The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-02

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Twenty-Five Miles, the Frenehmen Do
ing Some Swift Work at the Start, But
Even Then Being Only Once in the
Lead, After Which the weIshman Pulls
Out aud Leaves His Competitor Stand
ing StiIi-Tayiore is Game, But Game
ness is Not Speed
New York, Jan. Jimmy Michael Of
Wales again demonstrated his super
! ority as a middle distance wheelman
tonight before a crowd Of over 1900 peo-
pie in the 25-mile match race with
Eduatd Talore Of France on the bard
track at Madison Square Garden.
| Billy Young, vino had Taylore under
ME care and supervision for this race,
| said tonight after the race was over that
his man should have started with a
higher gear than a. But the work Of
Ms man after ne exchanged his broken
machine Tor one geared 104 was not UP
to mis- trainers expectations and there
IS no reasonable doubt from his work
that Michael can give a mile in twenty
hve ID the Frenchman and Leaf hin
| easily at that.
New York, Jan. 1.-Men, women, boys
and girls thronged every available inca
Of Madison Square Garden for the in
door. bicycle race which was held under
the auspices of the American Cycling
Racing association. The board track
was arranged SO that the riders had to
cover ten laps TO complete mile and
Lhe measurement was vouched for by
three city surveyors At 8 o'clock it
was estimated that 10000 people were
IN the big building ana they were half
as many more clamoling for admission
at the entrance. The trial heats in the
prelminaries began at O'Clock and the
finishes in every instance were very
close.
In the first heat in the best two out Of
three races Of Tfle half-niie match DE
tween Jean Gouoltz of France and Nat
Butler of Boston, the Frenchman won
by a wheel from the Boston man, in
% 1-5. During the intervals between
the first ard second heats Arthur Chase
spun around the track IN mile, paced,
exhibition, which ne covered in 1903 1-5.
A pusuit race between Harry Elker Of
Saratoga and James Warburton Of Eng
land was the next on the program. Elk
ei caught mis- man easily after one mile
and won. Time 2:47 Is.
The third heat Of the match was then
run off. Butler had the pole and caught
nign on the bank. For eight laps ne
held the lead by half wheel and at
the beginning of the ninth the PAGER
dropped out and Gougoultz cut loose
In the last two laps the French rider
out-general the Boston man and after
hard squirt Gougoltz won by three
quarters OF a wheel, tiTus winning the
race.
The big event of the evening was the
Michael-TayIore race. Taylore won the
pole ON the toss The Frechman's gear
was 81 and AIiGhaers 104. The riders
got on the scratch line at 1904, Taylore
rushed off and caught the PAGERS on the
first turn, with Michael two lengths be-
hind. Taylore rode like a wiliTlwind and
at the end of the first mile led Michael
a length. Michael gained a lap and in
she fifth he had the same distance to
his credit. T3ylore was out classed in
the mile and Michael passed for the
third time. The time ait the end OF the
eighth mile for Michael was 16 minutes.
TayIJre lest his pace-nakers in the
tenth mile and at the beginning Of the
eleventh Michael was close up to him
and passed MIN, rfren being four laps to
the good. The spectators were by this
time worked up TO the highest pitch OF
excitement. The Frencshman was evil
IDENTIFY beaten but ne stuck 10 his work
and was seemingly not disheartenel
when Michael passed him, in the thil
teenth mile. for the fifth time. Michael
ran up another lap TO his credit in the
fourteenth mile. In the seventeenth
mile Taylore rode around AEichaeIs pace
makers for four laps but the effort
weakened him considerably and ne had
10 let up. Taylore's saddle broke in the
twerysieth mile and in exchanging
wheels he lost two more laps, Thus CIV
ing Michael a clear lead Of mile.
The Midget gained another lap at the
end of the twenty-tilird mile. From this
to the end Of The race he Vert 50 swift
" that it took all Of the starch out "
his rival and Michael finally won by
Thirteen laps.