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| Wheeler. Time. 2.25 2-5.
The fourth and fifth heats were run to-
gether, with the following racers: Reyes
| ter. 50 yards; Henisler, 20 yards; Leather
bury. scratch; Claggett, so yards; Parker
| 10 yards; Eckhardt, 40 yards; Walker, ITO
yards; Jacobs, 20 yards, and Bacon, SO
yards. Walker led until the last lap, when
| Eckhardt made a splendid push and won
| by two yards. Four men qualified-Eck-
| hardt, Bacon, Walker and REGISTER. Time,
| 2.2O2-5.
One-Mile District Championship.
The one-mile District championship race
| came next, for The Evening News cup and
the Parker. Bridget & Co.'S gold medal
The program contemplated two heats, but
there were so few starters that it was
thought that it would be better to ride
the race in the afternoon In ione heat.
Consequently the event was postponed.
and it will be run by H4tchiIfs. DEC:
Pine, P.W.; Wood, W.R.G.; Cabrera, c..
A.c.; Wrenn, G.c.c, and Smith,, W.R.c.
Two-Mile, Class A, Handicap.
The two-mile handicap, felass A, trial
heats. were next in order The first heat
was run by Wrenn, G.C.C., 20 yards; Char
anus. BAG, 1856 yards: Hutchins, DEC,
| 70 yards, and Whitaker. B.A!c., $50 yards,
| and Claggett. unattached, 10 yards.
Charamus and Whitaker led the first lap,
and Wrenn joined them in ithe lead on the
second. Wrenn's own wheel went back on
him just before the race, and he had to
ride a new and strange machine. At the
first mile all the men were punched. The
men were taking things easy, and the sixth
lap found them once more in each other S
company. Four men could. qualify SO that
the race was really between the I've men
to avoid being last. The fifth alone could
lose. Hutchins took a long lead at the
start of the ninth lap, and set q score hing
pace. Wrenn's wheel took him wandering
over toward the grand stand on the tenth
and last lap and put him out of the race.
Hutchins won, and the other qualifers
were Charamus, Whitaker and Claggett.
Time. 5.27 Is.
The second heat was between Jacobs,
Centaur. ITO yards; Ball, G.. c. c., 10
r. A. c., $50 yards; Eckhardt, Y. F. c. c.,
70 yards: Kiester G. c. c., 145 yards; Joes,
Clifton A. c., 20 yards, and Wood, w. r.
c., 90 yards.
the first mile, but in the seventh lap Kies-
ter fell and REGISTER dropped out on the
eighth. So all the rest qualified, as three
heats were being run in one. These men
Wheeler, Wood and Jacobs. Time, 4.51 2-5.
One Mile Open, Class A.
The one mile open race, class A, was next
II
The first was between Schade, w. R. CT;
Wrenn, G. c. c.; and Leatherbury. unat-
tached. The pace was slow, as all the men
had run in the previous races Schade took
the lead. but there waE no running for
three laps and the race was lOafed until
the last lap. Then Schade went out like
flash, but Leatherbury pressed him on the
gained an advantage. but Schade pulled
out by foot according to the official an
nouncenient. Leatherbury qualified. Time
-3. 10 3-5
The second heat was entered only by
Joes and Ferguson, so it was not run, and
they were both qualified.
One-MiIe Lap.
The last event of the day was the one
mile lap race. The first prize is pair OF
silver ferneries and the second cycle suit.
The lap prizes are as follows: First lap,
gold PIN second lap, cycle lamp; third lap,
pair of silver cuff buttons; fourth lap, cycle
pin. The first heat brought out only three
entries, Rhine, Ferguson and Charamus.
and they were allowed to qualify without
running. The second heat was handled IN
the same way, and Wren, Joes and Schade
were qualified without a contest. Likewise
the third heat gave Cabrera and Leatner-
bury chances in the finals without an effort,
and this ended the mornings racing at
II 40 o'clock, when the meet was adjourned
until 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
This Afternoons Contests.
At 2:sO o'clock the races were recon-
menced, and the finals and the semi-rro-
fessional events are now being run off.
The program for the afternoon includes:
Final heat, one-mle novice between Smith,
w. r. c.; Whitaker, B. A. ca kiester, e. Z.
c.; Fitzhugh, unattached, ana Reeester r.
Half-mile. open, final heat between Eek
II Srr1it h
w. R. c.. and LeatherburyS unattached. of
Baltimore. 'u
one-mile open. class B, six entries, one
heat to decide. = -
schade. Leatherbury Joes, Clifton A. Co.
and Ferguson, Y. NJ. c. A. Ill
Final heat, one-mile handicap, between
Muda A W; Ball, G. G; O.; Smith. W: K:
Ferguson, Y. M. G. A; Eckhardt, Y: F. c:
c.; Bacon, B. A. c.; Walker, A. W., and
REGISTER, r. A. c.
District of Columbia championship, one
heat to decide, between Hutchins, ID. c. c.;
Rhine, P.W.; Wood, W.R.C.; Cabrera, c.
A.C.; Wrenn, G.C.C., and Smith, W.R.C.
Final heat two-nile handicap. between
Hutchins. D.c;C' & Gagett. p unattached; + he'd
Clifton A.C.; Eckhardt, Y.F.C.C.; Ball. g.
&C; Wheeler, unattached; Wood, W.R.C.,
and Jacobs, Centaur.
Two-rnile handicap, class B, six entries,
Final heat one-mile open, between
Schade, Leatherbury, Joes and Ferguson.
Final heat one-mile lap race, between
Rhine, Ferguson, Charamus. Wrenn, Joes,
Schade, Cabrera and Leatherbury.
Lum Smith, publisher Of the Agents
Herald, was convicted IN the United States
court in Philadelphia yesterday of using
the mails in scheme to defraud.
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