Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-16
AMERICANS WIN BY A WHEEL
Elkes and MacFarland Capture si1-Day
Race at Madison Square Garden,
PIERCE AND MEAcHERN GET SECOND PLACE
French Team. simar and Gousoits,
Finish Third, While the German
Pair, KRser and Ryser, Are
Awarded Fourth Prize.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Before nearly
10000 people, jammed into every available
corner OF the great Madison Square Gar
den, Harry Elkes Of Glens Falls, N. Y.
and Floyd MacFarland OF San Jose, Cal.
the American team, won the ix-day in
terpational bicycle race by d wheels length
from Burns Pierce Of Boston and Archie
Nc Eachern of Toronto, the Canadian team.
Caesar Simar Of Paris and Jean Gougoltz
Of Monte Carlo, the French team, were
third. A lap away. The distance covered
by the winners was 2,62S miles and seven
laps. this being 1o4 miles and seven laps
behind the record of Miller and Waller
made last year. Karl kaser Of Berlin and
Fritz Ryser OF Berlin, the German team,
were given fourth place with 2,5S6 miles
and four laps to their credit they having
retired from the track about two hours
before the close Of the race, being salts
fed that they could not possibly cover the
forty-two miles and three laps that lay
between them and the leading team.
Michael Frederick of Paris and Jean
Fisher of Paris took fifth place with 1852
miles. They drew out at I o'clock tonight.
Frank Waller Of Boston and W. c. Stln-
son. also Of Boston, gave up Just before
o'clock this morning, content with sixth
position and their 2, 30S miles and one lap.
o. v. Babcock Of New York and Louis
Gimm OF Plttsburg, who after the acct
dents to their partners rode for an individ-
ual score. were requested by the manage
ment to withdraw from the track this after
noon. Babcock was tlen at 1.456 miles
and one lap. siv miles ahead Of Glmm.
Last Mile Was Heart-Breaking.
Three minutes before the hour of the
close of the race the pistol announced the
time for the final effort. The three were
riding closely punched. Gougoltz was first
to shoot out. He set a terrific pace. Nc
Farland was but a wheels length behind
the Frenchman. and almost scraping his
rear wheel was Pierce. In this position
the three kept a hurricane pace for the
whole Of the last mile. When the gong
sounded the end of the eighth lap Pierce
made a desperate effort to squirt ahead of
MacFarland. He was unsuccessful, though
he closed UP the gap slightly. Gougoltz
was gradually being overhauled inch by
inch. On the last lap MacFarland crept
ahead with Pierce after him. and the two
Of them passed over the tape in that or
der, the Frenchman but a fraction of a
second behind In the sprint but a lap be-
hind In the race.
There was no holding the great crowd
and the people howled themselves hoarse
during the final spirited sprint jumping
to their feet. waving hats, coats-every-
thing the men could get their hands on,
while the women frantically whirled their
handkerchiefs. The three men continued
riding around the ring amidst the great
enthusiasm.
Elkes and MacFarland get 1880 In cash
and the worlds championship: Pierce and
McEachern get $1,000; Simar and Gougoltz,
$500; Kaser and Ryser, $500; Fisher and
Frederick. $500; Waller and Stinson, $3.50;
Babcock and Aaronson. $50; in all. S4,5OO
In addition to this a considerable sum will
be distributed as bonus money to those
who made serious contest In the race,
but were obliged to withdraw on account
OF accident or other good cause.