The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-11
RIVIERRE OUT OF THE RACE.
LEAPS FRO HIS WHEEL TO FIGHT
AN IMAGINARY FOE.

Retiring Him From the Track Per-
manently-MOOre eRtires After
Terrible FaII-MilIer StiII Nearly
100 Miles Ahead of His Nearest Ri
val.
New York, Dec. 10.-This morning found
only sixteen of the original starters in the
six-day bicycle contest at Madison Square
Garden, still at work.
The second serious accident of the con-
test sent Moore from the track. The
Philadelphian, while he was in fifth place,
at a. M, slipped on a turn and Moore
went over the handlebars. He struck his
mead violently against one of the rails and
lay unconscious on the track. At first it
ambulance surgeon put the fears of the
spectators at rest. and it was found that
Moores injuries consisted of bad cut on
the head and strain to the chord on the
right side of the neck. He is not expected
to take any further part in the race. He
had ridden 1883 miles when he fell
Although Miller had lead of 6S miles at
9:l5 a. M, it was anybody's race. Both
Miller and Rice, the Wilkesbarre boy who
has followed so closely on his heels, show
ed painful evidences of the heartbreaking
pace they had maintained since Monday.
Miller's trainers feared for some time to-
day that their mans mind was giving way.
The sleep which would put him right,
is an impossibility for the pursuing racers
would then cut down his lead. Rice, held
by the fear Of Rivlerre and urged by the
hope of Overhauling Miller, dare not stop.
OF the first three men, Rivierre looked by
far the best conditioned
Jo1 is tlo
experts say, is certain to last to the end
He had smashed his own record of last
year when he completed hts one hundredth
hour to-day
This afternoon at 4:9O o'clock Police In
spector Brooks, with Capt. Sheehan of the
Tenderloin precinct and Police Surgeons
Palmer, johnson and Nesbit, entered The
Garden. They advanced to the stands oc-
cupied by the riders and their trainers
and ordered the bicycle riders to dismount
one at time and submit to a physical
examination. One after another. the rid
ers climbed off their wheels. They were
al once handed over to the surgeons of
the police department. The pulse and
heart were examined and the temperature
taken.
All the riders, except Enterman, passed
the examination and were allowed to con
tinue in the race. The doctors ordered
Enterman to take a rest.
Rivierre began to show signs of distress
about o'clock. A little bit later a nasty
fall somewhat dazed him.
At 6;45 Miller left the track for a rest
Early in the evening the piucky leader
was presented with a handsome gold
watch and chain by some unknown admir-
er.
The race has narrowed itself down to fif
teen riders.
Miller still retains a lead of nearly a
hundred miles over Rice, the Wilkesbarre
miner.
AT midnight tonight he was something
like 235 miles ahead of the worlds record,
and, with twenty-four hours to spare. he
had covered distance up to within a
few miles of the great record established
by Hale last year of 1900 miles.
The great surprise of the night was the
retirement of Rivierre. the Frenchman. He
is believed to be actually out of his mind
is in a pitiable physical condition, and is
now under the care of physicians Like
most of the others in the race, Rivierre has
given evidence during the contest of hav-
ing partly lost his mind. The awful strain
after the first day of rid
ing had in measure
mentally unbalanced him and this after
noon he leaped from his wheel and made
an assault on an imaginary foe in one of
the boxes, swearing and jabbering in his
native tongue His trainers rushed to hiIt
and put him on his wheel, but after max
ing few more laps, he repeated the per-
formance with even more insane rage
than he had at first demonstrated. The
result was Rivierre had to be taken from
the track to return no more.
Another man, who has quit the track |
is Moore. Moore had a terrible fall this
afternoon. While going a a high rate of
speed he crashed into the rail and cut
himself badly. He was carried off the
track almost unconscious The shock was
too IAt,s
Moore will be seen no more in the present |
race.
But Miller, that wonderful specimen of
physical development, still plods along He |
has ground out more miles in a given time
on a wheel than any man has before. He |
has subsisted under the most telling train, |
with less sleep than was thought possible |
for any man, and with it all an examna-
ton of him tonight by the police surgeons |
disclosed the fact that his condition was |
normal, and, with the exception of mus |
cular soreness and a slight deadness of |
the limbs, he was in excellent condition |
and would be able to continue to the end |
without danger of collapse.
Rice, who is the second man in the con- |
test, though nearly 100 miles behind the |
leader, is standing by his colors with |
dogged determination. 1t was said during |
the day that he had asked to be taken off, |
but the manner in which he has been |
question this, it is not the spirit of his |
wishes. He Is to stay to the end, and his |
trainers think that he will be much nearer
the Chicago man at the end of the next |
twelve hours than he is at present. At all |
events he got rid of a dangerous rival |
when Rivierre left the track. For hours |
it had been nip and tuck with these two,
at one time one leading and at another
time the other Rices physical condition
Is also announced 10 be good.
Close up to Rice and now third man,
now that the Frenchman is gone, is
Schinner. a fellow townsman of Miller.
Though he has had several nasty tumbies
during the race, Schinner has never for a
moment lost any of his pluck or determi-
nation He has a lead of ninety miles on
Hale, the former champion, and, barring
accidents viii undoubtedly finish third
Hale, with plenty of sleep, comparatively /
speaking, has the best appearance of any /
man on the circle. He has really taken |
things leisurely, but, nevertheless at the |
present writing is nearly forty miles ahead |
of his old record Of last year. This b |
about what his schedule called for, but /
when the schedule was made up no ac- |
count was taken of such marvellous speed |
as has been maintained throughout the |
race after Waller had set the pace Those |