The morning call., 1890-09-18
A GOOD DAYS SPORT
Yesterdays Events at the Sac
ramentO Track.
Winners Of the Prizes in the Amateur
Athletic Games.
Exciting Running COnteStS-A Change in
Starters After the Second Event.
TO-Day's Races and Pools.
Special Dispatches to THE MORNING CALL

aIUlellt gaines given NAuCA tAiS "NSi''SNS -
the Pacific Coast Amateur Athletic ASsocla-
ton drew a large attendance to the race
track at an early hour this morning 1t was
intended to commence the games promptly
at 9 o'clock. but when the managing officers
arrived there they found the track very
heavy from the constant sprink!ing it had
been given since early in the morning to get
it in readiness for the running races in the
afternoon. A misunderstanding Of the en-
gineer in charge of the water-carts caused
the mishap, and couple OF hours were
spent in preparing that section In front of
the grand-stand where the sprint events
we're run over. Finally, at II o'clock, every
thing was in readiness.
OFFICERS OF THE GAMES.
The various officers were;
Referee, President William Greer Har-
risen, Olympic Athletic Club; judges-W
F. BoutOn, Z. A. RX, Olympic Athletic
Club, Ii. H. Esbert, CALL; timeTS-Peter
McILtyre, d. W. DOnnelly, John Elliott,
OLYMPIC Athletic Club; starter, Captain
Walter A Scott, President Alpine Athletic
Club; Judge of walking, John Elliott, OlYm-
pic Athletic Club; inSpectOrs-A. kleinSorge,
A. p Booth. j. G. Mansfield, George Ii.
Clark, George Mcmillan, Sacramento Ath-
letc Club; clerk of the course, j. NJ. Ham
ilt0n; assistant cleTks-J. j, Theobald,
Olympic Athletic Club, Cal G0defroy, A
/. Ripley, Sacramento Athletic Club; mar
shals- Crawford j. Cox and assistants;
scorers-Ira A. Robie, Morrill, Hamilton,
Sacramento Athletic Club; official reporters
T. L. Enright, Elwood Bruner, Sacramento
Athletic Club.
RESULT OF THE CONTESTS.
The following is the list of races and the
results:
One hundred and twenty yard hurdles
(handicap), 10 hurdles, feet inches high
F. F Foster, Olympic Athletic Club, penal
led u yards; was first easily. II. c. Cas-
sidy, Alpine Athletic Club, penalized 4
yards, second. Time, 20 3-5 seconds.
Fifty yards handicap-First heat, A. s.
Henderson, Olympic Athletic Club. first;
J. c. Kortick. second Time, 81 seconds
Second heat-P. NJ. Wand, Olympic Ath-
letc Club, first; Roy Gallagher, Olympic
Athletic Club, second. Time, 6 seconds.
The run-off was won easily by A. s. Hender-
son, Olympic Athletic Club. in So seconds.
The half-mile run Scratch, had for start
eIs: Clyde Frost, Garden City Athletic Club;
r Macarthur, Olympic Athletic Club; p. ID.
Skflman, Olympic Athletic Club; Harry G.
Cassidy, Alpine Athletic Club. Skilman
made all the work and won easily by 40 feet
in EOS; r. Macarthur, second.
The 1O0-yard (handicap), was run in
heats: J. C. Kortick, Olympic Athletic
Club, 2% yards, won the first in II seconds;
A. s. Henderson, Olympic Athletic Club.
(scratch), the second in 11A the third heat
went to Roy Gallagher, Olympic Athletic
Club, (scratch) in II seconds; J. W. Creagh,
Alpine Athletic Club, yards, won the
fourth in 1Ob seconds. aud J. D. Garrison,
Alpine Amateur Athletic Club, , yards,
won tie f h in 1Oh seconds. The fifth
heat winners came together for the run-of,
which was won neatly by j. w. Creagh,
Alpine Athletic Club. in 1Oh seconds, with
J. d. Garrison, Alpine Amateur Athletic
Club. second.
Tie mile walk Chandicap) had Horace COT
fey, Olympic Athletic Club, scratch, and
A. Cooke, Alpine Athletic Club, 20 seconds
TO start, Only as competitors. Cook won In
good style IN 7:27h.
