The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-25
PROFESSIONAL FOOT RACE.

sCHoLEs AND WHEAT RUN ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY YARDS FOR FIVE HUNDRED DoLLAEs-
AN UNSATISFACTORY AFFAIR.
Five hundred or moro admirers Of athletic sports
assembled ut Fleetwood Park yesterday to witness
match between the professional sprinters b. Schoes
OF Trenton, N. j., and William Wheat (colored) lately
Of Putsburg, but Of this city. The conditions OF
tho event were $3.50 side. tho distance $50 yards,
and 1t agreed that there should be scratch start
OF fifteen feet which does away with pistol firing,
but keeps each man tho alert lest he be caught
mapping. Many strangers were among the as.
semblage, delegations from Philadelphia, Trcn-
ton, Pittsburg and Boston being recognized. Wheat
is % years OF age, It. ~ in. IN height weighed
yesterday 14S los He had boon in charge OF Jack
Goulding, the trainer and track master OF the New
York Athletic Club, for about fortnight, and came
to the scratch 1ne pb yscal fix. Scholes rs years
DID, IT, In. high, weighed about l43 los. yesterday
and was in charge OF Noah Mackinson, OF Philadelphia
The betting favor OF Scholcs, offers OF $50
$40 and in some instances $500 to $780, going begging
Tor hour or but when they were further reduced
ana ruled about 10 In favor oil the white man,
Wheat friends invested their money very freely,
and laughed that tney had made SUCH sale ventures.
"a DEAD HEAT"
The $50 yards were measured on the first turn
of the Fleetwood track, the hnish being near
the quarter pole. worse track sprinters never
performed on 1t was rough, hlly ana iuil Of ruts,
with an endless number oi small branches blown from
the trees on the hillside frozen The surface, as
thousands OF stones that were ready to trip and
annoy the runners After much discussion, Mr. +.
Saportas, OF the Harlem Athletic Llub was chosen
judge Tor Wheat, while J. 81. Ross, OF New York,
acted IN similar capacity Tor Scholes Edward
PIunmor was the referee The track was kept clear
by the police The at their stations shortly
alter four O'Clock, Wheat generously giving the inside
position to his competitor. The race unfortunately,
very unsatisfactory affair. ocholes' friends
willing to give TO just before The men went 10
the scratch, and accepted every time the offer
was made, while IN one or two Instances gold watches
bet on tho result The race easily told After
three or tour attempts the mon got away on even
terms and tor twenty-five yards were almost level,
when Scnoles drew away from his colored competi-
tor and up TO 100 yards led him three four
inches Here the long spikes In the running shoes
OF Wheat hit stone projecting an inch or TWO above
the surface and came near throwing him. but he
quickly recovered and then, making his effort about
thirty yards from homo, drew on Schoes very rapidly
difficult determine The winner Wnears judge at
admitted his inability TO say who was here first
aud claimed a ''dead aeat" Ross, on the contrary,
claimed that SchOles had won with eighteen inches
spare. Tho referee finally decided the dead
heat and desired the men to run 1t over
but Scholes refused, although Wheat will
ing aud ready Tho time was Tx seconds
Great exception taken to the Referees decision
yet It was ndorsod by all the impartial spectators
present All bets we're finally declared OF, and The
stakes OF $500 drawn by tho respective parties
him yards 200 yards and make the stakes $500
ST. 900 side, but the rrentonian did not to
make ruce. 1t was gwen out on the track that
Stanford, the bookmakor paid away $500 or 81, 600
the supposlti0n that Sch0ieS was the winner, and
did not recover The amount