New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-05

.-r,x MINOR RACES WE'RE lNTERESTINo hut THE
ALLEGED STAR FEATURE FAIL
IRE. AS USUAL
7. was advertised rather extensively that Miller
= waller two Of the riders In the recent slx-day
- were 10 race fol- FIVE miles at Madison
SQUARE Garden last night. This contest was TO he
49, feature 81 a programme Of bicycle races and
Wv sual n late the star feature" fzzled out in
a. -rost discouraeirg manner. The meeting was
. testimonial to Mrs. y. J. Boardman who was
.sve-elv injured in snash-up last summer.
possibly one thousand spectators present
last night and they enjoyed the short-distance
-ocee They became n little suspicious. however.
rbo, II was announced that Miller had ridden an
vrnsced half-mil, in o5s As While the honesty
~ the timers might be questioned It was pretty
generally declared that Mers time was nearer
,ns Others thought possibly that the scorer had
made mistake. and that Miller had ridden four
laps instead Of five
After the short races and exhibitions had been
finished there a long wait for Miller and Wal
ler and their pacemakers To get ready. After IL
o'clock the announcement was made that the NIL
,er-Waner race was declared of because the pace
makers a dozen of them had refused TO mount
thei~ machnea unless they received s. each Tor
doing So Waller realized that ne could not afford
20 dsappont the public and he offered TO ride NIL
Ter FIVE miles unpaced but this proposition Miller
refused 10 accept.
Then Waller offered 10 walk him a mile or run
him a mile but Miller did not care to risk any OF
his aurels, and declined to 40 ANYTHING except take
dismissed grumbling and growing, Such per
formances will not help bicycle racing under the
new regime
SUMMARIES.
Haie handicap nmateur-Firs heat won o BY Ell L.
Krs.s Es.i oTsnss o4a ssond heat won
b. Erts HsW-49r s'Ia,s bT Ty be,t won bx
T ove Sew-York ards George s.hrsiSe5 Nsx,
YORK 10 YARDS second Iael ~ ~ M ouarh a ne7t
iyyon New-York go yaris). second. Time-1:ost.
FINAL HEAT
C. NJ Fritz New-York scratch ....................
F /. Krafncr East orange scratch .............
J. cove New-York so YARDS Observation-Disclosures.
Time; o4's.
,o6 s. Then he came Ike lash bu, was beaten three
length, schreiber and wahrenhereer fell on the second
onme scratch G!ofss;onap.Tr-t 5 es,,s won .. by
Sna Time225 second heat won by Al -3 MeT a9s
FINAL HEAT.
oscar He3srom. Brookl' 3
2oH the aa , s sses sfA y iS and won ~
race good one throughout
Tandem pursui, race pgofe:sopaDwoo ~ Hs Tn.
252is Distance-One mile and three ami three
tTwornle pursuit race-won by Nat Butler Boston;
O.car Heastrom Brooklyn second. Time-4;2i. Won ny
nfeen wards ,...,. p..x
Tandem pursuit race (amateurl Won by Charles Ertz
l. n 6. Schneider and ". r. W anreil-
berger second. Tme-424. Distance-TwoN mles. me
spectators objected to the decision and yeed oe1sey
1or several The referee declared the race on
Tandem exhibition. half mie-W T. and {. NJ Mur-
Tim--102zt
one mile exhibition--"Teddy'' Edwards. Time 49,
Tandem match race. mile heats-Won by mares
Hatfield and ". +. Sager IN straight heats Time
21S and 2:0I.
Two-mile exhlbitiorJohn schuessler Police Depart
ouarter- mile exhbi,ion-F I. Kramer Tme-o:27%,
Half-ne match race IN heats fHarTy Fixes VS.. n
Gibson and Joseph Downey on tanoem)-tlrst- neat
ans rowney Time OF. Final heat by Gibson
and Downey. Time-1:1 5A.