New-York tribune., 1901-12-09
THE SIX DAY RACE BEGINS.
THE sT.RTINC, SIGNAL FIRED FIVE
MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT.

At five minutes after midnight the seventh SIX
day international bicycle team race, heid al iau
icon Square Garden, under the auspices VI -
American Cycle Racing Association, was s'aFteu
The starting sgnal-a pistol shot-"as sifeh
.young Cortett" the conaueror OF Terry NC
Govern About an hour prior to starting on tisif
long Journey the members OF the teams "to 'p t
mart in the opening of the struggle for the
honors of the contest were asleep III ' -,
tents built to house them, ano 'heif 'fa'hi
,,obo,,t the week near the Fourth-ave. entrance
~ the Garden Alcoholic baths were quickly gwen
to most of them. and after the oaths tneS looN
LIQUID or solid foods that were not flkelS 10 cause
them Indigestion Then they donned thelr 'dii-
o,cra5 r,ci,o costumes and appeared on the track
Good reports about the condition of all those VIM
were expected TO be contestants Were hee'iu'
every trainer felt confident that MS team w.
make a fine showing and told interesting tales Vi
Tho .ordrons nrowess of those under their care
These tales are not uncommon at the peslhhiis oi
a six day But by to-ihoiiuN IS, us
lamentations from some of the men on the TRACK
or from those whom they have asked 70 help Keep
them In condition and TO give them du|loe anu ~
couragemen will probably be heard
The prizes this year will follows: First cam,
0 sseenf So ftS fSa team % $780, % Sixth team and
and Peterson one of the teams who were expected
to enter the race would not aKi taKe that anv lap
laps lost egitimatey and through the e., poSid9S dr
wG e a trs T09 tire simar and Gouso the
FTe9sh nc and os er ap hg2er IN abe he to esfs
One of the features of the start was the absence @
festants RI maty H D. kes C W Miller Frank Waller
Burns Perce m and a framH osrs Were members Of the
team in last years % sInef s Mer sns 1Ga
to his trainer that his stomach troubled him and
he left the track for good: Walthour. ms team
made and was setting pace that M would soon ION
weeded out from the ranks of the oon1estaq,s m
individual work Waithour too was out Of the di So1-
ton last night. and he expects to get some part
of the big prizes if he has good racing luck This
only ~ niynaps sw ipshef e fbs ts
Prze and % Pierce and McF chern winners Of
the second prize simar and Gousotz; who lnished mi shed
team team The record eco made by Elkes and Mcfarland
was @ m hed and m Mapon Gp m he 81 Ssy Gs IN sa
Miller and Waller covered 2.7$2 miles and laps
e rpdsn ens Gho H said IN to the be
quantity in race OF thlS knd 9on m bis Sharre rye
The track is built like bowling alley and is is
turns is IL feet and inches, and at the sides =
Of of Il ia degrees rss; and the ends at 20 degrees
GARDEN hH at N' oclock and about Il o'clock there
were six thousand persons in the place .r.
rsss Ts5f sss!
Of NunnG nnd sna Trv Of the
century ir!i7 Road CLUB Association: De Roeek and
erfand 91 ard rrnne e Po1tre and Muller Of italy
King and samuelson, of Salt Lake City; , Furto.
sWeden sVa 'e Ka4netadt and Franks Of vienna wal
thour and McEachern. of Georgia and Canada:
Norcotte and Jones OF New-Iork; Hall and Nc
Iaren of England Maya and Wilson OF Pennsyl-
vania Fredericks and Jaak. OF Germany, and
Butler and Mclean. of Boston
Sixteen teams started. At the end of the first
hour twenty-four miles and six and one-quarter
laps had been covered. Mcfarland leading at
the end of the hour. Before six miles were com
pieted the team composed OF Norcotte and Jones
retired There were only spills. The victim OF
one was De Roeck who fell from his wheel but was
not seriously injured. This IS the same record
which was made in the first hour last year.