A 22O-yaTd handicap for members of the
Sacramento Athletic Club only was run in
heats. The first went to G. E. Bauer, 8
yards; E. \. Simpson, Z yards, second F.
Whitmore, yards, third. Time. 27A., The
second heat was won by J. Campbell, 8
yards; II. Rubenstein, yards. second.
Time, 2SA. The run-off was won by c. Z.
Bauer, yards; J. Campbell, yards, sec
ond. Time, 1913.
won by J. D. Garrison. Alpine, Athletic
Club; 5. V. Cassidy, Olympic Athletic Club,
second; 5. V. WinslOw, Olympic Athletic
Club, third. Time, 51A.
The 220-yard run (handicap) was run in
three heats and a final. c. A. Jellinck,
,r,io Athlatia fluh ha
first; c. ". Meyer. Alpine Athletic Club,
second. Time, 2jA. j. c. KOrtick, Olymp-
ic Athletic Club, Is yards, was first, and IL
p. Coleman, Alpine Athletic Club, 10 yards,
second in the second heat; The third heat
went to S v. WinslOw, Olympic Athletic
Club, yards with s. V. Casady. Olympic
Athletic Club, scratch, second. Time, 25B.
The run-Off was won by j. c. Kortick,
Olympic Athletic Club, yards; c. A. Je-
Imck, Olympic Athletic Club, yards, Sec
ond. Time, 1874.
For the two-mie handicap there were nine
starters: A. Cooke. Alpine Athletic CLUB,
65 seconds; f. Welch, Sacramento Athletic
Club, 70 seconds; +. 0. Galyey, Lurline
Athletic Club, 65 seconds; II. NJ Collins,
Olympic Athletic Club, co seconds; A. Snow,
Alameda Athletic Club, So seconds; +. l..
Cooley. IS seconds; l.. Macarthur, Olympic
Athletic Club, 40 seconds; II. G. Cassidy,
Alpine Athletic Club, IS seconds, and 2. ID.
Skillman, Olympic Athletic Club, scratch,
btdllCus SOolcg hcpl Ills lcdu All kllC way,
and won by about thirty feet in the fast
time OF 10 minutes and IS seconds. Skill
man trailed all the way until the second
mile was entered, when three of the con-
testants had retired. He picked up the
Others one by one, and at the mile and three
quarters was second, about $50 feet behind
Cooley He made gallant effort to catch
Cooley, but the latter's advantage was too
much for him to overcome.
The winners were presented with the
n4r1,- &c. -.
race.
THE RACES.
To-day's programme was entirely of run
ming races. The track was somewhat hard
and itrequired considerable work to put it in
order. and consequently the first race was
postponed to 2 o'clock. The attendance
was very large. fully up to that of any day
OF the rast fairs, and shows the popularity
In which the public hold the runners.
THE Two-YEAR oLDs.
The first number on the card was the
California Amateur stake for two-year Odds
Fairy, 120, BOrell; Loduwic, 113, Morton;
Altus, lib, Cooper, and Cheerful, 10, Cook,
brought 500. Lodowic S24, and the field SIS.
Two breaksaway were Lad at the post Lodo-
vic being the leader in the first, before the
flag fell, Lodowic being the last off and
Cheerful the leader. AT the half Cheerful led
by length, Fairy second, and Lodowic
last by some six lengths. Fairy went to the
front around the turn, and at the three
quarters led Cheerful by four lengths, Lodo-
vic third. Fairy went away ZONE and
Lodowic. coming up fast. took second posi-
ton. Morton drove the steel into the Shippee
colt, but he could not reach Fairy, who
won by three lengths, easily, Cheerful
third and Altus last Time, 1:16R
SCRAMBLE FOR POOLS.
The second race, the Fall stake, handi-
cap for all ages, one and quarter miles,
was the betting race of the meeting, and
tho rush to invest on the chances of the six
starters was something awful. Men
fought at the mutual and big boxes
like crazy people all anxious to get
their money invested on choice of their spe-
cial fancies. The contestants were Tycoon,
124. Mcconnell; Carmen, liz, Murphy; Peel.
no Casey: Lurline, Ito, Cook. Before the
horses went to the post the talent was all
at sea. There was something to , be
starters. Finally Tycoon was settled as
the first choice At $50 Applause at 80 ~ fee
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