Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-28
UNBIASED VIEW OF
A S|X-DAY BIKE RACE
Things That Mn>t Impressed Woman
Visitor During Recent international
Contest in New York.
ny NnG A.nTuuR.

BN ARTHUR.
NV YORK, March. .7.-Therc is tho
nal . O" "a certain brand O. cigarettes
wh h | fec! sure would remember 10
my dyin: dan, had been one Of i.,c
.u,.s N ic International cycle Race
he" ~ >iad;son square Garden dag
ing the early part OF this month. Ii
w. embrazo..cI repeatedly just above
thu IVA! aroLnI w.i-h tncy rode. iori..
'"= $3.50 t"~ >.-r. part OF Ihe sce,-
400. ,>... ,uutrC..uu u.n.
OF. .Vu ..tSIu ~ GO iront l..S
. Cars -. .ou. oIcyc.c or SIN da.s
,is.ts. M..n ,"c sane mcmutonuus
~" ,.AuoA q. ic,,crs. i, wou,u nave
~.i. u n.e inau.
".y. Miun ,nc price o: mere admis.
IL" p.aec" a. SAW. ana Don seats
-. .at.ohal ,o",cs, cuu.u not have
a" e" ,sv'"e s"r" OF decoration ..
81" 1arn-'I"e iAtet.or % ,he garden.
81" : hdru 90 cN.b.A,h. Ia rae, VA.
as. .i""'essed '"e On entering >ar
,.sc n"s the r"se N,Sh WL.,.t GO.
orh"Fs are i"a"r - part w..n ,mi.
40 ne surroundings soemcI cheap
81" ~."""'.. a" gam TN" Arena. as
81 sr"ee tne.pseu ~ the track MAS
,H'ieu. wa U-SCcu tea u might OF rough
"Hard Stars intu an unkempt. iil-vcn-
Lated basement whcrcin "baricrs
SOUGHT 10 dispose o. sort drinks an:
: 'ahkiurtcrs. ANA a Iiie-snoot!ns range
.n\ .tcd ptt.onagv. N.tcr travcrslnp
."cs ~ihG. .i.ri cas- 70: a CONSIDERABLE
= 's....~t .oU tpunI another staircase
"n>a Anutl yuu IN the sawdust-cO,-
~, cU.ter OF tuc garden.
N : t!n.e .: l", entrance, which
-. !i-aticrnoon. i male uuar;ci;y
~...tiA3 attention from the Weary
~. p.o~Icts 10 sis,i.. There wctc
~ - -.,vp persons in the vas.
.ui.. 49,. 49," ....t.r"A walking about
ia ar IA ana the rest scattered
~ .lcnvS y the Various galleries ina
m 3d.. = ...t . Ttr. H. ''lln WHOA. 1th,.,1-g-
20 u lac iiSt auditorium, caC. nu.n.
per % Inc ciH'jytte was provided viii
u y iaphoAr. u yoI have never heard
a = tr'ttte r"hi'rihG q love ballad
TIN. Sh mcgtpaoars, .ou have a treat
N :. re. M.,.! ;he tanu:'s m~cearaonc
.'ointsd northeast amt that al IN,
'tue west g tae musicians va get
W. rdness Q: c.henoes iha; canno
>ndden!y II me mills; % The ~;oacor:
seemed 10 DC s!e"2.t. in their seats.
.ross ana lent ihe.r sionis 10 the ain.
y sprint hal .c.tdn. Sorints are a
siH-iA. ]s.o:clo races. d.Scovcrcd.
games. Eve .I'S GoJ ,i's are TO h.Sena,.
Hols, lhv diL,-cMCc Is twhich may @,
ma NO be ." aiNantaGe,, tnat in a
~ !! GSmiaS whereas in tGo s.%-u;..
race tic ..1.int o>c!rs on S.l. las
t!mc or ihcrhA'odtS The rules culie
Tor i've ]stria;s in five ;wo-mil- in
icrvAis. lee ming DAILY M 30 \. NJ.
and ESQ ana $500 l.. ii " 49,
II was for ihrsa or.aht spots IN {.
mon"tonous program. that ihc dcvotcc-
81 ms i'nri '-."r Inc Of sport chic..y
waited Eat or tho price or Il sing
admiSs on no Hpiron could witnes.
more than one scries % sprints. II yo:
entered tue @ardrn al $ y. VI. yoa We're
no. ai.ow"'i |" remain after i l.. -.
"thou; bu\iH. another t.ckei. am. ir
va entered at Il l.. NJ. YOU were cyictc,
"' sore the $50 s'rintS began.
Ihr chief charm" o! these snrin:a
Appeared to consist in the peril 10
which the part ~cioanis Subjected the...
.'N,s and limbs. tp the S;.cn bln,S
:" me oval ihcy rode Al hrcak.nec&
speed. thci: bodies nearly parallel with
The hoor . 'ac garden. ANA only a miv-
3.cl. :eem;'g 10 save them rom tump-
ling in n heap upon one arother.
Us an unbiased visitor ] should say
The excitement was not worth tie
price. In fact did not really rcr.
thar had got the worth o. my money
will a friend pointed out jhc kounc.s
n which these siN-day riders are COM
pc ed to nhii" when not on thc.r
wheels Relieved by his ;cIm-matc 81:
intervals seldom longer tam TWO hours.
a C'ntcSttNt. American. F"cn.h. iS-.-
G.E'u. swiss or whsinoi. crawis intv {,
Don scarcely a long as himself. puts
. curtain across is oDen end. and pre-
ares TO so 10 sleep, these boxes e.
end along one Side OF the ova', and are
almost 5rushc! by the wheels Of tho.
racers.
low sleep, or even resi-. is possih.c
nnicr such conditions. is a mystery.
The sound Of the deadly grind = goinr
on i7ccssantly right under a contest
ants rose even a'tcr he is no anger .
nart Of il. The air is dense wiz a.
uacco smoke. and filled with the shouts
~ nroS.:ann. ccti-lr'nl; and other vc..
lors.
y s:1-dav "Cya:c race" may DO cha
ac:crilcG as a sport" but | shou.l ca;,
l. . ricntnNprn.