New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-08
FIGHTING FOR THE LEAD
PIERCE AND MILLER STRUGGLE IN THE
Sunday RACE
RIDERS APPEAR WAN AND PLAYED ouT-pIET

RIDERS APPEAR WAN AND PLAYED ouT-p'Er
or ONE OF THE CONTESTANTS
The features Of the six-day bicycle race nj
Madison Square Garden yesterday were the large
attendance and the alternating struggle between
Miller and Pierce for the lead. The attendance
last night was The largest Of the week Most OF
the riders look wan. sad, sick and sore. and pos
,iblv this may account for the increased attend
ance for battles against nature In the past nave
shown that certain part OF the public has
keen appetite for witnessing physical and mental
sunerincs in others
The plncky Pierce has weakened. and many are
OF the opinion that he Will have TO improve TO-DAY
81 he expects to finish in the first three. Miller
continues to work with the sarne bulldog 'enacity
and while his Jeff ankle was badly swollen DIS
trainers are Of the opinion that he will be able
70 stick to his wheel to the end, and that he VIII
win with souething TO spare Millers physical
conformation Is Of ,he sort to withstand nerve
wreckng strain 81 this sort. He seems tireless'
and he moves with possibly more ease and freedom
than he did the second day Those who have
watched the closely think that Miller VIII Win'
barring accidents
Albert is another man who has worked Into the
FIRST division and he feels confident that he will
fnish In the first three His appetite is excellent
and he does not crave sleep as he did on Tuesday
Pierce and Hale have be assisted on and of
their wheels and up and down stairs. Waller con-
tinues to plug along With his big gear, and he will
accept challenge % sprint from anybody. lie is
q picture OF abject misery.
Stevens. the youth from Buffalo. has shown won
derful nerve and stamina for boy of his age
He took his first sleep at Il a m. yesterday. hav-
ing been without res: longer than any on
the track. Lawson had retired half an hour earlier
Hale looks badly, and his friends are soiicious
about his chances. When off his vince at one
time yesterday he reeled about as IL drunk. 1t
was said that several of the riders had shown
Eighty spells in the day. The men appeared 10
better advantage on their bicycles than when IN
the hands OF their trainers.
There several chemists present at the Gar
den, who watched closely for scientific purposes
the food eaten by several of the riders Among
the chemists present yesterday Professor
Attwater. Of Wesleyan; II. c. Sherman, H. L.
Wells II. NJ. Burr. p Is. Hawke and E. II. Hold
Here is d sample Of the enormous quantity
Of food consumed by Of the riders Ac-
cording 10 Pierces trainers. that rider yesterday
partook Of this diet: -Four eggs two chops. two
quarts Of milk four quarts Of beef tea. four ounces
OF calls foot jelly. half-pound Of crackers, one
pound of steak. two apples. a haf-pound Of grapes
four ounces Of beef extract four slices Of toast
and siphons Of vichy. rather expensive
appetite for poor with sick family.
Edwards rode century, his $3.50 OF the year, dur
Ing the afternoon making the dis lance in hours
shnd ond % @ Mhae did
announced that BAD rode half mile in l:O3t and
fast, Ekss, paced y motor cycle, rode two
At midnight the leader. were riding easily Miller
had clear lead OF 10 miles end laps Pierce fan.
miles behind the record and nine miles ahead Of his
seventy-two hour race. which he won in Paris last
summer.
TerriA and Eaton raced best two out Of three,
mile heats Terrll won both heats easily the first
III z.sO A. ana the second In 2:3s 20.
The score at midnight follows.