The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12
filed around the track and were finally
gathered together and bundled off to the
Variotfl fn cIo
THEIR MINDS WANDERED.

MINDS WANDEftESO.
During the afternoon several of the
riders gave evidence of wandering minds.
Schineer and Rice were both out of their
heads, and the formers erratic actions en-
dangered other riders. The pair were in
violent collision at $50 o'clock this morning.
Schinneer had been racing around the track
for an hour, biting off big pieces Of the gap
that separated him from second place. Rice
struggled with the desperation of a drown
ing man. hanging at his heels. Half way
down the south straight. the Wikesbarre
man was caught by Schinneer, who rushed
upon him like whirlwind and took him
broadside. Both men were hurled violently
from their saddles. Schinneer came down
squarely on his forehead and lay for a mo-
ment stin as death. Then, with an effort.
he jumped to his feet and faced Rice, who
was being lifted to his feet. Neither man
suffered much physical injury, other than
scraping a few more patches of skin off.
Ihey giowered and grumbled at each others
Inc other riders were worried about Schin-
neer he staggered and tumbled from his
wheel time and again for the next half
hour, sometimes lighting on his head and
sometimes heavily on his side. He got a
Dad 1all at 900, but his trainer hustled him
into his saddle again and ran by his side
until he could ride alone. The unlucky
thirteen numbered the miles that separated
AT 5:45 a. m. Rice was thrown heavily
against KIM, who was wobbling badly. The
WheeIs were badly twisted and broken all
to pieces but so daZed were the exhausted
riders that Rice insisted on remounting his
machine from which the broken spokes
We're protruding in jagged disorder KIM
came to the floor heavily on the back of
MS head and was carried off by his man
ager.
AS the hours dragged slowly on and the
riders ,neared their goal their mental con-
dltion became worse. Rice was raving near
~ all the time, He thought he had lost
his eyes. He grew angry with his trainers
paper to fill up the eye-sockets. A little
later he was convinced that Teddy Hale
was the only friend he had in the world.
His pleading with Hale not to leave him
was piteous. Miller, on his wheel, seemed
as strong as ever and his mental condition
was not nearly so bad as many of those
who followed hundred miles behind him.
But off his wheel he was as weak as a.
little child He had to be lifted from his
saddle and could not stand without support
The Transformation which always accom-
panied his remounting was marvellous.
Waller exhibited the spasmodc energy
which characterized his riding when he was
In the lead. He was evidently making a
desperate effort to overhaul Hale, ard ap-
peared to be in excellent condition. Hale
cool.
AboGt II o'clock Rice confded tn his train-
er that one side of his head was coming Off
He insisted that he would lose it, so a large
bandana handkerchief was tied around his
mead and he was satisfied.
EXAMINED BY THE POLICE.
The police surgeons made another descent
on the garden just before O'Clock this
afternoon, and two of the riders were Or
dered from the track. All the competitors
Were made to submit to examinations. but
all except Golden and Cannon were pro-
nounced able to go on. These two men were
almost tied for seventh place, and neither
would quit the track unless the other did.
The surgeons appealed to the trainers to
take the two men off, but they declined
The surgeons then took matters in their
own hands and the men were dragged from
their wheels and commanded to remain off
the track for half an hour each. AS a re-
suit OF the examination, the surgeons gave
out the following -