The evening times., 1897-12-10
BICYCLISTS GROW WEARY
Rice's Clipping Pace Breaking the
Heart Of the Leader, Miller.
Still Has the Race Well in Hand, hut
His Head and Feet Are Giving
Him Trouble.

tain day of the bicycle race. 1t is the da
on which the speed will he cumulative: i
gradual working up to the climax Of tho
/ mo.row, and In all proba bility the names
4 on the great score board Will undergo 81 ne
| transpos,tion.
From the very start the race has throbbs,l,
as 1t were, with spurts, and there S some
wonder as to whether all the men on -he
track Will be able to finish the AZ hours
Of work.
| Unless something happens Miller has the
race well IN his grasp, but he had 4 bad
time Of IL early this morning. The fight for
second place lies between Rice and the
doughty Frenchman, Rivierre. schinnesr
| will probably stay In fourth place, leading
Moore but e few miles.
1 or the others, Hale, Elkas, and Julius,
the plucky Swedish skater, are the GA
| likely TO move up on the board. Julius
went to fourteenth place. the last ole
| represented OH the score board when
| stephabe resigned from the contest.
| he rivalr. that has e-isted between
Miller and Rice was shown IN tbeearly hOu:s
of today. The crowd did not like it aud
| clearly shower its displeasure. The -ea son
was that Miller set his pace by that of RICE,
whom he allowed to lead for two hours u
| more. " hen Rice quicHened Miller :liI
the same, and there was not three open
feet between their wheels. This was not
| what the crowd wanted. 1t had come 10
See fast, gritty riding, and the slow Jog
was disappointment. There We're grolns
| and hissrs. but Miller and Rice topk the
hint finally and did some fast work.
Hale. Rivierre Fixes and Waller were
un the track with them. and after while
the whole bunch was clipping off laps at
a sixteen-miie gait. 1t seemed, however,
To breah Miller's heart every tine Rice hit
il up. lie had to follow, and yet he seemed
tc know that the pace was wearing him
out.
During the early morning hours there
were runiors about the garden that MiIlers
head was not quite right. also that his
ankles were prOvin. more troublesome.
AT 2:25 Miller's trainers decided 70 take
him off anG give him sleep. He had
passed the 900 mark at 30, and taken
frequent rests for short periods
Miller came on the track again IT 4:l0.
He could scarcely hobble up the incline
leading To the track. Potli ankles Were
tandaged and his face was ashen. The
rest did not seem to have refreshed him.
RivIerrc was off the track for several
minutes. and Rice took advantage of 1t
TO increase his lead of three miles aud
seven laps at 3:l5 to four mics and seven
laps at 4:l0. The Frenchnran glanced
at the ~core board when the numbers
were put in place, and then started on;
to lead the string. Miller fell in he
hind, with Waller and Golden trailins
along astern. Rivierre showed his form
by riding past Miller with ease.
The squirting was too much for Miller,
and lie was forced 10 go to his quarters
at 4:45. He hubbled worse than be
fore, and could hardly straighten his
back.
He would have fallen had not his ra in.r
caught his a rm when he left the saddle.
Miller was in very bad condition when
he "a me back at $40. Rice and { he French
man had been having their usual bat tie
during his = bs ence.
Civil Engineer 0pdyke asserts tha. the
track is PSI feet short of the statute mile.
II n.ea SUES 4 ,9s9 feet, he says. Guy sur
veyoT George A. Wheeler also states that
the tack L. short. His measurement varies
eight inches from that OF Civil Engineer
Opdyke. Char.es ". Ashinger, who built
the track, swears IL is correct. If short.
as sta, &c, a bout 100 miles will have t. be
Topped eff the total scores.
Following is the 81 5 a IN. score. Nil
Ter, 1888; Rice. ,G25; Rivierre, / ,599.
Schinneer, 1857; Moore, ,4s9: Waller.
1876: Hale. I,4S6; Pierce, I,45S: Elkes,
1887; Golden. 1884 Enterman, 1, I2s;
KIM. 1 ,25S; Cannon. ,295; Julius, l ,230
Gray, 952; Beacon. 9s7; johnson, 9O3.
In order TO satisfy themselves that the
track at Madison Square Garden is not
short OF nine Ia ps to the mile, Pat Powers
and John Kennedy had it measured this
morning. They found that eighteen inches
from the inner edge the track was a few
inches more than 5S7 feet and seven inches
around, which makes the miles the riders
have 'een travelling 5,2SS feet and frac-
ton. a Circumstance which seems To
support the contention Of Powers and Ken
nedy Is that Hale who esta blished the
record that Miller had been srna shing. is
riding this ear in about the same time
that he did last year. He has only twenty
miles ahead of his record last year at 8
O'Clock, and it is generally agreed that lie
rs III bsttti shape uOW tHdu lie Was
then.
serious accident occurred at $50 this
morning. The tire of Moore's wheel slip
ped off while he was scorching along the
sough straightaway, and he was thrown
hesdlong from his wheel. His head struck
the guard rail of the track with great force,
tearing a big gash over his eye. The wound
bled profuseiy, and the injured rider lay
notionless ON the track. His trainer and
several bystanders dragged him off the
track in time to save him from Hale S front
wheel. A surgeon sewed up Moores
wound 1t was a serious one, and re-
qIired several stitches. Moore will lie
given a short rest.
Hale began to squirt just after 0 o. look,
and when the 1U:15 o'clock score was
announced he had passed Moore nd Waller,
and was fifth in the race. He did Some fine
sprinting around O'Clock, with Waller,
Rice and schinneer. and made them sit D
in every instance. During MOore's en-