The sun., 1903-12-13

but Gougoltz was anxious to be In at the
finish, and he had acted 30 bravely and
generously that the referees were induls-
ing him. The other riders protested, how
ever, that had it not been for Gougoltz,
Sontenet and Breton would have been
Tapped and there would have been one
team less tied for first place. The referees
considered this and ordered Gougoltz out
OF the race
At the finish Of this sprint there was a
when the field was slowing up and bunch
ing. Fisher. jacobson. Petersen and
Menus Bedell went down with loud crash,
put no one was really hurt, although in
their tired condition the men felt the shock
more than usual. The crowd seemed to
be wild with excitement throughout this
sprint and Gougoltz retired amid salvo
or cheers and applause.
After this the slow pace was resumed and
the crowd amused itself in various ways.
a man In the gallery, using the rung OF a
chair as baton. acted the part OF band
master when the band played +Bedela, /"
addressing his efforts to the spect ators
In the first gallery, who beat tattoo ac-
compartment with ice cream spoons on
wooden platters. The impromptu leader
IN the gallery was so clever with.his baton
that he scored two tremendous encores
and the real band had to twice repeat the
piece.
:. The last day of the race began with some
lively and interesting sprinting, Walthour,
keegan and Newkirk making successive
seTss sosta S ss steal and dapss ss Sna Mhonr 1d sds
while it lasted. At 2 o'clock In the
morning nothing had been accomplished
and then the pace subsidized and it
was dull all day. At l:34 O'Clock in the
morning the referees ordered Hedspeth
made no attempt to keep up when sprint
was In progress and were menace to the
other riders.
The. continued striving in certain quar-.
tiers after sensations and the printing OF
stories made out of whole cloth resulted in
to the police to station men in the scorers
box and check the tine OF the men on and
off the track. The policemen began at 4So
O'Clock on Friday afternoon, one man taking
relieved by another. The cops took the
records Of the official scorers and totalled
it up for themselves. On Friday evening
and yesterday morning the trainers began
the customary practics Of saving the mem
bers OF their teams that were to do the
prearranged or not, records were given the
cops which furnished material for sem
sational story about police interference. .
At 1:54 o'clock yesterday afternoon 1t
was figured out that Butler had ridden
twelve hours since 4:3O on Friday afternoon,
and he was notified that he could not ride
! again until 4:30 yesterday afternoon, when
the twenty-four hour day OF the police scores
would end and a new police day begin.
The notification to the riders concerning
their time on the track had been given
previously by the chief Of scorers; but
while the police were working out the
story they made it a good one, and at
o'clock notified Munroe that he had
| only nineteen minutes more to ride
| in the twenty-four hours ending at 4:3O
! o'clock. Walthour, therefore. went on at
/ once, so that Munroe might have the nine
| teen minutes in reserve and be able to re-
| lieve Walthour in case of a sprint AS for
Leander, he went bravelly on the track to
! ride for two hours and half.
| This was the eleventh annual elk day
| bicycle race. The only time the riders
were ahead of the recor' was at the end of
the third hour. when Kramer was leading
The score ther was 73 miles laps. which
is better by just one mile than tho scoro
made by Elkes and Mcfarland In 1900.