Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-14
STILL FLOODING ALONG.
Tie Americans Hold the Lead, Fol
 lowed by the French Team.

Tie Americans Hold the Lead, Fol
 lowed by the French Team.
 Steadily along the six men wno re
 main in the big race in Madison Square Garden aie plodding. They are rolling
 the laps into miles, but although the pace has been, swift they are failing behind the record of last year. The fourth day of the grind found the rid CTS glad enough to stick on their wheels. while they were on the track, without eXerting themselves to make up lost laps, or gain lead over those | ! who were following. Therefore. the | great crowds that packed the Garden
 to the topmost gallery had to depend | | on the sprint races and the exhibition | 1 SprintS with their accompanying mar | 1 vicious time records for excitement | | and console themselves with the | thought that perhaps if they waited | | long enough there would be cataStrO- | i phe like that of the previous evening" | | when contestants were tossed about | 1 like chips in a cyclone. Spectators |
 hate to miss any of the miNups for the i
 roar-cnd collisions on the Garden oval | mean ambulanceS and hospitals.
 AronSon. who was removed from the 1 Garden after the accident of We'd 1 | n"Sday nisht. now lies in New York | hospital in a serious condition. His
 spine is iniurCd-sprained inc sur
 GNonS say. but whether spraincd. diSlo- , catod or fractured, AronsOn is suffer- 1 ing intense pain and probably will not
 hr able to take part in any more six
 day contests. Turvllc. who also was
 badly iniured'in the same accident. al
 though he tried to go on the etrack
 again some hours later. had to give up
 tho attempt He. too, was taken to
 the New York hospital suffering from
 a bad knee.
 Ed Spooncr. who has official juris
 dictiOn over tho scoring. has kept his place in the booth. except for i've
 hours, since he race began. He says
 he will not sleep again until the race
 iS ended. and he then will have Pstab- liShpd q new record fOr loss of sleep. ) There has not been hitch ill the SCOT ing since Mir SpOOner opened proceed ! ings, and not q lap has been misplaced or luSt to any of the contestants even fer a moment. This in itself is q won dcrful record where the field is large and the distance so great.
 At I D. m. the riders were twenty nine and four-tenthS miles behind last | years record for the same time. Me- ! Fariand is suffering from q strain of
 the muscles of his heel. and his knee is also troubling him. so that he had !. ! q physician in attendance all Yester- day. He said. however, that he had , no idea of quitting. and his physician D said that he would Lr able to finish : the race. Following BabcOck'S exam 7 pie. Gimm went on the track about l x o'clock. Both men will ride twelve
 hours a day for their respective teams.
 thiS being allowed hv the management
 in view of the accident that deprived n these men of their partners.
 There were 10,G00 people in the Gar
 den when one of the hottest SpurtS of Q the evening took place. McEachern, h who had been talking with Harry e Ellscs suddenly jumped out as if shot 0 from a catapult. He gained about :, thirty yards, when Elkes caught him
 Pierce relieved McEa chern to carry out
 the plan to gain q lap, but he tired r. pcrceptiDly. Bikes was so fresh that - he carried the bunch around at a ter Il rife pace. The crowd cheered as a lal Il was gained on Waller. who found the Il pace so hot that he had to give up y Notwithstanding the fact that Gou- Il %oltz at this time relieved Simar |: Elllcs was fresh and determined tc i- keep up the sDurt. He was followed II by the F'renchman, Pierce. Kyscr and l: Fredericks. Another, lap was gained
 on Waller. who was angry, and Stin
 son took up his riding. McFarlanC
 then relieved Elkes and AIcEachern re
 lievCd Pierce. Such was the pace tha Vt the reliefS were going on every two " minutes new.
 i> As usual. the band increased the o speed of the riders when 1t began " Bikes asked for a motor machine fOl
 pace, but he was informed it wa: Ill against the rules. He smiled as ht d heard the answer.
 Il. Mcfarland tried to steal a lap unde C. the influence of the band. but Sima H. held him and he gave it up. WalIc
 got in front of I\arcr after the latte "a rider had done some Sprintiug. and c m q sudden KaSer went down. He wa b. not hurt, however. RySer relieve' 1t. him. and Waller got in front of hin Is and Ryscr fell One of his ankles Wa ly scl'apCd. As the team has but tw ld wheels the referee gave them their dis
 tancp without loss. but Waller wa 1t cautioned about unfair riding. Stin o. son broke one of his pedals and los o- another lap for his team and Nalle ,e became angry over the accident
 is A five-mile pursuit race took plac of between Carl Muller and Hugh Nc .t- Lean. two of the siN-day riders wh SIS were forced to quit early in the week
 Mclean won in 1:03'2-3 seconds. Mu i, Ter was caught after a chase of tw or miles and nine laps.
 ,n Major Taylor rode an unDaced eXh ,,+ bition half mile in 31 2-:, seconds of A mile race in heats between P. C 1, Van Cott of the Nassau wheeimen an if E. sSchreiber of the Harlem wheelme i1 was won by Van Colt in the first an " third heats in 2:3O A and 2:22 B: ' Schreihcr~ winning the second heat i - 2:22 4-5.
 lu Jimmy Michael rode five miles. mo "' tor paced. in 9 minutes and 46 :i-3 Set ' onds. the last mile hein@ made i'll til SS fast time of 1 minute 46 :}-5 seconds. VI VI At 1O:21 o'clock Bikes passed tl ' 1 500 mile mark. followed q second Ia 'a ,.l CT by McEnchern. IF, The Score at 1 a. m.
 in Miles. Lap
 Bikes and Mcfarland .1.St1 lr- Pierce and McEachern .. ,S47 lld Simar and Gougoltz .....1,S41 fer Waller and Stinson ......1 ,S46 ln- KaSer and Ryser ....... Il ,S46