The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-07
INTER E.STING BICYCLE RACE.
The First Annual international TweM-
ty-four Hour Event

! New York, Jan. 6.-The first annual
| international twenty-four-hour bicycle
race, unpaced, which was begun on the
| Madison Square Garden track tonight,
| brought a fairly large and decidedly
representative gathering of bicycle en-
thusiasts to the big amphitheater. The
| inclement weather undoubtedly pre-
vented many people from witnessing
| the beginning of what promises to be
one of the most exciting events in the
history of cycling. The track, which is
very highly banked at the turns, meas
ures ten laps to the mile and is said to
be the fastest indoor track ever erected.
Burns w. Pierce of Boston, one of the
contestants, holds a record of 457 miles
| 17S yards, he having ridden that dis
tance in the first twenty four hours Of
the recent siX-days' contest, which was
won by Charles w. Miller. The paced
record for twenty-four hours Is held by
Louis Gimm of Pittsburg, who covered
4SG miles in that time. 1t Is not unlike
ly that by ten o'clock tomorrow night
the figures for twice around the clock
will be changed.
OF the nineteen men whose entries
We're accepted by the management the
only absentee was Edward Eldrich, a
German American. Among those who
have watched the men al work training
on the track daily Pierce is the favorite,
but Miller, Waller, Hale and Glmm
have a host of followers. The first
man in the big race to appear on the
track was Pierce, and as he walked to
awaited him with his whel, the Boston
man was greeted with generous ap-
plause. He was followed by Waller
and then julius, Hale, Miller, Albert,
Nawn, Lawson and the rest of them
came in succession. AS each stepped
out upon the banked track and walked
up the home stretch he was recognized
by the spectators and the outbursts of
applause were deafening. Promptly at
10 o'clock the clerk of the course sent
them off with a sharp crack of his pis-
tol. The first to show in front was
Frederick Michael, the Swiss rider, fol-
lowed closely by Albert, Stevens, Wal
Ter and Pierce. At the end of the first
mile Miller jumped into the lead. Pierce
soon took the lead, but relinquisbed it
almost Immediately. Miller's time for
the first mile was 2:2S, fast clip con-
sidering the fact that the track meas
ures ten laps to the mile. Waller led
the others at ten miles in 5:42 3-5. The
fifteenth mile was finished in SS:42 3-5,
with Pierce leading. In the thirteenth
mile Hale fell He remounted immedi-
ately, but he lost nearly lap by the
mshap. Ashinger dismounted after the
second owing to a punctured tire. He
lost two laps in consequence. The score
at the end of the first hour IL O'Clock,
was Miller, 23 miles laps; Waller,
23.4; Pierce, 23.4; Albert 23.4; Gimm,
2S.4; Lawson, 23.4; Aaronson 2S.4;
Nawn, 2S.4; Stevens. e5.4, Julius, 23,f;
Frederick, 23.4; Turville, 23.4; Barnaby,
234; Chapman, 23.4; Hicks, 23.4; Hale,
23.2; Palllngton, 23.1; Ashinger, 22.l,
The leaders were 4S7 yards behind the
record at the end of the fourth hour
when the score stood: Miller, Pierce,
Gimm, Lawson, Stevens Fredericks ~
miles, laps; Waller, Aaronson, Turbln-
vile, Chapman Pany, s6 miles / zap;
Hale, Sc miles; NaWn, Hook, S5 miles $
laps; Aashlngton, SO miles, laps.