The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-11
BROKE DOWN UNDER STRAIN.
ONE OF THE BICYCLE RIDERS BE-
CONES A MANIAC.
Others Are in . Terrible Condition
of Collapse, hut Miller II Miles
Ahead of All Records-keeps Dog

NEW YORK Dec. 18.-The great six
Savs, bicycle race at Madison Square Gar
den has narrowed itself down to fifteen
riders. Miller still retains lead of nearly
a hundred miles over Rice, the Wilkes
barre miner AT midnight he was some
thing like % miles ahead OF the world
record and with twenty-four hours 10
snare. He had covered distance up TO
within a few miles of the great record
which, was made by Hale last year. ]. 80
miles.
The great surprise Of the night was the
retirement Of Riverre, the Frenchmar. He
is beliered 10 be actually out of his mind.
is IN a pitiabis physical condition and is
under the care OF physicians. Like most
of the others in the race, Riverre has
given evidence during the contest Of hav-
ing partially lost his mind. The awful
strain from the first day of the riding has
in a measure mentally unbalanced him
and this afternoon he leaped from his
wheel and made an assault on an imag
mary foe In one of the boxes, swearing
and iabbering in his native tongue. His
trainers rushed 10 him and put him on his
wheel but after making few more laps.
he repeated the performance with even
more in~ane rage than he had at first dem
onstrated. The result was that Riverre
had 10 be taken from the track to return
no more.
Another man who has quit is Moore.
Moore had terrible TALL during the after
noon. While going al high rate Of speed
he crashed into the rail and cut himself
badly. He was carried off the track al
most 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 1t all an
examination Of him tonight by the police
surgeons disclosed the fact that his con-
dition was normal, and with the exception
of muscular soreness and a slight dead
ness of the limbs, he was in excellent con-
dition and Will be able to continue to the
end without much danger of collapse.
Rice, who Is second man In the contest.
though nearly hundred miles behind the
leader. Is standing by his coiors with
logged determination. II was said during
the day that he had asked 10 be taken off.
but the manner in which he has been rid
ing through the night shows that though
he might have requested this. 1t 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 TO the Chicago man
at the end OF the next twelve hours than
he is at present. At all events. he got rid
of dangerous rival when Riverre left
the track. For hours 1t had been nip and
tuck between 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 Schihneer
ellow-townsman Of Miller. Though he
has had several nasty tumbles during the
race. Schinneer has never for a moment
lost any OF his pluck or determination He
has lead of ninety miles on Hale the
former champion. and. barring accident.
will undoubtedly finish third.
Hale, with plenty of sleep. comparative
ly speaking, has the best appearance of
any man on the circuit. He has really
taken things leisurely but nevertheless
Is nearly forty miles ahead of his record
OF last year. This is about what his sched-
ule called for and when the schedule was
made no account was taken of such mar
velous 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 disappointed. for he is two full centu-
ries behind the plucky leader
OF the others. Waller has proved himself
the strongest hearted. He did a lot OF
squirting tonight. and he has a strong fol-
lowing among the spectators.
Enterman. the youthful BROOKLYN rider
has returned and Is making his miles with
clock like regularity.
The score at 2.i5 a. m: