New-York tribune., 1898-12-06
THE SIX-DAY CYCLE RACE.
PIERCE IN THE LEAD. AND STANDS \
CHANCE OF BREAKING THE
SYxDAY RECORD

r,. ...,.. and Incidents Of the six-day bicycle
race OF year ago being re-enacted again al 'he
Madison Square Garden this week. II II the same
tireless grind OF Weary Wies on oicycIes' anu
with the same smoke-laden, heavy and ra'he' us
agreeable atmosphere surrounding the whole. Inc
attendance yesterday afternoon and evening ""S
good. although possibly not SO large as II was CT
the more sensational race of "a year aGo
or the thirty-ono ambitious men who started our
40 hopefully or Sunday night six had droppeu o"'
~ the struggle st o'clock last night. ana from
,ne oppearancc Of several OF the other men stii on
,be .rack this half-dozcn will he largely aug
uneo.ed to-day \ haf-dozen more might SUIT
render 20 fatigue ard not injure The rear interest
in the race for twenty -Nvc whirling whe'ls on ~
,e,.,a, track are 100 many White serious acct
dents have been comparatively lew 30 lar al iedSi
two OF the riders have been compelled 10 r'ure or
account OF collisions on the track The men were
Smith am Leslie and Smith was said TO nave re-
ceiyed broken rib and other injuries
Leslie Quit at 5:i5 4. m. with ,! mics 20 MY
credit, Rice at G:i9 with 50 miles. Burke at 6l2 with
a. miles Bca IN at 745 with 70 miles. Smith at slo
with la miles Neal at with iFl miles ahc
Stephane at p. N. with las miles to his re'o'o
Rice the Wilkesharre man who did 30 WEI iaS'
year was said be IN poor physical shap- Whe"
he started.
Even thus early n the race the exncrt. are he
ginning 20 estimate or probable winners They have
ru, the foreign contingent out of their estimates
entirely Most OF :hc foreigners did th'': ne
ininaly work up the state. and Their handlers say
thai taer dovi.fa. IS due t. oyc:.niuE'rce IN Tioy
water. Stephsne. Jo!crN. MorAchon ara FREQ
ercks have siomaCt. trou"i'.
Several PHYSICIANS are in Consian, aterdahce'
and Miller. he wnno~ las; year. ge,s esrecia al
ten.on. Two o: the do'tc;s are ncaT his Trainer
constantly and they weg' carefully ever ounce o.
food administered 10 him one OF tie phys'cinn4 l.
the authority for the statement thI. MIC COT
sunes In liquid or semi-quid form severe tin"'
the araount If nourishment required by the ave &c
laooring who works ten hours day Many
people :hnk that Miller Will duplicate his suoce9s
OF year ago. O;hcrS favor the .anceS OF bufTs
Pierce WHO Is IN good pAysical condi.:5r. Fierce
vas one o: the paceniakors on NcNnhce's pacing
teams dUIins the year. worE cA'cula'el to Il; a
nan FOR such a nerve-wreckiu: contcs:.
Waller. called TIC Plying Dat nan f. plugging
along steadily. Nc looks wear arf tagged bu;
probably no rnor> thar Ne viii ar,c"s on
Saturday. Hale and Gcrin = nave many admirers
who are conndcn. the, their favori,e, wi! i:ish IN
front F. D. Stevens % Buffalo IS dons wei. 70:
his irst attempt at an endurance contest stevens
has been nicknamed "Doggis." and the title seems
60 AZ. NaWn. another novice. - looked upon as
dark horse who will have chance Il his stamina
holds out Rice believes tnat Miller Will win with
Pierce and Hale close up Miller has been chang
1ng wheels frequently get different gears and his
admirers do not look upon this as an encouraging
egn.
record was claimed for Waller OF riding 3l4
miles without OlSinOuntlnR SlepNtne ntu 'Ht oiu
record OF 272 miles. Schocks record Of 1893 vas
probably the more remarkable. he riding for hity:
Iour without resting. cOving 500 niles. ana
oismoUnting only three tunes.
AT the end OF the first lol miles Freiericks led.
making distance in 40. Miller N the
lead 900 miles. in - hours and minutes. There
no short distance races Yesterday, the
waiting for the Ueedng-Out process
70 Go work anonS the long-distancc plucgers
At the end % the first twelve hours Waller and
. Miller in the lead. with c36 niles Pierce
n was nearly mile behind the leaders being three
II miles behind the record At p. m. Pierce in
the lead milo and - mics behind the twenty
hour record for such contests. Al the end of the
tweniy-second hour Pierce was said 10 have COW
cred enough miles 20 beat the existing six-day
record by about three hundred yards.
nasty spill occurred just after 10 o'clock Two
tandem teams were on the track to pace McDunee
for fve miles One ~ the tsndems slipped on the
steep enbanknent. throwing McDuffee and four Of
the long distance men MCDuNec's injury was
announcei as heinS nothing more than a
6islo"ated thumb
The o: the 4tteen leaders a. II o'clock