The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-11

laps at 1877 a. m.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The great six
day bicycle race at Madison Square
garden has narrowed itself down to fiji
teen riders. Miller still retains lead
of nearly 100 miles over Rice, the
WilkesbaTre miner. At midnight he
was something like 235 miles ahead of
the worlds record and, with twenty
four hours to spare, he had covered a
distance up to within a few miles Of
the great record established by Hale
last year of 100 miles. The great sur
prise of the night was the retirement
of Riverre, the Frenchman. He is be-
leVed to be actually out of his mind,
is in a pitiable physical condition, and
is now under the care of physicians
Like most Of the others in the race,
RiVierre has given evidence during the
contest of having partly lost his mind.
The awful strain after the first day of
riding had, in a measure, mentally I'M
balanced him, and this afternoon he
leaped from his wheel and made an
assault on an imaginary foe in one Of
the boxes, swearing and jabbering in
his native tongue. His trainers rushed
TO him and put him on his wheel, but
after making a few more laps he re-
peated the performance with even more
insane rage than he had at first dem
onstrated. The result was that Ri
Vierre had to be taken from the track
to return no more. Another man who
has quit the list is Moore. Moore had
terrible fall during the afternoon.
While going at high rate of speed he
crashed into the rail and cut himself
badly. He was carried off the track
almost unconscious The shock was
too great for his debilitated condition,
and Moore will be seen no more in the
present race.
But Miller, that wonderful specimen
of physical development, still plods
along. He has ground out more miles
in a given time on a wheel than any
man has before. He has subsisted
under the most telling strain with less
sleep than was thought possible for
any man and with it all an eXamina-
ton of him tonight by the police sur
8eOns disclosed the fact that his con-
ditiOn was normal, and with the ex-
ception of muscular soreness and a
slight deafness Of the limbs, he was
In excellent condition and would be
able to continue to the end without
much danger of collapse.
Rice who is second man in the coli.
test, though nearly hundred miles be- |
hind the leader, is standing by his !
colors with logged determination 1t |
was said during the day that he bad
asked to be taken off, but the manner
in which he has been riding through
the night shows that though he might |
have requested this, it is not the spirit
of his wishes, He is in to stay to the |
end and his trainers think that he will |
be much nearer the Chicago man at
the end of the next two hours than he
is at present. At all events he got rid
of a dangerous rival when Rivierre left |
the track. For hours it had been nip |
and tuck with these two, at one time
the one leading and at another time the |
other. Rice's physical condition is also |
announced to be good.
Close up to Rice and third man, now |
that the Frenchman is gone, is Schin- !
neer, a fellow townsman of Miller, |
though he has had several nasty tum-
bles during the race. Schinneer has |
never for moment lost any of his !
pluck or determination. He has lead |
OF ninety miles on Hale, the former |
champion, and barring accidents, will |
undoubtedly finish third man.
Hale, with plenty of sleep compare
lively speaking, has the best appear
ance of any man on the circle. He has /
really taken things leisurely, but never |
theless, at the present writing, is near
ly forty miles ahead of his old record /
of last year. This is about what his |
schedule called for, but when the |
schedule was made up no account was !
taken of such marvellous speed as has |
been maintained throughout the race, |
after Waller had set the pace. Those |
who expected Hale to move up in the |
last day or two are apt to be disap- |
pointed, for he is two full centuries be-
hind the plucky leader. OF the others, |
Waller has proved himself the strong |
est hearted He did lot of sprinting |
tonight and he has a strong following |
among the spectators. Enterman the
youthful Brooklyn rider, has returned |
and is making his miles with clock-Iike
regularity.
At 4:30 p. m. Police Inspector Brooks,
with Capt Sheehan, of the Tenderloin
precinct, and Police Surgeons Palmer,
Johnson and Nesbit. entered the gar
den. They advanced to the stands oc-
cupied by the riders and their train
ers and ordered the bicycle riders to
dismOunt one at time, and submit
to a physical examination. One after
another of the riders climbed off their
wheels They were at once handed
over to the surgeons of the police de-
partment The pulse and heart were
examined, and the temperature taken.
All of the riders, except Enterman,
passed examination, and were allowed
to continue in the race The doctors
ordered Enterman to take a rest. Rice
was subjected to a very close inSpec-
ton but after a lengthy consultation,
he was allowed to continue. Rice'S
actions Immediately after the exam
ination would lead one to believe that
he had been given stimulant. He