New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-07
st Year by Of miles anu IdP''
This was the score at l2:l5 O'Clock.
TwENTY-slX RIDERS LEFT.

A.bjnrec - 1894 @ Johnson ..259
TwENTY-slX RIDERS LEFT.
OF the company Of plucky and possibly. foolish
men, thirty In number, who started In the race
Just after midnight Sunday. twvnty-s were left
in the struggle at o'clock last night. The pace
has been terrific from the start and those
who conversant wl,h such things marvel that
the number Of absentees is not greater than II is
OF course. with many competitors starting IN a
race some Of tfem were not in the best possible
condition. Lack Of condition in such muscle
strainng and Misunderstanding battle means COL
lapse sooner or later and the weak ones have been
forced TO give way. leaving the actual race 10
those who had prepared carefully for the contest
and who are in better trim TO withstand supernu-
man strain. From present appearances. the race
will be q recCrd-breaker in more ways than one
The leaders continue to speed around the dish-ke
track. showing even at this early date the terrloie
strain under which they are working.
There was fair attendance at Madison square
Garden all day yesterday. and the attendance IN
creased after nightfa had set IN and real workers
s,rolled in to get rest and stimulus from their
abors by watching the weary pedallers circle
around the track. They seemed TO get encourage
ment from comparing their lot with that OF the
riders There is always one not in the eadlns trio'
upon whom the knowing ones set their eyes ana
advise woud-be wagerers TO bet In this race Ste
plane Is looked upon as having the best cnance
by that Nestor Of cycle racing. Tom Eck, ana oy
A. G. Batchelder the New-York Handicapped. The
Partisan critics, and 1t must be remembered that
no greater cycle racing centre than Paris exists IN
the world-prophesed that he was a sure winner.
He himself believed that he would win before he
started. and believes it all the more firmly now.
Gougolts, Lamberjack and Taylore have not the
slightest doubt Of his ability TO win. and tell their
!ntimates among the sporting men here that they
will cut him loose at the proper time. He has rid-
den more steadily than any rider In the race. and
he is never to be among those sprinting away
xuy 60 o,lCh IN fha a
DAYS of the race. His whole manner and the way
ne Ia riding bespeak the experience Of the Oldest
veteran In the race that Schock is out
WALTERS TEMPER HIS HANDICAP.
stephane is the sporting mans tip. 1t must not
be forgotten. that while Waller rides best when he
r. in the lead, and will not allow any to pass
him without a heart-breaking and longcontinued
fight in past races. critical periods. he has got
his Dutch up" when some unreasonable grathca-
ton is refused to him by his trainer. At such
periods ne becomes Interchangeable, and has lost
through his temper notably In the race at Chicago,
when he dressed and left the building in search OF
fried oysters. which had been refused 10 him
Miller the Chicago lad. is going well. but looks
badly. Looks, however are wonderfully deceptive
in race Of this kind the totally wrecked
aspect Of Rice last year al. the time he was
making his magnificent chase of Hale. Chicago
man who saw him finish second AT Tattersalrs
last winter said he looked far worse in the frs
twenty-four hours then than he does now. Rv.eTre,
on the record Of the last two seasons In which he
won the Paris Bordeaux race. perhaps outclasses
his fellow countryman, Stephane, so far as the
form book goes. but does not seem to be able TO
hold the pace he constantly picked as tenac!ously
as In the earlier hours OF the contest There are
half-dozen others within twenty miles OF the
leaders. and hours rest on the latters part Is
all that will be necessary TO rob them OF their pres
ent advantage
Thursday. Friday and Saturday Of many a six
deVcloDel shown
that the is not always TO the swift Rice.
the favorie for second place before the start was
twenty odd miles ahead OF Hae's record Of
last year at o'clock last nght-twenty- one hours
after the start. Many think that he IS waiting
for the leaders TO see-saw themselves TO pieces
before he makes his real play for the front. and
1, should not be forgotten that he is in better
candition and Is being handled better than he was
last year, when as an absolute novice he made
such a splendid record.
THOSE WHO DROPPED OUT.
Hale, the present champion. lowered around
tenth place most Of yesterday, and he does not
show the effects OF the strain nearly much as
some Of the other riders. He has been having
much trouble with his stomach. lie and his friends
say that he Will recover QUICKLY, however. and give
the leaders all that they want before the week
II over. Forster the victim yesterday OF the
most serious accident yet and the track near the
Twenty-seventh-st and Fou-th-ave. corner OF the
Garden is still sprnkled with his blood. After
covering little over seventeen miles he tuubled
from his wheel and was run over BY one OF the
other riders. pedal struck him in the head,
cutting an ugly cash. lie was taken In charge
by a physician Forster returned 10 the track Ia
the afternoon and attempted to ride again. but
he was forced to give II up. Titus quit as was
expected after going ffty-one miles. The others
who dropped out In the afternoon were Backe.
Cartwright Albert, Fallon. Busted, Schock. l..
Rivisrre and Davidson. Schock admitted that age
had i'm
1t. he would now never again attempt such feat
"Old War Horse" Ashngcr put on top coat in
the morning. After this he started out and sur
prised everybody by sprlntlng Tor several laps:
The onlookers soon noticed the old fellow ana
cheered him 10 the echo lie is about the freshest
ia ap n, IA i rom, 'o Of tie favcrlie Hale '
RECORDS GOING ALL DAY.
At o'clock the Goth Regiment Band appeared
On the scene and helped to enliven the race. The
music lent to the wearied racers new lie. and
they fairly few around the track. CASTOR Riyierre
dismounted for the FIRST time at 1890. Record after
record continues TO 60 BY the board and at
o'clock. Waller. the Flying Dutchman." was Is
niles lap ahead Of Readings record Of Pol miles.
FOR variety IN handle bars the bicycles used by
the riders offer q wide assortment. They In all
,zes and shapes. from the lowest rams horn
With an eye 70 comfort and case. have had their
Gray. the co!ored rider Of the contest will bear
s as pSsh as out he Ss mt
WIN e Of tie others
HAZE ana look enough
% BE- twin brothers. They both wear Vandyks
The hsSe. II seaTea machine the race is ridden
s,sphans far q; the Ere has as. been
!cSe many more miles have been covered he viii
shsnss to lower one Thsy ride s g sSs gears on
All Of the Frenchmen are working we'll together.