The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
| TEAMS OUT OF CYCLE RACE.
HARRY ELkES AND EDDIE BALD
TIE SECOND no RETIRE..
rive of tire Original Pairs Quit In the First
Eighteen Hours and laser
Lose Two Laps and Give lp-Swede
Doubles - Win the Irish man kscgan.

Doubles - Win the Irish man Ksegan.
Around and around in ccas"less circuit
ing of the yellow racing platter in Madison
Square Garden. the spartan athletes IN the
siN day race are continuing TO pedal IN the
chase for the money pot that stands NJ Re
end OF the week tn" steady, but unrhythmiC
flashing up and down of III" sinevy legs
makes the eyes Of tie spectator ache and
makes him wonder how the muscles of io-e
legs feel. Also. he Wonders why the riders
do not get dizzy or 80 blind.
The terrific pdC" set IN the early hours
Of In. first day began to droop before noon
yesterday. II was bound TO be so, and that
tie riders f"ll behind the records was to lie
expected. The race thus far has been an
exaggerated repetition of that Of last year
Then, too, the contestants started out by
breaking records in the first few hours rode
themselves out and fell behind. This year
they boat last Dcccmbcrs early hour records.
hut just as inevitably fell back. 1t seems
likely, though. that the men viii not he be-
bind tac figures of last year when the rae"
Is ended, even though they do not reach
those of 1852. which are the highest. In
tuat year Miller and Waller made 2 73J miles
and laps, but IL was not by such fitiul riding
as has prevailed in subsequent races.
That first team race In 1890 was an inno-
vatlon and II pdrtook more OF the nature Of
the Old "plursius' contest than later ones
have tn. artiul trick OF lap stealing had
not been developed then as II now In and tho
pdc" was NOR" even. II /, doubtful II Miller
and Walters figures ever giin are attained
bat the dozen teams Of the sixteen hat started
that wcr" lett ia the race at 10 O'Clock last
night, displayed stamina and speed enough
To piomi," uuJl figures better than last year
Following slow and duh afternoon. when it
was remarked that they were riding th"m-
selves into condition" II" men rallied and a
number of lively scrirnmages for the much
coveted lap occurred.
luefr~t exciting sprint canc AZ . 10 o'clock
NJ night and was started by Mcfarland and
MAYA. II lasted Tor ten minutes and in tie
course OF 1t every team made one or more
shifts Tie outoom" OF II was that hascr and
Gougolt2. who until that time had been ono
OF the EIGHT teams tied IN the lead. lost a lap.
IL. GuugotH and h4ser team SLOWED
signs Of Weakening during tn" latter part Of
the evening. At /? % they lost another hap.
Tue German was suffering from tue effects
81 liz lblI early yesterday morning, when
- roo" over lh'o on" oi IN" al'ht boN'-
lmWDdt t"ly alter g." loss. hc I.it a." track
comrEining Of pains IA his side. AZ i?.$S
There were eight teams on even terms with
the highest score all yesterday dit'H Don ana
evening "a I'll this happened. For about six
hours during tie day there were thirteen
teams represented on the track aud the num-
b'r caused much comment; but dolsiul Pre-
draw al Of tuc thirteenth pair HS told later Oh.
At 10 O'Clock. when tie score OF the leaders
was 'co mules laps. they were miles ian ana
pac" that would average into IA good ground
gaining one.
The furry OF the first twelve hours having
oui,tcd. the spectators began 10 study the
riders more. The B.d.ll brothers, New
Kirk and jacobson. and Peterson and keeson
side Of Mcfarland and Maya who have been
iavor't"~ from IL" beginning. II Is nara TO
CHOOSE between them.
Mcfarland hi- a bad habit Of pnying too
much attention to friends IA the crowd IL"
looks for them and oau> 10 them. Will"
talking with on" during ~" early evening
he lost control OF hi, wheel and took quite a
tumble but escaped without serious injury.
Peterson and kascr also each had falls during
O'Clock being particularly nasty and coming
near to Knocking him out. lie was badly
-Four hundred miles were completed in rs
hours and ~ minutes.
The gears the men are riding are all OF
sprutjur size. They range from 10 to III,
the average being about lO2.
Tn" first signs OF hand and wrist fatigue
hecama manifest Yesterday when double
lqud'harS wor" put on and grips swathed
in cotton began 10 appear.
IN" number OF tires that have been ripped
r"a son TO b,liev" that a number of uneven
places on IN" track ar" responsible to some
extent for This and ior some fails on the
wh"r" a board in IN" track has sprung and
shows ttlNr above Il -p"iglbor. The trouble
T. hat a carpenter could not very well yet out
and plane the" places down without stop
ping IA" procession or running dire risk OF
being run dONn
lie after dance last night was In vast con-
trast with that o. IA" opening night, but
Their" was a good house. 5000 being ialr es-
innate OF the crowd.
All during the morning hours the hot pace
taken up az the beginning was continued.
Iali1 were frequent aud 80 were shifts IN
position II was not Wtil the ninth hour
hat Nj trI4r.I and MAYA storm, a max o. {.
sUasWodlC spriutS and the paC" s'Wmcrcd
doHu 20 one NOR" rational for n siN-day grind
Then they began 10 tall bciiud the records
~ the eud OF the fret twelve hours the score
stood: