The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-07

NEW YORK. Dec, Ten teams are
left In the six day race at the Madison
Square Garden. seven Of them t,ea ior
first place Three teams. Regarded az
the strongest In the race. are III the
rBcls. as "a result of series or WIG
est sprints ever seen OF the GARDEN
, saucer.
! two teams quu to-day. IheH were
! Walthoar and Lawson and Wiley ana
5 Lawrence. Calvin and Anderson ieft
! tho track last night. hopelessly beaten
Sprint Began Early o-day.
The great sprint which resulted III
! upsettinE no many calculations starleo
! al 3:30 O'Clock this morning, When
i Jimmy Moran flashed away from the
field. His partner, Eddie Root, WAS
on hand when Moran tired. Root TOOK
up the grind and went away from the
, bunch. For half an hour the wild nlght
continued and when II WAS over three
! teams believed by the veterans 10 be
the best IN the race, had been Tapped.
| Clarke and MacF'arland, two OF the pest
| riders on the track, had lost one Jap
| Rutt and Stol. believed to be sure WIN.
ners were outridden. and West ana
Demara. the dark horses were lap
Ia the rear. Walthour and Lawson
| were out:
Lawson 0uHofo NToV vvoS"S'
The latter team quit at S:5s. after
Lawson had lost six laps to the hyiny
leaders His physicians declared that
his fall Of last night, together with the
broken collar bone he received In Bos-
ton last week, had placed him In such
poor physical condition that he could
not continue.
About daybreak Jackie Clarke start
! ed ont to regain the lap that separated
, him from the leaders. but his sprintins
went for naught. for Eddie Root, pac-
: Ing the bunch. ovcrhauled him. Root
, declares that mcfarland caused him
to lose the race last year and he Will
. eight to the end To keep the MaefNar-
land Clarke team from getting up with
. the leaders,
/ Quit Track in Disgust.
At 1:20 o'clock this morning Wiley
I | and Lawrence left the track. They
claimed that the scorers had done then
an injustice by announcing that the,
had lost a lap during the early morn
Ing sprtnt When the scorers refused
: Ia give them back the lap they quit
the race
5000 All Nishtsrs chesrsd.
The sensational sprint of the early
/ morning was started by Paddy Hehir
. who led the field for four laps. liz
vas soon oyerhauled, but Root, Rut'
: and Lawson refused to eEd the sprint
They cut the corners at q terrific rate
While 5000 ail-nishters cheered. Re-
D liev!ng each other at frequent inter
walls. Root and Moran led all the time.
I Seven Tied At 8 O'clock.
AT 2 O'Clock Hehir and Goulett. Fog
D lel and Hill. Root and Moran, Mitter
: and Thomas, Cameron and Halstead
/ pye and Walker, and Collins and Dro'
: bach were tied for first place, having
t covered LIPS miles. seven laps. Mac
Farland and Clarke and West and De
mara were one lap to the rear. while
Rutt and Stol We're two laps behsnt
the leaders. The previous record fol
this hour was LAG miles, five laps.
} All during the morning there was {
series Of sprints. led by the rear team,
in an effort to regain their lost laps.
t Still Tied Mt ~ O'Clock.
At II o'clock tho seven leading
teams were stlll tied. having covered
I15a miles 4 laps. mcfarland and
Clarke ana West and Demara were
still one lap to the bad, and Rutt anc
Stol two laps behind. The record Is
i,lS4 miles l lap.
Rutt and Stol to-day protested that
: they had been Disseminated against
butt heir protest was not allowed b.
Referee Kelsey Stol. who was riding
at the time the sprint was going or
, early this morning. declared he was
| under the impression that MacFarland
had punctured a tire and that the
sprint had been called of, He de-
! clared he was told along the track &c
slow down. and did 50, resulting in
: the loss of a second lap.
1,176 Miles At Noon.
At noon the seven teams had done
t176 miles. four laps. while MacF'ar.
land and Clarke and West and DE
mara were still lap behind ard Eut
and Stol two laps behind.
Still Tied at O'clock.
AZ O'Clock the seven leading teams
bad ridden l.2l0 miles, six laps. Mae
Faraud and Clarke and Demara anc
West were still one lap behind and
kutt and Stoi two. The record is ] ,23.
miles.