New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
TWO MORE TEAMS OUT.
FIVE PAIRS ARE RIDING NECK AND
NECK AT THE GARDEN

Two more teams dropped cut of the six day BIZ
cycle race at Madison Square Garden yesterday,
having fallen far behind the leaders that their
trainers knew their 10 be hopeless. This leaves
ten teams still in the race of which five, Fisher
and Shevalier. McEachern and Walthour. Maya
and Wilson Butler and Mclean, and Newkirk and
Munro had travelled equal distance at a late
hour- last night The others were anywhere from
one to three laps behind but all the teams were
riding together Jap for lap all of yesterday, their
relative positions remaining practically unatered
all day.
The first team to fall out Of the race yesterday
were LIE Poutre and Muller. who dropped out at 2:So
o'clock a. m. having covered 5S7 miles and laps
at that hour They were hopelessly beaten wneh
they quit About Il a LIE Poutre resumed r1ohs'
as he had not formally declared himself out, ap-
parentiy to make pace for the other riders, Out
Of the contestants protested, and ne was com
PEELED to leave the track
Karnstadt and FRANKIE retired from the contest
at . D. m. when they had travelled 7So miles Ihey
had lost touch with the leaders, and it was plain
that their case was hopeless Karnstadt got pad
tumble the first day of the racing, and was uauch
handicapped that account.
The average pace maintained yesterday by the
racers was much better than that Of thefrst day. Al
10 q m the leaders in the race were eighteen miles
behind the record established last year. They did
not begin to increase pace 10 any extent until
after noon. Then the gait grew warmer, ana so
rapidly did they round the ring that at ?. m
they were only ten miles behind the record and
hind.
King and Samuelson have become favorites with
the crowd partly as q result Of their plucky de-
termination shown in overcoming the difhculties
that babe fair keep them out Of the race, and
narrIy by- reason Of the ganeness they have shown
in the race. Most of the sprinting yesterday was
due to the efforts Of this pair who hail from salt
Lake CITY to regain the lap that they lost to the
vanguard on Monday Just before King was re-
reved by his partner at p m he started on a
dash that for time bade fair to do the trick. He
managed TO get a quarter of lap in advance OF
-be string and Samuelson then relieved him, ou'
could not hold the advantage and the rest OF ttle
riders headed by the old timer Nat Butler soon
came I'D with him. In the hour ending at . p m
the men covered twenty-one miles
Munro had q fall that looked bad. but did MIN
no harm 10 speak Of, at 1:3o o'clock in the AFTER
noon His tire burst and he was thrown on mi, ms
face, but rolled down the eTnoaIlklIef!t alQ tiIs
escaped the riders who We're following .5 ntid aI
seized wheel at once. and tht Juases a.
lowed him the distance ne lost py me teI.r
There WAS q lot of talk about Stumulanls peiIS
administered to the There always Is, az
matter of fact. It is part of the 9 49uerlIsers @
one of the riders engaged looked last evening 70
he in cap;tal shape strong and fun or r1dlng- II
men are riding under. They Will! not pesln 90
show the real effects OF that untA 1huf s'4as VI
Friday. -, .,s +b.+
have been left lap behind viii be able
to make up the difference, as when II comes 10
sprinting the best men are among the ieiioers
however al the riders will hang on as long as
POSSIBLE for the prize money is divided into seven
parts, so that the hindmost teams are not
Harry EIkes one of the participants IN last
years six day race. who is now giving an ex7
hibition Tony Pastors, was one OF the critical
observers OF the racers yesterday
The score at noon yesterday was as follows: