New-York tribune., 1901-08-10
LOOP" RIDE CUT OUT.
MANAGERS SAID THE POLICE WOULD
NOT ALLOW 1T.

The attempt to ride a bicycle down an inclined
plane and around the inside OF a board flooring
constructed in an upright circular form, which II
was promised would take place last evening at
the Madison Square Garden. not made. An
unusually large crowd present in consequence
or the announcement OF the management. and
nothing was said to indicate that the attempt
would not be made until all the other numbers on
the programme had been off Then the an
nouncer stated that Inspector Thompson had for
bidden II. L. Stewart. who TO make the at
tempt to try the feat until he had practised it in
private.
When asked why the rider had not practised in
private in time perform last evening, the man
ager replied that at first the police had forbidden
the affair absolutely and that work on the loop
had been abandoned, and that after a conditional
police permission had been obtained it was TOO late
TO finish the contrivance in time TO allow OF the
requisite practice.
There was no doubt about what large part of
last evenings crowd thought about the matter
The announcement was greeted with storm or
hisses cat calls and jeers and It was plain that
many persons present were of the opinion thaI 1t
had been intended TO perform the feat. The
loop" however, had been built. and stood IN the
centre Of the track, apparently ready for ousi-
ness.
II the police really did forbid the attempt Il
would seem TO be wise act their part. Few OF
those who saw the loop last evening could bring
themselves to believe that II would be possible TO
make the proposed attempt successfully. 1t seemed
almost inevitable 10 them that such an attempt
would result dsastrously TO the man who should
make II. The difficulty Of steering the wheel
the inside OF the coil appeared insurmount-
able, except by the merest chance. At any rate,
il is well that public should not be invited 70
witness what may turn out to be catastrophe
The biggest crowd that has attended any OF the
recent indoor bicycle races was present. and
spirited programme furnished. The track is
faster than before. fact demonstrated by the
breaking OF two indoor records last night Most
interest centred in the haf-mie circuit champion
ship, in which of the best OF The circuit
chasers entered. liver Lawson made his first
appearance in this city since he won the Australian
championship ana had the misfortune 10 slip his
pedal an accident which deprived him OF good
chance to win his heat He closed rapidly. but was
unable 10 make up the lost ground Cooper. Kra-
mer, Fem and Newhouse the preliminary
heats and Cooper and Kramer the seml-Anals-
=, Fem i1adc game nght against Kramer. hut
tEe u r Latter was too speedy for him and won by
Kramer together. Cooper led from the start. and.
tage for three laps, when Kramer jumped him, and
in fine burst OF speed sitting up by four
his preliminary heat however was 81 seconds,
which breaks the worlds record FOR unpaced
w. 8. Fem again demonstrated that re is with
n which peTfored in the sf onems Proessonal po nsI
f nc ne was at scratch with T. J Gescoyne
caught ca ms held; and in the last lap swept grandly
narrow margin in 1915. which breaks the indoor
record Although he did NOS win the final he rode
d raster mile yet, finishing Ia l572s.
n ne" Tluer or parts appeared in the one-uile
amateur handicap IN the person OF J. Courier lie
mao ~ YARDS handicap and 1t make him a present
OF the race. The same rider was in the lead al
race ana was evidently the best man in the LOT
OF four miles. 90 ~ 49, ~ ZIG '"''
mere were few tumbles in the course of the
evening out NOBODY was hurt. Major TayIor.
the coIored professional did not appear as he IS
sun suHerlng from the effects of his recent fall
Inc evening racing added four points to Kramer's
championship score, the leading contestants now
standlng as follows: Kramer SO; Taylor %. Cooper
IA fenn' lS' Fisher IL Lawson. II; Wilson g.
SUMMARIZES
nan mile circuit champonahip-F1rst sAr,h,aI bsa,
won oy rom Cooper; "Al' Eewhouse second Time
wv I%oV<s second seIn-hnaI heat by Franz Kramer:
hhal neat won by Tom Cooper. Time ;GSIs second
gia!d seIii-Haai heat by Frank Kramer Time
I,.e0fa. Flnal heat won by Frank Kramer: Tom
Cooper. second Time. 1:O9zs. -'
rive Hi.e amateur lap raceWon by O. C. Schrieber
tttaaT5en Nheelinen; @ Welsing second r 4 Brooks
thlrd j. Haggery. fourth. Time l2:06is Four IeDSfbs
DeS"eeh l!st ana second: the punched
- Ohe-mHc professional t2.lO classl-NVon -, l. Z
stevens f!afay downing. second: G. IeouSsr third
[otfs. = length between and second nuarter
iei1sIn 1snd De-, Det''eeil second and third. 80
vaTdsl iI4I hand!cap-Won by Courier I2O
yb3r5 'oV yardsl second Eclon so yards)
lime "Jts Won by Yards. b. reat h,incbed
~ PROFESSIONAL handicap-Won by Lester Wilson
E,.l ~ = g Hausmau 90 yarIs) second. J. T
forh ~ yaTdsl third; Walter Bareett $50 yardsI
totaer Hle ;o91s Three quarters OF length be-
tween hfst and third; the rest bunched 9