The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-13
ARE FAR BEHIND RECORD.
CONTESTANTS IN sIx-DAY BICYCLE
RACE At MADISON SQUARE.
Seven Teams Are still on the Track
In Pursuit of Prixes-Acciden
That Put Aaronson out of Race
Badly Damaged Chances of others

NEW YORK. Dec 1s--with over /, 400
miles clicked OF In their pursuit of prizes
In the six-day bicycle race at Madison
square garden, which ends on Saturday.
seven teams were still represented on
the track at midnight, or the beginning OF
the fourth day of the contest The men
have not been able to keep up the hurri-
cane pace jumped into at the outset, but
they nave struggled TO do as much as their
strained and enfeebled bodies would allow
them The first two days they were
ahead of the record. but now they are far
behind the record of 1899.
From Wednesday midnight until last
evening there was no special incident at
tending the riding except the withdrawal
OF Muller and Aucoutrier There were
the occasional fruitiess attempts made by
the inherent men TO gain a lap on their
opponents To prevent the loss OF lap
FISHER performed perhaps the hardest
TASK OF the race. In the afternoon he
got a puncture just as the old riders were
preparing for a squirt. The other men
noticed Fishers misfortune and tried to
a aaae a s,,a tag Of t. Fisher pedaisd
OF the softening tire, and kept up the
pumping on his crippled machine for a
full mile, at the end Of which time Fred
erick relieved him. When Fisher dis
mounted his tire was perfectly fat.
Serious Accident.
The accident which put Aaronson out OF
the race occurred shortly after o'clock
haiser ana Ryser were relieving one an
otner curing a try to gain lap going at
tremendous pace Gougaltz and Simar
Were atfftost behind them, with McFar-
land Just on the inside. The Frenchmen
VINO We're also alternating. came together
Win crash and went down In the track
waller was at their heels and he crashed
INTO the fallen Frenchmen. Turville fol-
lowed Waller into the mix-up and went
thrown clear Of the pile and into box.
among crowd of spectators Fisher was
the next man, and after riding over the
Others. was thrown violently to the
boards. Mcfarland. Ryser and Kaiser
their gain.
Turyille was picked up bleeding and
unconscious, and with a growing lump on
one knee. He was rushed TO HIS training
room and examined. He had sustained
COMMISSIONS of the right thigh and many
bruises OF the body. az well as the shock
lie was brought back 10 consciousness
AFTER little. Aaronson had badly cut
eye and face and bruises on the back
Fisher was battered and shocked The
two Frenchmen escaped better than any
or the others. getting only shaking up.
Aaronson was declared out of the race
at o'clock this morning When Babcock
heard that his team mate. Aarnnson. was
sent to the hospital. ne declared he would
ride twelve hours and give Aaronson a
chance to reeuperate He kept on his
wheel until Lido z. M. when ne fell ex-
hausted. Gougaltz and Kaiser fell on
top of him, but no one was seriously hurt
The referee ruled that no losses should
he marked up on account of the acct
dent.
Turville returned to the track al | a.
m. rode slowly until $50 a. m. and then
idismounted He had to be carried to his
training room. The Scare ~ . n'ctnrt.