Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-10
BIG CYCLE GRIND
STARTED IN NEW YORK

bicycle race is now on-six days Of plug
pin1" nv thirtvfwo men Thousands of
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oen last night 10 watcn the starI. Inc men
were clad In everything from sweaters to
silk hats.
Away up in the topmost galleries were
the real enthusiasts. the boys who come
prepared to camp through hours or unin-
teresting riding for the momentary thrill
which comes when some rider Thinks to
catch the others mapping and shoots out
ahead Of the field.
Then, as he takes the steep banks at the
~ neo" 49, ". ,.H -. ~.
hanoie oars ana tho others tfaiiihs o"' 70
hind. risking life and limb to gain yafo
OF space: the gallery goes Wild. yer .ney
do not display any real frenzy OF ehtnu-
siasm until tire slips perhaps or a 'front.'
fork buckles. Then. as the riderS pie up
In mass Of struggling limbs. the gallery lets
itself loose. particularly when some rider Is
borne out on q stretcher. They are just as
unsatisfied at bioodless day as the most
enthusiastie patron OF the prize ring.
At Just one minute after midnight this
morning Tax Commissioner Thomas l..
Hamilton fired the pistol shot which set six
teen men off on the firing and tiresome
grind AS the echoes from the shot filed
ward like a stone from a sling, yell after
veil went I'D from the galleries Around
and around the big saucer-like track they
dew with wafthour fine sneedv Boston lad
In the lead most at the time Close behind
his front wheel holding near to the Others
the Garden
the garden.
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Syci1ses 1a1aoeo'
Before the race began each team paraded
slowly around the track carrying the flag
-. ~. ,,,,.,,, .t.,, 80. .,,,,,>oa.a q. ,..,ra-
OF .he country tney are supposeo 70 repre- pre-
sent Each team hao ItS own especiai ioi-
lowing. some Of the foreigners being al
most as loudly cheered as the bearers of
The race IL tn he a eont,n,ou. .onta.+ ~
40 hours anSiro a. a. ,,sn,te 100 70
o:c.oek next Satn,dav nth :. "corSvctes ,,r'
Ser the recins r,,ias y, tbs G.ttn,.a, T,..,;r-
Association The nrszes o 1900 q sno
Training camps are established In the
y, ionil an, anu sne ,9ae ot snefs ensaseo
number the active contestants In the race
According to the rules laps gained do not
count some fider Ialis IN the progress
has rainad Ian IN the as,d doe. not ,,.ntit
after perf1aps half an hour Of frenzied
sprinting in which the riders have been
strung out all around the track. Provision
Is made tn the rules for the making Of new
combinations during the progress Of the
contest when two riders whose mates have
iaiien OUT through accident or fatigue are
allowed to form a new team. which. how
ever. mus! take the score OF the lowest
Team N aootuon 70 oein9 penaiizeo lap
ZOE making the new combination.
"a oatutuay nsa as ths race neafs us
emu any ues LOT nna1 posiuons are 70 De
h 1890 " q sees .. one-nie spsint races
t'eS Tai- s"0 ,a thn feJ ;i OF tne
.ieo PALS IN tnese niue sprlnts the RUE
& ing ia, ans 10 mo. NOT 70 De aonesed TO- ana
Sant i,,s, 90 10 80 o,I'1 us hs Si.. as
Contest so' 90 40 O" oiu@iS snof' ois'ance
Among tha starto-s tb,. war; 8. tho po,t-
Eosier team which won tha ,acs ia nS Hoor
= Saine fha s"cnnd ~ictor,, -. 90 ys1 ~
80 e te. s,,o.. 80 ~. TO-, % ne
when OIiver Dorio,, ~ canev I.1a6a ,sa,
hjs team mate Tho wtnnar of IN ana1
snr,nt In 1ooe pohhv vWaithn,,, -, At,a-+a
10 alec ona ~ tho .tertar. ~ th,. ,aa'
contest The fnU list ~ entries and thai.
team f1as,ena tfons "a a. toiInws. "~ '"e-A
Competing Teams.
Little Old New York Team-E T. Root
ch.ansh..a Do, 49, Ioso.,L ~. 49,
'hoop'ne"u Day anu 'oseph fosier' nrooh-
lyn.
Dixie-Yankee Team-Bobby Walthour At
1anta, Ca, and Hugh MacLean. Chelsea.