The morning call., 1893-07-05

that he was made of the right stuff. and
again shot out in the hope of catching the
leader, wh0 had a long handicap on him.
It was a pleasure to see the smooth
faced youngSter from the orange groves
slide along on his racer, and gradually
diminishing the distance between him ana
the leaders. Foster was seen to falter on
rounding the slope on the south end OF the
track, and finally stop riding. 1t was
afterward ascertained that he was foul ed
by Griffith unintentionally. but. however
that may have been, Foster did not pro-
test when the race was over. he GER
tainly could not have defeated Fox. VINO
rode home as fresh as if he had just been
nut on practice SPIN. The last lap OF
hauled the leader. and had gain OF three
yards after leaving the elevation on the
stretch for home.
About thirty yards from the finishing
line he looked over his shoulder to see who
WAS next test man, and in an instant Hall
of Los Angeles cane along under great
burst of speed, passed Fox and won the
after the race that Fox intended that Hall
should win the contest provided the chances
were favorable for sodoing. The time was
min. 8 So sec. AS Fox, who was only
defeated by an inch or SO. was given the
same time as the winner. he now has the
honor Of being the two-miles champion OF
The coast, having lowered Olsen's record
Of min. "a sec. made at Stockton last
year.
One-mle Pacific Coast championsh ship
First heat-Starters: Foster and Rose
Foster led until thirty yards from home,
when he was caught mapping by Rose.
who put on squirt and defeated Foster
for first place by half foot According
to rules this put Foster on the shelf, which
means out ofthe contest altogether. Some
said that Foster did not desire to win. an
ticipating hard race with Fox.
Second heat-Starters Wells and Fox.
Fox did the same trick as Foster. and
allowed Wells to defeat him at the finish.
but the judges gave dead heat. T me,
2:51 1-5.
Third heat-Starters: Terrill and Hall.
A good race home resulted. and although
Hall defeated Terrill by six inches. the
judges called it dead heat. Time, 2:46 As
sec.
Final heat--Starters: Rose. Wells. Fox
and II. +. Terrill. Fox again showed his
great endurance and speed bv winning a
good race in 2 min. Is 4 5 sec, Wells second.
This ended the excellent tournament,
which will long be remembered by the
spectators and contestants as being one Of
the great wheeling features of 1898 The
prizes were distributed last evening.
The Bay City Wheelmen gave the visit
ing wheelmen "a smoker" last evening at
the banquet hall in Odd Fellows building
Long before the blue smoke Of the first
pipe or cigar was waited in the direction Of
the ceiling the hall was packed with the de-
voices of the wheel. who chartered mer-
rily and enjoyed themselves in manner
which proved beyond a doubt that they
were ou for a good evenings Qualification.
During the hours of piping off things in
general, several speeches were made by
the officers of the league. and congratula-
tons from all quarters of the house were
extended to the Bay City Wheemen for
the able manner in which the league
meeting was conducted.
The clock in the tower of the Odd Eel
lows building marked the hour of mid
night when the festivities were brought to
conclusion and the happy gathering dis
persed, singing "We won't 60 home till
morning"