New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

Of Pennsylvania, and an old yale ur When
the leaders retired II was said that Mu,pn'h ath
gone away in disgust to take TurK'shna cT -
This not true for Murphy came Murphy
said that It was true that the leaders had re-.
tired from the track at I o'clock ana ne 10" man
fused to go any further He said that Wv. Jae and
ayers had made pot Of money on the sri. sri, Sair
he thought that Il would have been oi,,y ,hair
n they had been a little more lberal ~ - ia
treatment Of the riders. Murphy saiu ., eve. had
did not blame the men FOR the SUN" "
taken.
FIGURES ON THE TRACK QUEsTlVN'
The managers still assert that the 'rach 10
all right. but they say that 1t will be surveyed
again by an impartial surveyor after the race.
Some mathematjcans got to work last hisn'
and figured out the track problem, about III 'hS
way: Ashinger they said was honest IN what
he said but he made the mistake In ushe TIC
measuring rod which would make diHefehce
Of 234 feet in the track. Computed on this ine
Miller would have ridden 1888 miles anu
Ian. instead Of 2O91 and laps This inior
nation was taken to Miller in his quarters oil"
he then reconsidered his determination not 10 20
ride further AMI said he would appear ~, ur t the
track inst before the close and make up o one
necessary two miles to make his score 80, 80
miles in any case. At that time the same stat stat.
10 s5i 1sS feet in the course Of the week.
Miller did appear again on the trace s as he he
had promised. Accompanies IN oy o,c,ock and
emerged from his quarters at III ocioch ou
the two rode around the track several tlnes.
The crowd looked their fill for the last .il,e Tb
the race. and soon the contes. was a. Q Coa miles
and 4 laps Rices to 2.O26 miles ana D iaps A"e
official table shows the rest
=. A. w. MAY STOP OTHER CONTESTS
II is likely that 1t will be the League oi
American Wheelmen. after all, when VIII put
stop to the alleged brutality OF the SIX days
races The League of American Wheeiihe"
Racing Board has hitherto granted sahcuonS
,or these contests. because there is nothing In
IN. racing rules against them. and Chairman
Mott did not consider 1t within his discretion 70
refr.e permission to hold them. The scenes
and experiences in the present race however
h,,o decided prominent members Of the League
-" sr,erican Wheemen to take such steps as
will relieve that organization OF all likenood OF
censure for giving its official sanction 10 THESE
affairs o, H.. ,,rh,
uere PRESIDENT Isaac b. Potter Of the L. A W.
vice Consul Milo NJ. Bedding; )r" OF the New
YORK Division; Chief Consul S: A. Boyle, OF
pennsylvania who is First Assistant District
Attorney at Philadelphia, and Secretary treas
urer Collins. Of the same division. Inese ON
Gals observed the racers closely, and their ex-
nrsss,ons indicated that something would he
done TO prevent a similar contest IN future. AS
the race has taken place In New-for state. IL
&C. nroha HE that an amendment Will be intro
ducad nv the New-York delegation at the Ma
t,onai assembly Of the L. A W.. at st. Louis,
nrohibting the sanctoning OF races longer tnah
twenty-fou- hours.
AFTER THE RIG RACE
When the race had ended at I'D p. m Miller
and Rice appeared on the track FOR snort SPIN.
Miller accompanied by Hale. the ex-champion'
a ,ew minutes later walked around the track
in triumphal fashion. He was cheered to the
.cbo The color had come back TO his face and
except for a decided stoop in the shoulders ne
aid not show the terrible suffering he had en-
dured during the week. Rice. with an immense
moral offering also walked around. one eye
was closed and he did not feel half as COM
Portable as his forced smile seemed to indicate
Miller paced by a tandem manned by New
house and Weinig. afterward rode two miles IN
SOB. x,,-
f. c. Bald paced by tandem. rode an exhi-
b!tIon mile in 1.52 4-5 last night. which was
said to be track record FREQ u,tus sa Titus
won In s:25 2-5. F.. Taylore rode an unpaced
mile In POI 40 and two miles In 4Vo 80 10
illustrate how little the race had injured MN
Julius rod. a mile In 2.25 As. and was loudly
apleuded. r.o,
mile In 22-5 minutes. Michael afterward
started on to ride a fen-mile paced race ne
fell of after going three miles. tumbling clean
over his tandem. Fortunately none OF the men
were hurt. Michael started OF afterward ara
covered Ave miles in 0:52 3-5. The tandem pur.
suit race between Lamberjack ana Gougoitl ana
Eaton and Goodman was won by the Frenchmen
Weinig and Newhouse raced mile heats. New
house winning the first and last heats IN
2:l5 2-5 and POI 10
TICKET swINDLERS FOILED.
A daring attemp. to forge ten thousand tickets
for admission to the bicycle at Madison Square
Garden on It's last night nipped In the bud by
the managers yesterday A man giving the name
OF A. ] Powers and pretending 10 be one OF inc
managers OF the American Cycle Racing Associa-
tion went 10 a printer named Ronaldo. at Thir-
teenth and Hudson SITS, yesterday morning. ana,
presenting q sample Of the tickets 10 be used last
night. ordered ten thousand like IT, 10 be printed
Works. OF Philadelphia. had printed the tickets
for the race but the time was pressing .he
association did not have time TO send on to Phia-
You can hustle the job and have the work done
ne soon as possible" said the man.
At the suggestion Of Mr. Ronaldo The man said
he would call for the tickets at o'clock In the
aldo tslegraphed TO the Globe Printing Works and
explained the situation and the order. They In
turn telephoned to Mr. Powers. OF the Cycle
Racing Association. whose proper Initials are r. l.
lie RI once pronounced the order forgery, and
word was sent to Mr. Ronaldo. The police were
informed and two detectives were sent 10 the
printer's place TO watch for the return Of Powers
fraud had been discovered. for he did not so back
Mr. Sanger the manager OF the Garden. said yes
terday afternoon that this was the nrst ume IN
many years that such an attempt had been maze
MS far as the Garden concerned, ana nad the
tickets been obtained. the fellows who engineered
the scheme would have made thousands OF dollars