Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-15
THE BIG RACE
Riders Away Behind the Record and the Leaders Watching
 WaIthour
PROTEST BY LATTER


 seen in a six day race, dawn broke to-day with eight teams tied for the lead and two lap behind. The rid CTS settled down to a plodding gait at 6 o'clock and except for a group of
 women who came to the garden and gave American flags to each rider that passed, nothing but treadrnill mono.ony prevailed for an hour. !
 At z o'clock detectives and squad of patrolmen from the West Thirticth street station cleared the building of everybody but the riders and em- ployes. It was the first time that the all-nighters have been disturbed and the scores who have been on hand all the week were bedragglod lot as they staggered with aching bones along in front of the driving police men.
 A clean sweep followed and the big amphitheater changed in appear ance as if by magic, the litter oe pa pers and refuse was carted away, and finally the lofty skyllghts were open ed to allow the clouds of smcke and foul air to escape.
 Many cl the regulars" resorted 10 every. conceivable trick to stay and see the finish tonight. They hid in tho boxes. under the arena seats. and climber from one place to another that had already been cleared. It took more than an hour to round them all up.
 The riders watched the bouncing proceedings with interest.
 Waltll0ur and Bedell made several unsuccessful attempts during the forenoon to regain the single lap that separates them from the leaders. Once only few yards of the full byqImousbeobifenzw1ing H H II distance remained to be covered when the red flag went up, as result of spill and WalthOur and Bedell were set back to their positions in the rear.
 New York, Dec 15.-There was no change during the night in the pc sitiOn of the riders in the bicycle race at Madison Square Garden. The men did their work mechanically, seemingly for the most part, to be content with holding their place i:l the race. A few sprints were at- tempted. but they did not last long and were without result. The sixth and last day of bicycle races heretofore held have seen little or no change in position and the spiritless grind that was going on early to-day seemed to indicate that precedent would be followed in this race. The men were averaging about fifteen miles an hour early today and all seemed content to follow this pace The lack of maintained speed in this race and the unusual delays that have occurred are indicated by the fact that the riders were nearly 400 miles behind the record early to-day.
 Ten teams remain in the race and all will probably finish. Wander stuyft and Stol and Calvin and Wiley dropped out of the contest late last night. Both teams had lost several laps to :lle other riders and as there was no hope of making this up again the men decided 10 quit. Much sym- pathy was expressed for Wander | struyft and Stol. the Belgian Holland | team. They had made a game strng- gle during the week and Stol had | been the instigator of some brilliant sprin!s, but accident wore out Van derstruyft and the brunt of the work | falling on Stol 1t was inevitable that | the team should drop behind. Rutt and Mcfarland have shown fast | work the last day or so and many of Inc spectators pick them as the prob able winners when the final sprint comes tonight.
 Score at [ a. m.: Root and Focler ,.052-S Downey and Moran. o0,s.S. MacDonald-Coffey. 2.052-s MettlIng md Lcgan.a 2.052-s: Hopper and Downing, 2052-S; Rutt and MacFar- and. 2OS2-S: Pye and Clark, 2O5a-s: ieorget and Georget. 2.052-s: Wal hour and BedelI. 2.052-1; Breton and 2lO52-T.
 Record 2441 miles. G Iaps made in lS9o by Miller and Waller.
 Walthour protested that the Boston cam. Downey and oran had caused he morning spill by forcing the other cams to the top of the track. Tho management warned Downey snJ ran not 10 repeat the trick or. they would be penallzed.
 At two o'clock the leaders fin tbe ace were 2.1s2 miles and nine l.ns with waffhour and p.,s,ft -,