The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-14

on the Madison avenue turp and Root had
to &c up with not 1ing ssinsd nd. .tn, another
Of the stretch by his jump. Fogler was Lead
BedelI relieved Wsithour Fosler did not make
any Roadway at overhauling the 5ons
Islander. so Root was sent out to take Foglers
place.
Root got very busy and though Bedell had
q lead Of two-thirds OF a lap, Root hau over
S%aIi | him Hs IN t ST, laps a. .a a1.e B. &c Sot place " As
soon as he realized that Root would caUch
him,
had taken Bedell's place and as, Root was
very tired after his phenomenal sprlnt OF
two laps Just before he could not overnsui
In less than a mile waIthour had o~verhauled
and passed all Of his opponents except MAI
yards OF Downey when the latter tumbled as
he. rounded the Madison avenue turn, Root
being thirty yards ahead Of Downey at the
that all of the scores were as they had rela-
lively been when the score for "a hours was
posted at noon except that the farmer ana
Conn.. and Wiley OF Syracuse. were found
to have lost three laps, which put them TWO
laps behind the Walthour-Bedell and Breton
Samuelson pairs.
De Roster won his one mile motor cycle
race against Hoyt In the afternoon, nus tlme
wood OF the New York Athletic Club won the
quarter mile open in 81 lis seconds, Michael
Ferrari was second. and David Msckay was
third. Paul Guignar d rode a two mile motor
paced exhibition in , minutes III seconus'
paced by Gussie lawson,
In the evening J. NJ. Eifer of the Century
Road Club Association won the one mile
handicap from the SIS yard mark in 2 minutes
. 3-5 seconds, George {. Cameron Of Ene New
York Athletic Club being second from 10
DeRosier again defeated Hoyt in a mile
motor cycle race in l minute 20 4-o SECONDS.
There was a pursuit race between two teams
OF professionals, Schlee, Collins ana Rup,
precht overtaking Bardgett, Mckinnon ana
Krebs after two miles and % yards in = MIN
utes, 81 AS seconds. Guignard's time IN
his two mile motor paced exhibition was .
minutes 81 seconds.
scarcely anything to arouse the spectators;
Though a lot of men and hoys had been chased
GS' % Sh che R RSiiGsnT a and | Hsn Sshsr had been
finally eliminated. there, were more man
1900 persons IN the building at Q o clock;
About two-thirds Of them had come in since
the general admission price had been raised
to 81.
gallery occupants that Walthour get a lap,
and similar requests without number were
made of Root. stol and Breton by compatT5ots
of these riders. Walthour, Breton ana rye,
the Australian. made.a few spasmodlc spirits.
but none of these was anyt hing more serious
than little plays for the applause Of the
The great number of falls that have &C.
Cured just "a it, seemed as II some rider
would gain a lap have led many oId tint
ElA Il e ACN AANA ~ thAN . 49,
who have followed cycle racing 10 suggest
a return 10 the old rules by which the race
was run just rs an ordinary sprint race "
cOntested-t that there he no allowance lot
falls OF any kind Of accidents.
Frank Dutch Waller, who won the hrst
team race in Is09 with Charles W. Miller as
his team mate, and Otto May, who finished
third as MacFarland's team mate in me
1902 race, were among those who advocated
a return to the old conditions while dls-
Gu ssing the matter last night.
The members of the board of referees are
strongly in favor of abolishiug the rule re-
garding falls which has caused so much
kicking from the spectators so lar TINS week
r. +. Kelsey, chairman Of the National tycnnH
Association board Of control and chief rel
cree. said last night that he thought doing
away with the rules regarding rails Would
result in "A far more interesting contest ana
would, in his opinion, win increased puoi'
favor. -
He saidt that he thought a six day race run JusI
a. an ordinary mile open is conducted would
he intensely exciting and that II a team was
fast enough to gain a lap on lts opponents
they should have il credited to them on ,Ihe
score board. even though one or more riders
fell while the sDrinting was going on;
IUone or two former cont ests n was claimed
by the trainers of several OF the fast teams
that many of the falls which put a premature
end to attempts at lap stealing had peer
deliberate. which assertions IN one particular
instance at least met with only half hearted
denials. Though no such assertions nave
been made during this race, the Possibility
of such a thing is always present. Several
slowness with which some of the teams NIX up
spare machines after punctured tires had
forced a rider to retire from the track teul-
/ porarily.