Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
Michael Beats Mcfarland and Wal
 thour Defeats Bikes.

i.
 The twenty-mile motor-paced race at
 the Colosseum last night between
 Archie McEachern and Bennie Mon
 roe was easily won by McEachern by
 four laps in 32 minutes and 34 s1-5 sec
 onds. McEa'chern got the better start,
 but the riders only were a few yards
 apart up to the tenth mile. At this
 point McEachern began to increase his lead rapidly, and Monroe soon was out
 Of 1t. Just after McEachern had made his lead an even mile in the nineteenth mile he punctured tire and lost near ly. two laIs befole he got another wheel. le Il. 1ifters having fifty stitches taken in hisd left .leg,s the first question that
 Jolnny Vi Nelson asked, his physicians
 and nurses at Bellevue hospital early yesterday morning was: When will I be able to ride again?" The doctor
 answered eyasively by saying that he
 would not be able to put his foot to
 the floor within six weeks. Nelson is accounted to be the man who has won
 more money than any one else at the
 pace following game this season.
 Albert Champion, who claims to be the champion chauffeur of France,
 sends the following letter: \ My
 countryman. Henri Fournier, learned
 broke the mile indoor record on a
 motor cycle ens the Garden track last
 Monday ;night.ass T To4nlorrow night l
 ride paced race against Harry Bikes,
 but before that event I will ride Fournier or any other chauffeur in the
 world one. three or five miles for $500 side. If this challenge is not answer ed will ride a mile against time, and bet $500 that I will beat Folirnier's rec ord of 1:34 2-5, made at the Garden track. Springfield, Mass, Sept 6.--Michael and Nelson were matched for twenty mile motor-paced race at the Coliseum last night. but owing to the accident te sNelson, ; Floyd ' M C cRarland was sub- stituted Michael showed no effect of hiss'Inix upsands rode iii fine form. He teol1s t1les lead at the start and in creasedfit to five and half laps at the finish. The time was B minutes, Is 3-5 seconds. Joe. "a brother of Johnnie Nelson, had 1O-mile paced race with 9O5tplk .ultO1a,5 OG~ 11IOOhly sG ul- ton took the lead at the beginning and
 won by four and three-auarter laps.
 The time was 28 minutes, 5 3-5 seconds. Shultz and Bennett won three-mile
 motor-race over Sinclair and Starkies
 The time was minutes. g. Is seconds After eleven miles had been ridden the motor-paced race between Bobby Walthour of Atlanta. Ga, and Harry
 Bikes of Glens Falls N. Y, was stop ped last night at Madison Square Gar
 den, owing to an accident to Bikes, which prevented his finishing. The
 race was awarded to Walthour. Wal
 thour broke the indoor record for the
 first two miles, covering the first mile in 1855 4-5 and the two miles in 3:1091-5 seconds.
 ! The men started from opposite sides of the track Walthour caught Bikes before "a mile had been ridden. He passed Bikes and gained steadily on him, tapping him in the sixth mile. In the tenth mile Bikes lost his pace, and before he regained it Walthour had passed him three times. After the men had travelled little more than eleven miles the handle bar on Elkes's machine turned, throwing him off. He escaped injury, but was unable to keep on riding. The race then was award ed to Walthour. Albert Champion of France rode an exhibition mile on a motor bicycle in 1:29 2-5. breaking the worlds record.
 A feature of the program was race between motor bicycles at distance of mile, which was won by Cham 1 pion.
 Bikes and Champion , have been matched to ride fifteen miles behind
 motor pace in Madison Square Garden 1 on Saturday night.