The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-07

the Fsrst Day, Os.y seventies Out OF
| Urwsrds of Thirty are in shs Running,
an UrCsoai Io. CT 2s;..sals I;sing Re
Not Only Leads the Racers But Has
Smashed all M ner of Records-how
They stand.
New York, Dec e.-At i o'csock this
morning .le crowd which th-oEssa Sadi-
| son Square Garden all aieht had tanned
out and Very few people we're pIese.t to
! watch the seventeen remaining r,ds-s n
the six days championship race PEDAL their
way around the course. Those riding at
o'clock were: Waller, Stepksne, Res.srre.
Sch;ner Miller, Moore, Pierce, Rice. Read
ing. Colder. Elkes. Enterman. BarHaby.
! Mcleod. Smith and Beacon.
The ether riders who have not retired
permanently from the race were asleep.
At the END OF the ffnal tweuty-four hours
Waller covered 4ss miles ard laps. beat
ing Hales twenty-four hour record, made
| last year. by IS miles 3 laps.
New York, Dec. e.-The majority Of the
riders IN the big bicycle race at Mad,-
son Square Garden are still pedan.ng away
on their long journey. When the carry
morning spectators arrived they found Mil
| Ter. the Chicago flyer" in the lead. But
he was soon caught and passed and while
| this was going on records We're being bro
| ken with cheering rapidly. The first 10
! lap Miller's rear wheel was Rivierre. the
French crack, who between and o'clock
in fire burst OF speed took the lead. Wal
Ter kept close after Rlv.erre and both Of
these men broke the record established by
Hale in last years race
Five wheelers quit during the night. Fred
Foster OF Brooklyn got bad spill and re-
tired. Titus gave way under the strain
and Albert, Busted and Cartwright also
dropped out. The remaining thirty-one com
| petitors pursued their task without any
further accident.
Fsllon dropped out shortly before 10
o'clock and thus thirty were left in the
race.
The score at 10 o'clock was as follows:
Waller. 213 miles. laps; c. Rivierre. 1882;
Miller, 213; Pierce. a6-s; Stephane, 23; Ash
niger, 201-5; Moore, 19S; Reading, 1871;
Hale. 1856; Smith. 1s4-2; Golden, 1886;
Schineer, 1921; Barnaby, 1918; Rice, 1926:
Maurice, 1921; Elkes, 1873; Schock, HIS;
Enterman, 1872: Hicks. 170-6; Mcleod.
1888; julius, 1855; Davidson, 1854; B. RI
vierre. 1903; Fallon, 1903; King. l5i-7; Gray
$50 5; Blakesley, 1is-S; johnson, 1iS-e; Bea-
con, Iii; Bach, 1914.
A, noon Albert Schock dropped out. The
old champion complained of weak lungs
and stomach trouble.
Al o'clock the record had been clipped
2S miles and laps. At this time Waller
was leading by mile. The best previous
record was IA miles, made by Reading
last year. Eleven men were now ahead
of the record.
2 D. m-Score: Waller, 296; Miller, 292;
Stephane, 2S5; G. Rivierre, rs; Schineer.
275: Pierce, A5: Golden a55; Eikes. go; Maui
rice. 243: Davidson, 239; Hicks. 23s; Enter
man. 2Ss; Barnaby. 2a5; Mcleod. 20; King.
3l7 GarEon, POS; Gray, 9os; Julius, 2o5; e.
Rivierre, 30; Blakeslee. 1872; Johnson. 1sc;
Deacon, PA; Bach. 1o1.
Hale was obliged to leave the track at
2:33 p. m, having been taken with cramps.
He lost seventeen minutes.
Waller, at 2:35 p m, was So miles and
one lap ehead Of the worlds record.
At the end of the sixteenth hour Waller
was Ii miles and laps ahead of Readings
worlds record of ca4 niles. At 40 p. m.
Hales was forced to leave the track for
the third time on account of severe head
ache.
About o'clock Rice took an ugly header,
but pluckily remounted and soon regained
the ground he had lost.
Late in the afternoon REVERE announced
that he was out of the contest, that he had
been treated unfairly.
Maurice left the track at o'clock and
had not returned at c.e end OF the 18th
hour. Waller was IS miles and laps ahead
of the record at that time.
Forty men started In the race at 12:15
O'clock this morning. but al 9:l5 o'clock
tonight cnly twenty-six men were riding.
Fifteen riders had dropped out Of the race.
owing 10 illness, accident or inability TO
keep up tie pace.
Walters riding captivated the crowd to-
night. He was in great form, and did not
look like possible gutter. I
At e:l5 o'clock five Of the riders had pass
ed the 4CD-nile mark. Waller leading with
425 miles and laps. Miller was second.
nine miles behind the leader. Stephane
had travelled All miles. laps. Hale, who
had left the track several times on account
of a lame knee and headache. had made
$50 miles, and there were thirteen 9th |
er men who had passed the 3io-mile marx |
The feature of the race up TO the present /
time is the form exhibited by Waller All |
superb and called forth continual admira- |
ticn of the spectators. Waller had set !
himself task before starting in the con- |
test. ard he cared not whether his speed ,
upset the plans and calculations OF other /
competitors The task was 70 cover 90 1
miles in the first twenty-four hours. and /
ne pincky rider failed only by narrow
AS he -ode ne bowIed down rec
ords as well as increased his lead over Op-
AT the twenty-secend hour he \
was - miles and laps ahead OF Haie's
record Walters riding Is OF a charac-
ter that makes many doubt his ability 20
stick He rides with his body thrown over
the handIe-bars IN scorching position and
4 Is believed that his stomach will be
affected.
The riding o, Fixes. the Glens Falls. -.
I lad. attracted considerable attention to-
night He looked remarkably fresh az %
Q. n. and seemed 10 Be a "sSayer."
Pierce has maintained an even gait from
the START of ten race. ard lis position
among the leaders las varied but shg1ly
Reading, Moore. Ashinrer ard Barnsby
likewise have adhered 20 an sl1nos- unva-
ryins rCce. ar seeming 20 realize the fsct
that there are yet nearly FIVE days % TIE
rae ahead 5f them. an1 acting accord
ng,y.
Gray, the negro representative % fEe
contest. eLPea:e5 20 BE IN distress today
and rapldly dropped TO fae rear Sisphsne
COX the second pace 81 The exsnty-sec-
md hour tonight. having passed Rlvisrr
hi A.Her. He vas thirteen miles behind
TalicT and ten miles ahead OF Miller az .
eis o'clock To accomplish this he "a
,onle tai squirting ard received ths cheers
Il the crowd that had increased during
he u.gat Until Il was estimated fhat nsaEy ]
{ g9 persors were tn TIRE zzxcSsr-
uzs. S-o--,sS crrr os .He raes ann ter I