The Washington times., 1907-12-15
Terrific Speed Kept
Up for Seven
Laps.
Hardest Contest in
Three Years
Over.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA few hour
. atter the death Of Urban Mcdonald one
o. the riders who was fatally Injured in
Ihe Spin on the track Friday morning
the great International six-day bicycle
race held in Madison Square Garden.
ended tonight. the Rurt-SCoI team being
declared the victors. Rutt defeated Toe
toIger. OF the Folger-M Moran team bv
hslI wheel length II was one OF the
most exciting finishes ever seen in q six
day race These two teams were tel
for the lead al 2.512 miles laps. and the
result OF the race was decided by 4 ms.
sprint.
Promptly at 1915 o'clock the riders
left the track. FogIer and Riltt an
peared for the mile sprint which was TO
decide the result Of the race. Fogler
was II front when the pistol started
them, but neither rider was willing 10
make the pace They Ioafed along.
Fogier n the lead, and held their posi-
ions riding very easily for several laps.
Seven Laps at Top Speed.
On the sixth lap Rutt stared his
sprint and the TWO riders wen- around
al terrific pz-e for the remaining
seven laps Rutt held tie lead until tbe
end by about = foot. in the stretch. By
a great burst OF speed. Fogier drew up
a bit, but he was a half wheel behii.d
when Rutt crossed the line
Then the riders who uere tisd for
third. fourth. and fifth places were pu-
on the track. and started a mile sprint
from standing start The riders were
Downing, Calvin, and Dupre. Calvin
LED for six laps. and then Dupre shot
into the lead BE surprised the house
BY his spurt. and won the sprint by a
half length from Downing, Calvin heinE
behind the same length.
How Trailers. Stand.
This gave Dupree Georget third place.
Downing end DOwney. fourth: Calvin
and Wiley. fifth; Krebo and Wander
styft sixth; Logan and Bardgett, sew
enth. and Breton and Vanoui, eighth.
Ihe nnal score CT the race is:
Fogler and Moran. 2.Sl2 miles, 5 laps.
Rutt and StOl 2512 miles, laps.
GeOrget and Dupre, Calvin and VVilev.
Downing and DOwney. each, 2s13 miles.
8 laps.
Breton and Vanoni. 2.3t2 miles. L lap.
The record is 27S3 miles. laps. made
By Miller and Waller IN lSsS. Last
years mark was ~ miles, Iaps.
The prizes awarded to the teams were:
First, $3.50; second, 1900; third, 500;
fourth, $500; fifth, $500: sixth. $50; sew
enth. 500.
Hardest Contest Since 1904.
Tho six-day race which was finished
tonight was the most grueHns contest
since 19O4. During the first two DAYS OF
this years contest al the riders were
sprinting continually and spills were fre-
Quent. Seven OF the teams were out OF
the race by Thursday, most OF them
from exhaustion or injuries received IN
riding.
The terrible pace continued all through
the week and one OF the sprints finally
resulted in a fatal injury. Urban Mac
Donald, the only New Yorker In the
race besides Joe FogleT, shot over the
railing Of the track early Friday morn
ing and received injuries which caused
his death tonight.
Foreigners Even at End.
Twelve foreign riders were in the race
when It started and twenty Americans.
The teams that finished the race tonight
were equally divided between Americans
and foreigners. The last team that quit
the race was the Iver Iawson-AIacDon-
aid team, which was forced out By the
accident to Macdonald
Bobby WalthOUr, the popular idol
rode only until Monday afternoon He
had been badly injured in a bicycle race
in Berlin six weeks before, and had not
fully recovered from the effects. Nat
Butler, Harry Reynolds, James Benson.
and s. II. Wilcox were all forced out
OF the race as the result Of injuries re-
ceived in the contest
Until Friday night the teams were Re
hind the record Of the teams in last
years race, but then they passed that
record and remained ahead OF II untH
the finish This was the outcome OF the
numerous sDrints.