Evening star., 1897-03-29

referees: W. J. Espey. F. w. Hutchings
and w. E. Crist, judges: A. H. Crandail
and r. NJ. Dobbins. timers. There are three
shifts of other employees. eight scorers. one
for each man. making twenty-four in ALL
eight men on the score board and twelve
men on marking the laps. This is to say
nothing of the trainers employed by the
racers. each rider having at least two. and
tne otner numerous employees OF the race
The Contestants.
Shock passed his fortieth birthday last
month. and during his career has been in
thirty-seven six-day races. of all kinds.
hour and continuous events He dropped
out of two. and finished in thirty-five. get
! ting place in every one close up to the
front, il not in the lead. He held the
record for five years for a six-day con-
| tinuous race, his record being 1 800 miles.
which was broken last fall by Teddy Hale.
Since his last appearance i'm this city he
finished second in the Cleveland thirty
| six-hour race. with s2S miles TO his credit:
third in the PittSburg siX-day twelve hour
| race. with 1.200 miles to his credit and
| at Columbus. Ohio. won the six-.iay two
| hour race with 62i miles He has shown
| that he possessed remarkable powers of
| endurance. and in the New York race
lasf fall at Madison Square Garden rode
| for hfty-four consecutive hours.
Peter Golden of New York is ,hirty-five
| years of age, and has been riding only a
| lew years. In race at Madison Square
| Garden New York. several years ago he
| finished fifth. covering 1313 miles. He
| sat in the saddle fifty-five hours the long
| est time on record. His track work as a
| pedestrian dates back to 1SS0. when he was
| runner of some note, caserins distances
| from half mile to fifty miles, his time
| for the latter distance. 1:29:00, being an
| amateur record He then a m.mber
| Of the Manhattan Athletic Club and held
| the record for half a mile run in 2 min
| utes. Nat: three miles in l5:oa. and five
| miles in $3.50. In 1884 he turned profess
| sfonal. and going to Boston. issued chai-
lenge to all corners. He began long dis
| tance work in 1856, and started in six-day
, walking matches of all kinds, limited and
| continuous. winning in his career thirty
five such events. AT Pittsburg. in a six
| day twelve-hour walking match. he won
| with 416 miles. breaking the record of Geo.
| Normack for the distance.
Frank Albert has appeared here before.
Since the former race at Convention Hall
he has not entered other contests. and is
in fine condition. He was formerly pc
destrian of some note, and thea took up
cycle riding. He came into the city last
| Friday evening from New York, riding the
entire distance awheel, taking things by
easy stages. and completing the ride in
| less than three days.
| John Lawson is next to the youngest
man in the race. The local public is ia
| miliar with his riding in the last race in
| this city, and his subsequent skating eX-
hibitions. He was in the Chicago six-day
| race, and finished fourth, with 1.1o1 miles
| to his credit. He in the Detroit race.
| which closed Saturday evening, but he
| quit and came back to this city, the stakes
| being too S.nall.
| G. A. Rivierre is the celebrated long-dis-
| tance rider of France. He recently came
| to this country, and will stay this season.
| He is quite short, of high strung temper
ament, and extremely nervous He, with
| Huret, are the recognized leaders OF long
| distance riding in his native country. In
December. 1894 he broke the worlds twen-
ty-four- r-hour record, riding 41o miles SH
yards; in July 1895. he rode 51.s miles a9a
yards in the same time, and in June of last
year he rode 5;3 miles, 1.3Is yards in the
twenty-four hours. The rivalry for the
record lies between he ard Huret, and they
have alternately broken the record, Hurei
now holding it with 545 miles 1910 yards
| made last October on an indoor track al
Paris. His riding is of a peculiar order
| and he has schedule of his own, which
| he calmly follows out.
Stakes Cassedy comes from Melville n
j., and is perhaps the tallest man in the
| race. being over six feet in height. Ht
| was in the recent six-day race at Madison
| Square Garden and secured a place, riding
1 | over LOO miles.
E George Muller of New York city wear.
| glasses, and has the appearance of a stu
| dent. He is nearly as tall as Cassidy
| After the race he expects to ride acros:
the continent and then to try for tht
y transcontinental record from San Fran
cisco to New York.
a Elmer Ford of Melville, n. J.. is tbs
= youngest rider in the race. He is onl,
. twenty years of age, and came on hi
a wheel with Cassidy. This is his first ap
$ ! pearance in a six-day contest.
a Training Quarters.
d The training quarters of the men ar
l. | located in the southeast corner of the hall
= instead of the northeast corner. in tn,
| former lace. The difference in the two
n kinds of races requires difference in tbs
IS treatn ent of the contestants. In an eigh
| or twelve-hour-day race the men can leav
, | the track in comparatively good condition
( and retire to their boarding houses for
!, good rundown and good rect. In a con
u tinuous siX-day race things are different
y There is not one of the contest
, ants who calculates leaving the hall unit
: next Saturday evening, at the close o
the race, unless carried out of the p.ac
e in helpless condition.
q , The training quarters in the building
|. will be well fitted up for the temporar-
y use. Each contestant will have a separat
q apartment, strictly private, for his owl
use A cot will he furnished, upon whcl
Is the racer can be rubbed down and sleep
3 In addition to the cot. the room will con
e tain various other things needed for suci