The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-05
SIX DAYS ON A BICYCLE.
THIRTI-TWO MEN ENLISTED FOR
THE LONG JATNT.
Six Teams Of Foreigners Win sOmpete
Against Ten American Pairs-Who
the Men Are and Their Records-IIis.
tory OF the big Grind In the Garden.

tory OF the big Grind IN the Garden
few minutes after midnight on Monday
| morning pistol viii be fired In Madi' on square
| Garden. and simultaneously sixteen men. each
| the representative O: a team. will be started
| in the presence Of thousands. for the annual
| bicycle race Of six days and six night. on Il
ten-lap boa I'd track
The -ixteen team. entered for the contest
thi; year comprise six pairs from tuiop'
and ten teams made NJ from the wrll-knoNn
lid'is Of lhi- country The official list Of the
teams that Will start l..
| S,!nsJn and Moran. Boston team. Eeogan and
Fem irsh team bedeil Brothers. lone isllna team
lf6hl hfcb, and Barclay jersey team. Butter hid
lurllc, Quahrt team. Leandcr aud fI1yd hicbs,
Western team; Mcfarland and Maya california
| team reiersJn and Hedsptth. Chicago team Ne"
| kra and jacobson. New England team; said and
| Fixes, All American team: Gougoltz ana hasef
team, Heller and Dlernlnger German tea "a; Breton
and Darragoh, AlSatlan team: Lootens and Dafas
Sets team.
Thi. viii be the tenth six day bicycle race to
he held in the Garden, excepting one In which
women were the comp, ttors. he'd IN 1895
The ar.t six-day arar was held in 1891.
WHOM all the Contestants rode the old style
high wheels. Then I, was continuous ride Z.
II was. rider against rider and they rested
only when disabled or compelled 20 relax by
nature Ss In that year Pusssr EN- Mnr,1'
He rode .48e miles and laps in the li2 hours.
This vas twenty-five and half miles better
than Charles Ashinger. who was second. sue
In isa? the, men rode only, twelve. hours
each day ana Ashingcr Gni-hed fret with
was second and Martin third In 1893 the
six-day race DEMONSTRATED the superiority
Of the safety bicycle 9. II had not been done
that then wer" rife among whselmen as to
whether or rot II va. an Improvement on thc
Srnsrs mind c %Hhsr the srSty d a my
hish wheel better, Albert shock wa. allowed
lie made laughing stock OF all the Others.
who were mounted on high wheels lie won
by score of 800 miles and lap. which
was over 100 miles more than the scores made
by such veterans "a Martin Ashinger. Waller
and Golden.
There was no race in 1894 because the one
OF 1893 was not paving venture. In 1895
a race for women was won by Frankie Nell
son In 1895 Kennedy and Powers. the pres.
every year since then it ha, aroused interest
all over the country and been one OF, IL not
cutie. the best-attended shows held In Madison
Square Garden
The winner in 1899 was Teddy Hale Of
Ireland. the first and only foreiSner who
ever has won the race. He made a new
Charles Miller of Chicago won the, race and
showed the record up to ?,os3 miles and
r s4Ri when rs the Trea's,5 di,ano' Miller EYER
won again ia 1898. but did not equal his own
record, his final score being ?'oo7 miles and
In the spring OF 1900 the New York State
legislature in Response TO ARGUMENTS that the
six-day ride was cruel and brutali7inG. passed
a law stipulatng that no man might ride in n
race more than twelve hours OF the twenty
four. The law was expected TO MI the six day
result was to the contrary The promoters
planned out race for teams, each team
member riding twelve hour, a day, not con-
tinuously, but In total. In consequence,
the race became one for sprnters instead
OF pluggers The fast riders formed teams
nd by about sSsT rode the the
track The new plan made a fast and hot
race Of it from start to finish
Miller. With Dutch FRANK Waller as ATE team m
mate They. rode 27s3 miles and laps.
which Is still tbs, team, record, In 1900 the
The race Of lqst year furnished 2 blanket
o. the finish and the scores in 1901 we're '
Mass-W!l,qn 1855 n,ils. laps; Ncwkii:.
?;G5 miles laps Butte Nc Lean, s5ss miles fi,
lap; King Sal. u.ison, 1855 miles lap; Han
22s niiies Flaps
The men in thi- years race are an ALL
star lot Gougoltz. who Il the long distance
race last year, his team mate being Simar,
who was forced TO retire from the race through
Illness G9qsoltz this year has selected Carl Carl
has ridden here before. Is German, and -
the holder OF all German, records and cham
ans G Rhfr o fsmf BSn
and BuiSson, who hold a number Of records
III France: l.ootens and Barasquin. stars OF
pair OF French cracks Most OF these men
have participated in six-day races and can
be relied upon to make very Interesting
Most of The American RI riders need t, 70 intro;
End and Mcan aHd and SGd asob
son are. veterans OF many hard fights. and
have always been prominent among the
leaders
Tomorrow light qs preliminary to tn:
sprint events and ono twenty-mile paced race
men who Will ride In the grind. The paced
race will b. between Jimmy Michael and
Harry likes. single motor. cycles will be
sides of the track. Other features WIN be a
ten-mile Ian race IN which Kramer, Bald.
are entered, and couple OF amateur events.
II Is Instructive OF what there is in the
professional racing game Tor cyclists to see
what have been their winning, Tor the season.
4 fairly reliable list has been compiled by a
team manager who was with the men ard
their winnings il shows that there were
iorty-ninc professional sprinters who won
cash prizes during the season the smallest
total amount being IS and the largest more
than 5000. The ngures given do not include
money obtained a. a bonus for appearance,
and It IL to be remembered that nearly all
the men were members of some team or other
getting "A weekly salary and having their
expenses paid. The chief winners we're as
follows:
Tah
urns Cash.
George H.. tollc,,. NeS Haven......... 80 1880
l. Lawson Salt Lake CiIy ......,......S Lilo
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