Little Falls weekly transcript., 1895-05-10
FAST. RUNNING:
The six-Day G6;o-As-:You-
! Please Race Now on at
-, the Opera House,.
Cowboy Smith Leads, But
Has a Very Little Ad-
vantage. %.'
MONDAY.

MONDAY.
Preparations for the six day race
the greatest spOrting event whlcl
has occurred in our city for some
time, have been carried on all day
and everything will be ready for tht
start, which is scheduled fOrS O'clocb
this evening. A eaw-dust track, q
laps to the mile, has been fitted uI
in the Gross opera house and Il
scorers stand sufficient to hold d
scorer for each principal has been
erect ted and all other details ar
ranged.
Hon. N. Richardson has been Sc
lected az official starter and the or.
| der IN which they will start or the
mum bers they will wear for the ac
curate scoring Of each. are as I oil.
lows: Messier. Colorado, l: Jones
Iowa, 2; Paplo. Little Fails, 3; Sch.
umate. Brainerd, 4: Smith. Little
Falls. 5: ShellefOO, Grand Forks, n.
d., 6; Buchanan, Appleton, Minn., !.
The plan for keeping score is that
each pedestrian shall have II scorer,
sworn in by d notary to faithfully
perform his work, and each one will
be supplied with numbers printed on
cards ranging from to 20, which
will hang beneath the number on
the wall corresponding with that
worn by the pedestrian and will
show the number of laps he h as
made. and when eacn mile is. com
pleted another printed card will also
show the number Of miles
to his credit. This is the New York
system and has always proved sue
cessful.
Each one Of the principals will al
80 have an attendant to look after
him, to give him water and other
necessary attention and to coach
him and also tO look after him at
the conclusion of each day, to gee
that he is properly cared for.
This will be the greatest race ever
held in this part OF the state and as
oil are in good training and out for
record breaking it will be interesting
to witness. Special preparations
have been made tor the accOnmoda-
ton OF ladies ana the gallery has
been fixed up for their benefit.
TUESDAY,.
Promptly at o'clock last evening,
the hour announced, the six entries
in the six.day go-as-you-please foot
race started at the word 60. given
by Hon. n. Richardson, who was
chosen official starter. ,
. 1t was d race from the start, in
which Jones took the lead at first.
hut soon gave away to Smith, who
set a pace for the first ten miles,
which would have set all previous
records in the shade. Smith com
pleted that distance in the extremely
good time of IS minutes, with Jones,
his closest competitor, making it in
So minutes. Messier was third in SO
minutes, Paplo fourth in Ia, Schu-
mate in 1:7h, Buchanan in 1:22.
This order was maintained for the
first hour and u half, when Smith,
who had worked very hard all day
in the preparations. found the pace
too hard, and beg an to let up. Mes
sier then began running, passing
Jones and Smith and kept the lead till
the close.
During the last hour Smith dropped
behind both Jones and Paplo, the lat
ter making a wonderful showing for
an amateur. and the order and time
at the finish of the first day was as
follows: Messier, 80 miles 13 laps;
Jones, 80 miles; Paplo, 20 miles 16
laps; Smith, % miles S laps; Schu-
mate, p miles 13 laps; Buchanan, q
miles Is laps.
Each one Of the principals received
attention necessary and the track
was in fair condition, although some
of the pedestrians complained of it
being too dry
The names OF the scorers, who
were duly sworn in by Referee Rich
ardson, are Otto Warner for Messier,
Gene Hamlin for Jones, Howard
Bailey for Paplo, Cap Gravel for
Smith, Ed. Lafond for Schumate,
and Guy Buskirk for Buchanan, and
VIM. Hunter as mile scorer.
The track will be thoroughly wet
down this afternoon and as it is ex-
pected that Smith will try to recover
some OF the advantage lie lost, and
with Messier and Jones out to win,
an interesting race is very probable
for this evening.
The race is generally conceded to
be between these three last men,
toned, and while both Paplo and
Schumate made wonderful showings
for amateurs, their chances for a
place In the race at the finish is not
considered very good. Buchanan: