The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-11
ALL RECORDS SMASHED
THREE RIDERS HAUNTED WITH
HALLUCINATIONS.
SEE STICKS AND STONES AND HURDLES
A PitifuIly Dramatic Scene, But Fifteen Yet
Press 0n--MiiIer is 235 Miles Ahead
of Worlds Record. Waller is
Still Showy,
Still Snowy.

Stlll Snowy.
New York, Dee 1O.-The great six
day bicycle race at Madison Square Gar
den has narrowed itself down TO fifteen
riders. Miller still retains a lead of
! nearly a hundred miles over Rice, the
W!lkesbarre miner.
At midnight he was something like
235 miles ahead of the worlds record.
| and, with tWenty-four hours to spare,
he had covered distance up to withia'
/ few miles of the great record establish
ed by Hale last year of 1900 miles.
The great surprise of the night was
the retirement of Rivierre. the French
man. He is believed to be actually out
of his mind, is in a pitiable condition,
and is now under the care of physicians.
Like most of the others in the race
Riyierre has given evidence during the
contest of having partly lost his mind.
The awful strain after the first day of
riding had in a measure mentally un-
balanced him and this afternoon he
leaped his wheel and made an assault
on an imaginary foe in one of the boxes.
swearing and jabbering in his antive ton
que. his trainers rushed to him and put
him on his wheel, but after making a
few more laps he repeated the perform
ance with even more insane rage than
he had at first demonstrated. The re-
suit was that Rivierre had to be taken
from the track to return no more
Another man who has quit the lists
IS Moore. He had a terrible fall during
the afternoon while going at a high rate
of speed. Crashing into the rail, he
cut himself badly and was carried of
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shock was too great for his debilitated
condition and be will be seen no more
in the present race.
But Miller, that wonderful specimen
of physical development, still plods along.
He has ground out more miles in a
given time on wheel than ever any
man did before. He has subsisted under
the most telling strain with less sleep
than was thought possible for any man
and with it all, an examination of him
tonight by the police surgeons disclosed
the fact that his condition was normal,
and that with the exception Of muscular
soreness and a slight deadness of the
limbs he was in excellent condition, and
would be able to continue to the end
without much danger of collapse.
According to various trainers about
the track, Miller is beginning to have
hallucinations. He complained to his
trainer about noon that the people in the
building were throwing sticks and stones
at him, and that he had to ride over
hurdles.
Rice, who is second man in the contest,
though nearly a hundred miles behind
the leader is standing by his colors with
dogged determination. 1t was said dur
ing the day that he had asked to be
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has been riding through the night shows
that though he might have requested this,
it is not the spirit of his wishes. He is
to stay to the end, and his trainers
think that he will be much nearer the
Chicago man at the end of the next
twelve hours than he is at present. At
all events he got rid Of dangerous rival
when Rivierre left the track. For hours
it had been nip and tuck with these two,
at ono time the one leading and at
another time the other. Rice's physical
condition is also announced to be good.
Close up to Rice, and third man, now
that the Frenchman Is gone, is Schin-
ner, a fellow townSman OF Miller.
Though he has had several tumbles
during the race, Schinner has never for
moment lost any Of his pluck or de-
termination. He has lead of 90 miles
on Hale, the former champion, and bar
ring accident will undoubtedly finish
third
Hale, with plenty Of sleep, compara-
tIvely speaking, has the best appearance
OF any man on the track. He has really
taken things leisurely, but nevertheless.
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 nm
no account was taken of such marvellous
speed as has been maintained through
out the race, after Waller had set the
pace. Those who expected to move nm
in the last day or two are ant to be
disappointed, for he is two full CEN
turies behind the plucky leader.
OF the others, Waller has proved him
self to be the strongest hearted. He
did lot of sprinting tonight and be
has strong following among the specu-
lators. Enterman, the youthful Bro k
lyn rider, is making his miles with clock
like regularity.
The police authorities tonight insisted
upon an examination being made of the
men by the police surgeons. The result
was report by the surgeons which. SO
far as statistics go, show a very salts
factory condition of affairs, except In
The case of Rivierre. Officially, this re-
port "goes," as it were, but it gives not
the faintest idea of what the real con-
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