The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02
MICHAEL in FRONT AGAIN.
HE BEATS TAYLoRE, THE FRENoH-
NAN, BIZ 10 Lars.

In the 9S.Mls RACE In the madison saunre
Garden the Ditiie w%eishman shows the
Way Artcr thu First Milo ana wins Easily
-soven Thsusapd Persons Cheer the Victor.
Jimmy Michael. the wonderful little Welsh.
man, who has startled the world with his great
bicycle riding. broke training last night after
winning another wreath Of ~laurels, his
victim this time being Edouard Tay-
loro Of France. Michael was in rare form
and, as usual. received splendid pacemaking.
Tayloro, though not up to the welshmnn's skill
in changing pace, rode gamcly to the end. He
was beaten by thirteen laps. or one mile and
three-tenths.
The last Of the jewellers who attended the
masquerade ball in the Madison Square Garden
had scarcely left the big building yesterday
morning when workmen began r~elayinR the
board track on which tho races were to be run.
1t was. as in the last meet held by the American
Cycle Racing Association, ten laps to the mile.
carefully measured, too, In view Of the previous
unpleasant experience by the managers during
the recent siX-day race. The turns were banked
even higher than before, and were especially
constructed with the idea of preventing such
mishaps as turned the Michael.Chase affair
into q fiasco. With remarkable quickness,
the Garden was transformed from a ball
room to a race track, and as the flags.
bunting and ornaments on the pillars and gal
sSaASs the hou uohO "uNg ~ IL poAA "VhO othih
hanging, there was q IN &c brilliant background
for the big attendance than at previous affairs
of this kind.
The crowd, as usual, came early. The attrac-
tion. of course. was Jimmy Michael, and his
name was on every tongue. His remarkable
races and victories wero talked over and
dissected by the cranks, who had statis-
tics down 30 fine that nobody dared to
dispute questions Of import with them. Tho
oyplipp cr,nr hp tl,z -, l.. a., ,loa lr Itn.-
sell. He invariably chews gum or n toothpick,
wears q SLOUGH hat with the brim turned
down over his eyes, and invariably shows
the marked lines Of the bicycle face" There
Ia nothing about the game that he doesn't know,
and his views arc taken to mean law on all 90
casions.
Michael had an army of pacemakers, as usual.
and all experts. too. He had three triplets and
nine tandems as follows:
Triplets-E. @. johnson. T. Barnaby. and J. E.
Walsh; H. Stone. w. wenEel. and Oscar Hedstrom;
y. Mayo. W. y. Saunders, aud p. J. Mcintyre.
Tandems-L. D. Callahan and G. NJ. Murphy, A. C.
Crooks and r. W. Miller. Jay Eaton and Teddy Good.
man. H. Caldwell and Fred Hoyt, Conner Key and
L. Locke. Al weinig and Al Newhouse. Clint Davis
and Harry Elkes, p. H. johnson and II. Glorieux. A.
A. Mclean and Hugh Mclean.
Taylore's ~paoemakers were limited to tandem
teams. of which he had an even dozen. as follows:
Eddie McDunie and I. Tarmant. Fred Titus and Nat
Butler. F. Sims and W, Sims, b. B, Stevens and ].
LamberJack aud Jean Gougoltz, II. II. Steenson and
oSss sG Sna F. ' %' SSa sa' /. Stevens sRa F. AND %f r.. @slt 4; A.
Freeman.
when the short-distance races were begun at
precisely 8 o'clock. The first ,eyont was u half
mile professional handicap, which was run in five
IN Which deS' EdWard NV" Walsh tA Of 'A Boston @a' 50 'i yaFds,,
ieTsa seven ssiai, heats r. the one:
was captured by George schodeld Of Richmond
. 1 asss ,s sxfs'' Of w @iad. b sR' tS Ss0T real. up 'pen to
up enthusiasm did not get a chance
40 0F1 Sss '03 BstI SH'il q Ss'n b SH1sol'1 met Of F ia a
mile match race. best two out of three heats.
The first heat was run unPaeed. French style.
terrific sprint. Gougoltz won by half a wheel in a
ele wheel; Butler won n a rafting finish. His
time WAS . minutes Ia 2.5 seconds.
The third heat was also according to Ameri-
can style. Go1soltz choosing that way after
triumph by winning by a length.
There was q royal welcome in store for Arthur
when he came out to ride a mile paced by tan.
dems. He was in good form and covered the
A pursuit race then took place between Harry
Ensisnd. The former won in ? minutes u 10
There were probably 1000 persons present
when the event OF tho night was put on the
were practically the same as in the race last
Michael's helpmates mounted their wheels on
O platform at the top OF. the Madison avenue
curve. Taylore's pacemakers starting from q
Before the men appeared there was plenty of
betting. the odds being 2 to l in favor
army OF bluecoats, surrounded the track
In order T to keep o . the Q , more o sSsitS 1bss sps r. Htors
made his appearance. He wore a red and White
quartered suit, and rode q 94.inch gear.
After he had spun around tho track q couple
Of times there was another and louder outburst
when Michael came out. He was mounted on
R's pt The le toss ana dd''t took "h the po iIsylU sS
advantage that he seemed to appreciate. Pre-.
to their respective ~startinR marks, side by side.
9 ready" yelled the track officials, and
the men got on their wheels. after first shaking
You're up against a hard game, Taylorel"
The Fr~enchman laughed and put his toes in
the pedal clips. The pacing machines, a triplet
F 1F Mt s G H slowly I '4 nntii tho asF pr nin fIlSai;
whistle was blown: then they came around
at a good clip and the pistol was fred; In a
S %IsSka :. q? IA slsn, s ssS |as e; t., E 5 sa4s E Il IT, \: ne nss S S%:
Taylore had the lead and began to ride like a
demon. Michael kept plugging along and the
crowd yelled to him to brace up. He looked up
at tho screaming p~opulace and laughed.
Taylore led at the end of the fret mile. which
he made In 2 minutes and 4 seconds. Then
Michael bent over his handle bars and Inch by
inch be gained until he drew up on even terms
with Taylore.
There was one long. reverberating roar from
the crowd as the mon raced around side by side
for a lap. Then Michael caught a triplet and
dashed ahead. Men and women jumped on
to seats and waved their arms. hats, canes.
and handkerchief In the air, simply beside
themselves with ecstasy. Just then there
was a, break In the enthusiasm and a