New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-23
MAY STOP SIX DAY RACE
aldermen Pass DO1gHng Ordinance
Limiting Contests.

An ordinance passed Dy the Board of Alder
men Yesterday forbiddng person to compete in
an athletic contest for more than three hours IN
the tWenty-four The resolution. which intro
uuced by Alderman Bowling. is aimed principally at
the SIX day bicycle which is scheduled TO take
place at Madison Square Garden December 4.
II was adopted by the Board OF Aldermen by a vote
OF a to 9, one being excused voting. II signed
py Mayor Mcclellan within ten days, if he re
fuses to sign it. it will become "A city ordinance
Inc measure was the principal topic of conversa-
uon at the various athletic clubs last evening, and
me general opinion was that the Mayor would put
his veto to it,
Some declared it a prohibition to ball game
tasting more than three hours other light but
protracted sports.
X. G. Belts. president of the Federation of Amer
lean Motorcyclists, and a member of the Associ-
ated cycling Clubs. when seen by a Tribune report
er last evening, said
b,,rr the haste with which it was concocted and
language of the ordinance is such that | should
tLSilke TO think for moment that will receive
Mayor Mcclellan Whe saw Wet the fngR of the
headed and active lot of young @ontenders AS
Eyer iald eyes on. not particularly interest
sport ana have as much admiration FOR men who
can endure for ten hours or hundred hours
t dIaItTr 9 mile II is the sayers that count in
tIlS Wor!H. Dowlings ordinance would eliminate
them 3r, v entirely II would practically Kill sport in
tS~cWI1 ork city 1t was my purpose To attend the
mDarIng ana make protest against the ridiculous
measure, but the hearing was over before / even
called.
! protested to Alderman bowling and told him THAI
80 e'ed. II he pressed his ordinance, he would
it, too The whole tbine Iyo1Id I i iG I p['gSd
appear Impossible if it were not true II ii is not
strike at personal liberty-if ii is not strike
OF personal liberty.
t. J. Powers the promoter of the sx-dav bicvcle
race, when seen yesterday. refused TO say what
action IN the case he would take. If the race is
stopped it viii mean heavy loss To Powers. An
idea Of the profits the contest can be surmised
by the recent suit that William A. Brady won
against Powers ard James c. Kennedy Referee
Goldmark then found that the gross receipts of the
siX-day races for four seasons We're $4,000. and
that Brady entitled to ouc-third of the net
receipts. or $l4746 80, This with interest amounts
to $1,000
The measure was favorably reported to the board
from committee and excited vigorous discussion
Alderman Goodman opposed adoption. lie said;
., have never attended football race; never
more brutal than most other contests; This reso-
pending. for which the managers have already ex-
pended a great deal Of money.
Alderman Downing said he would vote aye be
cause he was in sympathy with Police Commits
sioner McAdoo, who was trying to keep the lid"
down The resolution for immediate consideration
of the matter was adopted. Sc TO 10.
Alderman Goodman said the resolution ought not
TO be adopted without giving the bicycle race man
ayers an opportunity TO appear. Alderman Davies
said he was of the opinion that the bicycle races
were not brutal. otherwise the BoarG of Heati.
would have interfered
1t looks queer ne said that under Tammany
administration an attempt should he made to en-
force blue law. As a Republican protest against
the ordinance to interfere with individual rights
Alderman Downing of Brooklyn, said
These exhibitions. which are brutal. are run by
men from Chicago, who have no interest in this
city. | denounCe these exhibitions demuTaliZiug
and disgusting We are ueglrctug our duty by
allowing these brutal exhibitions. I have seen
hose no coin a
"doped" and have seen them fall off their wheels.
Alderman Bowling said the ordinance did not aim
at the Speedway. 81 hope he added. that it hits
the speed wagons that along knocking people
down and leaving them diving in the roadway