Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-02
TANNING AGAIN A WINNER.
New Britain Sprlnters Take Three
 E1Fst Prizes In the Handicnn

New Britain Sprlnters Take Three
 First Prizes In the Handicap,
 The long expected electric light handi- cap was run last evening ill the presence of about 200 spectators. There were twenty heats in tho first round and it was o'clock before the last was finished. The winners were T.Ahearn, New Britain; M. McNerney Union.ille; Ed Tanning, New Britain: M. J. Welsh, New Britain: G. Harrington Waterbury; H. M. Rgney, Watsrville; J. Boyle, New Britain; Ed Begley, Water bury; G. Tudor, Naugatuck: J. ONeil, New Britain; M. Welch, New Britain: NJ. Kelly, Waterbury; P. Corbett New Britain; J. Carter, Thomaston; J. Long, New Bri- tain; J. Thomas, Newark, N J.; H. Kast, Waterbury; P. McGrath. Waterbury: R. Eagan, Waterbury; c. Webber, Naugatuck. 1t was after nine o'clock when the draw ing for the second round of heats was completed and the four heats were run as follows: First heat, J. O'Neil, New Brit ain, 23 yards NJ. J. Welch, New Britain, 1Sa; c. Webber, Naugatuck, 2G; R. Me Grath, Waterbury, 30; G. Tudor, Nauya- 1 tuck, 27. Considerable money changed hands between the Naagatuck people as to ! the respective merits of Webber and Tu- dor. The latter was declared the winner, however by about six inches and twelve | inches would cover the whole distance be- | tween any of the winners in the heat; time l 124 seconds. In the second heat were Ed Tanning, New Britain, IS. yards Ed Begley, Waterbury. sa; J, Long, New Britain, Qaa M, McNerney, Unionville, 30; H. Rigney, Waterville, 2G Tanning, who was considered a good last, being handicapped so heavily, surprised even his own friends by his remarkable speed. A bad second when within twenty yarda of the finish, he made such spurt as to land I hi o Vxyfv hue, q npl~ third beat held M Kelly, Waterbury, 21s yards J. Boyle, New Britain, 23a J. Carter, Thomaston, 224 T. Ahearn, New Britain, 27 J. Thomas, Newark, N. J 33 The knowing ones were again aiaappoint- ed. In the last last hhaiic"p given here Boyle and kelly were pitted against each othcr in the final heat. Boyle had n start of yards on Kelly and won by a bare scratch. Last night Royle only had 9 yards on Kelly, yet Le won by over 2 ya1,.. Ais time being 1at. In the last heat of the second round were G. Harrington, Waterbury, go yards M
 Welch, New Britain, 254 R. Eagan, Wa terbury, 27; P. Corbett, New Britain, 27.
 Weleh was the favorite and won hands down in 12!.
 It was fast approaching midnight when the runners came on the track for the final
 heat. The three New Britain men had l Gne1r quota or Dack6r6 ana money was
 freely exchanged There was no first
 favorite. but all expected to see a hard
 race. Boyle and Welch ale at daggers
 points and each wns determined to make q good race. Tudor was virtually out of the lace for first place. Tanning wore a con
 fident smile and again demonstrated the
 fact that hs is a sptiNtar with no equal ill
 the east. The race was pretty ono and
 probably no heat has ever been 50 hotly
 contested at handicap ill this vicinity
 The meu were evenly punched almost at
 the tape, but Tanning by superb effort
 struck ihs line first with Boyle almost
 beside him, Welch good third and
 Tudor bringing up the rear. The time
 was 12s.
 After the race considerable dispute was
 held amongst tine New Britain contingent on the running qualities of Boyle and
 Welch. One hundred dollars was wagered that Boyle would go out on the track then !, and beat Welch, but Welch's backers
 would not run their man until the next |. day. A race between these two mon would be an interesting one and will in all
 probability come to an issue soon. J.
 Claude Gilbert, the gentlemanly refree and ! J. Lynde the reliable starter contributed } no little share iI tho successful issue of the
 race and proved their ability to superin- , tend handicap. MT Gilbert says this is , his last refereeing, and in him the man agement lose an honest and faithful ref cree. About 200 people witnessed the , handicap.