New-York tribune., 1906-12-12
LONG GRIND GOES ON
RIDERS BEHIND RECORD.
Accident Preuents BedeU from Re
gaining Lost Lap.
rHE SCORE AT ? O'CLOCK.

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The record FOR The hftieth hour is loo2 miles and :
laps. made by Ekes and MacFaIIand in 1900
The thirteen teams kept up their weary erlhu
in the six-day bicycle race in Madison square
Garden yesterday. and kept dropping iuIthei
and further behind the record made by likes
and MacFarland in 1900 Interest I'm the race
seems 10 grow and last night some Twelve
thousand persons were packed in the big 'hi-
theatre Hundreds were unable TO get seats
and they wandered about. first in the balcony
then In the Enclosure and then in the basement
where the numerous "sideshows" relieved the
inouotony Of seeing The riders whirl about the
track.
During the late afternoon and evening the
foreign riders forced the pace most Of the time
but every once in a while Walthour, Root, Stoi
and Rutt would jump ont in an effort to steal
a Ian. and then the enthusiasts would shout and
cheer like maniacs.
shortly after o'clock Bedell relieved Wal
1hour and a lively sprint began. The crowd
aroused 10 the highest pitch, yelled and yelled
ar the change, for this team is being closely
watched All the time. As a combination, follow
crs Of six-day races say that they are inviucibe,
and despite the fact Of their handicap OF enc
LAP, great things are expected of them. Bedell.
fresh from a few hours sleep, started off, ana
managed 10 get nearly a hundred yards ahead
~ the riders before Nanoni who setting the
race. realized the situation. Bedell, pedallin6
for all he WAS worth, kept on, the crowd al
most going crazy because they thought that the
lap was to be gained. Root closely followed the
Italian and then Hollister Joined them. These
ihree altcrnated in making pace for the remain
der Of the riders, but Bedell gained steadily.
As IIollister started 10 pass Root 10 take a turn
1T pacernaling, his pedal caught in Roots, and
The two went head over heels down the incline.
This was = signal for the red hag to go up, but
I}edeH did not notice IT, although his trainers
kept yelling to him. When within about one
hundred yards Of the rear guard Of the riders he
saw the flag and he slowed down, disheartened.
Root and HOLSTER were not injured and mount
ing other wheels started off again.
Vanoni and Breton and the Goerget brothers
made the pace in the early hours yesterday
morning. At $50 o'clock Vanoni tried to steal
"a lap, and before the rest Of the contestants
were fairly awake had gained a quarter Of
lap. Walthour was riding next 10 the rear man,
and he was appealed TO by the other American
riders TO squirt and make effort to catch the
foreigners. Walthour leaned down on his bars,
and, after wonderful effort for half a lap. was
within an inch Of VanonIs rear wheel. The half
sleeping crowd woke up at this effort on the part
of Walthour and cheered Justify. There were
numerous other spurts, Matt Downey and
Wiley leading the bunch for short intervals
From , o'clock until o'clock the riders kept
up slow pace, evidently taking Il easy so as 10
be in better condition for the days sprints Be
tween 3 and 4 o'clock twenty miles and three
laps Tere made, Al O'Clock eighteen miles more
had been added. ana from TO o'clock thirty
six miles and two laps We're run. The next hour
saw the score increased seventeen miles and
4. sqp
The pace continued slow between and 10
o'clock Breton and Leon Georget made the
pace for an hour. Stol, the Dutchrnan IS rjdinf,
lnost OF the time with only one hand on the
baf' ahd sometimes takes the straight sides of
/ lie track with both hands of. Clark the Ans
N lralan, woke the bunch uD when he relfs,-oS
his partner, Pye, but after a few fash lans tba
regular steady seventeen miles an hour pace was
The hrst e element Of the day was caused II
LOU O'Clock when John BedeH StoI and VI
et I2ll started started on d ten-lap fight for position
So SlauehiE shot ahead OF the bunch while
ule other riders were going al a slow mace ne
Was less than one hundred yards ahead of The
.tAe4 contestants when John Bedeu started after
nm. Nanoni tacking close behind the latter and
etol terrific squirt was short lived
Frank Calvin took a tumble al . o'cIocl- on
The 2lth street end of the oval He escsne5 IN
jury and remounted his wheel amid VIA IN
plause and quickly spurted up with the ploddibg
'Hughie' Mclean. Walthour's original mart
1er, who was injured in a spill earIv Monday
L'l"i @ LiIs, leit me New YORK Hospital Yesterday
shd announced that he would ride in an exhibi.
non race on Thursday afternoon behind pace
10 relieve the drealy mOuOtOuy of The orins
NiF management decided 10 Insert a series o4
fpeclal races for the afternoons and EVENINGS
The motor cycle race at t O'Clock almost ended
cisastrOUsly for J. D De Roster Tn tho tartb
lap Of a ive-mile race with i. G Hovt De Posier
lfled 10 go by his opponent. He drove his wheel
hlgh up on The embankmcnt. but when hc 49,
tempted 10 come down. the machine skdded ana
threw him twenty yards. De Roster was ricIzs6
up practically uninjuTed, save for a few minor
bruises '
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