Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-04
WITH THE BICYCLISTS.
SiX-Day Race Looks Like q Fake
 An Old Rider Dies


 Boston, Jan 4-If the so-called in teInational bicycle race here is q race in anything but name the managers or some of the racers should present evidence of the fact. The contest, if such it can be called, suggests that old story of the passenger on q train in the backwoods getting off and walk ing because he was in a hurry. IhiS Is 1oating match pure and simple, and, what is more, it bears all the ear marks of being pre- arranged. One rider yesterday slid off his wheel. re- mounted and caught the leaders in the next lap-and then he did not have to hurry himself.
 Seven of the nine riders still are tie for the first place. The score at the end of the fourtieth hour and fourth day is as follows: Walthour, Stinson. Mclean. Kaser. McEachern, Downey and Fischer, 759 miles, f laps; Bab- cock, IDS miles, laps; Muller, 74o miles, laps.
 The afternoon racing was devoid of accidents, features or sprints. and the tame sport ended at G:02. the supper hour. During the afternoon the 600 mile mark was passed in 30 hours, 59 minutes. 3S seconds, with KaSer ill the lead. The German kept at the head of the procession at an easy pace and was at the front at the end of every hour up to , o'clock The first hour record was COO miles. 1 lap: that i of the second, or thirty-second hour. i G1S.J; the thirty third, G3G.4, and the i ihirty-fourth. 653.3.
 1 Harry Elkes came out with his mo- l tor tandem at 4 o'clock to go an exhi- bition mile, but when the machine started the men tried to take the bank . c1iI off 1 aging the machine so that it was i'm | possible to give an exhibition.
 i The final mile before supper was a ] lively one. Me cEachern led for six laps, but on the seventh Stinson let loose and. followed by Mclean. passed the Canadian. The thirty-fifth hour score i was: Stinson. Mclean, McEachern, 1 Kaser. Walthour, Downey and Fisher. G7O miles: Babcock. GG9 miles. 3 laps, and Muller, GJ9 miles, laps.
 The start in the evening was made at roc, with AIcEachern setting the pace. The riding opened up better than at any time since the beginning of the race, because of persistent ru- mors afioat of combinations among the riders. BApcock did most of the lead ing. Just before 8 o'clock Stinson
 jumped the lead from Babcock and
 made the bunch get down over their |
 closed with StinsOn in the lead-dis
 tance. Gss miles. 1 lap-the fastest
 hour since Tuesday.
 At $40 the pace was so slow that
 McEachern's wheel slipped on the
 bank. He jumped from his wheel, bu
 regained the bunch on the next lap 1 The second hour of the evening was
 at q foot pace. Seven hundred miles
 were covered in 36 hours 42 minutes ! 21 seconds, with McEachern in front
 \ few minutes before 9 Stinson wen
 out for a short sprint and made |: little excitement. He kept in iron during the remainder of the hour, hi,
 thirty-seventh hours score being 70: miles l laps
 | Just after the thirty-seve hour series of sprints began which kep
 the crowd in a roar of excitement fo some minutes. First it was McEach i ern and then kaser. but neither sue
 ceeded in gaining the coveted lap , After the sprints Muller went to til, ,, front and made the going at a fai : gait. Babcock went into the lead , i little later, but kept the pace dowl to moderate speed. Kaser slipped ol :. the bank at $40. but was not injured !, :, Then Harry Elkes came out for. hi exhibition mile. His time. 1.41 2-J : was the best made in this city. At the close of the thirty-eightl hour Stinson still was the leader, witt T23 miles and five laps. One hou : later, the thirty-ninth hour. the SCOT l was: Stinson. Mclean, Fisher, Nc Eachern, Walthour. Kaser and Downe, 742 miles. 1 lap: Babcock, I'll miles,
 laps; Muller, 14O miles laps.