New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-26
MICHAEL WINS THE RACE.
TIVE WEI sHMAN LEAVES sTARBUCK
OVER TWO MILES BEHIND
aE EASILY COVERS THE TWENTY-FIVE Mills ''
r1FrY MINUTES AND TwENrY-NlNE AND
oNE-uAIr sECoNDs-'NAT' BUTLER
MAKES A WORLDS HANDICAP REC
ORD IN THE MILE RACE
rAcXs ON THE TRACK.

ORD IN THE MILE RACE
-rAcKs ON THE TRACK.
p,cyole races at least those IN which tia 49,,
do,,,l l,,tle Welsh rider, Jimmy Mich"e,
nv. arc exceedingly popular Selooi', Al -
Lis,,ry Of the Madison Square 'a'oen "'' -
,ur,ter 81 reople endeavored to OBTAIN a"i
sion 20 that structure ~ '@
ras been charged - ,.ors
Michael and Stnrbu"k. the miodle-ols'anoe 49,.
ave met several times before. and, In spi'e % w
,,ci that he N.tle fellow from the o'ne' 80 ~,
non I'll the contests except one tne "'e.es' ..
,,d,rr saer,s greater than ever. The eiror' -
-. - 90 c., como American rider who can oeied'
.t,oha1 ard the promoters might as well aoa"uo'
s,arbuck and Titus. and seek other ma" g., a.
Michael won ast night by over TWO m"es' ar
n1irht have placed more distance oetwee" -
and his opponen. had occasion required IT, - ,,
no contest at al after the tnira "''e' W
drew away at his pleasure.
TEN THOUSAND SEE THE RACE
40 O'clock when the short-distance races we're
~ start there was a mass of humanity In Manson"
ave pushing and showing TO get INSIDE '"e ouiu
ing An hour later the crush was almost as sIo"''
although the building by this time mao hIicu UP
and the few tickets still III the hands OF the spec
uators we're selling at ali sorts OF iahcy prices
The late arrivals found Il impossible 10 get near
the main entrance and after trying TO secure uck-
cts and falling turned about and went away IN the
rain The management estimated the attendance
at ten thousand, and many thought that haIt 'ha'
number had been turned away. unable TO gain ad-
mttance
Tho track Is a portable affair which will be used
in future races There are nine laps 10 the mile
and the banking AT the corners Is much higher
than has been the case In other races hed AT the
Garden. The professionals negotiated the sharp
turns IN good style and the only falls were in the
amateur contest Several of the amateurs went
down during the night. two Of them going over the
embankment and landing among the spectators be-
low Fortunately, none of the riders were badly
injured.
RUTLER'S FINE PERFORMANCE
The time made throughout was excellent, which
spenks well for the track, Nat Butler making
worlds handicap record IN the mile race Tor pro-
fessjonals His performance particularly strik-
Ing for no Ind 10 cut in and around his field sew
eraI times Buffers time was 2:ol S-5. and the
chances are that 1t will stand for some time
MICHAEL AGAINST sTARBUCK.
The race between Michael and Starbuck was an
nounced 10 take place ut 10 O'CLOCK but II was
twenty minutes later when the pistol was fired
starting them on their twenty-five-mile race Each
rider agreed to have only two teams OF pace
makers on the track at one time. All the pacing
was done with tandems. as it would not have been
safe TO have put larger pacing machines on the
track Michael rode wheel geared 10 l6 while
his opponent rode a bicycle geared to %. Michael
had the best pacemakers as the appended list VIII
show.
Michaels pacemakers were A. Wenig. A New
house. c. W. Davis, Austin Crooks. f. c. and
L. c. johnson. r. A. Miller. Teddy" Goodman.
r. Stone B. Keys, ]. Scott. ]. McIntire w. +.
Saunders Oscar Hedstrom. F. J. Titus. c. NJ.
Murphy Burns Pierce w Walsh S. A. Callahan.
Earl Kiser. A. c. Mertens and w. Wurtz.
Starbucks teams were made up OF the following
riders E. L. Blauvelt. H. Glorioux. w A. Wenzel.
w E. Draherson. d. A. Farnwold, w +.
Echeardt. c. TuIyills. Joseph Grgdlsy r. B 800
Henshaw and w. II. Owen.
THE wELsHMAN LEADS OFF.
At the start the little welshman took the lead
and II was the intention of his manager that he
should get far away from Starbuck possible
in the early part Of the race At the end Of the
second lap Michael had lead Of two lengths.
which he held to the fifth lap, when he increased
his advantage 10 three lengths. AT six laps It was
four lengths, and then Starbuck's pacemakers
seemed to be able work together in better
order. The Philadelphian began to gain steadily on
his little rival and the spectators yelled II their
whole LIES happiness depended upon the American
winning. After leading for lap Starbuck S
pace went wrong again, and for time the Ph!la-
delphian hung on behind Michael and for several
laps he mad no pace at all.
sTARBUCK HAD NO CHANCE TO WIN
Michael meanwhile was travelling along without
any apparent effort. while Starbuck's mouth was
open. and he laboring preceptbly The further
\ they went the more hopeless appeared the task sci
for StaTbuck, and at the end Of the third mile
\ Michael was full quarter OF a mile in the lead
From that point TO the finish 1t simply matter
o. how many miles Michael would win by and
many people left the building before the race was
half over.
Michael is announced to meet the Frenchman
Taylore, on Christmas night at the Garden
Aichsels fastest mile last night 1851 2-5 and nj:
average per mile for the twenty-five miles was two
minutes one and a fraction OF second.
JUST oefore the race was started OF the Off
Gals discovered that miscreant as they
thought, had thrown several lacks on the track
near the starting and finishing line Brooms wer,
brought out and the track swept of. No on,
seemed 10 have any idea who the despicable fellow
could have been.
There was little or betting on the result anC
the wagering done was at the rate OF TO in favol
OF Michael.
SUMMARY OF THE RACE
Starbuck led at only one mile the second the tu
miles being covered IN 400 is. The summary OF IN
race follows.