The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-07


NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The majority
of the riders in the big bicycle race at
Madison Square garden were still ped
aling away on their long journey when
the morning spectators arrived. Miller,
the Chicago Flyer" was then in the
lead, but he was soon caught and pass
ed, and while this was going on records
were being broken with cheering rapid
ity. The first to lap Miller's rear wheel
was Rivierre, the French crack, who
between and o'clock, by a fine burst
of speed, took the lead. Miller kept
close after Rivierre, and both these
men broke the records established by
Hale in last years race.
Five wheelers quit during the night.
Fred Foster, of Brooklyn, got a bad
spill and retired. Titus gave way under
the strain, and Albert, Busted and
Cartwright also dropped out. The re-
naming thirty-one competitors pursued
their task without any further acct
dent, Fallon dropped out shortly before
10 o'clock, and thus thirty were left in
the race.
At the end of the sixteenth hour Wal
Ter was forty-one miles and four laps
duedu VI INtdOlll6 WOIlu ACNOIu VI
294 miles. At 3:2O p. m. Hale was forced
to leave the track for the third time
on account Of a severe headache.
About o'clock Rice took an ugly head
er, but pluckily remOunted and soon re-
gained the ground he had lost as re-
suit of the fall. Late in the afternoon
L. Rivierre announced that he was out
of the contest, that he had been treat
ed unfairly. Maurice left the track at
o'clock and had not returned at the
end of the eighteenth hour. Waller was
As miles and laps ahead of the record
at that time.
At 9:15 o'clock tonight only twenty
five men were riding. Fifteen riders
mad dropped out of the race, owing to
illness. accident or inability to keep up
Ihe pace.
Walters riding captivated the crowd
tonight. He was in great form and did
not look like a possible gutter At
9:15 O'Clock five of the riders had passed
the 400-mile mark, Waller leading with
ABS miles and laps. Miller was second,
nine miles behind the leader. Stephane
had Travelled All miles 2 laps. Hale,
who had left the track several times
on account of a lame knee and head
ache, had made $50 miles, and there
were thirteen other men who had pass
ed the 3OO-mile mark.
The feature of the race up to the
present time is the form exhibited by
Waller. All today and tonight this
mans riding was superb and called for
the continual admiration of the specta-
tors Waller had set himself a task
before starting in the contest, and he
cared not whether his speed upset the
plans and calculations Of other COM
petitOrs. That task was to cover 800
miles in the first tWenty-four hours,
and the plucky rider failed only by a
narrow margin AS he rode he bowled
down records as well as increased his
lead over opponents. At the twenty
second hour he was fifty miles and five
laps ahead of Hale's record. Walters
riding is of a character that makes
many doubt his ability to stick it out
He rides with his body thrown over
the handlebars in scorching position
and it is believed that his stomach will
be affected.
The riding of Elkes, the Glens Falls,
n Y, lad, attracted considerable at
tCntion tonight. He looked remarkably
fresh at 10 p. m, and seemed to be a
"stayer." Pierce has maintained an
even gait from the start of the race
and his position among the leaders has
varied but slightly. Reading. Moore,
Ashinger and Barnaby, likewise have
adhered to an almost unvarying pace,
all seeming to realize the fact that
there are yet nearly five more days
of the race ahead of them and acting
accordingly. Clay, the negro repre-
sentative of the contest, appeared to
be in distress today, and rapidly drop
ped to the rear.
Stephane took the second place at
the twenty-second hour tonight, having
passed G. REVERE and Miller He was
thirteen miles behind Waller and ten
miles ahead of Miller at 1915. To ac-
cCmplish this he did some tall squirting
and received the cheers of the crowd
that had increased during the night
until it was estimated that nearly TO-
boo people were in the garden.
Hale dropped out of the race again
temporarily at 1920. His condition was
pitiabe.
BY II o'clock a number of riders had
dropped out in order to get few
hours sleep. Those still riding at II