Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-18

to have commenced at o'clock, and tn
large audience was there on time; but sev
eral shrinking carts had been turned loos'
earlier in the morning by some wise head
and the result was that the poruon OF I'M
track which the athletes wanted to us'
most, was converted into veritable muck
To run in this meant sprains and broker
legs, and the officers OF the Paclnc Coas
Amateur Athletic Association declined t
allow the games to go ahead until the tracE
was mt into condition. Scrapers and har,
rows were brought out, and with the assist
ance of the sun, the track was put into fail
condition by 1918 O'Clock, when the race:
commenced.
The audience was annoyed by this frs
DELAY, but they became almost exasperated
later on when the games were lmpedeo
through the incompetency OF the park otfi
GERS. Nearly every race was delayed by
some smart" horseman or trainers who
persisted in speeding their racers on the
quarter, stretch, and who were moi
stopped by the officers. "he gentlemen
who came up from the Bay to assist in
getting the races off successfully, made re-
peated requests of the horsemen to do theil
practising on the back stretch and also OF
the officers TO make them do so-but all to
no effect. The only wonder is that some
of the contestants were not run over.
The first race was 120 yards over ten
81 foot hurdles, and was a handicap race
The starters were f. F. Foster and P. NJ
Wand of the Olympic Athletic Club, H. c.
Cassidy and A Cooke of the Alpine Club
and J. Campbell OF the Sacramento Club.
Campbell had the best of the handicap and
ran splendid race to the last hurdle, when
Foster and Cassidy passed him. Foster
won the race, with Cassidy good second
and Campbell third.
The next event was Il magnificent eXhi-
bition of short distance sprinung 1t was
a fifty-yard dash from the scratch, and was
run in three heats. In the first heat the
entries we're A. S. Henderson, o. A. c.; ].
Newton Black, San Jose Club; G. A, Jel-
linek, 0. A. c., and ]. G. Kortick, O. a. G.
Henderson, the new Olympic Club phe-
nomenon, won the heat handlly in 81 Sec
onds, Kortick second and Jellinek third.
The starters in the second heat were: ]. w.
Flynn, o. A. c.; F. Holland, a. A. A. c.;
Roy Gallagher. o. A. G P. NJ. Wand, 0. A.
c., and F. G. O'Kane, o. A. G. Flynn and
O'Kane were too nervous on the scratch
aud made several false starts, for which
they were set back. They lost so much in
this manner that both drew out of the race.
A start was finally made, and Wand cap
tured the heat, Gallagher second, Holland
third Time, seconds. The first and
second men in each of these two heats then
came together for the final heat. Hender-
son won it in II seconds, Gallagher second
and Kortick third.
The third event was q half.mile scratch
race, in which Clyde Frost of the Garden
City (San JOSEF Club, r. McArthur .. A.
c.. H. G. Cassidy, A. A. A. G. and 2. d.
Skillman, O. A. @. started. Skiliman, the
ex-New York Athletic Club man, had
everything his own way in the race, win
ming in two minutes and eight seconds.
Macarthur was second and Frost third.
Skillmans style of running was revela-
ton to the Sacramento folks. He is about
as graceful a runner as Shitfersteln the
California champion, and possesses speed
and endurance that are astonishing.
Next came the event of the day-the
event which is always the feature of every
athletic field day. 1t was the 100 yard
handicap race. There were over thirty
entries and the race had 10 be run in six
heats. The first heat was captured by j.
C. Kortick of the Olympic Club in eleven
seconds. Henderson had an easy victory
in the second heat, jogging across the line
third heat was won by Roy Gallagher, o.
A. c., in eleven seconds; the fourth by ].
w. Creagh of the Alpine Club in ten and
half seconds, and the fifth by ]. D. Garri-
son of the Alpine Club in ten and a half
seconds.
The winners of these five heats were
then pitted for the final struggle, and
grand race it was. Henderson and Gala
CHER were Oh the scratch, while Creagh
had six yards start, Kortick two and a half
yards and Garrison two yards. Hender-
sons admirers believed he could over
come the heavy handicap and win, but it
proved too much for him. Little Creagh
went off with the pistol like deer and
was never headed Henderson made
gallant struggle, but only reached third
place, Garrison beating him for second
place.
A one-mile handicap walk was next on
the programme. There were only two
starters, Horace Coffin, of the Olympic
Club, and A. Cooke, of the Alpines. Cooke
was given twenty seconds start on Coffin.
The latter overbauled the Alpine man at
the three-quarter pole, and it looked like
an easy thing for him. But when thirty
yards off the tape Coffin suddenly weak
ened and gave up the race. Cooke finished
ID minutes ana III SECONDS.
Next was the 220-yard handicap race, in
which members of the Sacramento Club
only competed. 1t was run in three heats.
T. W. Measure (scratch), c. E. Bauer Is
yards), Frank Whitmore Is yards), E. NJ.
Simpson q yards). Bauer won easily in
274 seconds, Simpson second, Whitmore
third, Measure fourth. In the second. II.
Rubenstein Is yards) and j. Campbell Is
rdo oh ho cfo rtQ in no
and Campbell was the winner. All except
Measure ran again in the third heat. 1t
turned out to be one of the best races of
the day. Bauer, Whitmore, Campbell and
Simpson ran abreast for over 60 yards.
Then Bauer and Campbell forged ahead
and it looked like dead heat between
them, but Campbell, when almost within
yard of the tape, slipped and fell, losing
the race. Bauer's time was 26s seconds,
After the Sacramento lub race, came the
440.yard scratch race, in which the starters
were J. D. Garrison, A. A. A. c., s. V. Cas-
sadly and S. V. Winslow, o. A. c.. three of
the best amateur sprinters at this distance
on the Pacific coast. 1t was thought that
Cassidy would win. but as he had sore
leg, the best he could do was to get second
place Garrison took the first prize, his
time being 513 seconds.
Next was the 220 yard handicap. This
race was run in four heats. The first was
captured by c. A. Jellinek, o. A. c., in 254
seconds; G. w. Meyer, A. A A. c., second.
Kortick of the 0Iympics won the second
in 25 seconds; H P. Coleman, A. A. A c.,
second. The third was won by S. Y.
Winslow in 25 is seconds; S. V. Cassady
second. The final heat wss won by Kor-
tick in 2S8 seconds; Jellinek second and
Coleman third.
A two-mile handicap was the last event
on the programme. The starters were,
Frank Welch, S. A. G. (75 seconds start);
A. Cooke, A A. A. c. (65 5seconds); S Choyn-
ski, A. A. A. @. {65 seconds); @. W. Meyer,
A. A A. C. (65 seconds); II. NJ. Collins,
o. A. G. go seconds): A. Snow, Alameda
Olympic (55 secondsG F. L. Cooley, o. A.
G. (45 secondsl; R. Macarthur, o. A. C. (40
seconds); H. C. Cassidy, a. A. A. G. (35 sec
onds); F. o. Galvez, Lurline Club (65 sec
onds), and P. D. Skillman, o. A. G.
(scralch). For the first mile the race was
interesting and exciting. On the second
time around the track, however, the con-