| Name / Title | Board |
| Collection | William (Torchy) Peden Collection |
| Object ID | 981.7.42 |
| Provenance | This block of wood was part of the finish line of the board track in Madison Square Garden, N.Y., when "Torchy" won his 1st 6-Day Race there in March 1932. |
| Height | 3.175 |
| Length | 11.748 |
| Width | 3.810 |
| Description | Block of wood, unsanded on one side, a 5 cm wide streak of black paint or creosole down middle of another. On the unsanded side written in pen is "BEST WISHES ALWAYS" the signature is illegible. On a third side is written "BEST WISHES - PAT MOLVEY MARCH 1932". |
| People | William Torchy Peden |
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![This programme is from the Ninth International 6 Day Bike Race that took place in Montreal from October 9th to October 14th, 1933. The 6 Day Bike Race was a 24hr race that took place over 6 days. During the 1930's this was the most popular sport to watch.
Inside are the short biographies of all the cyclist that participated that weekend. In the middle, the programme lists the cyclists as they are grouped into teams and the colour they will be wearing. The most interesting part are the signatures. Some are cyclists: Roy MacDonald, Piet Van Kempen, Torchy Peden, Jules Audy , Frank W Bartell , Z St. Laurant , Harry Horan, Alfred Letourneur, Pierre Gachion, Freddie Ottevaire, Reg Fielding, Roy MacDonald, Saveer Van Slambrouck, Tom Saetta, Freddie Zach. Other Signatures, not cyclists: Phil Lightheart, Laurent Gadon Tibi, George Earl, Pete Ga[vuppe], J.V. Delongchamps.
Torchy Peden was not the winner of this Montreal Six-Day Race, but had won previously on the following occasion: April 1931 with Heri Lepage, October 1931 with Henri Lepage, April 1932 with Jules Audy, October 1932 with Reggie Fielding.](http://www.sportshall.ca/images/cshof/thumbs/X2006.15.1_t.jpg "This programme is from the Ninth International 6 Day Bike Race that took place in Montreal from October 9th to October 14th, 1933. The 6 Day Bike Race was a 24hr race that took place over 6 days. During the 1930's this was the most popular sport to watch.
Inside are the short biographies of all the cyclist that participated that weekend. In the middle, the programme lists the cyclists as they are grouped into teams and the colour they will be wearing. The most interesting part are the signatures. Some are cyclists: Roy MacDonald, Piet Van Kempen, Torchy Peden, Jules Audy , Frank W Bartell , Z St. Laurant , Harry Horan, Alfred Letourneur, Pierre Gachion, Freddie Ottevaire, Reg Fielding, Roy MacDonald, Saveer Van Slambrouck, Tom Saetta, Freddie Zach. Other Signatures, not cyclists: Phil Lightheart, Laurent Gadon Tibi, George Earl, Pete Ga[vuppe], J.V. Delongchamps.
Torchy Peden was not the winner of this Montreal Six-Day Race, but had won previously on the following occasion: April 1931 with Heri Lepage, October 1931 with Henri Lepage, April 1932 with Jules Audy, October 1932 with Reggie Fielding.")
