The San Francisco call., 1898-12-11
SCENE THE GREAT BICYCLE CONTEST IN MADISON
 SQUARE GARDEN NEW YORK

beating the worlds record, his own, by twenty-four miles. and leading the sec ond man, Frank Waller of Boston, by tV~anty-two miles,
 Thirty two men started when the pistol sounded few minutes after mid night on Monday morning last, and twelve finished. One by one, twenty of the men have been counted out, either by themselves on account of their lack of staying power, or by the physicians 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 break ing race, and of all those who finished 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 city's Aldermen, leading Miss Genevieve Hanson of Chicago to the improvised altar in the garden, amid the loud cheering and boisterous good wishes of 5000 or 10000 people, who had gathered to witness the ceremony. At that time Miller was miles ahead of all the others, and thus able to enjoy this little recreation.
 Frank Waller of Boston finished sec ond in the great race tonight, cover ing 1887 miles to the 2007 travelled by Miller, and surpassing 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 100 miles behind the leader. 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 two to finish were Julius and Hale, and they were far behind the others.
 During the entire week Pierce and Miller lived on cereals and ate no meat They rested about twenty hours in the 142.
 Much had been expected of Frank Cistac, the Australian, who was to have covered 2S0O miles in six days, but he got bad fall on the first day and was out of the contest after that. Mona chon, Stephane and Joyeaux, the Frenchmen, did almost nothing.
 Teddy Hale, the Irishman, who in 1896 won the championship, was next to last having just managed to get over the 1900 miles,
 By winning the six-day race Miller | $500 and for breaking the worlds rec ord he gets the sum of S200 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 $200 from the wheel firm for whom he rides. Waller gets 5000 for riding second and the others get indefinite sums ranging from $75 up.
 The wedding of Miller and Miss Hau- son occurred in one of the boxes which surround the bicycle track. Alderman Wentz of this city performed the cere- mony. Miller had to be lifted into the box by his trainers. so overcome was he by his hard work Mrs O'Donnell, mother of the bride, gave Miss Hanson away. Mrs. Schinner acted as brides maid, while Arthur Gardiner of Chicago acted as best man. A tremendous cheer went up from the crowd as Miller. now 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.
 Previous to the ceremony, Miller put on new orange and white racing suit and enlivened proceedings by sprinting on various occasions, closely followed by Waller, Nawn and Aron- son. Pierce, who had been obliged to give up all hope of catching Miller. maintained his pace. All the competit- ors left the track shortly after 3 o'clock to dress for the wedding
 Harry Bikes made an exhibition mile in 2:04 2-5. Eddie Mc@uffie of Boston then started on a five mile exhibition. paced by tandem, but fell owing to the front tire of the tandem coming off and spilling all concerned. The ac- cident reopened the wounds McDuffie sustained by his bad spill on Monday.