The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-06
PIERCE LEADS THE WHEEL MEN
RECORDS BROKEN IN THE SIX
DAY CONTEST.
Pierce Had Covered 4e1 Miles at One
O'Clock This Morning = Waller
Breaks a Record.

New York, Dec. 5.-Frank Waller of
Boston has broken the only record up to
the present time in the six days bicy-
Gle race at Madison Square garden. He
now holds the worlds record for con-
tinuous riding. He left his wheel at
4:30 o'clock this afternoon, having rid
den 314 miles and eight laps in sixteen
hours and ten minutes, without dis
mounting, beating last years record of
2s2 miles, made by Stephane. Waller
took a short rest, losing two places in
the contest, Pierce, followed by Miller,
passing him. At the end of the seven
teenth hour, Pierce was about five miles
behind Walters record of last year.
The record made by hours today fell
short three or four miles of those made
last year. Falls are more frequent this
year than last. Eight spills occurred
today, but none of the riders were Sc
riously hurt.
The garden was filed with spectators
all day and until a late hour tonight.
One of the early surprises and a great
disappointment to his many admirers
was the retirement of Joe Rice of
Wilkesbarre, Pa, who quit work this
morning, having found himself in no
state to continue the race.
Miller aroused the greatest enthusi-
asm this morning by setting a wonder
full pace for many laps. F'redericks,
Nawn and Pierce were entirely out
clasSed for a while, and only the vet
'eran Waller was able to stick to the
champion and maintain his relative po-
sition. Again and again, amids wild
cries of delight from thousands of
Threats, Miller spurted and tried to
shake the tenacious Waller, but the
big German knew full well that, with
two miles to the good. to keep up with
Miller was his end of the game, and he
held his own.
Many cheers greeted the reappear-
ance of the French champion this
morning. He had been off the track
about four hours, and it was generally
believed that he had quit for good. On
his return, however, he publicly an
nounced that he would not leave the
track again for forty-eight hours, and
Immediately began to take the hottest
pace of the day. Miller, Waller, Pierce
and Nawn, however, refused to be
shaken, and stuck close to his heels.
About the same time Lawson. the
SWede from Minneapolis, took a short
rest, and afterwards appeared with a
stomach rest, the first that has been
used in the present race.
Hale pays little or no attention to
pace makers, Dreferring to go his own
SdlI, when appears to suit the require
ments of Menachon, as the stolid
Frenchman keeps in the wake of
Hale. For hours together this pair
pursue the even tenor of their way.
A BAD SPILL.
A feature of the evening was to have
been five mile exhibition by Eddie
McDuffee of Boston. An unfortunate
accident cut the exhibition short. When
McDuffee started TO follow his pace
makers, the regular six-day riders
kept to the inside of the track. After
McDuffee had gone about a mile a
tandem which was to have picked him
up at the Fourth avenue end of the
garden slipped down the incline of the
track and the riders were thrown in a
heap. One of the pacemakers, W. II.
Hicks, fell against a post and received
g severe cut on the head Miller. one
of the six-day men ran into the tan
dem and was thrown from his machine.
He was not badly hurt. McDuffee was
knocked against Teddy Hale's wheel
and dislocated his right thumb.
Pierce, who was in fine form. broke
the record before 10 o'clock. At that
hour he had ridden 419 miles, one lap
$50 yards better than the record made
by Waller in last years race for the
same number of hours
The scores of the fifteen leaders at I
o'clock We're: Piarce, 461 miles: Wal
Ter, 456; Miller, 459; Nawn, AS; Stevens.
40; Girnm, 442; Simmer, $50: Albert
AS; Lawson, 419; Aaronson. 1893; Hale
40S; Turville, 1884: Julius, 373; PiIking-
ton, 3S9; Joyeaux, $50.