The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-08
The Great Annual Whirl.
Around Madison Square
Oval Opens Tonight.
NJ AMY FOREIGN
RIDERS ENTERED
Bobby Walthour, Darragon.
Georget, and Many Famous En-
durance Riders Are to Start
at l A. M. Monday on
Long Grind Around
Saucer.

NEW YORK, December THE
change In the rules for this years six
day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden. December Sth to 14th. which
the National Cycling Association has
prepared will materially help to do
away, with foul riding. TIE shape of
the steep banked saucer track upon
which the race is held has been
changed 1t is longer and mar
rover than heretofore. and has
been lowered a couple OF feet down
to the Orders which support the main
floor This has been done for several
reasons
The most important is that 1t will
afford more comfort to the public, as
an aisle is left open between the side
OF the track and the boxes, making a
promenade around the entire track and
affording free entrance and exit to tho
boxes and arena seats. The, lowering
of the track increases the seating ca
pacity, which has always been made
quate to accommodate the tremendous
crowds which flock to the six-day
RAGE.
From the startirg of the race until
the winner has been decided, the Gar
den is to be in entire charge of the
Pinkerton Detective Agency. one hun
dred Pinkertons have been engaged
for duty, both day and night and any
suggestion of rowdyism will be in
stantly suppressed.
Another feature of this years race
which Is Of Importance to the general
public will be the announcing, There
| will he an announcer in attedance at
! all hours, day and night, and every
| little detail of the race will be thor
oughly explained to the public.
! How the Men Are Paired.
Sixteen teams. made up of most OF Is
the best known long distance bicycle
riders of the world. will start in the
\ six-day race at Madison Square Car
den, which will begin at one minute
after midnight on Sunday. The various
teams were announced yesterday as
follows:
French team-Leon Georget and
Victor pupre. of France.
Irish English team--John Hsolds.
of Balbriggan, Ireland. T. James
i Benyon, of London, England
Intercity team-Joseph Fogier, OF the
National Athletic club, of Brooklyn,
| and James Moran, of Boston.
| Atlantl-PaclTlc7 teani-GharIes a.
1 Sherwood, of New York City, and Carl
| A. Limberg, of San Jose, Cal.
| French team-Louis Darragon and
| Petit Breton, of France,
| Utah-Iowa teanl-W. r. Samuelson,
of Salt Lake City. and w. r. Mitten.s
| of Davenport, Iowa.
German Holland team--yValter Rutt,
I of Germany, and Johann Stol. of Hol-
land.
Chicago-New York team--Iver Law
| son, of Chicago, and Urban Mcdonald.
of New York.
F'rencl,-Italian team-Edmund Jnc-s
quelin, Of France. and Carlo Vanoni,
| of italy
Ynnkee-pi team-Bobby Wal
thour, of Atlanta, and Matt e. Downey.
of Boston,
Long Island team--John Bedell and
Manus Bedell, of Lynbrook, Long
4 Island.
Irish-American tean,--Patrick Lo-s
\ gett. of Buffalo.
i The Mormons-s Fl. Wilcox and
Saxon Williams. of Salt Lake City,
German merican-B Belgium team
i Floyd Krebs, of Newark, N. j., and
4 Arthur Yanderstuyft, OF Belgium. ~
il Western teant-fIardy Downing. OF
4 San Jose, Cal, and Norman c. Hopper
Il OF Minneapolis.
The Farmer and Messenger Boy
4 Frank Calvin, OF New Milford, Conu:,a
and George Wiley. of Syracuse, N. Y, III
Some Famous Riders.
The program is bound to be produces
tive of some good racing. s'Bobbysk
4 Walthour, the American middle dis-s
II lance champion, will meet Louis Dar-s
ragon. European title holder, for
\ the International honprs In a ten-miles
i event behind motSr pace. FrapkS
4 Kramer. the speed marvel of this
II country, Will meet Edmund Jacquelinl
lin heat event, best two out OF three
4 for the short distance title OF America
1! and France. Thorwald Ellegaard, who
has the reputation abroad of being
i, the fastest bicycle rider in the world
u in shore distance racir &. will give q
Isprinting exhibition. Next week Elle,,i
gard will race Kramer In a series Of
! sprintlng events for the worlds CHAINS
Y pionship. 81.