New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
BEFORE THE SIX DAYS RACE
A BIG CROWD SEES THE PRELIMINARY
CONTESTS IN THE GARDEN

RIFT No SERIOUS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PROVES HIMSELF A BACK NUMBER
r,o ,r,n,ense amphitheatre OF the Madison oaua. |
carden was thronged last night with the io'o" Iii
=, h,n,.c,e racing Their ardor always Keeps
ahead NJ the mercury no matter how h'sn ~ ,o.
or how low 1t falls and though the "e"'" r. 49,.
not prop;ious the great hall hiied rapu. =, ,east
time the pistol was fired for the hrs' '" 80, ,oxos
six thousand people we're In the se"'' - had
'.N "x No. hour later two thousand more hau
oss.d ,hrouph the doors The races, whic" We"
all OF the short -distance order were p,,,, o.
10 the six days race which begins a' '''
night. ,,ot used
The track is great improvement over , hanLs
at the last races held In the "aIu.n ,.,ar For all
at the turns were carried much 49, as, beot
:, - taus we're frequent IN the III o. NO
=, ,h o,otbrd-mIe professional nanu'o"p s
co, Church and Bald went down III 1917. ,ho
Raid was slightly injured. In .he me- ,,,,.to, -,
amateur riders gave an eN'e ,h,s rare G
-, .h,rg In the second heat OF TINS 'a.e
ae',ai 'u'"' car.topa rode clear over the oahk
- '. ~, y, the arena boxes. yet ne e'"e, e'u
,.,. - mara serious damage than an III =,
= h,,f.foo, Of epidermis and bruised h"e. a..
NJ tho riders commended the "aVn " 80 nu,n
condition the only trouble peins III '
her q, mon allotted to each neat ~ -
o,d,,me patrons OF the sport had '"a MI,
con =. genuine antique. in the person OF a. ~ .a,,
,..,ar tho ex-champion give an exhio''o'' ,,
- 70 Zimmerman had stuck to rid'hs -.
clio instead OF writing for the he"sPaP ,,.o,or,s"
aouhtiess be still in the game ou' III. =. ,o,L
ho,, 1rorts only brought his time ,,an sec
oe'' ,"'' 10 somewhere within sixteen sec
, On. record although he had ehce"e"'
49, 80, Tho "plack-and-W White Tandem' '''
ing "Snowb bali and " Khs'uS ~. ana nv
indoor exhibition. the entry hst was en-
,remelv large over two hundred me" oeo I'll.
=, .h vorious contests The first race. the M
"' ,,', ,.ou.oul,z 1.-The unpaced king OF FRANCE
, Ia,on dominique Lamberjack, the r.'"0"
cb,mnon: TEDDY" Goodman. ana olhe'S u
nrorinencc Eaton won his neat an" w -
With comparative ease. and his ridins a'ouH
s,o,,ss, enthusiasm The mile handicap ANA
teur went to +. L. Kramer OF Ne"''"' :"
race That was full OF sensational rid'hs
Tho anal IN the mile professional race was -
combination Of cycling and running 'ha' "'"u ~
and Interested the crowd. In the secon" ''r -,
the riders except Clint Davis. OF BUM
,,,r a, the turn NJ Fourth-ave ana i"cn''
-, -, poys -eing that he practically han
q ,aikovcr rode in lesurely fashion aIon, I u,ho
rack O. r. Smith. OF Freeport Ion, TX, hs wheel
va. on the top OF tho pile. fouhh ina ..e ~ AZ
was uniniured and. rcmoun'ins s,a' ~ d,scngage
fast clip Murphy ~1s ,nS Smith across the line
rroor. Miller and scott whose wheels Sracyin,
yond repair. started OF on ,noks was the best
runner ~ the THO and he alone e'
'hD snneared on the track at Il o'clock he
70 carry ou, his part OF the c3h'fa mn.d pSinfully
and there was IL big confusion oyrr M 10 ala r.,
due 70 his fall earlier I'm the cvennrs s doing the
n",kohiv wei under the circumstance uo,S and
I, ;iin 5s2b heating his pacemakets, r."'o" az"
Goodman tandem BY sevsf ,he ntsht was the
in;ernsiiona tandem pursuit race conestants
decided until nearly Y 9m"ioue ambSrack the
tandem champions o, Franc ana The }s' race was to
have been Ave miles the teams staring ron heean
posi,e sides o, the track me from the start
and they PASSED the Others on the thlr'rrdrJ re
The passing o. one team BY ine O son IT. When
,e lees and ha rh m's Victor, S1s We're
loudly applauded al the finish
SUMMARIES
The summaries are as follows
NIL. OPEN pe'eon. FIR. h.s, Son .. sy 3eaH rme%
ZOOS second nss. won BY A. T r wea' ii. Third heat
won by EesS, Monte se N ;.
