The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-07
SIXTEEN TEAMS
START IN RACE
Big Event of Bicycle Year Now
on at Madison Square
Garden, New York.

New York. Dec. Amid the plaudits OF
1000 spectators Dorando Pietri, the Mar
athon runner, at 12sO3:45 o'clock this (Mon-
day) morning fired the signal that sent
sixteen teams of American and foreign
bicycllsts away in the sixteenth annual
six-day race around the big saucer shaped
board track in Madison Square Garden
Many OF the riders who in past years have
participated in the event again faced the
starter. notably Rutt and Stoll, who cap
turec the big end of the prize last win
ter; Matt Downey and Patsey Logan.
Bobby Walthour and Eddie Root, Floyd
mcfarland and Jimmie Moran and Leon
Georget and Victor Dupre. the French
men who made such a game finish last
year, but there also were several CON-
petitOrs new to American bicycle enthu-
siasts- Among the newcomers are Broeco
and Labrousse and Faber and La Four
ade.
The teams that started follow:
German-HOlland team-Walter Rutti
Germany; Joahann Stol. Holland
Danlsh-Italian team-Norman Anderson,
Copenhagen; Cariovani, Italy.
Dixie-Yankee team-BObDy WalthOur.
Atlanta, Ga; Eddie Root New York City.
Jnter-city team-JOe Fogler, Brooklyn;
Jvor Lawson, Chicago.
The Mormons-Hardy Downing, Salt
City; c. L. HOLSTER, Salt Lake City
Farmers and messenger boy team
Frank Calvin, New Milford, Conn; George
Wiley, Syracuse, N Y
Transcontinental team-Fred Hill, Bos-
ton; Walter Demara. San Jose. Cal.
French team-Victor Dupre, France;
Leon Georget France
French team-F'rancis Faberi, France;
Henry Laforide, France.
Italian-French team-Maurice Brocco,
Italy; Roger La Brousse. France.
Australian team-"Peddlar" Palmer,
Sydney: Gordon Walker. Sydney
Pacific-Atlarsic team-Floyd MacFar-
land, San Jose. Cal; James Moran, Bos-
ton.
Long Island team-Eddie Rupreeht,
Newark; Menus Bedell, Lynnbrook
Emerald Isle team-Matthew Downey,
Ireland; Patrick Logan. Ireland.
East and West team-Elmer Collins.
Boston; w. E. Mitten: Davenport. Ia.
Teddy Devonivitch, st. Petersburg, and
Peter de Brach. Boston.
The men who took the track as the rep
resentatives Of their teams at the start of
the race were the following:
Rutt. Dupre. Faber. Brocco. Moran.
Walthour, Fogler. Logan, Ruprecht,
Downing. Palmer, Anderson, Collins. Gal
Vim. Demara and Devonovitch.
The race. by reason of changes in the
rules, probably will be the hardest fought
contest since Miller and Waller, in 1899
set the record for six days at 2,739 miles.
4 laps.
The race will be a constant grind with
no iet-ups for sprint and mOtor-paced
races, and every rider at all times must
protect himself from being Tapped. Every
thing will count and the rider who goes
down VIII lose the distance the other con-
testants gain over him.
The men got off TO a rolling start. the
first two laps not counting. No advantage
could be gained during the first mile.
They were all well punched with Eddie
Root making the pace. Logan led at the
end of the first mile with the others close
up. Time-2:27
The first fall of the race occurred dur-
Ing the running of the tenth mile While
climbing the embankment on the Madison
avenue side OF the track the handIebar of
Peddlar Palmer's wheel twisted and
rider and wheel slid down amid a mild
cheer from the crowd. He was unhurt and
resumed riding.
The pace set from the start was fast and
az the end of the first hour a new record
had been hung up of twenty-five miles
five laps The previous record for the
first hour was twenty-five miles two IaDs
made by GOugoltz and Kazer in 1903.
Maurice Brocco led at the end of the
first hour. All the riders were well to-
gether.