The San Francisco call., 1897-12-11
Leads by a Hundred
Miles in the Six
Day Race.
RivIerre, the French Wheel
man, WithdraWS From
the Contest.
Rendered Insane by the Tre m n
dcus Strain to Mhicl He Has
Been Subjected.
Special Dispatch to The CALL

NEW YORK, Dec. 10-The great six
day bicycle race al Madisou-square Gar
den has narrowed itself down TO fifteen
riders. Miller still retains a lead OF
nearly q hundred miles over Rice the
Wikesbarre miner. Al midnight he was
something like 235 miles ahead of the
worlds record, and with twenty-four
hours TO spare he has covered a distance
up to within few miles OF the great rec
ord which was made by Hale last year
1900 miles.
The great surprise of the night was the
retirement of kivierre, the Frenchman.
He is believed TO be actually out OF mis-
mind, IS in pitiatle physical condition,
and is under the care OF physicians. Like
most of the Others IN the race, Rivierre
has given evidence of having partially
lost his mind.
The awful strain from the first day Of
the riding has N q measure mentally I'M
balanced him and this afternoon he
leaped from his wheel and made au as
sault on an imaginary foe in one OF the
boxes, swearing ana jabberug IN his
native tongue. His trainers rushed TO
aim md put him on his wheel, bur after
making few more laps he repeated the
p rformance with even more insane rage
than he had at frs; demonstrated. The
result was that Rivierre had TO be taken
from the track 10 return no more.
Another man who has quit is Moore
Moore had terrible fall during the after
noon. While going at a high rate of speed
he crashed into the rail and cut himse
badly. be was carried off the track al
most unconscious Tne shock was too
great for his debiH,ated condition and
Moore VIII be seen no more IN the present
race.
But Miller, that wonderful specimen of
physical development, still pIods along.
He has ground out more miles in given
times on wheel han any man has De fore.
He has subsisted under the most telling
strain with less sleep than was thought
possible Tor any man, and with II all an
examination OF him tonight by the police
surgeons discIo osed the fact that his condi-
tion was normal and, with the exception
of muscular soreness and q slight dead
ness OF the lin bs, he was in excellent con-
ditIOn and Will be abe 10 continue 70 the
end without much danger ot collapse.
Rice, who is second man IN the contest,
though nearly hundred miles behind
the leader, IS standing by his colOrs with
q dogged determination. 1t was sail
during the dav that he had asked 70 De
taken of. but the mann in which he
has been riding through the night shows
that though be might have requested
this, IL Is not the spirit OF his wishes. He
Is in TO stay 10 the end and his trainers
think that he Will be much nearer 10 the
Chicago man = the end OF the next twelve
hours than he is at present. At ali events,
he got rid of a dangerous rival when
r ,vierre left the track.
NEW YORK Dec 1.-THE score al 2:l5
An. va>: Miller 1911 ,, Rice 1926, Scnln-
uec- 1906 RIvierre 1896 Hale 17l76,
Waller 1923 Pierce l649 !, Fixes 155O.j,
Golden 1916 5. Cannon 1923 /, Moore
1875 6. Kinse 1925. Julius 1873 Beacon
II35 5 JoSusou 1I12.3, Gray l060.3.
Miller was 25l miles ahead of the record
Tor 10 hours.