,e0a T IN "a n.;on i si.o. SRa Al Ss.nea,s
nars " sn Tim. :i pm h'"; rGn by .t:on3
Tim ZOOS si.h S S::' S SSs By .,,c@oa
FINAL HEAT
= wenx BUFF. ,
=. u steven. huna'o '........... I
= F. Goodman. N"~ yors /, 90.
Won by nf,,-n yards. ienEth between second ana
third. r.,
Nile handicap r'F;' hss, won s by htoossn
S.~a,s q, y,'d,. w time I''s Is second
VIZ ~ Lyon Greenwich wheelmen 200 yH T
Ge"rg. schoned Richmond I'M rs yards 'ecrn' me
2o Th5t s'A, VII II Dixon ~ NevYors 80 Yards
ss, ,sag, ~ y,ras, Torrsnce New Yor. 90 Yards
;sa% y., il Urn s, ssa' S Ss% y 3e! <
second 2:n s'h hsa, won by 20 ysr,s'
,scoaa y,H'h heat we' Re- warm
W R'ome Jersey lily 20 Sst''' ssth hrs, won by
' ssr. N's .e 1os ~ Fine a Snis
l@ ma So LAKE G,o' ..o %s @n n. g o." "
FINAL HEAT.
y l. Kramer Newark as ynrds,. ......'..'''.'''''''
kScnsH Scs YoA =.
ws5 s.[ i KssF YORK s'o go o' ys'd.
" rime-2os.
Won by css length eswssn ;coTn %"s se tn'r won
's'd Ma1 ls Sa"d nfsyn go YARDS Davis.
buffalo ,s5 ,ards. second Tine ao v,sS, r crooks
BY S,nSIo x, y oTsS ."oa rl@sis Thisi ss" won
- rsH r,rl., s~sond Time Fourth heat won
BY H. Miller 60 ,.s Ss'Sa' m ia"
| FINAL. HEAT.
Gin. Davis. nurslo as ,s,dsI Island q, yarisi ~
9 smith f, r,1sslyn L q" y ',i'
| T CrpNs. Buffalo ~ YARDS. ...''''''''''''''''
| ." > Timo-O:42S
Al FELL .,c.p, the winner Murphy finished on foot
| c,T ~ hi, wheel on his shoulder =, y y
nl Hst mill f. qDsn &Hss%sa
county wheslmsn .eo"s aro Lme II 2 Bedeii New
won oy ont H. Time i :osi. Third heat won by II
Lake Port Richmond staten Island o Fourth sra
WON by Joseph homp,on a won o"s sy F. "a"
s ssr %.vark. A. S. Jungknd Riverside Whseimen
,scanS TIME :oi>s. sixth hea, won by W an 80.
,,n. Jersey CITY: George Schoned. Nchnond mn Sc
ora Time seventh heat won by " L. p 5-oss"
80, u,ookiyn Wheelmen: f. Dc martini south bfooN
S' Whe.imen second. Time 06t Eighth heat wo,
by A. J. Latham Lake Sec Isns 'J'e o9a
sunni snm nnss-firs, heat won by o. " babcock I; \
, ,.r Ceorg. schoheid second Time-lN* Third
Nat won by Walter G. Rome. A. j. Latham SNo"'
Time-l:o5A -,y., urAT
| n Y Babcock Harlem Wheemen' ''''''''''''''
a. Roome city
7 Latham Lake George '''''''''''''
~ - '> O3t. $1,000
Won by a length; same between secon" an" '''"