The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-09
MILLER IS STILL
LEADING THE RACE
Eighteen Started in the Six
Day Contest Yesterday
RICE is RUNNING SECOND
Stsph' - - Sulky and Created Mirth
stopping to Shave.
IS SHALE is GAINING GROUND
- Exhibition Races Last Night
= Created Great Enthusiasm.
Z Exhibition Races Last Night
Created Great Enthusiasm.
MILLER FELL FROM HIS WHEEL ASLEEP
But Was Taken Up and Went on Grinding
Out Lap After Lap He Has Had
Less Sleep Than Any of
the Contestants.

New York, Dec. Sat midnight the
indomitable eighteen were still peddling
their way lap after lap around the
high banked floor of Madison Square
Garden.
From midnight to midnight Miller had
put more than $50 miles behind him.
This marvellous record of the third day
of the great race carried him to a total
of more than 1900 miles in seventy-ona
hours, 139 miles ahead of the former
record. During this weary journey Mil
Ter has left the track but for a few
hours. With the exception, perhaps OF
Stephane, the Frenchman, Miller had up
to late in the afternoon had less sleep
than any other man on the track. And
Notwithstanding this, Miller Is seemingly
in as good condition as me was yester-
day, when experts claimed that he and
Rice, the Wilkesbarre coal miner, were
in the best shape of all the riders
The next man TO Mller-iS- Rice. and
ne is something more than fifty miles be-
hind. But he is strong and seems to
have the same determination that car
ried him also to the front in the big
race of last year.
Look Out For Teddy
Last years champion, Teddy Hale,
whose great ride then promises TO be
outdone this year, is now making up
ground. He is almost ITS miles behind
the leader but nevertheless he has crept
up from tenth place, which he held last
night, to eighth place, and Is certain To
go much higher before the end. After
hours of what seemed to Americans the
fiercest kind of rivalry, Stephane has
given into Rivierre, and the latter has
put 100 miles between himself and his
fellow countrymen. In fact Riverre
holds dangerous place in the.race. He
lis third man, and a good way ahead Of
those beneath him.
Stephane took the sulks tonight which
accounts for his lost ground. He disap-
pearsd from the track for a couple or
hours and even after that only rode ait
intervals Waller, who made such won-
derful effort du1Gn9 the second day, but
who got too stubborn later on, has re-
turned to his work with renewed vigor,
but he Is far behind.
Half the Original Starters
When the third day of the six days
bicycle race opened in Madison Square
Garden, just half the number of original
starters ware contesidng the honcrs. or
the dozen and a half who are still strain7
ing every nerve to win fame and money
| lit is probable that not more than twelve
| will finish out the race. Miller has q
splendid lead with which to begin the
last half of the contest
The rivalry between the French and
the German ridsrs is one of the curious
features of the contest. There were two
spills tonight and one in the early norn-
ing. Mifler's wheel skipped from under
him as he was about to dismount, and
he fell down, but was not injured. Re-
vierre fell in the same way without any
worse injuries. Beacon slipps off his
wheel to The floor and lay there. When
picked up he was aslep. He is the first
OF this racers to fall asleep on his wheel.
The colored man, Gray, would have
quit during the night, but for his train-
ers. feature of the race was when
early this morning Gray's trainers fol-
lowed their man around the track with
a stick urging him to get "a move on
you Gray plodded sullenly on.
Some Lively sprinting
Sprinting Is the, order on the track,
and the great audience that gathered
at o'clock were The witnesses Of a
great sprins in which Julius, the Ho-
boken lad, is well up in front. Julius
pushed around at an even pace with a
sponge cocktail clenched between his
teeth. Berhon was between the sprint
ers.
Rvierre was riding alone, reeling off
lap after lap ait a steady, telling pace
i'm his efforts to recover the ground he
had lost Miller dashed about with Al
huge bouquet. the gift of admirers, fas-
tened to the handlebars of his machine.
Elkes lefl the track for about ten min
utes and came in for great sprint
when he returned.
Miiyer passed century ahead OF