The herald., 1893-05-31
YESTERDAYS ATHLETIC CONTEST.
Some Interesting Events by
Local Amateur Athletes.
1t Was Great Day for Breaking
Records.
Features of the Events and Points OF the
Contestants-The Affair a Big
Success-Who the Win
ners Were.

breaking yesterday at Athletic park.
The eighth annual field day of the Ath-
letic club will certainly go down as the
most successful event of the kind ever
held in this section.
Every single event was well contested
and every medal that was won was
gotten by the hardest kind of work.
Surprises seemed to be the order of the
day. There were a number OF dark
ho.ses and rank outsiders getting in and
pushing and beating the favorites out.
1t was in fact chilly day for the favor
ties.
The grand stand was galaxy of the
prettiest young ladies of Los Angeles
and this entire southern section. The
bleachers were out in full force also. 1t
was a good humored crowd, too, and
every event that merited applause re-
ceived it. The crowd did not stay with
the favorites altogether, full encourage
ment being given to the dark horses.
There was one event which was the
biggest surprise OF the day, the one mile
bicycle maiden race, which was won by
]. w. Cowan, Of the Angel City Wheel
men. He rode the mile in 2 81, break
ing the worlds record for this event.
The worlds record was 2 :37 1.5, made at
Chicago recently. This was the pret-
test bicycle race,of the day. The riders
were new wheelmen and ambitious, and
rode the wheels for what there was in it.
Cowan certainly distinguished himself
by his performances yesterday, for be-
sides breaking the record for this event
he won the three-mile handicap after
plucky ride.
Another surprise was in f. f. Foster
of the Olympic club of San Francisco.
The majority of the local people
had not regarded him as a very
formidable runner, and many were
inclined to look upon Billie Gard
as the man who would lowerIC. V. How
ards colora in the 100-yard run. But to
the amazement of almost every one Fos-
ter put up great speed and made
Howard run the race Of his life. Howard
also lowered his own and the Southern
California record OF 10 3-5 seconds for
this event, doing the 100 yards in 101a
seconds.
B. F. Hoyt was another outsider. He
had had but very little training for the
events Of yestesday and had never done
a 100 yards in less than II seconds. And
yet he all but beat Gard and ran the
100 yards in 103 seconds. He also cap
tured all of the other events in which he
was entered. The Long Beach man has
material in him for runner and with q
little coaching and enough training he
will come very near being the best
Hpflnter In this section
| 1t was in the one mile open bicycle
race, however, that the favorites were
beaten. W. A. Burke jumped the track
on the last turn, and Fox was defeated
in the first head, not even seeing the
final run. Fox is certainly fast man,
but his riding in that race yesterday was
as devoid of judgment as ia lump Of
dough Of ideas. He could have won the
first heat without any trouble, but used
no judgment, and let his wheel get away
from him. His performance in the open
100-yard run was no criterion OF his
ability as q sprinter, as he had not been
training for the event to any extent.
w. III. Jenkins also rode well-much
better than had been snticipated-but
he also used poor judgment in the first
heat of the one mile open bicycle race.
Phil Kitchen did we'll also in the open,
bat his winning the event was certainly
a surprise.
W. A. Burke had to content himself
with the 2:50 class one mile bicycle
race.
As will be noticed the only loafng
done was by the older bicycle riders.
Only once was time limit placed, and
that was in the final heat of the one
mile open. The track was in better
shape yesterday than it has ever been
before. John Kilrov, the park keeper,
did himself proud by the shape into
which ne got the track for the events of
yesterday.
THE 100-YARD RUN.
Shortly after 2 80 o'clock the crack of
the pistol started the runners in the
frat heat of the 100-yard run club
novice. There were two starters, A. M.
Goodhue of Long Beach and ]. III. Har-
rington. Edmund Germain had also
entered, but he was debarred on ac-
count of having won second medal in
the races last Thanksgiving.
In the run yesterday Harrington OBJ
tanned some advantage in the start, get
ting a lead of one yard. Goodhue
pushed him for the first part of the dis
tance, but Harrington gradually drew
OCdblnk bhC l@OhE OOnCA
with six feet to spare; time, IL seconds.
ONE MILE SAFETY BICYCLE.
The one mile safety bicycle maiden
race was about the prettiest of the day.
The starters were B. NJ. Clark, T. NJ.
Gibson, jr., G. E. McCres, A. G. W.,
S. A. Brown, H. S. W., and ]. NJ.
Cowan, A. @. w. The riders being in
the above positions from the inside Of
the track. In starting Gibson colIided
with one OF the other riders and was
thrown, so did not ride in this event.
Brown and Cowan led during the fret
quarter, Clark third and McCrea hold
ing back. All were we'll punched. In
the finish of the following quarter Nc
Crea spurted and led by 20 feet. Brown
was second. Cowan third. The third
quarter was finished in this order.
When in front OF the bleachers in the
last lap Cowan rallied, passed Brown
and caught McCrea. On the home
stretch in the last lap Cowsn forged
ahead of McCrea winning in the ranid