New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-06
coyenteen Teams Start on
Long Jaunt for Gold
and Glory.
pIG CROWD OUT
TO CHEER RIDERS
p,.s a Fast One, but Little Ten
dsncy Toward Sprinting
Early in the Contest.
Ry FRED HAWTHORNE.

The brass band doomed forth a
..,.-,,, air. eight thousand men, wom-
!, and boys stood up in their seats or
~bsrever they could ind place to put
heir feet. the hands in the Metropoli-
an tower pointed to FIVE minutes past
-8rjrht and the twenty-third annual
- bicycle race was on this morn
,,.in Madison Square Garden.
Seventeen riders began the task that
sill not end until next Saturday night.
While their seventeen partners lay in
.,,;- cots beside the track, ready 20
,sfe up the going at the first sign Of
The men % begin the race were Al
a. Crerda. of the American-Austra-
lar team: Reggie Mcnamara, the
Kangaroo team; Oscar Egg, Swiss
French team; Percy Lawrence, Inter
state team: Martin Ryan, California
New Jersey team; Worth Mitten, Dan
al Iowa team; Gus Wohlrab, Metro
roiitsn team; Norman Andersen
ir.sb.Danish team; Bobby Walthour
Vs+, team: Charles Piercey, Austria
Ia, team: Peter Drobach, Boston
Australian team; Ray Eaton. Newark
team. Vncen1o Madonna, Swiss-ltal-
Fan team: Joe Fogler. Brooklyn-Long
leland team; Rudolph Rudi-Russe, War
team. Willie Hanley, California team
and Victor Linast, French-Belgian
After the starters had been an
Bourcei Greuda changed places with
Fred Hill, his partner who was seized
1iel 70 begin, and the lanky Australian
I'M up such q fast clip that he carried
m. field over the first mile IN 2:lt To
{sir time for "a sprint race.
The lead alternated with almost
srsrr circuit of the track, the riders
relieving each other at frequent IN
teryals. Nit.en was leading after nvC
miles had been covered, his time being
l2:15s-5 shortly after this Llnarl
broke the chain Oh his machine anc
George Sores relieved him.
Tie crowd began TO beg, caJole anc
finally 90 threaten the men TO go out
and steal a lap" before the race was
On hour old, but for the most part the
contestants we're content 20 maintain
steady 25-mi'e-an-hour pace.
The honor of setting the big race IN
rstog was assigned TO Alfred h.
Smith. Sherif-elect who showed ne
t-syg how 10 handle a revolver by mr.
'rc the starting gun with only one
finger on the trigger and without bat
.i,, an evelash Everybody agreed
MAT Mr. Smith viii make an excellent
1910 model Sheriff.
Tire saueer-shared track is built
about on the usual lines. with better
grading for the -prints than they have
ever had. All the middle Of the Car
den IS dirt and there is not much wood
flooring
The record for the six-day race is
o-5s miles and ] lap. made last year
bv Coullet and Grenda. Goullet is
With the French army az the front, but
Grsr9a IS paired with Fred Hill, OF
Boston. as the American-Australian
team. The race is under the direction
this wear Of the cycle Racing Assocla-
ton 81 New York. of which Frank Mn
lor r rreaide~'
The prizes this year are as follows
Winning team. $500; second, 81 ,25V;
third. 81 600. fourth, $3.50; fifth, S6OO;
sixth. $500; seventh, $3.50, and eighth
$3.50
For the finish this year the Continen-
al system viii be adopted the same
as last year.