Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-09
sIN-DAY RAGE.
Now in Full Progress in Madison
 Square Garden.

seventeen hardy bicycle riders set out on their six-day journey for gold and glory ill Madison Square garden last night. 1t was eleven minutes after midnight when the starter, Young Cor bett, fired his pistol and the men started on their long ride. Every man in the race looked to be in con dition to ride any distance and for any length of time. Their eyes Were clear and their flesh was firm, with the rud- dy tinge of health in it. There will be q vast change in their appearance long before the close of the week, but the cheers of the crowd. the music and the excitement of the race itself, with the prizes which await them at the finish, will spur them on to do their utmost.
 The seventeen teams that will fight for fame and prize money around the saucer shaped track for the next six days are composed of the following men: Gougoltz and Simar, France; Hall and McLaren, England; Fisher and Chevallier, France: Le Poutre and Muller, Italy; Fredricks and Jaak. Switzerland; Kerfr and De Roeck, Bel gium; Karnstadt and Franks, Ger many; Lawson and Julius, Sweden: Butler and Mclean Scotland; New kirk and Munro, Southern McEachern and Walthour, pan-American; McFar- land and Ereeman. California; King and Samuelson, Utah; Maya and Will son, Pennsylvania; Babcock and Fur vile. Metropolitan; Furtos and Peter son, Sweden, and Norcotte and Jones, Cleveland
 The prize money will be divided as follows: First, S1 ,150; second, $1. .000; third. $750; fourth. $500; fifth, S35O, and sixth. S25O. The conditions of the race are as in former years. Two men will constitute team and each man will ride twelve hours a day. There will be no individual prizes. There has been a slight change in the rules governing the race. If rider punctures his tire and is obliged to dismount his score will not suffer be cause of the accident
 Bobby Walthour and Archie Me Eachern, the Pan-American team. and the French pair, Gougoltz and Simar, are out to lower the record made in Madison Square garden in 1899 by Mil Ter and Waller, when that team GOV cred 2.133 miles and four laps. Last year Bikes and Mcfarland won the siX-day race after riding 2,6oS miles and seven laps. 5A
 The race which was started last night is the third team race in the garden. The old style individual six. day racing, where the same man often was on the track twenty hours or more out of the twenty-four. was abolished by the state legislature in 1898. The individual record at that time was held by Charles Miller, who in Cali fornia rode 2.192 miles.
 Among the old time cyclists present in the garden at the start were the veteran racer, Albert Schoch; Charles Miller and Frank Waller, the s.Flyina Dutchman;" representative sporting men and pugilists were numerous.
 About Il o'clock A. c. Batchelder the referee, hobbled into the racers quarters on crutches. He had not re. covered from injuries received about month ago while riding down on Long Island with Follrnier, the French chal1eur- About the same time two hundred century riders from the Cen tury Road club of America entered the garden on their wheels and parad- eel around the oval. Among them were several women famous for their century work.
 The team representative who start ed the race were Gougoltz. Hall. Che vallier, Muller, Fredricks, De Roeck. harnstadt, Lawson, Mclean. NIunro, Walthour, Mcfarland, King. Maya. Babcock and Jones. The Swedish team, Furtos and Peterson. failed to qualify and withdrew from the race.
 At the end of the first Iap Hall of England was leading the string. Free man was the leader at the end of the first mile. His time was , minutes 2t 3-o seconds. Just before the oc- tu'll start the men were introduced in teams and each pair was cheered Nalthour and AIcEachern were vel coned most loudly and seemed to be the favorites, with Mcfarland and Freeman second. Mcfarland carried green flag with q harp on it.
 some of the men appeared to prac- tced eyes as if they had received a preliminary dose of dope" The of hcial time of the start was 1o.O5 Ihls Will oblige the men to ride until loDo o'clock next Saturday night in order To finish the 142 hours
 Tn the second mile De RoecI of thp Belgium team broke pedal. fell and cut his scalp. His partner Kerff ra. placed him. Jones of the metronoli. tan team was lapped in the third mile Before five miles were completed Jones and his partner Norcotte. de ciared themselves out of the race. At five miles Freeman led. with Walthour second. Freeman's time was 1o min- utes seconds.
 After half an hour the score Free man leading, was 12 miles , laps. This ia at the rate of 25 miles an hour. The score for the first hour last year was 24 miles laps.
 Before 1 o'clock there were 12.OOO persons present. At ten miles Free man led. His time was 24 minutes 20 3-5 seconds. Samuelson led at if teen miles. His time was 36 minutes % seconds. At one hour after the start the teams were all punched with Mcfarland leading. The score was 24 miles GA laps.
 At 1:20 o'clock McFarl;lnd slipped and fell. Samuelson went over him. At ;39 o'clock McFariand's tchain