Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-12
WITH THE wBEELMEN
The six-Day cyclers still Keep
Bunched Together.

 told heavily on them. There was less sprinting and seemingly q desire on the part of every man in the race to nurse his strength as much as possible. The trainer of each team is confident thai if he can keep his men going until sunset to-day the hardest part of the ordeal will be over This may seem to be a strange form of reasoning to the men who are not ,yersed i'll long distance racing. but the experts hold that it is true form, and that the re- suits in this race. as in preceding con tests. will bear them out.
 The interest of the public seems to grow with the progress Of the race. Last night the big Garden was crowd ed from the track side 10 the arches of the gallery Enthusiasm was al food tide. the shortest sprint being more than sufficient to call out whirl- wind of applause. Bpt all the en- thusiasm and all the sprinting did not seem 10 bring the riders any closer to ties now are that they will not get within reach of them. Richard Gro ker occupied box in the Garden in the afternoon and attracted as much attention almost as did the riders on the track. The Tammany chief was the guest of Dave Gideon, the horse mar.
 At [ o'clock, the sixty seventh hour, the leaders We're sixteen and Gne-half miles behind the record. About this time King made an attempt to steal, but was unsuccessful. The handlers Of Babcock and Turville complained to the management about people stick ing pins through the tires of the wheels of their men. An extra lookout was placed on guard at the trainers quar- ters. Soon after o'clock Chevallier made an attempt at steal He spurt- cd and gained half q lap almost. The crowd howled with enthusiasm. For five minutes Chevallier rode hard, try ing to maintain his advantage, but he could not do so.
 Then out came Walthour, fresh from q two hours rest. He started out at a terrific pace and gained half a lap. Doubled over his handlebars he never once wayered or glanced back to see where his pursuers were After a chase of mile he succeeded i'll pass ing McLaren. Cheyallier and Samuel son. Then the, crowd stood up and yelled. The cheering was tremen- dous and exceeded anything in the way of enthusiasm yet in the race
 For q time it seemed as if Walthour would gain the coveted and long sought lap against all his opponents. For three miles he kept the pace at q speed that was said by old veterans in the six-day work to be remarkable. The racers were spread all around the track. Fredericks and Julius were passed i'll the order named by the fly ing Walthour, who then was relieved by aIcEachern, the latter rider follow ing up the advantage gained by Wal thour. After an exciting chase of a mile MeEachern eased up. but Fisher relieved Cheyallier and kept the pace hot
 The excitement was intense. Changes came every few minutes. When the men finally settled to a slow pace the tailenders had lost lap. Me Laren. Samuelson, Julius and Freder- icks had been lapped. Had McEach- ern kept up the pace set by his part ner, Walthour. the team would have been lap to the good At this time tue men were fifteen miles behind the record, and were riding about a nine teen-mile an hour gait.
 Some new features were added to the program. Short distance sprints and exhibitions by Michael. Kramer and Champion aroused the crowd. Shortly before the Gougoltz- -Schreiber Beat. Walthour again attempted to steal a lap. While the first heat was in progress Julius and King tackled on to Gougoltz's rear wheel and gained a lap on the bunch Walthour shook his hand at the crowd, which urged him to do likewise. The gain of Julius and King was not allowed, as they had violated the rules in accepting pace from sprinters. During the sprints the six-day men did not squirt and the riders Jagged around the flat of the track. Turyi1le. in relieving Babcock. tried q steal, and set q hot pace for a few minutes. McEachern also made an unsuccessful attempt.
 The short distance sprints were ex- citing. HOugOltZ received an ovation when he appeared. He lost both mile heats to Schreiber in 2:25 and 2:23 4-5. Howard Freeman of Portland. Ore. and Owen S IHimble of Louisville rode mile heats. best two in three. and Fireman Won each heat His time was :332 2-5 and 2:45 4-5. Champion at tempted to lower the mile record on his motor machine, but could not do it. He made the mile ill :31 4-5. Frank Kramer. the champion sprinter, rode a paced mile behind Champion for the record. but did only :45 l-5. slow time. Jimmy Michael. the cham pion pace follower, gave n two mile exhibition behind Pacer Champion. go- ing the first mile in :45 1-5, and two miles in 3.1T 2-5;
 After the sprints the six-day riders again settled down to work Benny Munro caused a laugh by blowing . horn and continually calling to Wal thour tp sIIit it up.n Turville and Babcock each received ] big bouquet and much applause. At the seventy first hour, ! o'clock. the leaders were twenty-feur miles and four laps be- hind the record.
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