The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11

New York, Dec. 1O.-Charles w. Mil
Ter Of Chicago, last years six-day
champion, won the great race at Madi-
son Square Garden again this year,
beating the worlds record, his own, by
twenty-four miles, and leading the next
man to him, Frank Waller of Boston,
by twenty-five miles. Thirty-two men
started, when the pistol sounded a few
minutes after midnight Monday last,
and twelve finished. One by one, TWEEN
ty of the men have been counted out,
either by themselves on account of their
lack Of staying power or by the ply
Sicians in attendance. Miller, how
ever, and Waller and Pierce, the three
men who have been always in the lead,
have gone steadily along in the heart
breaking race, and of all those who fin
ished they were by far the freshest
Indeed, Miller was in such good con-
dition this afternoon that he was able
to appear to advantage in a wedding
ceremony which was performed by one
of the citys aldermen, leading Miss
Genevieve Hanson of Chicago to the
improvised altar in the garden, amid
the loud cheering and boisterous good
wishes of seven or ten thousand people.
mony. AT that time Miller was miles
ahead of all the others and thus able
to enjoy this little reception.
Frank Waller of Boston finished sec
ond in the great race tonight, covering
1887 miles to the 2,007 travelled by Mil
Ter and surprising Miller's last years
record by nearly two miles Burns
Pierce, the gaunt Canadian, who until
this year has never been heard of in
this country, was third. He passed the
nineteenth century, and although more
than a hundred miles behind the leader
nevertheless gave a game exhibition
Pierce had a nasty fall early in the
game and really never recovered his
proper form.
OF all the foreigners in the race, the
only one to finish was julius, and he
was so far behind all the others who
finished that this did not count. He
was last and Teddy Hale, the Irish
man, who in 1896 won the champion
ship, was next to last, having just
managed to get over the 1000 miles.
BY winning the six-day race, Miller
gets from the management the sum Of
1,500, and for breaking the worlds rec
ORD, he gets the sum of 5000 additional,
and for his public marriage this after
noon he is said to have got the sum of
$500. Miller is also said to have re-
ceived a wedding present Of 5000 from
the wheel firm for whom he rides
Waller gets 81, 900 for riding second and
the others get indefinite sums ranging
from $75 up.
Following was the score at the finish:
Miller, 2,0074; Waller, 1857; Pierce,
1867; Albert, 1925; Gimm, 1882;
Lawson, 1,7576; Aronson. 1,72S.5; Nawn,
Hale, 1902; julius, 1867.
MILLER's WEDDING.
Miller and Miss Hanson were mar
ried at 450 p. m.
The wedding occurred in one of the
boxes which surround the bicycle
track. Alderman Wentz of this city
performed the ceremony. Miller had to
be lifted into the box by his trainers,
so overcome was he by his hard work.
Mrs. O'Connell, mother of the bride,
gave Miss Hanson away.
Mrs. Schinneer acted as bridesmaid,
while Arthur Gardiner of Chicago act
ed as best man. A tremendous cheer
went up from the crowd as Miller, now
sure winner, and Miss Hanson were
declared man and wife. To cap the
climax of enthusiasm, Waller went
over and kissed the bride. The race
then continued.
Previous to the ceremony, Miller put
on a new orange and white racing suit,
and enlivened proceedings by sprinting
on various occasions, closely followed
by Waller, Nawn and Aronson. Pierce,
who had been obliged to give up all
hope of catching Miller, maintained his
pace. ALI the competitors left the track
shortly after o'clock, to dress for the
wedding.
Harry Fixes made an exhibition mile
in 1904 2-5. Eddie McDuffee of Boston
then started on fve-mile exhibition
ride, paced by a tandem, but fell oW-
ing to the front tire of the tandem
coming off and spilling all concerned.
The accident reopened the wounds Nc
Duffee sustained by his bad spill on
Monday.
Harry Caldwell of Manchester, N. H,
and Bobbie Walthour of Atlanta, Ga,
then went a mile, Caldwell winningSthe
first mile in 2:25 2-5. The second heat
was won by Walthour in 2:19 LIS. The
two men ran a dead heat at the third
attempt. Time-2:32 is.
Miller, who made the circuit of the
garden a number of times after his
marriage. left the track at $50, and
returned in less than an hour, much
refreshed.
Waller had another hard fall early in
the evening. but after shaking himself
bit. he mounted new wheel, and,
encouraged by the shouts of the multi
tude, went on his way.