The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-14


Miller and Waller in 1899.
II was the most peculiar finish 10 x-day
race ever seen. At the laS hour there were
eight teams left. Two tied Ia their scores for
first place, three led with one lap less than
the leaders, two one lap behind the second
division and one team positively and hope
essly in last place. The management
decided on n novel plan Of finish in order
that there might be no crowding and no
mishaps in the final sprint, but oil have u
fair field. " was accordingly arrang eo
that all the teams having even scores should
fight II out for final post ions 10y one mile
spirits between themselves. one set AZ a
time. the two leaders first. then the trio In
the second division and next the two in the
thi'd set
At minutes past 10 o'clock a pistol
shot called All the teams from the track.
The Partners of the final sprinters were
rdlrg ~ the time. II was couple Of
minutes before the track was cleared of all
tie riders, -. that the race vas determined
within a few seconds Of exactly l42 hours
from the time of start. which was AZ twelve
minutes aud fprty-sey"n seconds past mid =
night on last Monday morning.
At'r the rack was cls a. ed jacobson cam
cut ana tlcn LeGnder. They made u ooupl.
of lap, uniA close together. ard the n got
lldyeG To trail jacobson and suCcreded
For tive laps il was slow going, In the SIKH.
lap jacobson qIiCkcheu his pace, LeaIder
sill! iraAed. In the seventh lap Leerlder
Jumped 10 III" front and opened IA gap Of
ten yards between himself and rival i.
was royal struggle then for three lape
jacobson closed the gap and was X ing for
all there Was in him AT the tape Leander
seemed 10 have more speed in him, but
wa satisfied TO put out just enough 10
win. Tie time for the mile was minutes
50 is seconds
sent away from standing start Bedell
was forced 20 make the pace half the way
and then Mcfarland took IL and made n
runaway rae" of 1t, romping IN ten lengths
ahead OF Bedcll, who was length ahead
of Moran. Tie time for this mile was
2 minutes II "a seconds.
Root and Keegan also had standing
start and they got away French fashion
each Jockeying 10 make the other take the
lead. Reagan got the rear position and
stayed there. hut he made a fine hght OF
II up the stretch and was beaten bv only
half a length. The time for this mile was
3 minutes IS rs seconds.
Fully 1900 person. watched the finish
Tn" din was almost deafening after kanuer
had won. Women in the boxes tore bou-
quets from their corsaee to throw on the
track
inches in his socks and went into the race
weighing 1873 pounds. He has been pro-
fcssional only two years. Last December
NE sat in the Garden Watching the six-day
race and decided that IL was easy. In
january of this year he finished second
in six day race az Bosto subsequently,
II" was in three other contests OF the sort
He vas second al Philadelphia. second at
Memphis and first al Atlanta.
tie said last light 10 SrN man: i
wish this had been an Individual race,
that's all Why, II has been week Of
pleasure "a me Those last two fingers
OF my lett hand are stiff aud that II all
that j. or has beci. the matter with me.
| wasn't saddle sore a minute. ! never
had frer weeks pleasure"
) Lander dressed himself rs be chatted
and said that he was going to the Turkish
bath that night and would start for Atlanta
to race Walthour next Thursday
Floyd hrehs. Leander $ partner, 10 from
Newark H.. Is - years old and liz known
a. the Flying Dutchman" at Nailsburg.
lie has been professional for two years,
and this was his fIst siN-iay race.
jed Newark and John jacobson are
botn wcll-kuown racing men. Newkirk is
from Chicago and formerly was on Michael
pacing team. jacobson IL from New Haven
and holds the fiity-nll. track record of 2
hours J minutes and 4-5 OF a second.
At $50 O'Clock lttle Franz krrDs, who l.
soon To be- a bridegroom, went out TO steal
a lap that would DO him no good and lnjure
40 one alsc and the other riders smiled
and III hun do il His score is a mile less
than thr others, because he did not ride
any final otr-iHule sprint.
About 800 PERSONS were on hand rs early
a. o'clock III the evening, dotermin. d
To see the thing out. H.. general inpouring
oil the crowd nd not begin until after
uclock. Neither double prices nor biz
gard could keep the enthusiasts away. IL
IL. hat
largely given to standing up. With an adj
mission pr1Cc OF 81 al the gate, the cxpen-
sINr seats of tie arena that could be- Used
fOr onya couple of hours sold very slowly
The pace vas a lively one all the evening
but attempts Al lap gaining continued 10
prove futlr. At $50 L"ander made an
effort that Tor "a tame seemed likely to b.,
successful, aud the crowd went wild, jacob
son caught The thicagoun though and then
hergau paced the rest 81 the string up TO
them.
1t was aioregone conclusion with almost
every Cnc that LealGcr would win the race
ana hc was ircQr, liy oucercd 10 hc rode
around. Tie pLf"Ct condition Of the man
waS iuarvcl IUuS. Ills clear eyes and skin
the h,h'nrsa and strength Of his move
Iucite ANA perfect sanstloid provoked
constant wundCr. Tie Duss.d every ONE
and everything about his camp. examined
the wheels himself ard gave orders con-
c"Tilin.; them, and he also Doss"d his part
ncr v hiIo tie latter Mas Oh the track, tell
ing him tu stop sprin;ing, keep in by the
pol" and 80 on Once while riding around
lac called oUt 10 an attendant. There's
piuon the track back there, Get il of
\ reporter went To- lednlcr at o'clock
and asked him What shall | say abou,
you in the morning.
You can say | got the money. That's
enough, wus> the roIly.
lcandcrS father !. a prosperous utlo-
graphcr ia Chicago and George has been
~ odds with Linn because Of his bicycle
racing IL" does Lot propose to give
it up though, but will go from here TO
Atlanta.
After 2 o'clock Yesterday morning there
was no change IN the relative Positions
OF the me'I until late in the afternoon. al
though there were many very Crecitablc
attempt, 70 gain Il lar, Root, Keegan, jacob
s-pu ard Mcfarland being the ones resron-
sible for most # TIE spirits. There were
some spills. though. and Mcfarland was
severely shake up hy a fall that he had
kcegal!. after print, foulcd Menus Bcdell
and Floyd krebs and they fell KeeRan
was cautioned by the officials against pull
ing suddc' ~ up the bank
The first shift in he scores after the
loss Of n lap each by Calvin. Peterson and
Barclay, which occurred at o'clock in
the morning, came at 10 minutes before