Show u oo o oto oo o o I oo oooo o o o oooo 0 0 C G G 80 0 0 ot 0 0 0 Y 0 0 eo o oot o 00 0 C L 0 ot x S Oo 0 I o L 1 F 0 S o OG I 0 00 0 I I J L 00 ot Of 0 0 N N J I ot I 00 G G G G G P P 3 oo 0 6 o 0 at 04 g 9 9 I I I 0 O Pv I TIlE THE serial In New York is 18 As annually o opened ent with a great reat hur hurrah hurrah rah hy by the national horse horae show so the Indoor cycle racing season In III this country la II yearlY started with a bang by br the great reat six alx day race for tor the championship of the world at Madison Garden The event enn I this year III take place In Inthe Inthe the vat arena In Gotham beginning at 1106 1100 a m hi Dec 10 and will finish at p ut III t e 15 11 It will be a contin hour IlOur loon contest teat the riders being divided into Inlo teams o or two to men Hh each on only ly Iy one of each pair being allowed on the track ot al s 8 time The have havethe the Ihl right to rest and ride all as they Ie see fit t except t that no rider may be on the track more than 12 hours out o of each 21 1 h teAm must choose and wear Ite COlON anti and as AI It is III an international affair each ach must wear the nag lIag of ofhie his hie country the emblem m o of his hili elate or orsome some other distinguishing mark which t Ill III nooks It apparent to spectators latora what hat they represent is II oat not allotted that wm will be to the disadvantage vantage of all ally of th the other riders and an any found lUlU gutty of giving or of such aid will be Th The II note 1 of team racing In six Ix da dal has baa made the affairs tr far not and exciting than the theold theold old d each for tor himself ar was 1 physically temy bly on the men The pace lays I at a racing clip the whole time the men Inen being practically bunched a as I rl regards the distance they travel and nd th the Rain or lop loa ot of a lap may win or Inse the race s a the riders anti and spectators are In 1 a constant slate Itte of at tn tension lon end nd the cheering and en encouraging cries of oC the onlookers make the scene lenE a very ery enjoyable one The entries title year yar are more end ot of a h higher het class claN than In any pt race of this character and andas as al a result it 11 is III thou thought ht that the lull and total mileage records will be broken The winners of last lut years yeara race were Miller and Weller who covered mil mules anti and 4 laps laPH while Maya raya and the second pair we were only two laps lap behind and Gimm and one lap behind them This shows hows how elo closely el the Ihl race rul must hAve peen and how hol hard har It was wall for tor any one O O showed the stamina an and grit that ha hamade have made him so 10 successful during the put palt season In the face ace of Innumerable acct acci accidents dents and In the early part palt of oC the summer Harry Is II another rider well known among the middle distance men both here hert and abroad who won tam fame In III Ina a week Ion long contest at the outset of oC hi his career carer oft 01 the wh wheel I The riders ra who have comer com from I lu u rope to in take part In the Ule race are R a crack lot and have made It interesting for our In former furmer contest They Include such well known a ami and Muller Nitwit and Fredericks and Chevalier and They lave have all 1111 liMn Been la In this country for tor several w weeks k ud and are acclimated and anel andIn In good lood i for tor the contest conlest The team will he be Eta tOllo follows S1 second 1000 third fourth 00 fifth 1350 II b 2 0 these large prat will be behun hun hung up by the management Joe Gana has hag heel anxious for a aIon along long Ion time put past tit d got t a whack at Terr Terry McGovern and Ida is II at last lit to lie be gratified all On Tuesday evening the lads lad will fa fade Celt ch otter ohr In the lin linIn ring In Chicago for tor a six t round bout The colored boy Jor t is pretty rett near th the top of the heap anto among the lightweights while Terry Is II t tote champion feather featherweight weight The has hal been taking on I flesh VII very rapidly during durin the peat few months month however and would probably need several veral weeks of hard hand training to I get et down to 10 his hll weight at t his hll last lut I championship champlon batik batt In this respect therefore the Ibl pair will I be about on a apar par parAs As Aa to condition however there le III liable to be t a marked contrast between the men Terr Terry 1 Is on tour with whir his hll the theatrical com company pan and Inti though h he takes tome some exercise every Ivery da day he is II not like likely I ly to show the speed which has bAa tensed his work In all his hili important lights III recent KO go with Bernstein demonstrated this point Gars on the theother theother other laud hand Is sure ure to be In corking good condition for both bath he an and his hIli manager realize the importance of tile the coming event to Osne and are not like likely I ly to leave anything undone so IQ far a as condition le II Cn concerned rud McGovern has such Hueh Ii a wonderful con cem anti and recuperative power and 1 and hu bai proved remarkably with the It wu was th I dents dent hellit that tl the standard or IJ At the rational championships 8 tuu I l bettered if IC the contestants ncr Hr I sifted out at h home me The soundness of oC these thue tk 11 a shown b by the improved I entries In this years lar 1 II It le Is said Aid that thai the committee h ha I oral eral men en In view An any one of Pitt nn would be acceptable iii as II a Cute J Mr Thomas Thoma but the main III du seem to be la in finding sett on II t I Ii has both the time Ume to 10 devote tl m tie III I lion and the willingness to I It k B of the riders to get away from hll hIe ti fi vats 1118 The individual mileage record wu was i imade trade made by bT flab the rider who coveted lW 1402 milt miles and 6 laps lapsin PI i In the week wk while who rode miles and ami t II was wal second Some of the b best t known riders rf trl In first made nam names for them themselves selves In Ix lay day events Major Ta Talor Tay lot lor the professional short distance made hll ha entry Into tonal circlet In a It six x day grind In Mad Madison Iad ison Iso Square Garden several a ago agu William the distance champion who 11 eu the fiat rider to 10 40 10 mues In an hour came to the to I front In list years e event t ht he has h shown that lie hll can stand such an awful ot of punishment that It Is II unlikely that Cans will be able to put putI Terry to III steep even If the latter laUer should I prove spongy Although Ute lilt annual meeting ot of tb the United StA Sate Calf RM association is II atilt two months oft orr have be berun begun run gun to lO talk of It already This la 18 owing to the determination of W U B Thomas Thoma of to from the of the J his bIB two years tenure of the Mr law lIu done don II yeoman service for this the gain IM by the establish all over oer the thEl country of sectional league lapH With This huts been bien Minuet a hobby hobb ot of hi his I |