The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-19
MICH4EL'S LiTEST FE4E
rhe wonderful w%eIshnan Rides twenty -dT'
Niles In as Minutes is as Seconds.

Miles In ID Minutes is A-5 Seconds.
BosroN. Sept. Is.-Tinmy Michael won the
race ut his life today hv trfcating both Lesnn
and N-lDufee in the 81, 900 match race At
Charles River Park. Every worlds record.
trum three miles up TO tfvonty-dvs was broken.
and Michael completed his wonderful ride ny
finishing in 10 ninu;es - rs seconds. l minute
and 50 l5 seconds below the worlds rscnri
Of ~ minutes 81 seconds. NL.Gnae! beat
Lesna by a Lap and MrDutfce b. two
laps- 30 won the race distinctly On his
merits. demonstrating that he IS brypui
~ question the King III paced riders. His cldlnS
was the perfection Ut grace anu beauty, his legs
moving with The regularity and procession Of a
pendulum. Not once after he made L squirt in
tie second lap II the -hIrl. mile and passed Nc
Du:fea. Who was then leading. WIS there any
doubt as TO the Ana. outcome. II was simply 4
question 1f how much 40 would beat both men.
His pacing. l.so. vrry nearly approached P~-rtec-
zion. his pick-Gps being made IN ~tlIlt!Gss shape.
and without he loss u 4 fraction 0t i second.
Michael's grand work kept the crowd on edge
and d continuous ronr ot applause rom 1000
tEruass greeted him on AL sides from the drst
minute until -he last. Lcsna, who finished SET
ond, rode 4 grand FACE ami pitted against any
other man thnn The Welsh wonder would have
won easily. BIS pacing WAS snod and he showed
an ability 20 follow an pace set. He vas markell
ly superior 70 M'Du.f.r Sc. and N several INSTANCES
ran away trum him II sprints. McDufee rode \
game race. hut wa3 1uCC!asEuT. He was hlnu.-
capped 70 a large extent by tho breaking down
OF three Of his big machines, causlng aim to
lose paca entirely. out le VAS not able 10 truvei
fast enough ~ Keep w the pace has men set,
anu they yer" nor able 10 MAINTAIN the speed
they were capable Of.
The race was Lartet a few minutes after >
o ClnCk with practically no wind anI al cOnti-
runs perfect; MrDutfee had the pole. Lesna
second and MIrnael on the outside. A triple:
was 20 pick ~ MGDutfee. while "quads' were
started for me other two. Lesna caught ais
Sass n nsst' II se ar,ieE. and nI I! MeB E"nf sH %pS ro M a T-rT
poor start, was third. Lesna i " quad set out -
hot pace. Mirhasi's men settling DOWN To husi-
ness and toI!owlnV behind about three lengths in
the roar of ths Frenchman's. McDutee's t-,piat
did Tho Jump act. anG enfcavOred IA pass Lcsna
and Michael on the outside. but after getting n
mumentary lead. Mac was forced 10 fail into
third position. Just ut the tape N tho drsJ .ap
Lesna, who had been picked up by a sex
spr.nted anu led FOR the next two laps,
the drst milo being dnnei in l minute 81 seconds.
4 sextst. ON which The three Butler hrothers
neatly anu carried MN ny tns other men az IT
they wera standing It.il. He held the lead for
the next two laps. finishing the second mile
about zen yards ahead Of M!rhael.
on tAc turn Of me trst lap in The fourth mule
che chain Of McDutfee's sextet broke. leaving
him without pace, and AZ Lesna dropped his
pace tor some rensOn, the midget wonder and
his sex" took tmmediate advantage. and, set
ting a marvellous clip. fairly ran away rom
both the other men, who lost valuable time IN
waiting .or another pick np.
TOOK advantage NJ il 10 rhe utmost. He changed
tgr pare every .nD. "Illtt after quad ~ and
sex after sex - succeeding each other with
carried Jimmie further ahead Of ma ON
prtitors, anu by ne end 0f the ft.a mile
The rs n intrrn a@t' in r mp r 'rH' pi %e llo 4aG n
for a period 10 vas trrnslerrGf to second place
when MrpI:fec and L"ana We're huats.ng. Both
men wore RIDING we'll, 1uJ the tceEchInan
seemed u have a little the better Of it, taxing
things more aasi!y, hut suil clingiHg ike a spec
trp 70 the rnHr wheel Of ms pacing machine.
In ilt Ll4fTnRnfl ME Ns W al CARRIED DhNL Me-
] Dufrrr, hut me- Butler +" sex - again CAME 70 the
rrsCue u this Cambridge man. and he s0nn re-.
gulnei the ieat, Both men we're neck anu neck
M % tho fifteenth mile, when Lasna again
jumped 20 The front. and from that ON McDutfee
While Lrsua anu MrDuIfre we're hustliag FOR
second place, M!.rnar! was reeIing on mile after
3 mile At IhUuGI Lar clip. He Tapped MCDuffe. On
the tenth mile. and his pacemaaers let Ggt to try
tho sams trick On LGsna, but the Frenchman
wts a tougher proposition. and FOR ten miles
Michael tra4lnd hnnind ann. huL In the twenty
drst mile tbs stone - sex Jumped in, and,
in a couple OF laps Lesna was tapped,
%ignnminY Of being double laDprd, which
feat was Accomplishment by the Weishman in Tho
twcnty-4ccnnh mile. From this on TO tho end Il
second. and MrDutfeG struggling gameiy in tha
rear. Michael finished IN 10 minutes - - see
nnds. Lrsnh in III minutes II rs seconds, ana
McDutfee in 1! minutes ~ seconds. The time by
miles. Lesnn, Lending FIRST mile, McDutfee the
Second. and Michael all The rest:
one. l;6s; two. d 80; tnrne, 6;29 Id; four. TIA 80
nye. o,O6 3'0i six, lo'an - seven. l2tla %, eiEht
lI@I2 i-oi nin". TO- ~ 2-ni zen. l7i0S l-3t eleven
1888 = tvelve. 2l'ib 30; thirteen, 20 ;1Aj rnur
teen, Essay J .! htteen. ~ "a 4.ai sixteen. 1900 80
seventeen. al;0l 20; ,fighteen. 1":5a L6i nineteen
4:lO: twenty, 30; Il Lot twenty one, 3r;In 81
twenty-five. Iu;25 80 twenty. threr. la;It; twenty
four. t4.0s 3.5; tventy. i've. IS aH 80.
individual Mlles-First, l:h-j second. la" third
l40 ! s: fourth, I:4i -; hirth, l:4ri sixth. lgi5
seventh, la b.3g eighth. 50 4.6i ninth, l.4T Id
tenth. /. ~ 40, eleventh, l:I1 % UwslitA. 81 Ia
thlrte nth. l:4H A'1i fourteenth, l;51 q; fifteenth
I:4J sos sirrrrnCh, I N 40; seventeenth, l:J5 "a
eighteenth. Log Ia, ninetesnth, l:o4 9.6t Fwentieth
laSa 10, twenty trst. l;IH 20 twenty -ssound
1903 10. twenty. third, latS Los twenty-fourth
1854 50; twenty lIth. $3.50 Id.