The sun., 1904-12-06

Increasingly the wheels keep turning on
the bicycle track in Madison Square Garden,
With the members OF the seventeen teams
riding In mind toward Saturday night
and purse OF gold and the salvos OF the
sporting world; by bodily exertion they con.
dnue TO come around again and again,
to pass the same places in the track once
every tenth OF a mile.
In the galleries and the 81 seats down
stairs sit thousands who watch and cheer
wildly each futile effort OF the contesting
RIDERS in the six day race to gain some ad-
vantage on one another, until 1t would
seem as II the spectators had fguratively
more wheels in the head than the riders
have. The grind Of the legs and the pedals
goes on and the sprints burst out sporadi-
cally and falls occur fortuitously until
the whole thing seems as monotonous as a
pound cake, in which raisins equally as
monotoneus appear at irregular intervals
to relieve the sameness but in vain.
The late Sir Edwin Arnold knew nothing
Of six day races when in reciting Prince
Siddartha. Lord Buddha's teachings, he
penned the lines
Who mounts must fall
Who falls may mount
The wheel goes round INCREASINGLY.
They fit the conditions on the saucer
IKE track in the heart of the metropolis
perfectly, however, for falls and the un-
ceasing turning of the wheels are the
features that are holding the interest of
thousands.
The big crowd of the first night at the
race did not dwindle much until after
o'clock in the morning, and a couple Of
"a
o'clock last night the boxes and arena seats
were emptied by poll cemen who drove out
the occupants. but they began to BE- filed
almost Immediately by persons who had
turned in fresh money at the box office.
BY o'clock there was full house and by
10 o'clock the whole place was jammed
once more, and one had to be football
player to make good headway on the main
floor
At 10 O'Clock last night there were seven
teen teams left in the race, one having
dropped out during the first twelve hours.
OF these. thirteen we're tied for first position
and the four Others were one lap behind.
The early evening furnished few inter-
esting sprints which brought the crowd to
their feet yelling. At $50 Breton and Ma
zan started an effort at a runaway and
changing pace kept it up for two miles,
but fruitlessly. At $50 Mclean fell, rolled
to the loot of the track and was on his
wheel again al! in less than minute.
At e:3O Ssmuelson made a fine effort
TO run away from the whirling string and
opened a gap Of about fifty var ds. Root
led the pursuing pack, and the Mormon"
was overhauled in less then mile. Then
Dorlon relieved Root and started sprint
ht1A ava n1nT ANp \
caught Dorlon as he jumped. and the two
had lead Of forty yards for awhile. Dur
ing this outburst tire burst on hrebss
wheel and he went down and Newkirk
and Sulkins fell over him.
For the rest the fore part Of the night
was uneventful, the riders maintaining a
fairly good pace that kopN them ahead Of
the score of last years race. but still far
behind the record
A few minutes before 10 o'clock the first
to be held between Frank Kramer and
Emile Frio the French champion. was run.
Kramer won by two lengths. The time was
minute II As seconds.
At 1880 o'clock the second and deciding
heat OF the evening at half mile was ridden
pion winning by a couple of inches The
hme vas | minute 20 seconds. The six
day riders rested on the fiat at the base of
the track while the spin was in progress.
AT llUb, aIUeT NdtnOuT ana N6WklTk
had led a sprint OF a few laps and both
were high on the bank at the Fourth ave-
nue. end, Newkirk rode head on into Wal
thour broadside, and both came down
with a crash Walthour's left arm and
left leg were painfully bruised and New
kirk had some flesh scraped off. Walthours
wheel was broken into pieces.
The inevitable handbook man is on hand
at the race. He had his book made up
within an hour after the grind began, but
picking winners was too hard on the first
day with the end so far away and his agents
did little business. There is plenty of
betting spirit in the crowd that attends,
however. and the bookmaker's prospects
will be bright after the crowd has watched
another day and sized up the men. The
odds as offered yesterday were:
Team lS. I'd 81
Walthour Monroe e....,.....,.........,. a
Mclean Bowler.
Root .Dorlon ,..,., ,., ,.,.,.,..,.-,...,.
Btden .Bedcll ll..,.....,.,...............a
GourpltE Breton ,..,.,.'.'.'.'...,....rl ?
Butler. Moran ...., ..................1 2
Erebs fogler 80. commencement Z
Williams .SamuelSOn ...............-...l5 2
CaldW ell Hopper per.,,,...,,...,.........l5 q z
NAnderst VT Stol
keegan Logan n,,,.,,.'.'...'.'.....,,-.9 20