The morning call., 1894-05-12
THE TRACK IN FINE SHAPE.
w. F. Foster Breaks the Two
Mile Coast Record.
ONLY ONE ACCIDENT HAPPENS.
Two Thousand Spectators Were in
Attendance and Manifested Great
Enthusiasm.


Garden City Cyclers in this city this after
noon were well attended. The weather
was fine and the grand stand was filled.
Compliments were heard on all sides about
the track, it being conceded by all visiting
wheelmen to be the best quarter Of mile
track in the State. and as fine as could be
found anywhere. The results this after
noon justified these compliments.
The first heat in the one-mile scratch race
was won by Wilbur Edwards. G. c. c..
Otto Ziegler. S. j. r. c.. second and Oscar
Ossn, S. j. K. c., third; time. 2:47. The
second heat was won by w. f. Foster, o.
c. W., the second being c. S. Wells, b. c.
W.; time. 2:59R. In the third heat W. a.
Terrill, B. C. W.. was the winner, K l..
Long, o. C. W., second; time, 2:59 SO.
The fnal heat was won by Ziegler. Ed
wards second and Wells third; time.
2:3S 1-5
Edwards is considered to have done re-
markably well in this race, as not more
than a week ago he was so stiff from a
fall that he could scarcely walk.
In the one-mile novice race Tony Del
mas, G. G. c., won the first heat; w. ID.
Hustled, StaDfords. second, and d. A.
Moody, unattached. Time. 2:50 2-5.
George A. Nissen, B. c. W., won the Sec
ond heat; Theodore Belloli. S. j. r. c.,
second, and T. r. Thurber, unattached,
third. Time, 2:43 1-5. The third heat was
won by George A. Nissen. Theodore Bel
loli second and Tony Delmas third.
Time, 257. The final heat of this race
was won by George A. Nissen, Tody Del
oil hird
Time. 2:42 4-5 Nissen was thereby
raised to professional, after engaging in
no less than nine novice races.
In the half-mile handicap the first and
only accident of the day occurred on the
homestretch. w. 81. Haley. o.. c. W,
suddenly went down and Edwards and
f. G. Wolff of the Stanfords were piled up.
Haley scrambled out of the wreck and
was seen running down the course bear-
ing his disabled wheel. which he carried
over the tape, thereby saving third place.
C. S. Wells won the heat; A. l.. Hubbard,
G. c. c., second. and August Schwall.
S. j. R. c.. third. Time. 1:06 3-5. j. E.
Alexander. G. G. c.. won the second heat
of this race, Il. l.. Long second. Otto
ZiegIer third. and w. G. LOWE. R. c. G.,
fourth. Time. :05 % In the third heat
W. c. Foster was first; w. A. Terril,
B. G. w., second; Oscar Osen third. and
n. C. Smith, G. c. c., fourth. Time.
:06 3-5. The final heat was won by j. E.
Alexander, c. S. Wells second. and Oscar
Osen third. Time. 1:O5.
Edwards was badly bruised about the
head and arms by his fall. but his legs
were not injured.
The first heat Of the two-mile handicap
was ridden in the remarkably slow time of
9:21. Al Jarman. G. C. c.. being the win
ner, T. Belloli second and A. q. Pillsbury
third. In the second heat Zegler acted as
pacem aker fer the other scratch man.,
Foster. and the latter broke the coast
record of sol, the time made in the heat
being 4 80 3-5. In this heat Fl. c. Smith
was second aud Tony Delmas third. The
final heat of the two-mile handicap was
won by II. c. Smith, G. G.. c., Tony Del
mas second and T. s. Hall, B. c. W.,
third. Time, :53 1-5
In the one-mile Stanford special AL
Jarman, who was awarded third place,
was very indignant with what he regarded
as foul by Plllsbury and the race will
probably be protested. F. c. Wolff won
the race, Pilsbury second and w. II.
Hust-d third. Time. 3:20 2-5.
The prizes were given out to the winners
amid much en- husissm this evening at the
Auditorium between the acts of the per-
formanee OF Hazel Kirke" by Effie
Elisler and her company.
The following were the race-winners to-
day: Otto Zegler, S. j. r. c.. mile scratch
race; George A. NisseD. B. C. W., mile
novice; j. E. Alexander. G. c. c., half
mile handicap; 81. c. Smith. G. C. c.,
two-mile handicap; F. c. Wolff, Stanfords,
mile Stanford special.