The herald., 1893-10-03

was maze In AZ ana the nall In rs.
At the back stretch Joe Mclaughlin was
away like fash, with the others after
him. Kitchin, good second. Me-
Laughlin led for the third quarter, in
2;06. Joe led in the fret OF the last
quarter, but at the turn Kitchin passed
him and kept his lead. Abel shot for
ward and caught up with Joe. They
had hard fight in the stretch for Sec
ond place. but Abei managed to beat
the East Slider out by several yards.
THIRD HEAT.
W. K. Cowan, w. A. Burke, S. G..
Spier and T. @. Hall we've the starters
in the third heat, and it fell to Burke,
in 2:42 20, with Hall good second.
The lead was taken by Hall, closely
followed by Spier and Burke. The
quarter was dead between Hall and
Burke; time 46. At the back stretch
Burke went slightly ahead, but the
crowd remained we'll punched at the
cloee Of the half mile in l :26. In the
frst turn of the third quarter Cowan
ran away from the crowd. and led until
the last turn in the race, when he died
and let the others catch him. Burke
was after him, however, closely followed
by Hall and Spier. Burke passed Cowan
at the turn, and won with hands off his
machine. Hall spurted strongly and
beat Cowan out, Spier finishing last.
The last quarter was made in 33 fat. "
TEE FINAL HEAT.
In the final heat the starters were :
Percival. Kitchin, Burke, Hall, Castle
man, Abel and Cowan. A time limit Of
2:40 was placed on the heat, but it was
ridden in 2:48. eight seconds outside of
the limit, 30 it was declared no race
and run again after the handicap. The
fret final, while in about the slowest
time OF the day, was also the prettiest
and most warmly finished of the entire
list Of events.
at the start Castleman took the lead,
with the, crowd we'll punched. Percival
lead at the quarter in52. In the second
quarter Abel By.nrted past the riders,
With Hall after MIN and Percival riding
hard. Time for the half, 49,.
Burke then took the lead, Kitchin
riding along with him. On the final
quarter the crowd were riding for all
there was in them. Burke had the pole
and on the turn into the stretch could
not hold the inside and Hall cleverly
slipped. by him. Hall, Cowan and Cas-
tleman we're almost dead even as they
came downthe course to the finish, Per.
cival pushing them hard. Hall crossed
the tape aboat one foot ahead of Cowan,
Castleman being third.
When the event was called for the
second run-off Percival, Burke, Cowan,
Able and Hall responded. Hall, in
spite OF his wounds, rode with charac-
teristic pluck and set the pace, with
Percival, Burke, Cowan and Abel fol-
lowing In the order named. The fret
quarter was ridden in :46. On the
second quarter Burke took the lead and
finished the half in 1928, the crowd
we'll punched. He also lead in the next
two quarters, and finished first in
2:4l AS. Cowan spurted on the last
turn, beating Percival out for second
place. Abel came in fourth, and Hall
stopped on the last turn.
HALF MILE OPEN. &
The half mile open was the second
most important event of the day, and
was won by L. w. Fox in 1:11L, Kit
chin second, McCrea third, Burke
fourth and Holbrook last. A time limit
of :15 was placed on the race. Fox
set the pace, with Kitchin a good
second. In the back stretch McCrea
crept up and took second place. Burke
fell behind and took the outside of the
track. The first quarter was finished in
:551s. sssss ,s..sg ri.u
The crowd were together with Fox and
McCrea slightly In advance for the first
of the laet quarter. on masking the
turn into the home stIetch McCfea wsht
wide and Kitchin ahetthrough and an
ished several gaxdasbehind Rex h
-'sss- MILE DIVISION cHzMPIeNsHIP. IP.s-sF--=-
The .frst heat wasl won BYE Gatens-
bury in 2.4l 3'5. with w. s. Raby-sec-
ond, WIG. Houston third. Fay Stephen
son fourth. Rnby get odt with
a good pace, the others following him
closely, Houston keeping the pole.
Stephenson au usual soon jumped for
ward and took the lead, making hot
pace which he held for two quarters,
The first was finished in 441s, and the
half mile in 1:221s. Gatenebury, who
had been holding back drew u p and kept
near the lead. Ruby took the pace
again and led into the home stretch,
when Lord Gatensbury who had the
outside spurted around and passed
Ruby, crossing the tape an easy first.
~ SECOND HEAT.
Castleman and Ballentine were the
only starters in the second heat OF the
division championship.
They made pretty race, alternating
in pace-making. Castleman led at the
start, hut Ballentine drew past him,
going at a terrific rate. which he kept
up for short time. Ballentine led in
the first quarter in 4015. Castleman
then changed with him and the half
was finished in 1:l634. Caetleman
fell back again in the last OF the third
quarter. Ballentine passed him ct the
back strctch and took the pole, Castle.
man laying back. On the turn into the
stretch the Riverside man spurted
around Ballentine and won with room
to upare. Time, 2:35.
NO RACE.
BallentiDe, Castleman and Gatens-
bury started in the final heat. time
limit of 2:40 being placed upon the
race.
Gatensbury set the pace for the fret
quarter, Castleman second and Balen-
tine near him. The first quarter was
run in 81 seconds, and the half in :36.
still led, and in the last OF
the bali mile the three wero closely
punched. They stayed together until
the first OF the last quarter. when Bal
lsntine shot by the olher riders on the
back stretch. Gatensbury caught him
on the turn, but Castleman ran in on
the inaide and won easily, Gatensbury
second. Time, 2:51 35.
The event wss pronounced no race