The herald., 1893-05-31
S ATHLETIC CONTEST,
Continued from Fifth Page.1

third quarter, Gatensbury started to
speed. Burke soon took the fret place
from him. Gibson also spurted and
kept third place, Ruby holding his own.
On the last lap Burke was ahead. Glib
son apurted and pushed him hard, leav-
ing third place to Gatensbury, Ruby
last. They turned into the stretch in
this order. Burke increased his lead,
however, winning readily, Gibson sec
ond. By clever squirt Ruby passed
Gatensbury when turning into the
stretch, beating him for third place.
ONE MILE FOOT RACE.
L. w. Brown and Don Cameron, o.
G. A. O., were the starters in the mile
foot run. They started at lively gait,
but soon settled down to a steady pace.
Cameron keeping slightly ahead. The
first quarter was made in l :07. Brown
gradually iell behind in the second
quarter, and on the last turn stopped
running, leaving Cameron to finish the
race alone. The second quarter was
made in 2:30 and the mile in :0216.
THE 2;20-YARD RUN-sEcoND HEAT.
1t was s foregone conclusion that
Hoyt would capture the 220-yard run,
when the final event came to be- run.
He was given the pole, Stewart second,
Ryan third, and Dole outside. Hoyt
took the lead at the start and was never
very hard pressed. Ryan was second,
with Stewart third, until the home
stretch was reached, when Stewart
passed him, getting second medal. Time,
"a l.5 seconds.
THE MILE BICYCLE RACE.
Tho oNay, ~, ,Ia N;ouo1a rooa ~ xrL.oL
was centered the most interest was next
run 10 three heats. The starters in the
fret heat were P. Kitchen, E. s. w,
Fred Holbrook, A. @. W., and W. M.
jenkins, L. A. A. G. The trio were
punched all during the race, which, al
though it was a loafng heat, was very
pretty. The first lap was finished with
Kitchen in the lead, Holbrook good
second, Jenkins strong third. The
second and third quarters were finished
in the same order. Kitchen forged
ahead at the beginning of the last quar-
ter, but Holbrook stayed with him,
beirg strong in second. jenkins was
riding strong, but WAS holding back for
q final squirt on the home stretch. On
the last turn into the home stretch all
three got on the outaide of the track,
Kitchen slightly in the lead. Hol-
brook, however, spurted and crossed the
tape before him. Jenkins made very
pretty and gri tty spurt to pass the Sec
ond man, but it was too late, and he fin
ished third. Time, 3 minutes A Sec
onds. Jenkins claimed foul in having
been crowded in the home stretch, and
he was allowed to ride in the final heat.
THE SECOND HEAT.
LoI ha al
W. A. Burke, A. @. W., next, and NJ.
Dozier, ir., II. s. W., the outside in the
second heat. This heat was in the ma
ture of a surprise, as the favorite, Fox,
rode with poor judgment. 1t was also
the worst bit of losfing during the en-
tire day. They started out to loaf, and
kept it up until the last quarter. In
vain did the bleachers hiss, the riders
did not propose to tire themselves. The
last quarter, however, was beauty,
being covered in 80 seconds. Burke
was leading in the first quarter, Fox
aecond and Dozier a strong third. The
second quarter was finished in the same
order; time, :4915. Fox Hpurted at
the last of the third quarter, going way
aheed OF the other ridara, hHt in tnrn-
ing the bemp by the grand stand he
failed TO hold the track, running way
on the outside, Burke and Dozier
passed him, riding very strong. Fox
recovered himself, however, and made
pretty spurt, catching the other men,
but riding in third place. Burke kept
first, and made the mile in 3 09, with
come to spare from Dozier. Fox got on
the outside of the home stretch and
spurted nobly but the other men had
too great lead.
THE POLE vAULTING,
Louis Breer, T. V. g., won the pole
vault, with feet, inches. The first
vault was placed at feet, and was raised
successively to 616 feet, feet II inches,
and feet inches. In making the last
vault w. w. Weller fell and dislocated
his arm. requireing his retirement.
E. E. Minner, T. Y. g., failed on the
foot inch vault, H. Sturm, T. V. G.,
went out on the foot II inch vault,
Louis Breer and r. S. Day, jr., P. @.
A. A., were the only ones left to COM
pete.
Both failed to clear 8 feet inches.
The rod was then lowered 70 feet 3
inches, and was cleared by Greer on his
third attempt, Day failing.
THE DAYS FINAL,
The final heat of the open mile bicycle
race was disasterous as far as wheels
were concerned. There were two falls,
Dozier on the track and Burke ran over
the lower bank. Neither of the riders
were hurt much, but both wheels were
bent considerably.