The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-19
WIND UP OF THE MEET.
Banker Makes a Big Sweep Of First
Prizes.

Nine of the Sixteen Races Won by the
PittsburE Man-Gerow Of Jackson
vile Steals a March and Wins the
Quarter Mile Handicap Connerat
Wins the City Championship and
the Columbia Racer-Banker's Mile
Against Time in $50 LIS Establishes
the Savannah Track Record.
Yesterday afternoons races closed the
! Wheelmen's fall meet The crowd was
not as large as it was the day before.
The weather was pleasant early in the
afternoon but later on was cloudy and
threatening, Every race was sharply
contested and the prizes were hard
earned.
Banker won four of the five races
in which he was entered, carrying
of diamond ring in the mile open,
gold stop watch in the half mile handi-
| cap a china tea service of fifty-six
pieces in the half-mile open, and the sill
yer fitting pitcher in the mile handicap.
These prizes are in addition to the two
| gold watches, the Victor flyer and Falcon
! wheel and diamond pin which
| he won in Tuesdays races
| 1t may be said he made clean sweep on
! both days, winning nine of tn ten races
/ in which he was entered and over $500 in
! prizes. The only race in which he was
| defeated was the quarter mile handicap
won by Gerow of Jacksonville at forty
! yards, Banker starting from scratch.
! BANKERS MILE IN 2:20 1-5.
After the mile handicap, the closing
! event of the day, Banker rode mile
| against time from a standing start in
I .On htrC
| and Wilson, establishing the track record
| against 2:22, Wheelers time at the April
meet. This was the time event of the
| day 1t is not Bankers best performance
| though. He rode mile in 2:16 at Ken
| dallville, O., two weeks ago in competition
! with Zimmerman.
CoENERAT WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
The chief interest in yesterdays races
was in the city championship, one mile,
| for the Columbia racer as first prize, the
| 1,000-miIe ticket on the Savannah, Flori-
da and Western railway as second prize
and Youman's hat as third prize. There
were eight entries for the race and five
started, Il. V. Connerat, Ed. Wilson, F.
w. Williams, George II. Groth and W. T.
Dixon A time limit of minutes
and 40 seconds was place on the race.
The first half mile was made in 2:20. 1t
was seen that the race could not be fin
louGu III dLy W lCLC near tilC llult anu III
referee called it off. The question was
raised by Connerat as to his authority to
stop the race, but it was soon settled that
there was no doubt on that point In
fact it would have been useless to have
ridden the race beyond the time limit.
THE SECOND TRIAL.
The following event on the programme
was called and then the championship
was run again. The same riders entered.
There was no loating this time. II was
from the start a race to win. The men
were off well together and paced each
other for the first quarter At the be-
ginning of the second quarter Wilson lead,
with Williams second. At the half mile
they passed the line with Williams lead
ing Groth second and Connerat
third. On the third quarter
Dixon lead with Williams second In
the last quarter Connerat did his work
BY tremendous squirt he went the front,
crossing the line at the finish in 2 40.
Williams was close second in 2 40 rs and
Dixon third in 2:40 So The fact that
there was but two-ffths of a second be-
tween the winner and the second man,
and that the third man was but one-fifth
behind the second man, shows it was a
close race. The prize was worth riding
| for and IL was well earned.
GERow's RACE
Gerow Of Jacksonville, who won the
quarter-mile handicap, started at 40
yards, with Banker and Murphy from
scratch, WEIGH of Charleston at 20 yards,
Groth at 35 yards and Kinsey at 80 yards,
ran a pretty race and surprised even
| Banker himself, who was counted on as
winner. Gerow is a light rider and is
under 16 years old, but he is not to be
| fooled with in close race, where he has
anything like a chance of winning.
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| Banker was second in "a As and KinSey
| third in IS Is
| In the half mile handicap there were
| II starters. Banker from the scratch
| Murphy at 5 yards, Gerow at 80 yards
| and the others scattered along the track
up to the l00-yard mark. At the finish
| Bankers time was 1.07 As, Gerow's
LOG is and Murphy's l,09 %
! THE 2:40RACE.
In the one mile, 40 class, Welsh, Ad-
ans and Wilson started. Welsh won in
! 3:091-5 against Wilson's 800 3-5. Ad-
ans claimed a foul on the three quarter
/ curve, but it was not allowed.
The mile open was run by Banker, Muir
! ply, Welsh, Adams and Con-
nerat. Banker winning in
2:323-5, with Murphy second
in 1888, and Connerat third in 2:34 The
half mile open was one of the pref
/
and Adams were the starters. They
finished one-fifth apart. Banker first
Murphy second and Adams third The
latter rode a fine race, and pushed the
two crack men hard atrthe finish.
THE BOYS RACE.
Jackson won the half-mile boys race by
| 2 seconds. Owing to the difference in the
size of the wheels Willie Lindsay, who
was the only starter besides jackson, was
| allowed 10 yards. jackson overlook him
| on the second quarter and won in :25;
| Lindsays time was 81.
The closing event was the
one mile handicap in which
there were 10 starters. Banker finished
in 2:23 is, with Murphy second in
2:23 %, and Adams third in 2:23 IS.
! Conneratinished fourth. The race was a
pacing race until the last quarter, when
Banker, VINO started from scratch against
Murphy at 10 yards and Adams and Con
nerat at 80 yards, swept to the front and
! crossed the Inca winner by Is second.
This closed the days events with, the ex-
ception of Bankers mile against time.
SUMMARY OF THE RACES.
The summary of the days races is as
! follows