The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-02
MICHAEL BEATS IANORE.
sausre Garden Packed With
s~.le and Thousands Turned
A~ay Who Desired to See the Biz
Kv<nt-Other Exciting Races HAD.

.srrv YORK, Jan. Jimmy Michael,
wases again demonstrated his supe-
Lev as q middle distance vheeiman
ra~s. before a crowd OF over f2,vu Peg
=, =, sis twenty-five mile race with
rs.srd Taylofe, u France. on tie board
s-sck !; Madison Square garden Billy"
xonnr who had Tag lore under his care
- .,y.erylsson in training for this race.
"a :Dnsxsat after the race was ever that
q. mar should have started with q
ssyher gear than ~. But the work Of his
-sg After he exchanged hts broken ma
.s,nr for one zeared GO l9S. was NOT Up 20
- trainers expecla lions, and there Il no
.sssonable doubt from his work that MI
.aaeg can give = nile ~ twenty-five to
:. F.snchman and beat him easily at
thas-
Nsn women, boys and girls thronged
.~.rv available .nea OF Madison Square
~.,,sec tonight for the regular indoor b.
sxsse races held under the auspices Of the
American Cycle Racing Association. The
hsard track was arranged SO thar the rid
- had TO cover ten laps to complete a
r.sx. and the measurement was vo1cEea
a. by three city surveyors. Al . o'eieck
= as estimated that 10 90 people were II
"a biz building, and there were fully
an a. many more ciamoring for adrnIs-
slon 4. sne entrances.
Tne trial heats In the preliminaries be-
ean ri o'clock and the finishes In every
Instance were very close. in the first
hat Of the best two out Of three races Of
- ore mile match race between Jean
Gauxo..S. of France, and Nat Butler, Of
Boston, the Frenchman won by half a
wheel from ths Boston man. after a very
bot race In 2:2a is.
During the interval between the first
and second heats. Arthur A. Chase. The
EaxItsh rider. spun around the track I'm a
mile paced exhibition which he covered
In ia rs. paced by two tandems.
The second race between Gougoltz and
gutlsr was paced by Freedman. of Port
land Or. and Butler won in hard drive
by six inches In 2if 10
pursuit race between Harry Elkes. OF
saratoga, and James Warburton. OF EN-
Gland. was then the next on the pro-
gfamme. Fixes caught his man easily
sfief travelling one mile and one lap.
Jfme 2:47 Is.
The third heat Of the match was then
run Butler had the pole. and caugh. the
parsr while the Frenchman was high on
lhe hank. Fer eight laps Butler held the
rad by half wheel, and ~ the beginning
Of the ninth the PAGER dropped out and
Gaugoisz cut loose. In the last two laps
the Frenchman out-generaled the Boston
nan and after hard squirt Gougoiiz won
BIZ shree-fourths OF a wheel. thus winning
the race.
The biz event Of the evening vas the
Tayiore-Mich race. Tayfore won the
pole on the toss The Frenehman's gear
vas "a and MichaeI's los. The riders got
on The scratch line At 1920. TayloSe rushed
oE and caught the PAGERS on the first turn,
sith Michael two lengths behind. Taylore
nede like a whlrlwnd. and at the end of
lac arst mile led Michael by length. In
tie first lap of the second mile Michael
forged ahead. and at the end OF the third
miie he vas one lap 10 the good. In the
fourth mile Michael gained lap. and in
The 9Th he had the same distance 10 his
credit.
Taylore was outelassed In the eighth mile
and Michael passed him for the third time.
Time at the end OF the eighth mile for
Michael. 1907.
Tsylore lost his pacemakers In the tenth
miie and al the beginning of the eleventh
Michael was close up to him and passed
him. then being four laps 10 the good.
The SPECTATORS by this time were worked
up TO the highest pitch Of excitement. The
freneaman was evidently beaten. but he
stuck 10 his work and was seemingly not
atS@ffIftsttH Wien 2iiStiasi passed. HIM Oh
The thirteenth mile fer the nth time.
Michael ran ap another lap 10 his account
ii the fourteenth mile In the seventeenth
nlle Taylore rode around after Miebaers
fAeensakers for three laps. hut the effort
weakened hisi considerably and ne had 10
as NJ. 4ud AiShaal ran ahead another lap
al he end Of he fifteenth mile
lie lost .wo more laps. thus giving
alehsei q clean lead II one mile Tie
satsl glsieh was substituted FOR Taylore's
d1.aased one was geared % loi, bat tae
Ffensh rider wac unable 30 cope with the
talefiaiise efforts Of ,he Little Wonder"
sad The midget gained another lap at the
tess OF the twenty -ihird mile. From this
e ne end or tie race Michael went so
salty that 4 took all the starch out Of
his rival ard Michael finally wen by thir-
tfen lars. Taylore made he FIRST mile IN
~ Fnf the remainder OF the race Michael
nzsa HIS ii