The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-19
END OF THEL.A.W.MEET
WheeImen Say It Was the Best of
All Meets.
RESULT OF SATURDAYS RACING.
The Smoker in the Evening Largely
Attended and a Pleasant Time Had.

The Smoker in the Evening Largely
Attended and a Pleasant Time Had.
The ninth annual meet of the Kansas
division L. a w. is over, and both win
ners and losers agree that it was the
most successful meet ever held in the
state, and that fact was in a great part
due to the untiring efforts of w. w.
Webb nominee for chief consul, II. G.
Lescher and W. F. G. Reichenbach, Sec
rotary of the Kansas division.
The races Saturday were hotly con-
tested and intensely interesting, and
when Maurice Stevenson pushed over
the tape ahead of fourteen other starters
in the two mile handicap, the crowd in
the grand stand went wild. Besides win
ming the two mile handicap, "Steve" car
ried off the 7. A. A w. one mile cham
piouship medal The Topeka boys had
hoped that he would captur.t one or more
of the state champions hips, but the pace
set by Archie Woodlief OF Ottawa, and
Bert or "Little" Hackett of Olathe, was
too hot for him.
The rider in the one mile handicap
who attracted the most attention was
little Jesse Hendricks, of Thayer. He
is but IS years old aud looks two years
younger In the trial heat for this race
he led the crowd on the first lap and
the lead to the stretch, but was then
pOcketed and the race was won by Dan
Myers, of Fort Scott.
The following are the winners of
Saturdays events:
Event No 8-One mile open; fifteen
starters. Hayman, of Grand Island, Neb..
1st; Pixley, of Omaha, 2nd; Hackett, OF
OIathe, Bird. Time 2:2619.
Event No. 9-One-half mile state
championship. W oodlief, Of Ottawa, LIST:
Hacketr, end; Stevenson, Bird.
Half-mile open Qeft over from Fri
day)-Hale, of Denver, 1st; Hackett
end; Frank Eberhsrdt, of Salina, 3rd.
Time 1908 So
Event No. 1O-One mile handicap
Myers, of Fort Scott 1st; Smith, 2nd;
BArtel, 3rd. Time 2:17 20.
In the two mile handicap, in which
forty seven had entered, the handicaps
given were clear out of reason, and the
scratch men had no earthly show to win.
The result: Nj. Stevenson, 1st; Bachman
End; Travis, Ord. Time 4:45 40
Event No 1.-Two mile state cham
pionship. Woodlisf, 1st Hackett, End
Fred Eberhardt, 3rd. Time 4:39 rs.
There were but three starters-M
Stevenson, Ransom and Hazlett-in the
one mile race for the T. A. A. ". cham
pionship, and they finished in the above
order. Time 1928 40.
The races closed with the one mile
consolation. which was open only to
those who had not won prize during
the meet. This was won by Fred Eber-
hardt in 2:27 As, with Glunz second, and
Moriarity third.
The boys had anticipated a gay time
at the smoker Saturday night, and were
not disappointed.
After the prize winners had received
their trophies, Messrs. King and Bennett
entertained the crowd with a four round
sparrinR match, in which neither was SO.
verely punished, but some very clever
duckiog and counterinR was exhibited
Next came refreshments, followed by
music dancing and TESTING, until every.
body seemed to know every body else
and the crowd resem bled a country schoo
yard during recess. During the evening
Oscar Woolverton sang a solo and was
heartily encored but did not respond
Gilbert Kelly Of the Kansas City WorlC
also entertained the boys by rendering
several dialect recitations md NJ. G. Law
renee gave one of his exhibitions of trick
riding. The smoker proved an appro-
pirate finale to the two days programme
and the visitors expressed themselves az
having received better treatment here
than at any race meeting they ever at.
tended