The Washington times., 1906-12-17
SIE-DAY BIKISTS
LITTLE AFFECTED
All Except Two Gained
Flesh and Are Ready for
Another Grind.
JUDGES THE WORST EVER
Couldn't Tell How Men Finished in
Final Sprint-Rivals Agree Dow
ney Was Fourth.

NEW YORK, Dec. IL-Nearly all the
men who rode in the slx-day race which
ended Saturday night in Madison Square
Garden appeared yesterday in the Hotel
Bartholdi and engaged in riding all over
again the 142-hOur grind over the tables
in the cafe From their appearance,
save for a scratched face here and there,
the men had not undergone the brutal
struggle the long race is popularity sup
posed TO be.
With two exceptions the riders
gained weight during the week Clark
and Pye both were very nervous
throughout the race and were unable TO
sleep except for a few hours the last
two days. Clark. in telling OF the strain
he had undergone. said:
Ready for Another.
You may imagine how It affected me
when say that at the pistol shot pc
ginning the last mile sprint I positively
didn't know whether 1 was riding or not.
The last sprint is a perfect blank to me.
simply put my head down and pump
ed away as hard as 1 could. But 1 had
no idea whom 1 was following or where
I stood In the field"
The other men, however. were in gen
orally good condition and all looked for
ward 10 another week of racing with
pleasure Neither Z. I. Powers or
Harry Pollok. managers OF the race,
appeared yesterday 10 announce definite
~ whether the track Ia the Garden is
10 be used this week or not
The impression among the riders is
that the only race VIII be one Of twenty
FOUR hours, beginning Friday night al
II O'Clock. All the men who started in
the race a week ago said yesterday they
would ride In the shorter contest and
all expressed the belief that II would be
the fastest on record.
Downey Really Fourth.
The chief topic OF conversation among
the riders. aside from the unfair de
cisions throughout the week. was the
finish of the last ten laps Opinion was
unanimous that Mat Downey. and not
Macdonald. landed in fourth posItion
and not in seventh. as the Judges ruled
In explaining his version OF a.. iuisb
Hardy Downing. who Won second place
said:
- know Downey finished fourth
When we swung into the homestrerch
1 Jumped up beside FOgIer through rbc
opening Rutt made when he sWuna- wide
on The bank DOwney, who had been
tackled on behind my wheel for two
lapS, Jumped with me When he saw he
couldn't get through between m. and
fsutt he started round the latter and
flashed over the line close 10 fha boNas
ana less than foot behind Rutts rear
These Judges the Limit
Netting. who finished NTH, said;
1 know Downey wasn't seventh. he
cause he finished in front of me and
was NTH. Ny opinion is that he was
so close 10 the judges as he went by
him" SEC
Two OF the five judges picked Downev
fourth; one caught him sixth past the
az gaHaHH.
enth. DOWney himself was much dis
heartened yesterday and declared he
would never rid in another six day race.
togler and Root, winners of the race
did not appear at the BarthOldi Their
reception Of boots and grOans at the
nnish or the race seemed to have un-
neTved them. and the other riders seem
ed TO bear the same feeling toward the
team as the public.
Walthour Properly Disguised.
Bobby" Walthour spent the day with
his mother and family at her home. in
Hasbrouck Heights, n. J. HIS trainers,
Caldwell and Chapman, were both at the
Bartholdi, but refused to express an
opinion OF the treatment accorded their
charge during the week. II Is believed
among the riders that Walthour win
never ride again in New York. a state
ment Is expected from him today after
the riders are paid by the management.
II developed yesterday that young
CHAA1es "AloesS l-NAiAB ring the race
was surprise TO all who knew that
the boy had turned pro" in the long
grind, has never tasted drop OF liquor
or smoked in his life. His total abstin-
ence from every form of dissipation be-
came known when he refused to join
IN any OF the merrymaking OF the other
riders.
None Of the men are settled In their
plans for the future and will not be un-
I'll the management announces whether
there is 10 be another week of racing
in the Garden or not