Show NOr TWO lAPS BEHIND Salt Lakers Fail to Catch Up in the Bicycle Race STILL HOLDING THEIR OWN I They Wow Have 1S2S Miles and Two laps to Their Credit During Yesterday I Yes-terday Afternoon a Bad Spill Occurred Oc-curred in Which Fischer nnd Chevalier I I Chev-alier Wore Injured So Badly That They Had to Retirc Prom the Contest Con-test 15000 People in Madison clUU Garden Last Night j New York Dec 13At the beglrr jilns of tho lost half of the sixday bicycle race with its attendant spills and tho nervous tension of the riders ctralnctl to breaking1 point the Interest of the public is greatly on the increase ffhla Was apparent from the presence I of the 15000 people Madison Square Garden last night Tho seventeen liundrcdmilo mark In tho race wins passed ut C2G Jast evening In nlnctysccoud hour of the race tjio men covered fifteen miles and three laps while in tho same hour of the record mado xtcon score Miller and Wailer a wiles and four lara At S oclock tho men were fiftyseven miles and four laps behind tho record Yesterday afternoon a collision between McLean and Chevalier occurred They roll from their wheels and Chevalier wan eoveroly hurt An InsLant later Fred cricks who seem to bo very weak and ho could best was wobbling along as tried to keep up with tho leaders and etruck the rear wheel of Fischers bicycle bicy-cle who had been hurried Into his saddle Jjy his trainers to take tho placo of his partner and was riding at full speed about tho trade Doth mon were thrown to the trade and Hall ran Into them as they lay there nnd was thrown from his wheel no escaped injury though and was soon riding again ffor several minutes Fischer lay like ono dead Hla tralnqrs were about to carry him to hla quarters when he becAme be-cAme as ono wild and fought them klck ipg one of them In tho stomach It was linN to get him to his room Later In tho afternoon It was announced that Fischer and Chevalier would bo inmblo to continue In the race Fischer sustained sus-tained a fracture of his shoulder His partner sprained his wrist Four miles wore added to tho totals Uurlng tho sprint in which the accident occurred but the effects of the efforts of tho men upon them wero clearly shown by their faces Several of them were so weak that they seemed hardly able to remain upon their wheels Their faces were ashy gray and their eyes looked as If they wero about to burst All tho racers wero examined by physicians phy-sicians In the evening and were pro pounced to bo In good condition Tho Physical condition of Babcock and Tur vHlo Is exceptionally good and that team IB looming up as a decided factor In tho race for llrst money It Is admitted that tho terrible strain had affected hto nor yous systems of all the men Early lost evening the trainers of Mc Eachern and Walthour agreed to withdraw with-draw their protest against the referees decision which refused them tho lap they declared they had gained during the at tcrnoon It was because of this decision that McEachorn threatened to quit tho race raceA oncmllo match best two In three heats was participated In last night by Howard Freeman of Portland Or and George Schreiber the Indoor champion of this city Freeman won the first heat In 83315 tho riders Jockeying all over tho track The second heat went to Schrel l Jar In 310 25 Freeman won tho third and deciding heat in 33 45 At 2 oclock this morning the score was Miles Laps Butler and McLean 1S2S 4 Isowktrk and Munro 1E3 1 JMcEachern and Walthour ror 1823 4 I Sflayo and Wilson 1828 J Babcock and Turvlllo 182S 4 J King and Samuelson 1523 2 Hall and McLaren 1S2S 8 Fredericks and Jaak 1S27 c Lawson and Julius 1S27 5 Tho record for this hour Is I 1001 miles I |