The Saint Paul globe., 1897-12-09
day, is not considered to be a serious

day, is not considered to be serious
factor in the race.
There were two spills during the
night and early morning. Milers
wheel slipped from under him as he was
about to dismount and he fell down
the incline, but was not hurt. River
re fell in the same way without any
worse result Beacon slipped off his
wheel to the floor. When picked up he
was fast asleep. He was the
first of the racers to fall
asleep on his wheel. The col
ored man, Gray, would have quit dur
ing the night had it not been for his
trainers. A feature of the race was
when early this morning Gray's train
ers followed their man around the track
with stick urging his to "get a move"
At o'clock Jimmy Michael, the
Welsh rider made his appearance on the
track and the big crowd at once trans
ferred its attention to him. Paced by
tandems and triplets, the middle-d
taEce champion wheeled a five mile eX-
kibition and covered the distance in
1925.
Sprinting remains the rule on the
track, and the great audience that had
gathered by o'clock were witnesses
of a great surprise in sprint, in which
julius, the Hoboken lad, was we'll up
in front. Rice pushed around at an
even pace. with sponge cocktail
clinched between his teeth. Beacon
was with the sprinters. Riverre was
riding alone, reeling off lap after lap at
q stady, telling pace in his effort to
recover the ground he had lost. Miller
dashed about with huge boquet, the
gift of admirers, fastened to the handle
bars Of his machine. Elkes- left the
track for about ten minutes and came
in for a great sprint when he returned.
Miller passed a century ahead of
Schocks record during the sixty ninth
hour. When the results of that hour
were announced, the string began an
other squirt, with Rice in the lead.
Muisc still inspires the men to those
wonderful feats which have made this
match so sensational.
Billy Young is a disgusted man.
Stephane has disappointed him. He
was off the track for two hours and a
half. He got off at 7:30 p. m. and
kicked about his saddle. Young re-
paired II. He went about five laps
and then the handle bars displeased
him. Gouglotz looked after them
Then he started off again, but came
back with another wall about the sad
die post
"I want shave" was his next de-
mand. Young was staggered.
you can ride just as well without
it," Young replied.
81 want a shave" was the sullen
response. A barber was secured and
after Stephane had been attended to-,
the rider, mounting his wheel. de-
clared that he would continue wheel
| ing until Saturday night. Then
young grinned with delight.
Gray got back about 9 o'clock and
looked fresh as a daisy He rode in
fairly decent style.
Miller's work is marvellous. He goes
| pumping away in peculiar manner
| that is as effective as deceptive and
he manages to keep fifty miles be-
| tween himself and Rice, who is push
| ing hard to close the gap. Waller is
making a mighty effort. but it seems
fruitless one. to get back to the
| front. There is too much ground for
! him to cover, and if he comes in one,
two. three, he will be wonder.
The short match races tonight were
exceedingly interesting and did not
have the suspicious appearance that
| chacterized the performance of the
! previous night. Arthur Zimmerman
rode one-third of a mile in the garden
tonight in 411s seconds. Harley David
| son, of Canada, tried to do Fred ]. Til
tus, in mile scratch race. The Cana
dian set the pace, but Titus passed him
| Ou IIlG uISI lap dIlu Helu Tie lcdu dill
the way thereafter, although on the
seventh lap Davidson came near en-
ough to be alarming. Titus won in
2:14 4-5E. c. Bald gave mile ex-
hibition, doing the nine laps in Lbs as
The pursuit race between Titus and
Davidson was Of the most exciting
character. Titus overlook Davidson
after chase Of fourteen laps in 3:20
Just as this race was finished Miller
rolled off his wheel asleep. He was
raised from the track and in a few
minutes went on again. Miller is very
anxious and earlier in the evening
finding himself locked in his stall
where he had been sleeping, dressed
himself and pounded on the door unit
he was permitted to come out.
Michael was next announced for q
five mile exhibition, but on the first
lap the valve Of the rear wheel blew
out and he was called off temporarily
Edward Taylore, the French champ
ion, then gave a two mile exhibition
paced by Lamberjack, ,Gougoultz and til
"black and white Olive team. The ex-
hibition was very fine one. Taylore's
pick-ups were all in good style. and he
made the two miles in 400 As.
Michel then got off without a mishaI
and made the five miles in 1919 1-3.