The sun., 1902-02-11
GERNAH.IRIsHl TEAM LEADS.
.yNDyAN COMBINATION WELL UP
WE I'm SIX-DAY RACE.
.,,,,,,,eu. pedestrians Fan by the
wayside In First Twen,yfour hou1s Hour,
Of weary Grind-Leaders Es'annsh
u.cord,-The Britons Fall 1sehlno'


nv ro-as-yon-please race at Madison oaualo
Garden terminated early 'nIs 'nol n'us 49,,
the start II was o very ih'eLesu .s,,s n,oys
sad toward the emu OF the WceA '"o .,,dnaSn,
successful from manaser'ui nponr.
A crowd OF about three ,noue whIch
visited the Garden d ,haJV."s ,oia.,,re in
occupied the 'ohcy % islan' ~ theatres
the centre Al'e, a. ,ne ~ ,hs smart element.
there was Q fair innux OF tne sriais ~ ,,,n
who stayed about an honr 70 "aVo" w ~,
From the beginning OF the race the long
standing records OF George Littlewood were
beaten In every houI oy ,'1s .h., he arures
In Justice II must pe aonn'u =, ~ nav oon,pare
Q. orr ~, ,boss 49, of the Ensl!shman. Littiewood's
,ords 49, w.re accomplished individually while
~ % men maintain the speed in the present
Instance During the prosres, of the race,
/. 20 far the lead has been held by Hegiemsn
and cayanash p,s ous .n. sna csrroll' the Indian
team. have knsok of sticking to . their wo,D tx
nv w c..,.n- -. Irish conblnation.
the es,man,,sn n .ns IN the raos the Indian and
hls partner are the best handled, when
about to change a pair Of lus,y trainers bring
the OUTGOING candidate to the path between
them ana ,ake 'ns oysn ,s his feet to touch the
srouno nsi M a,rnsais should be between
hausuoh, tnc e. CsrroIl and shell
hssismsn.ra'ahTTfse' Tse veteran Pete Golden
80. shor-n good work up to the present.
"a sno"n ,po s,art the Englishmen, Len
and Joe Hurst. were much iancieu, ou. III
though moving well for while Yesterday
they fell behind adWst,ed iOw their feet were in
Inc hmon9 ' ss,i,od ,omnor,rily nj
bad condition shp roported ,erne that one brother
ga taint.d IN the track but the rumor was
hfd Mithoa, dShfeu foundaton and joe Hurst said that
,hsy ", woudd g1ven eohth np hope. Edward Payson
Weston. the old time heel and toe expon-
cnt, created n bit OF stir by going ie"
hp1 Win ns tn" no material chanse in the posi-
,,on 81 the leaders otter twenty-three hours
had osen iil IN sroDt leading Davis and Carroll
We we're nsa,ly ssM IN toYr miles Al midnight the
po.isions were UNCHANGED All "A the the, men ne.
had lapseo nhh ho had very little anxiety for
rSurfins
~ R dsyd d 'ShFSs 'SShFtSso,rh " the periormsHce Of tie
men deserved q little more encouragement
The crowd b ths early hour. orTmsrIiH Tss r.theT
six -day runner is not the most beautiful
obisct 10 gaze on but surely the teams as they
loped around tho sawdust circuit ought t9
nstSbsissts Who paid their admission fee;
Most Of the crowd were those who had stayed
In the uecks OF their overcoats and Kept one
eye swaks and on the lookout Tor an &C accident dent
lest pofttaSs or the Garden was at the Msdi-
son avenue end where the runners tents
" Here ere are. arranged all the cooking utensils.
and the srons aroma S d cSps H ssrSsd ns SpdeR he
ing smell OF stesxs .ss sna of ,he srsck Mere ar
@5 San sed oG he tables Which contained the soda
water, pop and other soft drinks neeessstrs sstf
to slake tho thirst OF the weary peds; GIVE
hir, a schooner" shouted a critical observer
from the gallery as Willie" Hughes. the grant
Ss.s S % Of yin Gin ger aie The giant looGcd up at
tAe gallery and shook his head a; rIufh nus ots ~
to say that the ADVICE was goon' ouV ou'
io' In 20 Inidnight last night only twenty;
four hours OF the long grind had been reeled
~ vet the wear and tear OF the event was
pHisinG visible on the faces Of the men
One Of the most painful sights OF the afalr
Vas the facial eontortions OF ,iLepper
pathy OF those present and even his most
feeble squirt elected rounds OF applause
an exhibition OF gameness rarely II ever
seen on the tanbark. Another man who
TO sas fS oIss q tss GFOTs aw.Ss wss
n an almost exact counterpart OF Tom Sharkey
she prize fighter, and on that account the
shecr pluck.
A real example OF stamina was that OF
Jack Kiernun OF the -Harlsm team % He IS
stretch About 4 o'clock in the afternoon
Gs mariner Jack Kearns. quit. but by
4 d'ciack there were los miles to his credit on
;he csorehoard
Ont Of the big bunch who started there were
sone early cutters As early ms o'clock
v<sfsrday morning Peters and BTennes
ieft when they had finished only II miles and
ave lans The next TO go was the Gordon
and iyons team at $40 O clock. when they had
failed as miles and lap. Soon after. at :: 40
c'clook Morando and Cuneo showed signs
slnps' between the hours OF 8 o'clock and
4 o'elock three more teams bid adieu TO the
chance of the money. Sommcrs and Grahns
seore was Al miles O laps: Mcclellan and
Couchln. ~ miles laps and Hart and Gold
smith so miles a laps. A few minutes after
noon smith and Davis cons dered they had
enough and retired their figures being IS
miles laps Allen and JC Hey were the next
), 10 70 at 2 clock with 20 miles laps. Al 5:t5
o'ciock Ereitzuer and Beck gave up after
having clicked OF 50 miles laps.
: During the afternoon matters We're en-
lvened a trine hy few individual exhibitions.
An Australian named August 7 Horst ambled
around the ring leaning on 4 cane, while with
- spurts and arts James Clark and George
. Jenkips amused the onlookers.
From the start the record made by George
IJttlewood in 1855 was eClpsed az every
sisge oi the game At the completion Of
. fhs eiehteenth hour the leaders, HeglemAn
and Cavanarh, had covered I3o miles and
laps This is some FIVE miles in excess OF
iItttewoods old record In the next hour
the total score for Hogloman and CayanaRh