Show JilLLE8 1liFii TilE AACE LONG DISTANCE CHASEPIOSC AWAY Tsf THE LEAD Riders Change Positions In the Six day Contest Gimm Rapidly Palling Pall-ing Behind Hale Was Delirious San Francisco Feb IS Charlie Miller Mil-ler woke up this afternoon himself and took a hand in coaching Oscar Anon son Miller has never been very sleepy but he has set a pace very slow at times owing to a bad ankle Encouraged Encour-aged by his position Miller never slows Aronson seemingly had an opportunity for first when day dawned today but ha could not stand the strain any longer and he began dropping down in his speed to that point which Glmm had reached long ago Gimm tired but n c speedy and plucky to the last circled the track all day When he found ho was unable to get first place Gimm decided de-cided that second would be his lot When Lawsons star was in the ascendancy ascen-dancy Glmm was in low spirits but when Lawson began to slow Glmm was encouraged and round the track he sped at a lively clip and an attempt was made at a return of the old confident con-fident smile which he wore in the early part of the week and in both of the New York contests Teddy Hale was delirious again today to-day He rode well but the track had gone from his memory for a time His voice too was gone as was the case in the New York race Hales trainers dared to give him a little rest as Fredericks the Spviss had been left behind again and they wished to keep Hale in the fourth position Nawn rode by spells and held his own at such times but his frequent dismounts did the man no good for position Interest Inter-est in the contest is intense and the pavilion pa-vilion is constantly filled with a large and enthusiastic crowd Gimm seems to be out of it as far as the first three positions are concerned He left the track for two hours tonight and lost second place to Aronson who Is riding strong and fast and is rapidly rap-idly dropping down towards Hale and Fredericks The little Swiss Is the strongest rider on the track at this time and may finish as good as second place Miller continues to increase his lead and as he is riding fairly strong has first place to a certainty Hale will probably secure third or fourth position which is much better than he did in New York recently The others are strung out down the line to 1300 miles Julius being the tailender One hundred and twentyfirst hour 1143 Miles Laps Miller 1924 0 Aronson lSffi 6 Glmm 1847 0 Fredericks 1S07 4 Hale 1S01 4 Nawn 1774 6 Albert 376S 7 Bamaby 1705 4 Pilkington 1S82 7 Lawson i 1H35 3 Ashlnser 1525 6 Julius 12SO 6 The best previous record for 121 hours was 1801 miles 1403 yards made by Miller |