The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-11
MILLER AGAIN WINS
THE BICYCLE RACE
Covered 2,007,4 Miles in His
Six Day Ride.
BROKE THE WORL DIS RECORD
The Plucky Rider Wins Bride in Adj
dition to a Fat Purse-Frank
Waller, the Boston Boy,
Game Second.

New York, December 1O.-Charles w.
Miller, of Chicago, last years six-day
champion won the great race at Madison
Square garden again this year, beating the
worlds record, his own by twentytour
miles and leading the next man to him,
Frank Waller, Of Boston, by twenty-five
miles.
Thirty-two men started when the pistol
sounded a few minutes after midnight Mon
day morning last and twelve finished. One
by one twenty of the men have been
counted out, either by themselves, on ac-
count of their lack of staying power, or
by the physicians i'll attendance. Miller,
however, and Waller and Pierce, the three
men who have been always in the lead
have gone steadily along in the heart
breaking race and of all those who finished
they were by far the freshest. Indeed,
Miller was in such good condition this af-
ternoon that he was able to appear to ad-
vantage in wedding ceremony which was
performed by one of the citys aldermen,
leading Miss Genevieve Hanson, OF Chicago,
to the improvised altar III the garden amid
the loud cheering and boisterous good will
of 10000 persons. At that time Miller was
ahead of all the others and was thus able
to enjoy this little recreation.
Frank Waller of Boston, finished second
in the great race ton ght, covering 1885
miles to the 2007 Travelled by Miller, and
surprising Millers last years record by
nearly two miles. Burns Pierce, the Can
adam, a new man, was third.
The only foreigner to fin sh was julius,
and he was so far behind all the others that
he did not count. He was last and Teddy"
Hale, the 1rishman, who in 1896 won the
championship, was next to last, having
just managed to get over the 800 miles,
By winning the six-day race Miller gets
from the management the sum of 81, 500 and
for breaking the worlds record he gets the
sum of $500 additional and for his public
marriage this afternoon he is said to have
got the sum of $500. M Her is also said
to have received wedding present of $500
from the wheel firm for whom he rides.
Waller gets $1,000 for riding second and
the others get sums ranging from SIS up.
Miller, who made the circuit of the gar
den a number of times after his marriage,
left the track at $50 and returned in less
than an hour, much refreshed. At $50 Mil
Ter equalled his 142-hour record of 1897, 1883
miles and 1888 yards, and at the both hour
was nearly ten miles ahead of the record
OF that hour last year. At o'clock he was
10 miles ahead of the best previous record.
At shortly after O'Clock Waller equalled
last years worlds record for 142 hours.
At sos O'Clock Eddie Bald rode an ex-
hibition half mile in 1:04 Ills. None of the
six-day men were on the track during the
special features The race was practically
over for the six days at o'clock. All the
racers appeared on the track at $40. Miller
mounted near the box, where he was mar
ried, and the band played. The audience
cheered. All rode around in parade as they
stood in the order of precedence. There
was no attempt at brushes.
The score at the finish at 10 o'clock to-
night was as follows: Miller 2,O074; WAL
ler 1882; Pierce, 1,9O67; Albert 1,S226;
G'mm, 1,7S2.2; Lawson. 1,757.6; Aronson, l.
1885; Nawn, 1,721.7; Rorster, 1,66SS; Stevens,
1,519.S; Hale, 1902; Julius, 1867.