The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-21
Riders Draw Down
Prize Money.
MILLER GETS A NEAT SUM
YELLOW GOLD Is PAID FOR A
;. WEEK OF TORTURE.
Men Are Resting Up and Preparing
for the Twenty-Four Hour Con-
test, Which Begins on
Friday Night.

Inc six-day riders are now enjoying
thelr hard-earned beauty sleep This
was allowed them in homeopathic doses
or couple Of hours at time yesterday
q When they were forcibly awakened and
Kept awake for half an hour, and then
permitted to take another snooze The
trainers say that this is better for them
than a continuous sleep of ten or twelve
hours, the first day after the race.
: none OF the men will feel any immediate
effects of the race after tomorrow
though what harm may result to
e tlem IN the years to come is hard TO
:. Ioretell The riders themselves have no
fear. however. and point to "Dutch"
WaIier, who is A years of age, and "Old
. Man Ashinger, who is near 50. as evil
:oe !s5, Of longevity in six-day riders
Inc men were all up and about by yes
terday noon, apparently much refreshed
by their sleep, and, strange to say, they
al went over to the Pavilion at different
tunes during the day and took a look at
the track where they had toiled so hard.
Inc interesting ceremony of paying off
me racers took place at noon at the Pa
sented himself at that time except Gifnm,
the race.
The men were paid in the order of their
finish, and Miller came first He received
SloO0 as the first prize and $500 additional
Tor breahng the worlds record. Doubt
ing pie OF golden double eagles he felt
amply repaid for his weeks suffering His
little wife helped him pack it away, and
vii probably also help him spend it.
After ''cashing in Miller went back to his
hotel for another short sleep, and says
that except for his knees being sore ne is
as fresh as when he started.
Plucky Oscar Aronson was the second
man paid, receiving $1,000. He like the
you when he received his money. He
mas no wife to spend ii on.
F'redericks, who won third place, drew
down $500, and jolly Teddy Hale, the Irish
champion, received $500. Louis Gimm
who looked 20 be the winner up to Thurs
day morning, got $500 for finishing in fifth
seventh and Barnaby S125 for eighth.
Pilkington, Lawson, Julius and Ashinger,
who old not come within the prize list,
We're given 800 each for having covered
over 1900 miles, besides having their ex-
penses paid, and were profound in their
expressions Of qualification at the nber-
ality Of the management.
These men Will all start on q 2-hour
race next Friday night at 10 o'clock, fin
ishing at the same time Saturday night.
During such a race, d veritabIe sprint
their wheels once during the ride, for
dlsmOunt or a lost lap means a lost race,
and some idea of the clip they cut out
can be imagined from the distance COW
cred in the last one in New York, a little
less than 500 miles, when the four leaders
finished in a mile sprint in 1855 and were
but inches apart at the tape. It was Won
by Gimm, who has won every 24-hour race
In which he has ever started
Charles A. Kraft of the Bay City Wheel
men. the crack road rider of California,
will start in the 24-hour race, for which
he has been training over month, and
should give a good account Of himself.
The Pavilion was closed last night and
will be closed tonight, 10 give the men
and officials a much-needed rest. 1t will
reopen tomorrow night and continue open
the rest of the week. The card
tomorrow night is very attractive one,
and includes q match race between Harry
and Floyd Mcfarland, the California
champion, at fifteen miles, paced by ten
tandem teams each. As both are good
followers of pace and like the distance
tested. The knowing ones are backing
Mcfarland, saying that the distance is
Just right for him, but a bit too short
for Fixes. This is borne out by the state
ment of Elkes' father in The Call the
other day that his boy preferred matches
at from twenty to thirty-three miles. The
Eastern lad will be there all the time,
however and if Mac wins it will only
be after a most gruelling race.
Besides this event there Will be ANA
teur and professional shOrt-distance races
and the usual exhibitions and record
trials.
Paced racing at middle distances is
novelty to California racegoers, to-mor-
row nights event being the first of the
kind ever run here.
The Garden City Wheelmen of San Jose
are talking about holding big race
meet upon their track soon.
The board of directors of the Bay City
Wheelmen will meet this evening.
The Reliance Club Wheelmen of across
the bay will hold their annual "old men
rum next Sunday to Centerville, starting
a. m.