Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-12-04
FOR SIX DAYS RIDING.
Another Bicycle Race Started in Madison
Square Garden, New York.

Now York. Dec. 3-Another siX-day
bicvcle race was started, at II o'clock
! tonight. at Madison Square Garden.
Thirty weight men lined up for the open
ing pistol. which was fired by James j.
Jeffries, the pugilist.
The first relay of Is men rode for 10
laps. Positions We're secured by lot.
each man being warned that he must
not attempt to gain a lap on account
of his temporary advantage until after
the first mile. The start was witnessed
by about 1000 people. The 3S men are
divided into 10 teams as follows:
Team No. 1.-The Favorites." Louis
Gimm of Pittsburg, and Burns Pierce
Of Boston.
Team No. 2-"The Canucks," All
Roake and Harley Davidson of To-
ronto.
Team No. 3-"The Parisians," Jean
ischer ana NJ. Chevalier Of Paris.
Team No. 4-Oscar Aronson Of
Sweden. and George kreamer of Chi
cago.
Team No. 5-"The Marseiles Pair,
Marius The and NJ Pastair of Mar
seilles, France.
Team No. 6-"The Two Freds." Fred
Hth!iltti ana fISu FuStci VI NJ"
York.
Team No. The Likely Combine,
Earl l.. Stevens of Buffalo. and
Charles Turville OF Philadelphia.
Team No. S-"The Unpaced Cham
sions," otto Mayo of Erie, Pa. and
Archie McEachern of Toronto. Canada.
Team No. 9-"The Indoor Kings
Jay Eaton of Elizabeth. n. j.. anu
Walter Walthour of Atlanta, Ga.
Team No. 1C-"The Pennsy Pair"
Edward Thomas of Reading. Pa, and
W. +. Dickerson Of Beaver Meadow.
Pa.
Team No. 10. V. Babcock Of New
York. ana W. G.. Stimson Of Boston.
T, am No. l2-"The Three Wheelers.
Robert Miller If New York, and A. Il.
stone Of Denver COL.
Team No. 12-"The Ncwarkites," Il.
= Ireland ana John Ruol Of Newark.
n. J.
Team NJ. 1.-THE Jerseyites. "
Adolph Michaels ana Steven Fallon of
Jersey city.
Team No. l5-Emle Riviennr. New
York. and W. a. Brown. brooklyn.
Team No. 16-E. Q. Peabody. Lynn,
Mass, and A. J. Peltier, New York.
Team No. 1.-THE Unknowns," An
drew Johnson and Norman Comeau.
Brooklyn.
Team No. 1S-"The Flying Dutch
man" G. w. Miller OF Chicago, and
Frank Waller. New York.
Team No. 19-"The Wedes." Oscar
Julius and Gus Lawson of Sweden
The present race is radically differ
ent from the former siX-day contests,
because of the law passed by the Leg
islature prohibiting continuous siX-day
races. Each rider in this race will ride
y hours out of the "a
The Garden record under the old sys-
TEN for six days continuous riding is
el0o miles. For y hour; day it is
1860 miles. The record of this race
should be well up to 5000 miles
The prizes are as follows: First
team. $1,000: second, 500: third, S40o,
fourth $500; fifth. 5000; sixth, 800:
seventh. 500: total. $2S0O
Individual prizes First rider $500.
| second, $500; third. 5000; fourth, 800:
fifth. $50: total. $1,000
The race is under the management of
the American cycle Racing Associa-
tion.
New York. Dec. 3.-The score at
o'clock was as follows: G. ". Miller.
% miles, laps; Pierce Chcvalier. For
ster. Turville. Mayo. Walthour. Dicker-
son. Rabcock. Robert Miller. 23.5 each ::
! Roake. 23.+; Julius, pa: Peabody. 232 :
! Pastaire. 22.3; Michaels. 22S: Rivierre.
22.1: Aronson, 2l3; Ruel, 212: Comeau
| POS
| Aronson was the first man to leave
| the track. He went off after making
q miles. 3 laps, and his place was
taken by his partner. George Creamer
| Their team score at the end of the
! first hour. l o'clock, was 23 miles. )
| laps