Evening star., 1897-04-02
SHOCKS HOPE GONE
All Prospect of Breaking Hale's
Record Disappears.
PROGRESS OF THE SIE-DAY RACE
All the Wheelmen Rested for Two
Hours.
FRED SIMS W \ RMS L l.

All prospects of a smash of Teddy Hale's
great siN-day bicycle record has dsap-
peared, Shock, the leader in the race. drop
pirg further and further behind the record.
until at lo O'clock this morning he was -
miles behind Hale's record.
Lawson. the Swede. who had not ridden
during The night, came on the track at 10
o'clock. much refreshed by his rest and ap-
pearine in excellent condition. He was ex-
t~mely saddle-sCre. however. and rode
with pain. Cassidy passed him during tne
night. putting Lawson in fourth place
Shock was In good spirits this morning,
and, while he rode steadily. his pace was
not fast enough to make it at all likely
tnat he would catch up with the record
made at Madison Square Garden. 1t
thought that the riders would finish in the
order in which they now stand
After Shocks fall yesterday he did not
appear to he himself. He lost much time.
To freshsn him up he was given a shave.
haircut and shampoo. whicn altered his ap-
pearance SO greatly that he looked like a
new man. He chased after Ford who had
a good rest and came the track fresh.
and beat him after an exciting race OF a
mile. Shock rode this mile in az his
score at the time standing 10 miles Pete
Golden ciung TO Shock, covering the mile
in the same time.
Lawson is no longer "the terrible H..
Is practically out of the ra ce and if he
makes 1.'" miles he Will be doing well.
Golden and Cassidy passed him during the
early morning. Leaving him in fifth place.
He wants 10 make 1.:oo miles to come in
Tor part of the extra prize money.
All Took u Rest
For the first time in the race there was
not man on the track from DO until
':1' this morning, all taking a rest of
nearly two hours. The men would have
gone of much sooner, bat for Casscdy
who insisted on continuing riding. He was
persuaded 10 20 off, but would not stay
away much over ar hour and a half
Shortly after IL O'Clock this morning for
neafiE quarter of an hour the only man
on the track was the Frenchman.
Lawson about II o'clock began using the
breast rest which Shock has heretofore
used. With the rest. and a saddle about
three times its usual size Lawson present.
ed comical figure.
Time Lost by Riders
The referee al IL 80 made an official com
putation Of the time los, by the different
riders during the race, being between tn.
1nith and 1osth hour. During his whole
ride Shock did not lose over twelve hours
In the present race Pete Golden has lost
less SC far than any man. while Muller
has lost more. Shock has lost in sleep
rubdowns and time in eating and changing
NIltflS, i!lItt'til npufS ana nine minutes.
Golden has only lost seventeen hours and
twenty-five minutes. The FreHchman has
lost forty hours and thirty seconds while
Frank Albert is credited with losing twen-
ty-SeVen hours and Two minutes. about
less than one-half being for sleep. Cassedy
has lost twenty-three hours seventeen and
halt minutes. His loss of time this morn
ing sweiled LawSons total to twenty-nine
hours and thirteen minutes Ford has lost
siXty-three hours thirty-twC and a half
minutss. and as large this is ii is small
compared with the next man. Muller.
who has lost ninetysiX and half hours
since Monday morning.
Shortly before noon Fred Sims. tn, To-
cal professional rider, appeared on th.
track and reeled off several miles, getting
in condition for his match race of TWEEN
ty-tive miles with George Ball, which will
take place tomorrow evening At io...:u
o clock, after the close OF the siN-day race
for purse OF $lni. After Fred left the
track his brother Billie appeared and rode
about five miles.
Shocks score at noon OF 1.:1l miles. was
equal 10 an average rate of speed for the
whole race of twelve and three-Guarters
miles an hour Deducting the time lost
his average for actual riding time would
be over fifteen and half miles an hour
The score at noon, the end of the lr,stn