The herald., 1895-11-22

ers-Randall, Lacy. McCrae. Campbell
and Wells. Kendall took the pole, but Lacy
passed him and led. At the end OF the
half Campbell took the place. AS the
last quarter. was commenced Cam pnei'
was crowded off the track at the begin
ming Of the finish lap, and Randall and
Wells went at it hottoot, Randall winning
by half wheel. Time, 2:34 10.
Bald, Kiser, Randall. Cooper. Murphy,
Wells we're the starters In the final as
fine field as one could gather. Ulbricht
and Hatton on the tandem wer" twenty
yards away ready to go at the word. At
the jump Bald and Murphy had
very pretty little Sight for the tandem
Bald finally getting the place. Murphy sec
ond, Kiser, Cooper Randall and Wells
going in the order named. The tandem
set splendid pace, and on the first guar
ter the pace was terrific. On the second
turn Kiser's wheel slipped and be went
smash down. A second later down went
Cooper. throwing Randall, Wells going
over the bank in order to save himself.
This reduced the field to Bald and MUIR
ply, who never stopped momtn
Bald still held the tandem and they
went the three-quarters in very fast
shape. The tandem swung out on tina
backstretch, ana the riders slowed down
little. Suddelly Murphy went down over
his hanul,bars and shot to the frOnte
Bald lacking on. Ding-dong they had
it around the turn, and then Bald went
high ON the bank and sailed fast down
winning by length, Murphy coming in
sitting up; time, 2:04. This is worlds
CON petition record for quartsr-mile
track
It wns great pity that the other men
fell, as 1t robbed the race of half its in
terest. Cooper was rather badly hurt,
getting mis- back cut by Wells pedal and
WranohipU bvu ebnJlI1pr bpainpS heinz
pretty badly scraped. Kisfr was scratched
up in nasty shape; Wells and Randall
getting off easily. There was no help for
the fall, fol-, as the ooys expressed it, lit
was either fail or get left.
THE THIRD RACE.
The next race was the class A mile
post The entries were divided up, and
went quarter mile scratch Keats. first and
second in each heat qualifying for the
race proper.In the first heat Taylor and
Freeman qualified in :35 10.
In the second Downing and Hewitt
came in in the order named in :3G IS.
In the third heat McF arlsnd and Delay
led the bunch in :35 2-5.
In the final there were six starters,
Freeman, Taylor, Downing, Hewitt, Nc
Farland and Delay. at the gun Delay
him and jumped him on tue lower turn,
Downing going right after the leader.
Freeman took the first lap, Downing Sec
ono. Freeman led all the wav around in
the second lap, Downing sticking close to
him, In the third lap Mcfarland seemed
and chased after Freeman, going over the
tape in second place. All the riders
slowed down somewhat ON the bell lap
ana Mcfarland started the sprint on the
upper turn. They came fast down the
homestretch, Mcfarland winning hand
lily, Freeman second and Hewitt right on
his wheel. Time. 1928 20.
THE FOURTH RACE.
The auarter-mils juvenile invitation
was the real event of the day. When
called out Little Spot" Spooner, aged
years and 6 months, appeared in track
gown artistically tied With purple rib
bons. A moment later the other contest
ant, Little Crimson Rim Knip" showed
himself, arrrayed in fiery track rob be Of
tns brightest red. There was some talk
OF putting in a tandem to pace the
youngsters, but the JUDGES ruled it out.
At the word Little Spot jumped to the
front and went around the turn in the
lead, Little Knip chasing him bard. At
the end of the turn Knip put on terrific
burst of speed and passed Spot, who neat
ly wept with modification. But Knip
would MT be stoppsd in his headlong
career and led all the way down the back
stretch. But on the turn Spot made
jump and was gaining on knip. wnen
that young man was seized with curiOs-
ity to know whers his opponent was
He looked back. and alas! the next mo-
ment he was stretched on the ground,
loudly calling Mamma" Spot triumph
entity sailed to the front and crossed the
taps much appIauded winner. while
knip mounted and rode in minute
later. The time, 1 :23 is, is the worlds
record for riders years old on quarter
mile track in competition in the month
of November.
THE FIFTH RACE.
The next race was the two-mile lap
race, Class B. Again the large field had
to be divided up, and heats of one mile
were run, the first and second scoring
the most points qualifying for the final.
Points were counted three for the first
man crossing the tape in each lap, two
for the second and one for the third. In
the final race the winner of the last lap
was give n four points. In the first heat
Campbell won first. McCrea getting sec
ond. In the second heat TsrrilI and I'll
BRIGHT were tied for first place, with nine
points each. In the third heat Kitchen
scored ten points and Shsfski got second
place. The final was rafting good race.
McCrea jumped to the front and won the
first zap in a fine sprint Campbell took
the second in drive and Hatton got
began to win pretty regularly, and when
ha tini shaH first in the last Ian IL gave