The sun., 1900-12-15
RACERS NEAR THE END.
,uy, n.Ds THINos LUELY IN THs
o,DDEN IAT NfUHT
q, an. Position. Of the Three Lead
'ns sr..m. 4 p'.p',",. r'.,'s .'e','.
,at..n,sh, H"s' "s'n' Two Laps e'
..,,. r,h,b,tIon of sprintips.

y" a. p,.p,,s,e rinish Espeet.
,aro.nish, h.e' "''"s 'No 'sps "
u,us,Lshis Ishib''o" o' spr'"""s
- mat. resi.a'urs during the isos-pe
-, ,,..ed A law prohibiting any man
ti,,, n bIcvcle In race more VI IN
IT.. ho,r. ont ~ thu twcnty-four Tn"
,'u -. l,s,frcd by persons who Thought "
~ ,,,,,l FOR ono 10 rido ~ they formerly
a., T., .t,-dav races In the old-styls tiS-
"A, ,ac.a whom 10 was case Of every man
himself and tho devil TAX" the hlndmos''
a.. ,id.r. slept "a much as sir hours NJ
,t,,,o turing tho week In the present team
,,o. a, Madison Square Garden no man mas
,ec.lycd a chance to sleep A. long AT any one
.,,.tch Nap. OF an hour or two ars mo most
srv one has been able N obtain. but the worst
NJ IL is that when he lay down every man
Ln.v that hs might not have fifteen minutes
rest
~. r.nli,sd that he might be called at any
r,on.nt TO relieve his partner. Refresh
ing sleep under such circumstances Is I'M
,o.sibls and this Ia the strain that has been
=. much a factor In tho "killins on OF the
men Az was the terrific pace OF tho first part
OF the week Yesterday morning there was
not A man on the track In what truiy ccuId
hs called rood condition. Tho race mas
besn moro Of KILLER than any OF the old
fsshiop ed ones about which many well mean
ins persons made 40 much talk. II has been
altogether much more cruel In the suffering
that the men voluntarily underwent IL
hss been q greater nervous strain and there
fore Just as great or greater one physically
The latter end Of tho week has brought
into the limelisht several men who have
been saving themselves right along and
-4th hpr e. Af
that makes those who started the Killing
pace look weary. Kaser is the most notable
one OF this class, although Gimm and Fisher
and possibly Waller have a right to the class.
Yesterday Kaser gained two laps by two
pieces OF sprinting work that were remark
able. Tho first gain was made between
z and 9 o'clock In the morning. II was SON
aational for several reasons. Every one
was scanning the leading teams and oorn-
mented upon the way In which thoy were
Watching one another.
A ouiet tip went out that S!mar was 10 gain
two laps. Kaser and Ryser had been avoid
ing attention BY riding In tho middle OF the
bunch. Evidently they had been anxious
for q chance. 1t came when the string was
making a slow procession OF the race. Raser
ran high on the bank and almost before any
Of the others knew that he was alongside
OF them he was twenty yards In front. The
others then began to dig. but they had 10 get
hesdwav while Ksser already had II. Be-
fore the end OF lap the willy German was
ninety yards ahead. He was making burst
Of speed that caused the sleepers in the gal
leries TO wake up and made tho trainers at
the track side gasp with amazement He con-
,inued 70 gain by simply riding faster than
Ekes and tho rest OF the string, In less
yntle ma had tho coveted Ian and
bis team was then only five laps away from
frat place. His other lap was the one slmi-
While the men are weary and hopelessly
behind the records. there Is enough In all OF
them to put up an exciting dash at any time.
did during the first few days. but every one
OF them now has more importance than II
ever had before. because one lap on Friday
Ey team, wcaid probsSy mean victory at the
two laps or perish In the attempt; simar
yesterday. persisted for hours In riding on
the outside of the line. He was looking for
the same tactics and there wns enough ex-
element at the slowest moment In watching
these kind Of maneHyres ", W likes and I'd Mcpa5s
II they can hold Pierce and McEachern even
with them there l. little doubt but that either
Harry or Mac could win in final sprint to
McEachern Yesterday afternoon seemed to
he one Of the freshest men on the track
Pierce was kicking tired Waller was going
llborious sly, but Stinson seemed as strong as
II out TO do forty miles in an hour again
Stinson Ia the only man who ever did this
end his resourcefulness Ia not apparent II
Waller was in condition a surprise might well
be peCted from the Stinson team. but as II
Fisher was strong bur cranky. and Fredericks
seemed cracked" yesterday Fisher wanted
70 fight with his partner because the latter
lost a lap Even those who have always
recognized him as "A wonder" are surprised
at the work Fixes is doing and az the condition
he ia in Mcfarland seems weaker than his
partner but he also Is surprising his friends
by his staving powers
At the ond Of los hours. noon yesterday. the