The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13

stretch He rode out again without dismount-
ing. This incident cost him another half a
lap. Those are the excuses for lost lap. but
Elkes was beaten nearly two laps.
man on the perfect edge " OF physical
condtionis required to break tho best record
only occasionally. Fixes, to all appearances.
was In his usual form yesterday but was not In
the rare condition necessary to establish a new
record. On the other hand. Linton never rode
so well In this country as he did yesterday. He
was thoroughly 1T to break the record held by
Fixes. This was plain during the entire hour.
The fact that Fixes Ia the recognized middle
distance champion OF America. while Linton.
has the equal honor In England and Europe.
made the event one of rare interest Tho size
Of the crowd present testified to this. for Il was
the largest that has been seen at the seaside
track this season. About 5000 persons occu-
pied the grand stand and blenchers.
The race was not started until after O'Clock.
when the shorter races had been decided
Fixes appeared in a pair OF gorgeous new
trunks Of vivid pink. and received tremendous
applause. Linton. dark. low browed and OF
sullcn mien. does not take so we'll with the
crowd. but he received welcome OF surprising
heartiness.
The men started side by side at tho tape and
caught their machines on the move. The ex-
change OF n smile and handshake Just before
they started touched the popular chord OF feel
ing and created fresh applause. Fixes la
rider who likes to lead from start to finish.
and being one Of the best sprint
racing men in the game, he usually
gets away from his rivals on the lonely sprint
and IA first to tack on" to his pacing machine.
The race Of yesterday proved no exception. but
Linton, who is not sprint racer. showed that
he also wanted to take lead and gave a harder
mi tp ElknG han ha han nj al a.
cciycs.
II was agreed that In case Of a break down in
the first mile the race would be restarted and
secondly that the men must cover more than
30 miles to win the purse OF $1,000. The Sec
ond stipulation was to prevent It's being loaf-
ing race. The agreement as to accidents
was needed. for on the last Lap OF
the fret mile the pacing machine Of Fixes
broke a chain Each man had three tandcms
In use. hut as II was. DESTROYS to have them
all in COOL working condition at the start. the
broken chain involved delay OF fifteen or
twenty minutes. On the second start Fixes
again was first to catch his pace and flashed
the lap five yards ahead OF the front wheel OF
Linton's pacing machine.
For ten miles they rode with the Welshman.
Immediately behind tho attenuated youth from
Glens Falls. who Is studying art. when not rid
ing wheel. At times there were five or six
yards between the cycles. but during most OF
the ten miles Lintons tandem was as close to
the rear wheel Of Elkess bicycle as the latter
was to his own tandem. Several times the
little Welshman essayed to pass. but apparent
~ the clip was too fast and It could not be done
with snfety. Meanwhile. Dudley Marks on the
rear Of the Linton tandem steered by Cabbaloit
the Frenchman. was going through his usual
antics OF fostering and shouting. greatly to the
amusement OF the crowd. Marks is managing
Linton again this year
In the eleventh mile Fixes stopped to change
his wheel because Of the loose crank and Linton
went TO the front for the first time. When he
remounted Ekes tried his best to catch up with
the welshman. who was then half a lap
ahead.but Linton was Keeling of miles
In l minute and ~ seconds. and to 60
fast enough to gain on this pace was more
than the champion could do. Tho pacing
machines. with their "chook. chook." playing
tattoo we're proven capable Of giving TO the
men all the pnce. and more than they could
stand. Linton showed that he could go = trihe
faster. and his machine began to close up the
half n lap OF space between linn and Fixes.
At fifteen miles the Wcshman was ahead
three fourths Of a lap Then Fixes ran or tho
track and Linton gained another half a lap.
while the American was struggling back and
getting under way behind n fresh machine.
In the last lap OF the sixteenth mile the left
side pedal on the rear Of the tandem ridden
by Cabbaloit and Marks was broken off and for
two miles Linton continued to follow It while
Marks rode with one foot drawn up. A fresh
tandem that was pushed out was unable to ov-
erhaul the crippled one but had to slow and wait
forit. These two miles were ridden in min
ute ~ seconds and minute ~ seconds. respec-
lively. II looked like an opportunity for Fixes
to make up his loss as tho crowd Yelled wildly.
hut ba crit ~ thu tanteu mir W pnual 10
the occasion and Linton lost not more than
yard or two OF his lead. Tho seventeenth
mile saw Linton full lap and half ahead and
from that on it was his race. He gained
slowly but surely. anil In the thlrtieth mile was
once more riding right up behind Fixes with
two laps up hts sleeve.
Stl the terrific clip OF miles In I minute and
"A or a. seconds was being maintained and he
crowd began to look for new record. When
the contestants entered their thirty fourth
mile with minutes II 2-5 seconds to spare. It
seemed certain that there was to be new
worlds record established. The crowd rose
from the chairs with one accord and the din was
deafening The thirty fourth mile was reeled off
and the men entered upon the first lap OF the
thirty NTH mile Lintons tandem endeavored
to take him past Fixes at about q ] :35 clip and
had Just succeeded In doing SO when the
Welshman found the effort too much. and
dropped away from his pace for the first time
in the race. This cost Linton the record.
Fixes passed him and opened up a gap OF a
quarter of lap. The pistol for the end Of the
Linton at the quarter pole near the head Of the
stretch.
II was a great race and the fact that Fixes
could not ride behind his tandems as fast az he
could behind his quad while Linton could go
faster behind the same style Of pacing IN achine.