New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-26

GARDEN THRoNGED WITH SPECTATORS
BOTH RIDERS HAVE NASTY TUMBLEs.
AND THE ENGLISH CHAMPION
CANNOT FINIsH-THE TRACK
BANKED TEN FEET AT
THE TURNS
Jimmy" Michael. the midget cycis,. defeated
Arthur Chase the English middle-distance cham
plon in a thirty-mile race in Madison Square Gar
den last night, in the presence OF possibly nine
thousand spectators Michael took the lead at the
start and at the finish by nearly four miles
Chase not riding the last two miles. The contest
was replete with exciting features. and the specta
tors were kept at the highest pitch OF excitement
from the start the finish OF the race. No rec
ords broken of course yet the time made
by the midget rider excellent. considering the
accidents and the track. Both men received oao
falls in the race. Chase going down twice. the last
time In the twenty-seventh mile. He was carried
from the track and he did not finish the race.
The Garden began to All up soon after O'Clock,
and the late-comers were left practically IN the
hands OF the spectators. who asked all Sorts OF
fancy prices for reserved seats. The two sprint
which preceded the midde-distance contest
served TO whet the appetes OF on-ookers for the
more exciting struggle which was TO come. II was
announced that the track had been carefully sur
veyed. and that IL measured a few feet over the
required distance. It ten laps 10 the mile,
and the embankment at the corners was ten feet.
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With such an embankment IT was impossible to
keep on the curves except when riding at consider
aole speed. The embankment was so high that
many Of the seas at each end OF the Garden were
shut of Edouard Tayore. who IS to meet Michael
on New-Year's night. nrst rode a mile. paced by
tandems IN ls5 3-5 Babcock. the amateur. went
an unraced half-mile in 1:o2 is
MICHAEL THE rAvoRIrE
Michael WAS the tavorite In the betting. and
i4,,ir yoilo me tha,
midde-distance racing, az 1t has been conducted In
this country has been the peer OF AL the riders
he has met He Justified the confidence placed in
him ny his admirers by taking the lead az the
start and the English champion was never danger
at any time in the contest, The first mishap
occurred when the pistol cracked for the start Of
the race In the first LAP Chase came into collision
with his pnccmakers and the rid"re were called
back and the race was started over again. Michael
steadily increased his lead Chase. and IN the
fourteenth mile he leading by thirteen APPS.
In the fifteenth mile accident happened the
Madison Square end o. the Garden which looked
serious for instant There bad r,x-up
all around hut fortunately none o. the riders vas
badly injured though Michael had an ugly looking
cut his face. but otherusN he seemed to hc all
right His vince; no. injured Michael rode an
American wheel cited With American trcs Chase
was English wheel fitted with English tires
His bicycle badly damaged. ard he wa.
forced 70 secure another mount
POSSIBLE DANGER IN THE TRACK
From this poln, 10 the end n r7s lit,lN less than
n procession tor the midget. Toward the close 81
the trcn'y-severth mile Chase received his second
cropper which proved 70 b. than the Arst
His pacing tandem which was manned by Waller
and Stevens slipped vhile going around the turn
A. the Fourth-ave nnd TUen'y-seventh-st side %
the building He amo down WITH thud AMI was
carried from the tracs by his friends HIS trainer
said that no bones were broken
Cycle racing indoors IS dangerous work under
any conditions. ard. although the ernhankrer,
last night 10 casual observer. appeared 20 h.
all right, the fail. indicated tina, Their. vas so-n.
thing wrong somewhere
The ofnclals were rs follows: Reseree-Alber.
Mott. chairman Of the l. A " Racing Board Bal
t,rnorc Judg~s-G A Necdhan. Kings County
Wheclren: John Barnett Brooklyn. ana Thomas
Ro. Harlem, Wh>elmer. Timers-C. ' Obermayer
South Brooklyn Wheeren. r 8 Fduard, Cen
tury Whcclmen. and Daniel Ade- vice-pre-,dent
Century Road Club Of America scorer--Frank
Doup. Brooklyn; ". A. Curley. ouil! Club Wheel
men; Irving Phillips. Kings County Wheelr'en and
r. W Dye. Logan Wheeme1 CLERK Of course-J.
Frank Borland South BROOKLYN Wheelmen. As
sistan, clerks-Adoph stahl. Greenwich Wheemen
and Ar Reeves Quill cub Wheelmcn Starter
W F. Murphy New-York Announcer Frederick
Burns Quill Club Whcelmcr l-mpres-Dav.l
Bratton Brooklyn: II Valentine Harlem Wheel
men: Charles Holly. Brooklyn; Frederick Hilder-
brandt, New WheeImen. &. /.
Ear Kings COUNTY Wheemen Marsha william
perA G Batchelder NewYork
THE BIG RACE STARTED.
An EFFORT was made 70 start the race o, the even
ing at l6Il p IN At the crack OF tho pistol Michael
took the lead. and the immense throng roared. for
the ut,le Welshman IS popular with the people who
patronize such sport Chase had a collision with
his tandem on the first lap. and the
called. and started over again. shafer,
Mchaels trainer objected - Chases pacemakers
starting N the line and Mr. Mott sustained him
and made the ploemakers start from their station
1t lo.H when the men were finally started
on their thirty miles journey. Michael usual.
was on Ike streak and took the lead At the
and this advantage he steadily Increased Michael
,9 o 1e on the o tff s pac for p oF w gc
ana he cooked detected Michae! Tapped chase fjr
another lap 10 his lead In the NTH mile. which
was IN ade in a:ci As
f ana " wa that s Would add add
oher scalp 70 his bet II no accident happened
cyclone, and he seemed TO realize T. Michael
tapped his opponent for the MN time in the tenth
seemed able TO increase this whenever the occasion
the high banked Track We're shtningike lie never
lost inch Chase was slower and less artistic.
ALL DOWN IN A GREAT CRASH
Weber and Callahan two OF Micharrs pace
makers went down with A crash in the thirteenth
mile but the accident did not interfere with the
riders In the fifteenth milo ugly accident oc
CURED and the spectators held their breath as the
riders and Their paccmakers were spilled all over
tho track One OF Michaers pacing tandems hay.
ing done It's work, when slowing up near the
Madison-ave. end OF the track began To slip down
the embankment. The riders lost control and as
the wheel slipped down there was cry OF horror
from the spectators Michael and his fresh pac-
ing machine were coming around the curve
Win tho speed OF the Empire State Express.
The ernst, could be heard in every part OF the
Garden and women turned away 10 shut out the
sight Michael and his pacemakers started for the
roof They came back and rolled TO tho bottom.
chase and his pacemakers were also tangled up.
Michael was the first TO remount his wheel. and ne
cut on his right cheek. He looked pale. but as
he passed the press pen he was calling to his pace
makers to go faster.