The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
RECEIPT FROM < SIX DAY RACES
 TOTAL S7O,OOO
Riders Receive $16,0OO and Promoters Gain Over
 $3O,OOO

When the last ticket was sold at Madison Square Garden last Saturday flight the six day bicycle racing fans If this vicinity had poured close to t7O 900 into the coffers If the promot- lrs, James Johnston, Cornelius Eel bwes and Maxey BlumenthaL. Cor Ielius Fellowes yesterday said the re- Iefpts, including the money taken in 1t the sprint races on the previous baturday, had amounted to more than I69,OOO. Of that sum Uncle Sam will ieceive 10 per cent, or approximately 6, 300 as war tax
 According to the promoters, the rid frs get $16,OOO in purse moneys and 12, 900 was paid to the corporation bwning Madisan Square Garden as yental The total expenses probably lid not exceed $35,OOO, so the promot- (rs realized more than 30,000 profit bn the enterprise.
 For winning the grind Reggie Mc- Namara and Jake Megin split S3,0OO between them. They each received t1,500. That was quite a tidy sum for the weeks work. In addition. Me Etamara and Magin have been offered in expense and riding guarantee for heir appearance in the six day race To be held in Paris early in January.
 Besides the flat guarantee offered by he French promoters, McNanara and Iagin have the option of taking a percentage of the gate receipts. As he event will be the biggest sporting one staged in France since the war it s expected it will attract a huge gate.
 Eddie Madden and Frank Corry, wfIo finished second, were well paid for their efforts. They split $2,5O0. Al Brenda and Fred Hill, third prize winners divide $2,OOO. The rest of the purse moneys was distributed as fol lows: Lawrence -Hanley S1,500; Co., burn -Kopsky, $1,00; Thomas-Grimm 1850; Halstead-C Chapman, $75O; Debae- ies-Carman, $65O, and Lang-Byron 1850. Kramer, Dupuy, Belle, Markey Weber, Eaton, Gerwig, Keller and the BowlSer brothers shared in the $2,00( paid by the management to riders who Hid not figure in the point.
 Though the race from @ competitive standpoint as viewed by mileage dov- sred was one of the slowest of recent years, it smashed all attendance rec brds. The contest attracted a capac- Ity crowd on the opening night and the management continued to pack them in throughout the week.
 Expenses were paid on Wednesday night and the gate on Thursday, Fri. lay and Saturday was "velvet'' to the promoters. The attendance during the first three days greatly exceeded th' attendance figures for the same day In all previous races and the throng The last three days established a nev bix day attendance record.
 With the exception of Fred Weber who fractured his nose in the spill ol Friday night, all the riders came ou of the grind in good shape. Ther were many spills during the contest but few bad ones, and there were les accidents than in any of the pas races.
 It was the Berlin sprints that kep the riders so far behind the record fo distance covered. The speed burst bapped the stamina and vitality of tn riders and they were unable to main tain as fast an average clip as in for mer years.
 While the leaders were far benin the record of 2.759 miles and two lar made by Goullet and Credna in tn t32 hour race of 1914, the mileage GOV cred by the riders in the recent rae compares favorably with that reele off by Goullet and Magin in winnin the IA hour contest in 1917.
 Last weeks contest was the secon IA hour race staged. The event 1916 was 143 hours duration and u 1917 race took up IA hours time. A other Madison Square Garden tea races were at the old time limit of 1 hours.