The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
THE FINAL SCORE.

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persons he finished the journey as II he
had only been travelling for a fow hours. He
mad been clcanly shaved in tho morning, and
In the afternoon he appeared In q now COS
tune, 80 that he showed practically no signs Of
his terrible ordeal. Since he first mounted hir
wheel last Sunday night he had enjoyed only
eight hours Of sleep, and had been Of the track
O total OF o hours and as minutes.
In his quarters yesterday afternoon Miller de-
clared that he felt the need of sleep only %
about 4 o'clock each morning. Ho could have
withdrawn from the track for at least three con.
s%ecutive hours OF rest at any time during the
day and still have won. He decided, however.
to play things moro safely. Accordingly
when tho daylight began to stream through the
Garden windows yesterday morning the won.
derful Chicagoan began a new system. Instead
of %plodding along at the steady gait maintained
all tho week, he resorted to terrific bursts OF
speed. in which he hustled away from all
the other riders. Then at intervals he
dismounted for short rests. while Rioe,
his nearest rival, sprintod and gained
a few miles on him, after which Miller came on
again for moro fast work. 1t was plain that he
did not want to let Rice como too near, and also
that he was anxious to make as many milen an
possible without running a chance of breaking
dowD. Later in the day he let up in his speed,
thereby saving his strength for q final burst in
the evening.
At 1868 o'clock in the morning Miller passed
tho 2,o0O-mile mark. According to tho existing
figures he was then 253 miles ahead of Hale'a
record for 12S hours and SO minutes. His
average from the start had been 1919 miles
an hour, and he was then riding 90
strongly that he was looked upon az
an almost sure winner, barring accidents.
Miller continued his wonderful riding without
a let-up, and when tho 130th hour had passed he
It-aa m - I 90 h l.. OEO III
When he went to his quarters at g o'clock last
night he limped a little. probably because
his ankles had been strained, but otherwise he
was in remarkably good condition. Tho reports
that he was out of his mind during the night
amused him greatly.
do I look like a crazy man T. he said laugh.
ingly. "Why. I feel like n fighting cock. I've
won this race, md I'm proud OF it. 1t has been
u strain. I'll admit, but that hasn't bothered mo
much. The stories that I've been out of my
head have been concocted, I'm going to finish
so strong tonight that everybody will be con-
WINGED that I'm perfectly sane"
Miller rested in his quarters until shortly af.
ter 8 O'Clock. Rice and Schinneer were of, too.
and during tho interval the great crowd paid
attention to the other plucky riders.
Rice gave up all hope Of securing better than
second place early yesterday morning. In fact,
he paid no further attention to Miller, but was
Aoehoi W u " soCuiluOeT. ln0
latter did some tall sprinting between midnight
and 8 o'clock. and. as Rice was pretty well
tired. the Chicago boy approached to
within ten miles of him. Then Rice braced up
and they bowled along. wheel on wheel. Both
were unsteady on their machines, and the rail
w Siers ,l waTeh ea 6 CLOSELY o!cjyock Tor ve a '9 3bsp Ira They
care to leave, suddenly Schinneer, who WIS
1 Riee's re hSey WEes on h bew hap pSeS t SnPSf sSn ali int to
a heap and lay still. They wanted to go to
sleep right there. but their trainers picked them
on schinncer began to wabble and role bIindly
into The rail. As he fell to the floor, Rice. who
WHY don't you go ahead. Joof' yelled Rico's
trainer. The rider aSe smiled SIN f,esebly and replied:
Rice was placed on his wheel. He was in
Guilty that he kept his mount. schinneer
wabbled around the track for two moro
quarters. Rice was treated to a series Of
electric shocks and also received an alcohol
and rode lei in T far b %utT forreS durin aH the Incur rest ia'e Of
the day., Schinneer, practically sure of third
place. did onoush work to kesp well ahead Of
until he averaged about eighteen miles AN hour.
Hale and Waller watched each other like
lynxcs. AS they were riding along together.
with the %lrishinan holding an advantage of
about forty miles, Waller suddenly turned to
:" want to change my clothes. Will you como
off thu track for an hour =
he left The track: Hale %rcclinet on a couch to
take a nap, but Waller, after changing his suit.
the wind. He made twenty miles in the hour,
and when Hale came out he was beside himself
with anger: They raced together for two hours.
I'm going off to got a bite. Teddy. VIII you
Nor growlei the Irishman. so they rolled
on. After an hour Waller appealed to Hale
again, and this time the Irishman reIented.
Pierce. the Boston boy. though badly pumped
out, clung to sixth place with bulldog t%entcity,
He was admired for his pluck and received
flowers and an ovation. Golden surprised his
trainers by dismounting about noon and walk
ing out Of the Garden, clad In a long, heavy
"Im ,h gSinss to s get a sRR oySi'n he said as, as he
barber shop. He came back in an hour and be-
gan riding with renewed vigor, his head wag.
ging with tho same ole, pendulum motion that
has prevailed since he first turned the pedals.
Cannon showed surprising form. and soon was
pressing Golden hard. The other riders plugged
along rather cheerfully. for they realized that
Poor Rivierre, the Frcnchman. who WAS taken
from the Garden 10 the Hotel Martin on Friday
night, when he had Il hnO chance to hold second
t E"ss . cap; Sssf 81 he i" ,, his ia !, S sa%S 1 r.:
s~portmanlike persons. he was in good
shape Yesterday; M!s trainer Vas heart;
that the Frrnchman had been shahbily
treated. He also took TIE SUN reporter into
the quarters of ltlvicrrc, which were located IN
a horse stall, surrounded by refuse. Ncuinan said
| that several O'ner riders lnu Dcen COHlDelleu 20
rest In other stalls nearby. Rivicrre said:
81 was not crazy for, a moment, was only
angry and disappointed. ! was pushed on my
they want to beat me, I'm glad I'm out"
Nobody saw Rivierre pushed over, for when
he fell the other riders were not close TO him.
The crowd began to grow impatient at 3
o'clock for the reason that the leaders, Miller,
Rice, and SChinncer we're not ON the track. 10
was soon learned I al they had inaugurated q
strike, 80 to speak. Somebody had told
them that Hale received $500 extra last
year TO ride during the last two hours. and they
wanted TO be similarly enumerated. Tho men
were ordered by their trainers to remain in
their quarters while negotiations were pending.
The management tried to reason with tho
strikers, but 10 no avail They replied in sub
stance:
You fellow. are making u barrel OF coin. and
we are responsible for IL. \ first prize OF ~ 800.
n second prize of $500. and a ,hird of $500 ara
poor rewards for our heavy work, especially as
we understand that you will split ny $4,000
profits. Give US our extra money, or w0 won't
ride"
The situation became even more complicated