Evening star., 1897-12-04

test, which will continue for 142 consecu-
| tive hours, and wind up about 10 O'Clock
next Saturday evening. During the week
| OF rlding some great results are looked for,
| and 1t Is supposed that many records will
be smashed. Last fall Teddy Hale who is
native OF England. and came over to this
| country with the aggregation Of Ed Plum
mer, the doughty Englishman, and sue
ceeded in winning the great event, break
| Ing all existing records and placing the
F, Championship figures at 191O miles and a
traction TO- the time
Since the establishment of The record nv
Hale some of the intermediate hour rec
ords have been smashed. The man who ac-
ccmplished this was Albert Shock, and the
Ieat was accomplished in this city last
spring. He succeeded in lowering Hale's
ngures from the sixty-fifth hour, or there
aboIts. clear up to the eightieth hour or
vicinity. This is the only break in the long
ilpe OF records established by Hale. but it
| is expected that the coming New York race
Will show much better condition cf af-
fairs. 1t might be added mere that previous
! to the establishment of Hales record, AL
bert Shock. the veteran rider, held the
championship laurels.
The Madison Square race is expected to
| be the finest exhibition of its kind ever
given. The entrants are mostly men VINO
are hardened to such work, and who once
having passed through the mill. know ex-
actly the strain which they will have t
undergo all of next week. and especially
the latter part. The list of contestants was
announced during the week. the entries
having closed. There are forty men in all
who will make an effort to capture at least
one of the prizes offered
Fred Titus is among the number, 1t being
ms frst attempt at long distance riding.
| He Is known in this city, having partici-
pated at several race meets held here this
season. Another rider who has entered
and who is known here, is Harley David
son. the skater, who managed to give Joe
Donohue such close races at Convention
HAL when the ice palace was in operation.
Ihls Is DaVidSonS first long distance ven-
ture. The other veteran riders who have
| entered are Fred Forster, VINO participated
| IL: the six-day 12-hour race. held in this
city nearly year ago. Albert Shock, the
| old war horse, despite his statements 10 the
contrary. has entered. After the race in
! this city ne announced his intention of per-
| manently retiring from such races. Frank
Ashinger, Frank Albert, Prof" Pete
Golden. and last, but not least, G. Emile
Rivierre, the erratic French rider. all
known In this city, have entered. Teddy
| Hale. who was also in this city last De
cember, is another entrant he having made
the trip across the ocean especially 10 enter
| the race.
Among the other entries is CASTOR Ri
Were, the celebrated long-distance Frcn III
| rider. who came over from Paris TO show
the Americans how to ride He brings with
| MIN several countrymen, who are possibly
| expected to help him out in the race Fred
w. Sch1nneer, the winner of the big SiX-Gay
race in Chicago last year, is also entered.
| Another new entrant is John Schucsslel,
who is employed in the police department
| of New York city, and who has shown con-
siderable speed awheel. The members of
the police department are backing him for
a place in the front ranks at the close Of
| the race.
The race will be as rear an international
event as it is possible to be. The list of
entries embrace England, Ireland, France
Austria, Sweden Canada and America the
latter, OF course, predoninating.
The total prize money will amount to
$500 though all of this sum will not be
divided among the long distance men, In
the big race $4,000 of this sum is set aside
for prize money. The winner of the race
will receive something like $1,000, while
the second prize will be $500. The third
prize will amount to $40. the fourth will
amount to $3.50, and the fifth to $500 The
other prizes will be much smaller. The
sixth man will get $500 while the seventh
man will receive $50. The eighth prize is
Sl21; the ninth prize. 500: the tenth prize
%H', and the eleventh. SO In addition to
these the Winner will receive an additional
prize of 500 If the record of Teddy Hale
Is smashed. According to the conditions
OF the race, a man must ride at least 1850
miles TO entitle him to a prize
Inc remainder of the total purse money
amounting to $500. will be divided among
the WinneSs of the sprint races which If
is proposed 10 mold each evening, as an adj
dltlohal attraction for the general public
In these sprint races the fastest profess
sional riders Of the country are expected to
compete. The riders will be started Oh
tcir long ride by the official handcapper
for New York division of the League of
american Wheelmen A. G. Batchelder.
Only safety bicycles whose driving wheel
does rot exceed th:rty-siX inches in diam
J eter VIII be permitted in the race ANY
rider Will be permitted to change his wheel
a. any time during the race. A good fea-
ture IS the fact that in case such a change
becomes necessary. competitors will be
compelled to slow up on the outside of the
track On either one of the straightaWays
III mas also been decided that under no cir
cuinstances shall competitors be permitted
TO attempt TO pace or aid ore another nor
shall any competitor accept assistance
pacemaking or other aid from any of the
competitors in the short races.
Before the start Of the race it is anus
ing to notice the confidence EXPRESSED hy
each rider as to his ability to win the race.
Thee are very few who are not going in
with the determination to win while some
say nothing at all. Teddy Hale who came
over to this country during the week.
thinks he can go his record 300 miles better
during the previous 142 hours. He has been
training for several months at his home in
England, end he thinks he knows his own
ablnties. On the other hand Fred Titus
thinks he will win the race. AS a middle
distance racer he has not been SO success
III liiS SSdSuli, the MOST notable perform
ance of his being the winning of the $1,000
handicap of the Quill Club wheelmen in
July at New York city. Titus says he has
found a new method of training, and that
to his mind too much preparation for a big
race of the kind is unnecessary. He has
mapped out style of his own, and calcu-
lates following it. According to his plan he
will ride eighteen hours each day at a 80
gait, which, If carried out, will give him 240
miles per day. This would make a total
of 2.O46 miles for the week, or 1856 miles
better than the record of Teddy Hale He
will reduce his gear from ninety-five to
eighty-eight when he enters the race
or the FOL eign riders outside of Riverre
Oscar Julius Of Stockholm. Sweden, APP
pears to be the most promising. In his
own country he is known as great skater
and runner and has covered more miles on
the roads of Sweden, in less time. than any
other man in the world. Last year he rode
900 miles in fourteen days, and he thinks
he can make over this distance next week
He cannot speak a word of English, and
while in New York is stopping with rel
atives. His parents are reported to be we'll
to-do people In his native country, and
were opposed to his coming to this coun-
try to race. He ran away from home, how
ever. and expects to carve name for him.
self in long-distance cycling.