Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-10

won by Charley Howard of Los Angeles,
Oscar Edinger beat Newcomb foot for
second place. Horace Evans and E. 0.
Blugeot also started.
THE FIFrY-YARD SLOW.
The 50-yard slow race was won by
Will Tufts in 1 :26 2-5. Fred Correll
was second.
The next event to attract attention
was the half-mile race. Burke, Stewart
and Jenkins started in the first heat.
Burke finished first and Jenkins second.
Time, 1:22. The second heat was q
corker. Percival won after q grand
stand finish, with Foster Just yard in
advance Of Ruby. The time was 81 1-5.
Burke, Percival. Foster and Jenkins
came out for the final heat. After the
first lap it settled into a race between
Burke and Foster. The latter made q
splendid effort, and made wonderful
continuous spurt, but Burke was not to
be denied, and won cleverly by twenty
yards. The time was 1:16 25, which is
excellent time, considering the track.
THE Two-MILE HANDICAP.
The two-miie handicap was splendidly
contested by Will s. Ruby, Scratch, H.
B. Cromwell and Phil Kitchen, 80
yards, and Pete Abel 100 yards. Ruby
made grand try. He almost over
hauled all his men, but did not have
quite enough left to make driving fin
ish. Abel finally won good style from
Kitchen. The time was minutes SO
seconds. At
RUNNING BROAD JUMP.
The running broad jump was easily
won by Carl Derby, who cleared 10 feet
inches.
THE MILE LAP.
The one mile lap race was very excit-
ing, as all the starters rode from the
crack of the pistol. Jenkins made a
brave fight against Burke. The cham
pion spurted and spurted, but little
Jenkins stuck to him like Trojan. 1t
was great race, and Burke had to ride
to beat Jenkins few short feet in the
fast time of 2:36, which lowered the
coast record a traction of second.
There was great cheering when the time
was announced.
THE HURDLE RACE.
The 120-yard hurdle race was won by
Oscar Edinger, with Bert Newcomb sec.
ond. The time was 20 seconds. Both
Newcomb and Edinger are promising
young athletes.
THE TEAM RACE.
The team race was captured by Fox,
Ruby and Cowan, the Riverside team.
Two Los Angeles teams competed, but a
rider in each team met with mishap.
Fox finished the mile first in 2:45.
jenkins WAS at Fox's wheel all the way
until he fell on the last lap.
THE MILE CONSOLATION.
The mile consolation brought out e.
E. Russell, w. K. Cowan, Joe Wilson
and Cromwell. Wilson led for long
way, but was finally corraled by Rus.
sell who won in 2:43. Foster, the
northern champion, then came out to
ride against the coast record O,
2:36, made an hour previous by
Burke. Foster rode a splendid mile
Jenkins and Ruby pacing him. When
it was announced that he had lowered
the mile record quarter of second
there was great rejoicing. Foster rode
the mile in 2:35 As. There were calls
for Burke from all sides, and although
he was dressing and it was getting late
the Los Angeles man consented to ride
He had Able, Fox and Perceval fol
pacemakers. Burke set out a terrific
pace. The Los Angeles boy struggled
around and finished the mile amidst
the greatest excitement. Two thirty.
three and four-fifths announced the
timekeepers, and the audience went
wild. 1t was grand performance
after his hard races during the after
noon. This concluded the afternoons
sport.