The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-08
GARDEN RACERS WORRIED.
NERVOUS STRAIN TELLING ON THEM
MORE THAN BOEILY NEAR

| Seven Teams and Three individuals Keep
ind Up n Hot Pace-Miller and Waller
| still Leading. and the Others Keep Up
| Well but Breakdowns May He Expected.
Around aud around the wooden dish-rm
! track. like objects being swung from COM
mon centre Mt the end OF several indv dual
1 strings the members OF the seven teams and
/ the three men riding for individual scores
in the six-day race at Madison Square Garden
continue to pedal their way. From midnight
| on Wednesday until q O'Clock last night
| the leaders had ridden 383 miles. and
the only change In the relative posi-
tons was effected by Fred Forster
who in the middle OF the afternoon gained q
| lap. As the team TO which he belonged was
more than four miles behind. the other riders
Let him 40 after he had started and OPENED q
| gap. IL was conservative and seemingly
wise decision on the part OF the bunch.
| The shocking scenes OF physical suffering
! that were obscrved ON the fourth day Of
last years race and which led the police
to Interfere. are not present this time and
not likely To be. although Gimm has had
his bars swaldled and rastalrc's saddle Ia
wrapped about with towels. The suffering tho
men are un l"rgong has more OF a nervous
character than formerly. When they are
attacked physically II IL not by anything
like the general exhaustion OF old, but
! something acute. In the meanwhile there is
all the while a mental tension more terrible
than the mere physical strain.
" IL the worry that has been making the
, men quit. and II In worry that IL now using up
+ those who remain. They do not truly rest
when oil the track. 1hs idsa OF the race is
ever present
Peter PDhen. the e x-day eye or anil walker.
prononnces i much more trying contest than
one Of li2 hours continuous
Miller and Waller continue to le
! picked nv other slx-day riders and
the officials IA the winners There are
few. however. who confidently exrect
this leading team 10 be broken before
. the end ~ IN" race tomorrow nigh, by the coll
! lapse OF either cf the two men. Miller looks
| more worn than Waller and IL no wins again
/ the greater part of the ere IL will DO
due TO his indomitahle pluk. H. sal yes
| terdny that this would ne positively his 'nst
! six-day race. In striking contrast. his part
. ner Waller. said that he would prob
| ably ride in races OF this kind as long
| rs he lives Mrs. Waller said that a race Of
! the present sort was pie FOR Frank" Mrs.
! Sch.neer 10 uniemon-tra'ive. hut her eyes
! watch hungrl'y for the appearance 81 her hus-
! band with every lap and are strained In follow.
! ing him until he d aarresrS In the turn
! MAYA aud Nc EAcnern are proving ~" mselves
Nw,rmy ~ A. re eoyn t"n NJ r,ro,sd ,n them
from ton .illtis vester ray n uch that he could
not, t.k. tut b. IA the, greater
! uimm .contlnu" to ride strongly and are
[ rated ny many as IN" hest In the
sorts y"se day The Frenchman. Fisher
. AMI Ch"Na li"r are surirSing every one AMI are
ganln. Surp,r every hour. They show
every time We Is on the, :, track. SC:
sher eats al the raw meat he can lay his
hauis uron and refusea cnokel meat.
EyrTy ION mTrns the mt ma bring to Pierce
him. II" said that he refused to allow her
t. De- rre.ent Tra,G"! E!aS' denies hat
thnurh hi- In and out riding has given TO
many the imrr"siion lint he s"is s3methin g
tha, rua,nins him for ten or ni,eecn
minutes after he rrappehrs. stevens and Tur.
y T "na riley ,n.s az. r sHnsg a. ts Ty
TO catch w with tie leaders IN
IS-c, Ds from d ~ ,r,s| Fs ssa4v nTgryi
O'Clock last niGht and boxed for ifteen MIN
u',c- with his trn,nsr G%io,. g ing 70 ser
haHH"Irol 1S hcSHa The aiv ua f recor T.
,HT.s i" nr r rae Ssrs 70" his ~ BLOW " c6&S
tr,m.n. J sharau Chrval'er. This Is again It
ne rule: and his actions Salty The
be- Disqualified Wathour confines in he
load Of III -" seeking individual scores. with
Yesterday afternoon Waller changed from a
chan % a Chn,ni"ss wheel and declared
il the ~ evening iHri' waltz w. Vie arrived
from Atlanta and occupeh a box with
F5 n' Tnr. %%Tf" hSNGE 1.s
We, "a as -.oond, gnl .. minutes ~ 40 soc;
george S,h1HrI II the KINKS county Wheel.
men mt N op".m |" match, best two ~
G a, 4 e.. ara ar Ike nS won ART be T ns
M u,e- - Ia seconds, and for tho soc.
motor cycle IN = minutes ~ 20 scrnn =. He
rode the second NIL" In J minute ~ l-5 SEQ
4, night Henri Meyer, champion Of EnRan,
and Iio.lanh, defeated Ca dwell in rnrsu,
NIT. N .; an. .cd ." y"Td mas tnr ham Tas
ron o. Europe, lcat Owen Kimbie, In
,wo st,ngm,, "ne-m,,- Rrats, the tim,
ia" Nr-t mite an minutes 20 "a seconds fo
the second. Rv pgcr aud George \ COLLECT
| met for an unlimited pursuit.. but CollCtt wa
'h., TIM" being .m9utr9 p - seconds,
pnT' "T the at rn nnG hrs @ mem
lor Individual scores. There = every reason
All unfit H ,1 ,e" end 1S, ,hc i rasn snas
| which he men are lnhoring makes everyihlnl
uncertain. Th" score a, II o'clock. the ninety
| sixth hour. was:
indir ,eore Tam Scare
| Name. Me LIps. ", Ldpi
charles " Mlller.........UiS o Mas
| frank Waller ,.,.........ot6 i''''
| OltO MaNu .....,,.,,..,..r2N ank
| Arch VI Ia 'hren, .,.....p5i '''"'
| outs Ciimm. ,............H2O q On.
| lurus ". Fiercc.,........ pa '''""
| Fisher, .r.........,...,,....NNp I,
| Chryalior .t...............tlS ''
| I. u ste ems ,,...,.......plS 2 ca.
| Charlie Tury .llr......... r5p i''o"N
| O-ctrv. BaEcock ,.......,paa 2 "a,
| " G, Siinson, '''"E
| Ftrd Schnrcr. ,.,,.....,,,pSd 90,
| Frel turster,....,,,,.....b24 '''"'
The records et thu. samc, hour, OF the thre