The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-11

Riders.

Thirty-two men started when the pistol
sounded few minutes after midnight Mon
day morning last, and twelve finished. One
by one twenty of the men have been count
ed out, either by themselves on account of
their lack of staying power or by the physi-
clans in attendance. Miller, however, 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 finished they were by far the
freshest Indeed, Miller was in such good
condition this afternoon that he was able
to appear to advantage in a wedding cere-
mony which was performed by one of the
city's aldermen, leading Miss Genevieve
Hanson, of Chicago, to the improvised altar
in the garden amid the loud cheering end
boisterous good wishes of between 1900 and
10000 persons who had gathered to witness
the ceremony. At that time Miller was miles
ahead of all the others and was thus able
to enjoy this little recreation.
Frank Waller, of Boston, finished second
in the great race tonight. covering 1885
miles to the 2,O07 Travelled by Miller and
surprising Miler'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, al
though more than a hundred miles behind
the leader, nevertheless gave game exhibit
ton. 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 two to finish were Julius and Hale, and
they were so far behind all the others who
finished that they did not count. Julius was
last, and Teddy Hale, the Irishman who
in 1896 won the championship, was next to
last, having just managed to get over the
1,5OO miles.
BY winning the six-day race Miller gets
from the management the sum of $1,5O0 and
for breaking the worlds record he gets the
sum of $500 additional, and for his public
marriage this afternoon he is said to have
got the sum OF $500. Miller is also said to
have received a wedding present of $500 from
the wheel firm for whom he rides. Waller
gets 81 coo for riding second, Pierce, who was
third, $500; Albert fourth $780, The other
figures are: Fifth, $500; sixth, 5000; seventh,
$780, eighth, 1925. The others will get small
sums. 1t is estimated that the net profit to
the American Cycle Racing Association,
which conducted the race, will exceed $4,000.
The main incident of the closing day,
aside from the finish, was the marriage
this afternoon of Miller and Miss Hanson,
of Chicago The wedding occurred at 4:50
o'clock in one of the boxes which surround
ed the bicycle track. Alderman Wentze, of
this city, performed the ceremony. Miller
had to be lifted into the box by his trainer,
so overcome was he by his hard work. Mrs.
O'Donnell, the mother of the bride, gave
Miss Hanson away. Mrs. Schinner acted as
bridesmaid, while Arthur Gardiner of Chi
cago, was the best man. A tremendous
cheer went up from the crowd as Miller,
then a 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. Pre-
vious to the ceremony Miller put on new
orange and white racing suit and enliyened
proceedings by sprnting on various occa-
sions, closely followed by Waller Nawn and
Aronson. Pierce. who had been obliged to
give up all hope of catching Miller, main
tanned his pace
BAD SPILL
All the competitors left the track shortly
after o'clock to dress for the wedding.
Harry Elkes then made an exhibition mile
in 2:O4 20 Eddie McDufie, of Boston, then
started on a five-mile exhibition ride, paced
by a tandem, but fell, owing to the front
tire of the tandem coming off and spilling
all concerned. The accident reopened the
wounds McDufie sustained by his bad spill
on Monday. Harry Caldwell, of Manchester,
n. H., and Bobby WaIthour, of Atlanta,
Ca, then went a mile, Caldwell winning the
first mile in 2:25 %. The second heat was
won by Walthour in 2:29 is. The two men
ran a dead heat at the third attempt Time,
2:s2 1-5.
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 his wheel
and, encouraged by the shouts of the multi
tude went on his way. At $50 Miller
e1uaIed his 142 hour record of 1897. 1888
miles and $50 yards, and at the 139th hour
was nearly ten miles ahead Of the record of
that hour last year. AT s o'clock Miller was
nineteen miles ahead of the best previous
record. At shortly after o'clock Waller
equaled last years worlds record for 1l2
hours
At 9.o5 o'clock while Eddie Bald was giving