Evening journal., 1897-12-13
MILLER THE WINNER
Torture of the Six Days
Cycling Contest Over.
PEDALED TWO THOUSAND NILES.
More Than Seventy Thousand People Saw
the Heartbreaking Ride In Madi-
son square Garden--w What tho
New Champion Wins.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Miller, the
plucky chicagoan, is the new champion
Of the world in six day bicycle riding.
The great race in progress all last week
in Madison Square Garden ended Sat
urday night before an audience of TO-
300 shouting spectators. It was a splen-
did struggle throughout. and the pluclSy
young man from the west certainly
earned his laurels. Miller won by near
" g. miles, although, chagrined by the
parsimony of the managers, he did prac-
tically no work In the last three hours
Of the race. Rice. the second man in
.he race Of a year ago, again finished
In that place, with the smooth faced
ana rather handsome second Chicagoan,
schinneer third. Hale last years
champion. came in fourth, Waller fifth
ana Pierce sixth.
1t is estimated that over 10000 people
witnessed the race during the week, and
the profits are the largest ever made at
such a contest in this country. Gray
and Johnson did not cover the requisite
number of miles to entitle them to
prizes, but il is said that each will re-
ceive some sort of money considera-
tion for keeping I'm the race to the end.
The official table issued by the man
ayers Of the race tells the story of the
contest. This is the final score as an
nounced:
Miller. 2,O9s miles laps; Rice. 2,026
miles 8 laps; Schinneer, 1000 miles
laps; Hale, 1920 miles 2 laps Waller,
1883 miles 1 lap; Pierce, 1928 miles;
Golden, LIS miles, Cannon 1,760 miles
6 laps; Enterman. 1755 miles 3 laps;
Rivierre. 1746 miles laps Elkes LEGO
miles laps; KIM. 1915 miles laps;
Julius, 1903 miles 5 laps Moore, l,4so
miles laps; Beacon, 1850 miles laps;
Johnson. 1879 miles 4 laps; Gray, l229
miles.
Inside the Garden after the race Mil
lers trainer said that the rider would
make $4,000 in round figures for his
weeks work. The amounts were dis
tributed as follows: 81 800 for winning
the race, $500 for breaking the record,
$500 from the makers of the wheel that
he rode, $500 from the makers Of the sue
cessful tires. $3.50 from the makers OF
the saddle which supported him to VIC
tory, 500 from the makers of the ham
die bars on his wheel and $1,000 from
the proprietor of a theater in which he
win appear during the week.
Miller said that he felt in good form
after the race and that if occasion re-
quired 1t he could jump out on the track
and cover a mile in 2:15. He said that
his only trouble during the week was
the dust and a little soreness. His
/ trainer gave out the information that
Miller had weighed 100 pounds at the
start and that ne had lost no weight
during the contest.
The winner consumed the appended
articles Of food during the week: Three
pounds OF rice. one pound of oatmeal,
half a pound of barley. three gallons Of
coffee twenty quarts of milk, five dozen
pints Of lSumyss and five dozen apples.
He did not use any drugs or liquors in
the contest
In spite of their week Of agonizing tor
| ture all of the contestants in the six
day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden are in good shape and appear
ance after their rest of yesterday, and
but little the worse for their fearfully
eXhausting physical and mental ordeal.
It is conceded on all sides that the ex-
hibition on the whole was one Of the
most brutal ever witnessed in the arena
ofsports