Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-03
THE SIX DAY
BICYCLE RACE.
Interest In the Contest at
Fever Heat In New York.
Splendid Galaxy Of Rid
ers Will Compete.
Copyright iSS1

Interest In the great International six
day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden. New York. has been gradually
Increasing during the past few weeks.
until now. on the eve of the contest. II
Ia the one topic OF all who are In any
way interested IN cycling.
The contestants will start on their
weary task ut 1906 n. m. sharp on
Dec. 9. and the race will end ~, hours
later. The fastest Kind u board
track has been laid In the vast amphl-
theater. meanuring ten laps 10 the
mile. Great care has been taken In Its
construction. 20 that there may be no
question aftcrward as TO Eenulneness
Of the records because Of the course be-
Ing short. a. was the case last year.
After last years contest II was free
~ predicted by the experts that the
records then made would stand for n
long time. but the management hopea.
N possible. 60 rival them In the forth
coming event. To that end the most
notable long distance riders In this
country have been secured. and James
Kennedy. the representative % the
American cycle Racing nrsoclation,
who went abroad for talent has Hccur-
ed a number OF tho best men that Eu-
rope can boast.
A more representative icid OF starters
for an affair OF this sort has never been
seen. There will b. about % contest
ants all told. u being the desire Of the
inanarcrhent 90 keep tho entries within
| that number ns more would he TN
wloidy on the limited space neccssitatsd
by nm indoor track and would cause FREE
quent Incidents. Among the riders VIII
BE- Americans. Engliahmen. Swiss, Irish
men, Germans, Swsdss and French
| men. Several old fayoriter will start.
and much new and promising talent
viii be seen.
Notable among the starters will be
Charles W. Miller. the winner OF last
/ years contest. and Teddy Hale. tho
popular irishman who scored n victory
In 1895. Another crack from the Emerald
Isle. with big reputation on thc othef
side Of the water. has come over and II
expected 10 give his couniryman a great
run for Irish. " not for premier. honors
His name n Pat o'iIalloran. Etienne A
stcphanc, the Frcnchman who rode ~
well last winter until injured. will alse
start. as will Joycux, the long distance
champion 81 France. Frederick. the IA
nous Swiss, who ran second 10 Miller
when the latter won the y hour race IN
Paris last summer and who the Amer.
lean says II one ~ the greatest Ions
distance cyclists In the world. will also
Try Tor a share ~ the purse. Rice schln'
necr Waller Pierce. Louis uimm, John
Lawson, Beacon. Fred Forster. Julius
and other public fayoritcl have been
training faithfully Tor the event and
hope 10 carry on some Of the money
Many dark horses have been picked
for fnyorlteu, ana there h the usual
number Of sure winners. II IL foolish
however. 20 make predictions ON such
an event rs this. for 10 many factor.
enter into the result, any one of which
may put u man IN the front rank OF
place him at very serious disal-
vantage. a bad spill, caused probably
through no fault OF his own. may east
~ force a leader TO lose several places,
II II does not do sufficient damage Ia
make him cease riding any longer. An.
other very important factor II the han.
ding OF rider. An experienced train.
ct VIII often pluck n man on the verge
Of collapse and pull him through among
the leaders. The accommodations Tot
the men while undergoing their hard