New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-06
wrench Belgian Team Forced to
Drop Out by Failure to
Follow Sprint.
SCORE IN SIx-OeY RACE AT END
nE TWENTY SIXTH HOUR.

-,resking all the worlds records after the
efrf hour. fourteen teams. which are com
- IN The six-day bicycle race at 2Iacl-
en- square Garden. started on the second
az Of the long grind ct midnight last
-+.ht. more than four miles ahead of the
,.e7 time made by riders in previous races.
re French-Belgian team, composed or
-s--,sin and Ee-Iiride-l, found the pace TOO
- early in the struggle and dropped out
s,,or-ly after S o'clock yesterday morning
r,a other riders were all on even terms
.s-l~ this morning
1aye- in me last half dozen years has
.bs mace bee nso steady. and rarely have
81 many attempts been made by the diff
.erent riders 10 gain an extra lap on their
-;rsls. AL Of these spuTts. however. found
every rider ready and willing 10 accept the
challenge. and as a result no team was
SHE le make any Roadway over the Others.
Inst before Il O'Clock there was q little
rxcits-1snt caused by Root and Moran.
who laiClged in squirt During the
sDu-- TalthoUr was spilled at the Madi-
sor avenue end Of the Garden, when one
rf his tires slipped. The delay was only
rnomsntary, and Walthour continued. 4
few minutes later Rutt and StoI tried q
snr1ni. following which came e series OF
'oatastrophes'' Three punctures caused
Stol. Anderson and Bouchois 10 halt. But
rev wheels were forthcoming and the
raoe resumed its normal routine The
crowd was sleepy and showed il.
Bobby Nslthoy5r who has always been a
great favorite with the racing public, start
Cd 10 draw away from the riders shortly
-7i- cd
II bv the rest. and they again settled down
10 the long. steady grind
The squirt served. however. 10 arouse the
fans" More enthusiasm still was shown
when Leon Georget, of The French team,
who had been trailing the bunch ever since
The race began. pulled UP with the leaders
and before they realized it he was in front
H held the lead for about six laps and
then dropped back into last place
A. O'Clock, in spite Of the spirited rid
,re q the previous hour, the riders were
only Two laps ahead Of the worlds record
nut thereafter they Immediately started Il
hi up the pace, which. although fast. was
50 steady that Il was lacking in stirring
FIXTURES. The spectators who watched the
rters go around TIE track scarcely realized
ne speed. The men began TO pick up losr
ground until. at the end Of the twentieth
hour they were more than three mile!
shea6 Of the record.
This pace was continued throughout tbs
sren NJ. with all Of the riders going strong
md conceding nothing TO their rivals. BY
: o'clock the fourteen teams We're sIH
niles and seven laps ahead OF the record
ard all on even terms Not q spill Of any
serious proportions marred the evening
spfr; This was due. said the manage
ment 10 the fact that the riders Wera II
such good condition and were riding witt
Kurh caution
During the DAY the riders went along al
record breaking pace on even terms
OBiv one Team. the French-B Belgian COM
hination. composed OF German and Yer
linden found the going too stiff and Off
csIly We're declared out at $50 o'clock in
me morning. after they had covered ~
miles and laps. When they gave up the
struggle they were fourteen miles behind
the other contestants. who were punched
n The lead. German complained bitterly OF
hs partner and blamed him for the poor
showing. Terlirden found the pace too fast
and German was forced TO do so much
hiding that the strain told and he dropped
back. being forced to give up the unequal
Struggle.
An almost continuous sprint from
O'clock in the morning until about noon set
new worlds records for almost every hour,
Until az tle eleventh. the riders were three
mics ana seven laps ahead of the record
made ~ Logan and Downey, in 1905 The
distance covered al that hour was 81 miles
and : laps. A. tile afternoon wore on the
Hen slackened Up q bit. and at o'clock
*he1 ne nineteenth hour had been reached.
he had lost considerable ground ana
@e-e only TWO laps ahead Of the mark
The lack ~ accidents was q subject OF
much favorable comment on the part o.
tae Spectators. who stuck faithfully 10
her pests from he start of the long
grind. Al J.e nineteenth hour not spin
lad served 20 stir up little excitement
and none OF the riders was compelled 20
4eale lie track on account OF injuries TINS
n Itself was d new record for siX-cay races
d ne GARDEN. Nearly every race hereto
4oie has been rna-red by an accident o.
Hio[e O. less serious nature OF the nrs'
Cav
LIST Is Tie eight thousand or more per-
e--S Who had spent the night IN the car
'eh had turned up their coat collars ana
Ftiared 70 20 10 sleep. sprint starleo'
-lch Kept them wide awake for the resi-
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