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CYCLISTS ARE UNLAST WEARY DAYTh« Two Lending Immt llwvc CovereO ‘2.MU1 Mile*- 1lurlt;l It OneL*|» llrhiml.New York, Dee. 14 The weary six-day riders, contestlng for fume andmoney, kept grinding out rn.le after mile during the day and evening at therat** of about 18 miles an hour, amiat midnight the leaders had covered2.264 miles and s* v« n laps, with the third team Just one lap behind.All the contestants in the ratv are in such shape hh to ensure their continuing to finish at 1 o’clock to-night. Madison garden was taxed to Its utmost capacity last night, the spectators rising In th**lr wen Is and cheering madly when any of the rider* mad* an effort to forg** ahead The leading teams in the rac *, K1k«*s and McFarland, and Pierce and McKa^y-m, were always on the alert to catch the other napping, then to shoot down from the high bankon the side of the garden in a franticeffort to gam the coveted lap that would probably settle the affair. Me* K ichern got a g .M,j start on the hunchat 3 o'clock last night, but Pikes washot after b in, and McKac hern had t* conic bark to th* others, after setting a merry clip for a few minutes.The f*ature of yesterday's ridingwas th** pM*f- nuance of Klscr, the geemlngiy tirele partner of Uys * ,w ho at •'» o elo k y»-siciday niorning. by a marvlt; Imia burnt of speed. stole a clean lap on the raceta, and r« p *atedthe performance shortly after Yesterday afterno. n how* ver. he had t • circle th track over lo times, or two miles, brfof he caught up with thebunch.During last evening Major Taylor established a m w indoor w orld's reoid for one quarter nib*, unpaid. makin~the distance ii r* 4-.‘» second*. At the end of the fifth day the r d**rn w*r* 2miles behind the re ord made by W aller and Miller las: year.Tlie 2 o'elii k - r* s were an follows: Flkes and M hit la ml, 2 2143. a; Per »and McKachorn. *,2911.5: Sims and «be gults. 2.299 I K r and Ryser, 2.299 1; Fisher and Frederick. 2.299 0: Wallerand Stinson. 2.297.9; llabco* k and Aarons *n. l, l Turvilie ami (i!mni,1.499 7
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Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, Montana, US
Sat, Dec 15, 1900
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