The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-11

New York. Dec. 10.-The great six
days bicycle race at Madison Square
garden has narrowed itself down to 10
riders. Miller st:n retains lead Of
nearly a hundred miles over Rice, the
Wilkesbarre miner. At midnight he
was something like 2S5 miles ahead Of
the worlds record, and with q hours
to spare he had covered q distance up
to within a lew miles of the great rec
ord which was made by Hale last
year, 1,90o miles.
OUT OF HIS MIND.
The great surprise Of the night was
the retirement of Rivierre, the French
man. lie is believed to be actually
out Of his mind, is in a pitiable physlc-
al condition and is under the care OF
physicians. Like most of the others IN
the race, Rivierre has given evidence
during the contest Of having partially
lost his mind The awful strain from
the first day of the riding has in q
measure mentally unbalanced him, and
this afternoon he leapSd from his wheel
and made an assault on an imaginary
Zoe in one of the boxes, swearing ana
iabbering in his native tongue. His
trainers rushed TO him and put him on
his Wheel bat after making a few more
laps, he repeated the performance with
even more insane rage than he had al
first demonstrated. The result was
that Rivierre had to he taken from the
track to return no more.
MOORE QUIT.
Another man who has quit is Moore.
Moore had p terrible fan during the
afternoon. While going at a high rate
Of speed he crashed into the rail and
cut himself badly. He was carried OF
The track almost unconscious The
shock was TOO great for his debiiitated
condition and Moore Will be seen no
more in the present race.
MILLER THE WONDER.
But Miller. that wonderful specimen
OF physical development still plods
along. He has ground out more miles
in a given time on a wheel than any
man has before. He has subsisted IN
der the most telling strain with less
sleep than was thought possible Tor
any man, and with il ali an eXamina-
ton of him tonight by the police sur
geous disclosed the fact dat his con-
ditior was normal, and, with the eX-
ception Cf muscular soreness and a
sight 6eadness Of the limbs, he was in
excellent condition and viii be able 10
continue to the end without much dan
ger Of collapse.
RICE'S SPIRIT.
Rice. who IS second man in the con
test. though nearly hundred miles be
hind the leader is standing by his col
ors with logged determination. 1t was
said during the day that he had asked
to be taken or. but the manner in
which he has been riding through the
night shows that though he might have
requested ibis, 1t is not the spirit of his
Sc % et1N 70, the end
aud his trainers think that he Will be
n1gCh nearer TO the Chicago man at the
crd OF the next J. hours than he is at
present Al an events. he got rid of
dangerous rival When Rivierre left
the track For hours it had been nip
and tuck between these two, at one
time o2e leading. at another time the
other Rice's physical condition IS
also announced TO be good.
THIRD MAN.
Close up to Rice. ard third man.
now that the F'renchman is some, IS
Sehinneer. q fellow tOWnsman Of Mil
lev. Though he has had several nasty
tumbles during the race, Skinner has
never Cor a moment lost any OF his
pluck or determination He has a lead
Of % miles on Hale, the former cham
pion. and. barring accident. viii I'M
doubtedly finish third.
TEDDY HALE.
Hale. with plenty of sleep. compare
lively speaking. has the best appear
ance of any man On the circle He has
really taken things leisurely, but new
ertheless. at the present writing, is
nearly 40 miles ahead of his old record
of last year.
This is about what his schedule called
for. but when the schedule was made
no account was taken Of such marvel
Gus speed as has been maintained
throughout the race. after Waller had
set the pace Those who expected Hale
TO move up in the last day or two are
ant to be disappointed, Tor he IS TWO
-ill e. lturies behind the plucky leader.
or the others, Waller has proved him
SELF the strongest hearted. Eie did
lot of sprinting tonight and he has d
strong following among the spectators.
Enterman. the youthful Brooklyn
rider has returned and is making his
miles with clockrke regularity.
POLICE INSPECTION.
At 4:10 pm, police inspector Brookes,
with CaDtaia Sheehan of the ten
derloin precinct and police surgeons
Palmer johnson and Nesbitt entered
The garden. They advanced TO the
stands occupied by the riders and their
trainers and ordered the bicycle riders
20 QlElnOu-ll. O-4E d. q lAA4A@s an SUI
nat to q physical examination. one
after another the riders climbed off
their wheels They were at once
handed oyer to the surgeons of the po-
lice department. The pulse and heart
were examined and the temperature
taken.
BROKE HIS LEG.
The World this Saturday morning
saws that Rivierre, in his fail last night,
sustained broken leg Two hours
after the accident occurred the doctor
discovered that the femur had snapped
off Just above the knee. They set the
broken limb and put him to bed. 1t
win be six months before the plucky
Frenchman can walk again, and it may
be chat he can never ride again.
The police authorities tonight insist
cd upOn examination being made Of
the men by the police surgeons. The
result was a report by the surgeons
which. so FAR as statistics go. showed
4 very satisfactory condition of affairs,
except in the case of Rivierre. Officially
This report goes" as it We're, but it
Gives not the faintest idea Of what the
real condition and appearance OF the
majority Of the riders are. They are
All strong enough to go on with their
Taslr until midnight tomorrow, and it is
rrt likely that there viii be any fur
+f,a~ Withdrawals, unless for cause of
accident. unless another of the ambi