The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-13

New York. Dec. 12-With a flash
Z OF colors and with whirling
Of wheels that could be heard
even above the roar that went up from
the threats of $4,000 enthusiasts, Wal
| thOEr, for himself and his team mate,
Munroe, won the six-day bicycle race
at Madison Square garden which ended
at tOur minutes past 10 o slOck tonight
Forty yards separated Walthour from
Leander. who was second, being ten good
Yards ahead of Floyd krebs. behind
whom came Fisher. an indifferent fourth.
it was spectacular finish made more
so by the fact that of the seven riders
who took the pace to sprint the last mile
four fell crashing into heap just as half
the final journey had been completed.
I AT the bank on the Fourth avenue and
/ Twenty street end Breton was
riding on the outside His front tire
came off and he practically swept all
I those near him down on the incline 20
the flat below. His wheel was smashed
and he and the other cut, bruised and
scratched. In the bunch that went down
were. Breton. Fisher. NeWkirk Floyd
/ Krebs and John Bedell Bedell and Bre-
ton were knocked unconscious. The
/ others were half dazed with the exception
I Of Floyd Krebs.
/ thour and MunrOe. Leander and Butler,
! Krebs and Peterson, Bowler and Fisher,
4 Newkirk and Jacobson, Contenat ana
! Breton, J. and NJ. Bedell, each team with
/ 2, 31S miles and 3 laps to its credit kee-
I gan and Moran finished eighth with ISIS
miles and 2 laps. and Samson and Van
derstuyft ninth with 2,245 miles and laps
I TO their credit
The record for the time is 2.73S miles
and 4 laps. The closing mile sprint was
| for supremacy and did not count i'm the
( final score as a mile traversud during
| course, did not compete IN the sprint
Ten Teams at Finish.
The last day OF the six-day bicycle race
found ten teams Of riders pedalling
| around the big oval at Madison Square
4 garden, seven Of them on even terms and
i've, IN apparently good shape 1or NC
final sprint 70 determine the ownership
I OF the prizes. The betting seemed to Ia
/ VOr Leander and Nat Butler slightly for
first place Walthour and Munroe being
also picked by many. but the Bedeu
brothers. Bowler and Fisher. and New
kirk and Jacobson were considered %
have at least chance Tor place as the
team which was the speediest sprfntef
in the final mile squire viii probably Sc
cure first money.
/ OF the original seventeen teams which
started. the contest at five minutes past
/ midnight Sunday. eight were still on
| their wheels today the other two Kee-
! gan and Moran and Goucoltz and Franz
/ Krebs. being composed Of men who lost
I their original team mates, through acci-
dent or exhaustion at various stages OF
the contest. The pace, which Tor the
! first six hours was recOrd-break1ng, has
\ since then slackened and except for oc-
/ casional spurts, when one team or an
other tried TO gain the coveted lead OF
a lap which would place first prize within
its reach. the riders have contented them
u selves with riding slowly TO save their
strength for the fast riding Of the last
day and hour.
One Foreign Team Remained.
OF the foreign teams which started
Z but one COntenat and Breton, remained
with the leaders today and Breton was
in such condition from the use of drugs
that a victory for them was impossible
Samson and Vanderstuyft, the Belgian
team, was nearly four miles behind the
leaders and CougoltZ. the other foreigner
riding with Franz Krebs, his fourth team
mate was still further TO the rear and
1 merely riding for the $50 a day expense
money allowed to all teams which fin
ished the race.