New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-11
Riders Continue Assault
on Old Six-Day Records
Big Crowd Cheers Teams in Dizzy
Flight Round Oval III Madi-
son Square Garden.
GAME FIGHT OF AUSTRALIANS
Clarke and Grenda Repeatedly
Lead Sprint to Regain Lost Lap
Latter Comes Chopper.

The riders I'm the six-day race a Madi-
son Square Garden continued their as
sault on the records last night At 20
O'clock. the seventeen hour with Joe
FoCler leading. they had covered l'O
miles and laps and were l. miles and
laps ahead Of the record set by Joe Fogler
and Walter Rutt in last years race. At
that time there were fully ten thousand
spectators on hand. and shortly after II
o'clock the after theatre crowd arrived
and swelled the number As the race
draws to an end the interest seems TO
increase Three thousand was the lowest
attendance at any time Yesterday and
this morning.
The unccasing efforts of Jackie Clarke
and Az Grenda 10 win back their lost lap
are largely responsible for the fall Of the
records. and the plucliy Australians have
the sympathies and we'll wishes Of the
crowd. Every move they make is APP
plaudcd. and TO man, perhaps, the crowd
IS roofing for them 10 regain the lost
ground.
Having rested sufficiently from their
labors Of the carly afternoon, Clarke and
Grenda made another attempt to distance
the field shortly before o'clock. Grenda
broke through a pocket, which the others
carefully prepared for him, and dashlnS
down the Madison avenue bank. got clear
by twenty-five Yards For three laps he
held his advantage. but Clarke was a bit
slow In his relief work. and the advantage
was speedily lost Soon after Clarke leaped
out, riding on the wings Of the wind, and
opened "A gap of perhaps Twenty-Five
yards. but Brocco took up the work Of
pacing the pack and There was no losing
him During the sprint Hansen and An
derson, the Danes. were half lap back,
hut when the pace slackencd bit they
caught up.
Between midnight and O'Clock the
. riders circled the track Just fast enough
for their wheels 10 hold in rounding the
high banks AT either end Of the building.
and as result dropped behind the record.
At O'Clock yesterday morning they had
ridden i0gl miles and laps, with Joe
Fogler leading, and were 3 miles and
laps behind the record established by
Clarke and HIN last year. This was
the low water mark for the day.
4 sensational sprint which resulted in
the loss Of one lap 10 Applicants and
Packebusch, the German team; Cory and
Walkcr. the Australians; Mitten and
Thomas the MidSets; Cameron and Car
man. the New York team. and Hansen
and Anderson. of Denmark, was started
by Applicants, who owes the discom-
future of his team 10 his own am
hilton At 433 he leaped out in
front OF the half dozen riders. and
opened a gap OF perhaps Is yards before
his rivals became aware of the situation.
Fogler was first 70 catch Applehans
and the pack soon was up. The riotous
roar Of the crowd had scarcely died when
Breton shot into the lead 10y 20 yards
and held il for laps. Again Fogler
was the man of the hour. Not only
did ne overhaul Breton, but started
little sprint OF his own. In a trice Joe
was out almost half leap TO the good.
Ills partner, Goullet. relieved him. and
added an eighth Of a lap 70 the lead.
The mad riding lasted for eight minutes.