New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15

intervals opened a gap of three-quarters
OF a lap. The pair rode at furious clip
and slowly drew away from the pack.
Nitter and Pye went down, however,
and Wells. rounding the bend. rode over
the PROSTATE riders and went down with
a crash.
Outstanding their strength for the final
dash. the riders plugged along YEARLY
throughout the day, falling far behind
the records with every hour In the
morning the field rode only 3S miles ana
laps between the hours Of O'Clock ana
noon The men were completely worn
out. and several nodded over the handle
bars. almost asleep on their wheels. Ihey
dropped off the track and rode around on
the fat floor, unable, they declared, 10
ride on the steep banks Of the track. At
noon they were 60 miles and laps be-
hind the mark established by Mcfarland
and Moran i'm 1905 but at ! o'clock they
had picked up two miles. That. however,
turned the tide. and at o'clock In the
afternoon they were rs miles laps be-
hind the figures set by DE Mara and
Hill in 1908.
Three more teams were lost 10 the race
between midnight and uoontime. The
first combination 10 give under were the
suter brothers, Frank and Paul. who rep
resented Switzerland. The lads Tode a
gritty race. and for three days held their
own. but they lacked the stamina ana
we're finally forced to quit. They left the
track shortly after o'clock in the morn
ing Frank. who was on the track, re-
uctantiy dismounted and went into tbs
training quarters. His brother pleaded
with him to continue the grind. but both
were 80 weak that neither could go out
and ride. Shortly before 10 o'clock car
men and Lotus retired, and at O'CLOCK
Cameron and Thomas, who teamed up
only the night before, following the injury
m Rvan ard Walthour's retirement. an
rounced that they were out Of the race.
stomach trouble it was said, caused this
last pair 20 retire.
One fan. which for moment appeared
10 be pretty serious, occurred shoruy
after 4 o'clock in the morning. Wells
Cameron and LOTUS went down In
heap. Wells. who apparently was on the
verge OF collapse wabbled on his "neei
and. skidding down the bank, hit cam
eron and brought him along. Lotus WaS
riding far in the rear, but was either 100
tired or didn't have time to clear the
wreck. and he. too, piled up in the Jam
All were shaken up, but soon remounted
and rode along. Berthet avoided the Spin
nv riding high on the bank. In doing
this no lust missed Ar Grenda by an inch.
Procco and Berthet made several efforts
IN gain a lap on the field. but nothing re-
suited The tactics OF Jimmy Moran
have won him few friends. In the opin-
ion Of spectators, he was guilty of stall
ing Time and again Moran would leave
the track and drop into his camp Where
a few handlers would gather around ms
wheel and look wise.
A man who said he was James Martin
twenty-nine years old. salesman. re-
o,dire at No. 22S West 36th street, was
orras,ed early yesterday morning on COM
nlaint OF Max Lerner, OF No. l4Si Nyse
avenue. The Bronx. charged with assault
and robbery. Martin, so Lerner declared
o,rabhad q roll of bills amounting TO N35
ana tried 20 get away in the scufiie that
followed. L,erner was sitting IN an arena
box when some three-card monte men
came around and started game. Mar
a., drew his money out ~ his pocket and
II was promptly seized. 49,.
Joseph Martini. who said he lived in
Rrooklyn. was arrested on the charge OF
being the operator of the game Later
Martini was released on bail When
saarched AT the station house Martin had
a roll of sl35. besides some other money
the police declared.