The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-14

fho Others and the ec0rd-Tw Drop
Out, Moore From q Badj Fall Rivierre
Driven Insane by the Strain-The Men
by Police Surgeons-The Rec
ords
New York, December 10.-The great
six day bicycle ace at Madison SQUARE
garden has narrowed itself down to ff-
teen riders. Miller still retains a lead
Of nearly 100 miles over Rice. the
Wilkesbarre minor
At midnight he was something like
235 miles ahead of the worlds record,
and with tw~enty-four hour to spare,
he had covered a distance up to within
a few miles of the great record estab-
lished by Hale last year Of 1900 miles.
The great surprise of the night was
the retirement of Rivierre. the French
man. He is believed to be actually out
of his mind, is in a pitable condition
and is now under the care of phySi-
clans. Like most Of the others in the
race, Rivierre has given evidence dur
ing the contest Of having partly lost his
mind. The awful strain after the first
day of riding had in a measure mental
ly unbalanced him and this afternoon
he leaped from his whee and made an
assault on an imaginary foe in one of
the boxes, swearing and jabbering in
| his native tongue. His trainers rush
ed to him ard put him or his wheel
but after making a few more laps he
repeated the performance with even
more insane rage than he had at first
demonstrated. The result was that
Rivierre had again to be taken from the
track to return no more.
Another man who has quite the list
is Moore. He had a terrible fall during
the afternoon while going at a high rate
Of speed. Crashing into the rail, he cut
himself badly and was carried off the
track almost unconscious. The shock
was too great for his debilitated condi-
ton and he 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 thar ever
any man did before. He had subsisted
under the most telling strain with less
sleep than was thought possible for any
man and with it all, an examination of
him tonight by the police surgeon dis
closed the fact that his condition was
normal and that with the exception Of
muscular soreness and a slight dead
ness of the limbs he was in excellent
condition, and would be able to on
tinue to the end without much danger
of Collapse.
According to various trainers about
the track, Miller is beginning to have
Authorizations. He complained to his
trainer about noon that the people in
the building were throwing sticks and
| stones at him and that he had to ride
over hurdles.
Rice, who is second man. in the con-
test, though nearly 100 miles behind the
leader, is standing by his colors with
logged determination 1t was said
during the day that he had asked to
be taken off, but the n in which
he has been riding through the night
shows tina though he might re-
Quested his, it is not the spirit of his
wishes. He is in to stay to the end;
his trainers think that he will be much
nearer the Chicago ma at the end Of
| the next twelve hours than he is at
present. At all events he got rid of a
| dangerous rival when Rivierre left the
track. For hours it had ben nip and
tuck with 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 Schln-
neer, a fellow townsman of Miller.
Though he has had several nasty tum-
bleS during the race, Schinneer mas
never for a moment lost any of his
pluck and determination. He has a
lead of 80 miles on Hale, the former
champion and, barring accident, will
undoubtedly finish third.
Hale, with plenty of sleep, COM
paratively speaking, has the best ap-
pearance of any man on the track. he
has really taken things leisurely, but,
nevertheless, at the present writing is
nearly forty miles ahead of his old re-
cord of last year. This is about what
his schedule called for, but when the
schedule was made UP no account was
taken of such marvellous 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 disap-
pointed, for he is two full centuries be-
hind the plucky leader.
The police authorities tonight in
sisted upon examination being made of
the men by the police surgeons. The
result was a report by the surgeons
which, so far as the statistics go, show
ed a very satisfactory condition of at
fairs, except in the case of Rivierre.
Officially this report "goes" as it were,
but it gives not the faintest idea of
what the real condition and appearance
Of the majority of the riders are. They
are all strong enough to go on with
their pedaling until midnight tomor-
row. and it is not likely that there will
be any further withdrawals unless for
cause of accident.
New York, December 1.-THE score
at Ills a. m, was as follows: Miller,
1,900.4; Rice, 1,SO9.3; Schinneer, 1922;
Rivierre, 1,746.O; Hale, 1,705.3; Waller,
1856; Pierce, 1877; Moore, 1854;
Elkes, 1,55O.O: Golden. 1,534.1: Enter
man, 1915; Cannon, 1,514.5; KIM,
1,425.O; julius, 1,32G.c; Beacon 1,135.S:
Gray, 10000; Johnson, 1,1O9.7. Miller
was 243 miles 4 laps ahead of record
for 121 hours.
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