The morning call., 1894-09-11

! started. The heat was won by Bates IN
2:36 2-5, MEME securing second place.
The best time was made in the second heat
| by NJ. F. Rose, A. C. c., who did is in
2:27 So Besides him in the heat were A.
| w. Small, B. c. W.. who made second,
and F. Dieckman. r. A. G.
The third heat was CLOSELY ridden be-
| tween S. B. Vincent, S. b. W., and L. S.
/ Upson of Sacramento. A. Mcfarland,
S. j. r. c.. and A. II. Dieckmsn Jr. were
| in the heat too. Four men failed to sta TT
in the fourth and Ed Chapman, unat-
! tached, and w. G. Elliott of Sacramen to
contested for the place, Chapman captuT-
| Ing 1t in 2:2S.
George A. Nilsson was introduced in the
final as a pace maker and the novelty
proved clever Innovation. The starter,
were Bates, Small, Rose, Vincent. Chap
man and Elliot, The time was reduced to
2:22 2-5. Rose being accredited with it,
mita Vincent and Elliott pressing him hard
and close.
The hslt-mile handicap, class B, was
productive of some good racing There
were good men in The race and there was
no reason why something should not be
expected. Before the race was ridden An-
nOuncer William Knapp. on behalf of the
! Garden City Wheelmen, presented Walter
Foster with handsome gold watch chain
charm, set with diamonds and iuingly in
scribed. The gift was presented on ac-
count Of the clubs esteem for him because
of his refusal to withdraw from a race
with Zieglsr at their last electric light
meet.
In the first heat the following started
with the respective handicaps: Walter
Foster, o. CIV, scratch; w. A. Terril. b.
! c. W., % yards; r. l.. Long, o. c. W, 80
yards; Oscar Osen. G. c. c., 40 yards
| T. S. Hall, B. G. W., 30 yards; Julius c.
Smith, g. c. g., 40 yards; Tony Delmas,
! 6. G. c., 60 yards. Long won the heat in
| l :05. Tony d, lmas second and Hall third.
The following started in the second
heat: C. S. Wells, B. c. W, % yards; T.
A. Griffith, B. c. W. 35; H. c. Smith, G.
c. c., 40; W. H. Haley, o. C. w. 20; Rus
sell Gushing, G. c. e.. 45; A. L. Hubbard,
| G. c. c.. 55; J. a. Desimone. g. c. c.. Co.
! Wells did some pretty squirting in this
! heat and won in :04. Cushing was sec
| ond and Smith third.
! In the final Cushing set a lively pace for
the boys from the crack of the pistol.
Delmas showed qualities that may make
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him strong man in the future. He made
Gushing well earn the half mie in 1 :06 As.
| a half-mile handicap. class a, was the
next event. The first heat was started
with L. S. UpsoD, S. A. c.. scratch; c. c.
! Gilbert, o. Y. NJ. G. A. c. c., 20 yards; {;
C. II. Balm. R. A. c., 80; j. Kitchen Jr..
A. a. c., 90; j. P. Plagemann, o. c. W.,
! 65. Balm took the heat In 1 :0S As, PLACE
mann sapoOd and Gilbert third
The second heat was won by W. G. E.
iot. S. A., with DO yards. handicap. in
l :O9. Meme was second. He had 80
yards. TIE other contestants were: w.
J. Christ, o. c. W, 35 yards: j. S Gosbey,
U. c., so; o. 5. Smith, 6. G. c.. 80; A. w.
Small, B. c. W., 60; Thomas E. Kel, I'm.
65.
The following started in third heat: c.
D. Bates Jr, R. A. c.. 25 yards; II. H.
Jones, r. A. c.. so; G. W. Elias, o. c. W,
60; G. D. Fuller. o. c. w., 90. jones won
the heat in :O6 1-5, with Fuller and Bates
in the order named.
The fourth heat was contested by S. b.
Vincent, B. c. W., So yards; c. R. Griffith.
r. A. c.. 40; A. p. Swain. A. A. c., so :;
d. A. Moody. G. c. c.. 65; II. b. Phillips,
A. a. c.. 60, and L. HazzeIden, o. Y. NJ.
C. a. c. c., 90. The heat was won by
Moody. Swain and Vincent taking sec
ond aud third place. Time, :O5 A.
The following started in the fifth heat:
J. Il. Dieckman Jr., r. a. c., 90 yards
Nj. f. Rose, A. a. c., 30 yards; c. I. Lem
mon. o, Y. NJ. G. A. c. c.. 30 yards; a.
Theisen, C. c. c., 80 yards; F. H. Seaward,
G. c., 90 yards; A. W. Gum, G. C. c., IS
yards; A. Brosius Un.. 65 yards; w. T.
GaIdert, o. c. W, 20 yards. Rose won in
:06 So. Gedert and Lennon were sec
ond and third.
When the final was run there was some
pretty racing. On the first quarter all
held pretty nearly the same relative posi-
tlon around the course, but on the last
quarter A. n. Jones set up lively pace.
His squirt down the hOmestretch was ap-
plauded loudly and be closed in :O6 fiat,
urged some by Moody. In the first quarter
Elliot had an excellent opportunity for
first place, but, singularly. retarded his
speed on the second quarter.
The one-mile handicap, class B, run in
two heats, was sp rited ride. ln the
first heat Foster started from the scratch
and the following also entered: w. A.
TerrlI, B. c. w, IS wards; II. &. Smith,
G. G. C., 75 wards; r. Gushing, 6. G. c., 90
yards; a. l.. Hubbard, G. C. c., 110 yards.
Hubbard led off at the first quarter and
Gushing set up lively pace for Foster and
Terrill. The latter won the heat in 2:20 4-5.
followed by Gushing and Hubbard. FOs-
ter's time was 2:21 As.
The second heat start with T. A.
Griffiths, B. c. W.. 60 yards; J. c. Smith.
G. C. c., rs; Oscar Osen, G. G. c., rs; r.
l.. Long. o. c. W.. 70; Tony Delmas, 11O.
The latter fell in for the heat, the time
being 2:16 3-5. He made q remarkable
spurt on the homestretch and overlook
Harvey, who lead all the way around, and
| beat him fife en- yards.
The final of this race was witnessed with
much interest, and the crowd in the grand
stand by this time had caught the fever of
cheering with the wheelmen for their IA
vortes. Long put in his best efforts from
the start and did excellent work, the only
annoying one to him being Cushing, who
bid hard for the lead, but was himself out
ridden by Delmhs. Time, 2:13 3-5. The
rest were all in bunch throughput the
race.
A Native Sons special, one mile had
two entries, A. c. Cowell aad G. Navlet.
The race was woa by Cowell in 2:47
! J. F. and Victor A. Hanco b. c. w.
rode a mile tandem record trial against
time, from a flying start. paced on last
half by Nissen. They made the half in
| ] :06 is and the mile in 2:16 The record