
FORSTER DOGGEDLY PEDALr.ING BEHIND-RICES
FRIENDS COME TO HELP HIM-CHANCES
OF THE RUCK-THE GARDENS
BIG ATTENDANCE.

FRIENDS COME TO HELP HIM-CHANCES
OF THE RUCK-THE GARDENS
BIG ATTENDANCE.
There may be grander ambitions than finishing
first I'm six days bicycle race, but there are also
easier ambitions There was another crush at
Madison Square Garden last night TO witness the
weary sx-day plodders circling around the wave
like track The worst has passed for the riders
and barring accidents. the chances OF Hale. the
Irishman being overaken seem remarkably slim.
Hale was as fresh and vigorous last night as were
any OF his rivals and he has an advantage which
can be overcome only with a remarkable and con-
tnued spurt and Hale seems to be able 10 take up
and hold squirt well. II not better. than any OF
his purs,ers
Forster Rice Moore. Smith. Reading. Schock
and Pierce making plucky fight for second
place while Taylor. the colored entry from Gowanus.
continues to squirt. and his handlers seem TO think
that he will finish among the first five. Hale at
tracts the most attention. He pedals around the
track II he had only just started In long race.
rather than AS a man who has taken less than TWO
hours sleep since midnight on Sunday. Hale Is the
foreigners trump card. and he has a surfeit OF
good advice and attention. He has appetite like
a horse. and he to be gutton for work
Forster has been doggng the rear wheel OF the man
from the Emerald Isle for two days but If he gains
any advantage 1t Is only momentarily. Yesterday
afternoon Hale seemed TO get weary OF the leach
like German. ard he told his trainers that he would
shake off Forster lie was advised to be cautious
and not overdo IT, as he mad safe lead Between
and p. m, however. Hale started out on sprint,
and although Forster stuck TO the track, the man
from across the ocean gained eight miles him.
1t was said last night that the management had
The actual oxpenses en- viii amount to about sco
The attendance to-day and tomorrow VIII prob.
IN cash sN is s" orsd in przes the winner getting
$1,000 Hale II he wins. will get In addition cash
from the makers OF the pecular-looking chain. OF
English invention which ne uses on ms wheel
races the management at the Garden will dis
tribute 500 In prizes. Each rider must cover l.GO
a share in the distribution Of prize money. An
entrance fee OF So was paid by each man. this
being imposed to keep imposters and self-adver-
tisers OF the race.
The management of the races has been good
one man complained that Schock was not scored
properly and that he had not been cerdted with
had watched the electric-ght scoreboard and
that it had not worked for sehock The complaint
Of the friends OF Rice OF Wukesbarre., having
arrived yesterday to look af,er him and engage new
trainer fIr him lie Snsa nS pr191RS ha
scented such scene as il did between 10 and Il
with smoke and dust. and the many electric lights
cast "A dull. yellowish glow on the track where the
regularity of ciockwork The short-distance races
were especially lively. and seats were at premium
except in the tier boxes. and these ned up rapidly
proportions in the centre Of the arena at one time
that the management stopped the admissions to
that part OF the Garden. At 10 o'clock II was an
nounced that there were 500! people In the place
and that the attendance for The day had exceeded
ZOO ,,,
The ten mile race between S;arbuck. OF Philadel-
nhia and Tom Linton. the long distance cham
pion OF England was a spirited battle. the Ameri-
can winning with something to spare. The spec
tators became greatly excited over this race. The
men started opposite sides OF the track. and
Starhuck caught the Engshman IN the seventeenth
lap He rode "A chainless wheel The times were
as follows: one mile 2:2o 4-5; Two miles. i:So 80;
,bree miles 1903: four miles, 934 2-5: five miles.
i2:oi i5: six miles l435: seven miles I'LL 20; eight
miles 1916 45; nine miles 22:l9 i5; ten miles. 2io
Storbuck fell I'm the first try and the race was
started over again. Piummer offered to match
Linton against Srarbuck FOR 5000. the race TO take
nIace AS soon as possible outdoors. Hale got on
his wheel To watch this race. 8,
Raid last night also rode mile In 2lS 3-j. and
he was loudly cheered. In special race for anna anna
tours the final heat won by Jefferson. Tom
unson second and Losee third Time, l:o9 10 for
the half-mc. , ,,, 49,, 49,, -, 4,
miles and . laps. and he was more than one nun
dred miles ahead OF the former worihs recoru
u,a ot hour read.