New-York tribune., 1901-12-10
GOUGOLTZ AND SIMAR OUT
THE FRENCH TEAM QUITS THE SIN
DAY RACE WALTHOUR AND
M'EACHERN LEADING

Twelve teams continued at mldnieht idst hisii' To
grind wearily around the great white track ai
Madison Souare Garden five of the seventeen
starters having dropped out in the rst day Oh ,he
six day bicycle AT that hour the racers were
considerably behind the pace set in the same race
year ago, when many worlds RECORDS were
broken on the first day of the race
This wear the riders seem to be more oent on
saving their strength early in the contest On" @
serving their best efforts until the last iheie
were a number of sprints at various times IN the
course of the day, which resulted III puttihs nv
teams well ahead of the others, and these WIN te
exception of one of them that quit the trach hao
a slight advantage over their competitors VIZ"
the first hour Tuesday was ushered III Inc
leaders were McEachern and Walthour' hu'iei ~
Mclean Newkirk and Munro. and flshef anu
C,beva1ier Several of the others were only Zap
behind and the furthest away was less imam
mile in the rear. .sa
The sensation of the first days racing "aS '
withdrawal of Gougoltz and Sinlar, the French
team who came to this country especlaHy to So
in tho six dav race and who were expected uS
MANY persons to win or at least 10 De diu0h9 -
leaders at the finish. The Frenchmeh put up ~
exceptionally plucky fight last year, pelnS De
only hv an accident and were generally eAPeS'eu
~ redeem themselves on this occasion. They were
m with the first flight at o'clock last eVehiie-
In the afternoon Simar complained OF not leeiils
we'll but his trainer induced him to go on
Gougoltz was riding at o'clock last eVehihe'
when his wheel slipped and rolled down 10 the IN
eide of the ring being smashed in the process
The French rider lost several laps by TINS accIe'
but the Judges agreed TO allow them 10 MIN an '
same and his partner, Simar, was put on to 'd
his place Simar made one or two ROUNDS OF the
+oI, .,d tben left it, declaring that he would not
continue the race He ill. he said ne went
rushing about find the managers Oh the -.
and told them that he spent 500 patcnlhe up i'
baaI+b after last years race. and that he did not
want to do this again -, .,o
rl itbaravaI of the Frenchmen will take
,e of the interest from the race. as also VIII 'h
absence of Mcfarland and Freeman WHO zen
of the race at 7:20 O'Clock yesterday i 20
Mcfarland had had or two bad rams anu eii
NAV have something to do with the Nlthui awe" "
tie tcan, Narcotic and Jones. western tee'n..
Withdrew after riding only six miles anu
and De Roeck quit the game Just oeiore i' -,
Roeck having had his head so badly cut III M M
TIA. his doctor would not allow him TO con'ihue
-; a,,bo,sb he wanted to do so. and did make
several rounds of the track with his head wrapped
up in bandages- 49, 49,.
There was big sprint at about the uihe nc
cougo,tz and Simar dropped out 1t lasted niteeh
miles and when the smoke battle had cleared red
aWay it developed that LIE Poutre and Mn,er nn Hs
lost 2 SwI sran one lap and Karnstadt and Franks
fnmr ians the others keeping practcahy togeInel;
After this hour nRe there the Tss crowd Once Wath
Who had leading the riders mt up up vas re
lively eey fp m his partner Mcachern but nobody lost
any ground ana md tne neain iIaeiS SUM
The worst accident of the day occurred a. ID
o'clock YESTERDAY ao mn ySo,ng around one of the
tnrns and brought down several of those VINO @ Ioi-
fo,rad close behind them. Newk1rkS wheeI "dS
49,. LuMeu I'D Newkirk and Hall Were stunned oy
heir falls while Babcock got SPLINTER G IN idns mn,
naad All three were aole 10 90 on Il9ito
before long however. and they were siIo"eu "
count the laps they had lost by the acciael nh INTO
The attendance all day yesterday ana wen Into
the night was good. nearly all the seats from from
,,bich q good view the track could De had oeihS
orcnnied almost constantly Much regret was ex,
nressed at the withdrawal of the French pair anu
The detection of Mcfarland and Freeman was also
a 1isa ppoint tment. The favorItes with the croMI
seemed 10 be Walthour and McEachern althougn
thew had TO share popularity WIN Ne"hAiA 0AN
Munro and Butler and Mclean
Tbe record at five minutes after noon yesterday,
1xben the men had been riding twelve hours stood
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