The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-13
rnE d, a. ". "lNNru RACES.

" Ait NJ W. AlHlIA ANfASNN"s
Tho National Championship Hun Oh NJ
ASburY Park -IimmHrmRu'IG rsat Race
summary Of the DAYS Races.
AsuuRY PARK, N, j., July l2.-Ihe
event Of the day was the half mile Ma
tlOnal championship, open alike to class
A. and class b. mon, When the final
heat was called, the four to line up were
Bald, Mcdonald, Murphy aud Little
ZeigIer. Bald took the lead in the start,
followed by Murphy, with Zelgler and
Mcdonald trailing.
In tho back stretch on the last lap
Mcdonald jumped TO tho front and set
tho pace for his team mate Bald. In
the flush Bald set tho pace, Mcdonald
alongiids aud just at tho tape, the latter
made q phenomenal jump and landed
ahead Of Bald over tho tapO, Tho audi
enOa Chserod Mcdonald, but the judges
gave the decision to Bald.
The best time oil the day was made in
on0 OF the Glass A. events, the one mile
open, when little Tom Butler won in
9:0S, Thir is track record for u race.
NJ. 1, DirnbeTgeT, Of RuiiAlo, who
was paced by the Syracuse quad team,
covered the mile in the excellent time
OF 2'0l. The track record was broken
three times to-day, Bald did II In
9'07 l.5, DIrnbsrgsr lowered u to 2'oll,
but II remained tor the only 'Timmy"
to further lower it. After the last race
on tho programme had bean decided
Arthur Zimmerman came out.
When he had trAVaTS0d the first third
OF the mile, the watches registered 80 10
seconds. The tWo.thirdI mark was
reached in l:lS, and tho mile in tho ex'
cellent time Of :57 40, This 10 oonsid-
cred 10 be most remarkable perform,
ance, as It is only four'alIhs OF a second
slower than the fastest mile the cham
piou ever did.
Two.thirds mile. open, special Glass
b, fual heat-E. Q. Bald, Buffalo, !
Charles Murphy, Brooklyn, q a. W.
Porter, WNltham, 8; time. l;ll.
Ops mile, handicap, Glass A, final
heOt--W, A, Brown, Now York, (aiSty
yard,) .; Louis Hunter, New Jersey,
A, O., eighty yards) .; J. NJ. Baldwin,
Pstsr,on, (slxty yards) 81 Charles
Spencer. Baltimore, eighty YARDS a.
time, 2;2l 25.
Halt mile, national championship,
Glass A, and u. semi.inalS-FirSt beat,
Charles Murphy, Brooklyn, /; T. Q.
Bald, Buffalo, .; Arthur Gardiner,
Chicago, 8 time, l:9l2 20. socoud heat,
Ray Mcdonald, New York, l; Otto
V,f,,lar gnn Loan Gal, n.titna 81 -
Quad race against time, one mile
This Berlo quad team, Callahan, Butler,
Mcleod and HagGerLyi time. l:50l,
The Syracuse team. SGavey, Githens,
Mayer and Coburn; time, l;5j.
4 GREAT RACE,
Half mile national championship,
final hOat-E, G, Bald, Buffalo, Il Ray
Mcdonald. New York, .; Charles
Murphy, Brooklyn, 8; Otto ZiOgler, San
Jose, Cal. 4; time. l:2l 10. This was
a splendid race, although slow running
time. Tho four men took 1t easy for
half the distance, and then Mcdonald
spurted and the others went after him.
At the flush the four were not twelve
inches apart. Bald won by about an
inch.
One mile, open, Clas, A. final hcat-
Tom Butler, Boston, /; II, q. Winters,
lonawRndo. 9; II. z. Moaher. Harlem,
81 time, 2:0S,
Two mile handicap, elias, B. special,
final heAt-FItsen men qualified and
they all started. Charles A. Church,
Chester Pa, (l4O yaFds), !; Harley
Davidson. Bradford, (l9O YARDS, 2;
Mont Scott, Plainfeld, $50 yardsl, 8;
F. II. Allen, Springfield, (l0j yardsl, Il
time. 4:25 20.
One mile. open. with pacemakor',
class A, trial heats-In this race eleven
trial heats were necessary on account
Of the large Geld Of starters, number
ing over one hundred, the largest field
In tho history Of cycle racing in Amer.
lea. twenty-five men. two in each
heat, qualified tor the finals. The best
time was mRdo by Caldwell. oil Man
chester, who did the mile IN 2:44
A. A. zimmerman went mile paced
BY tandem in l:j7 10.
NJ. /. Dirnberger. Buffalo, paced by
the Syracuse quad team, went mile to
break the track record. Ho accom-.
plished this by going tho distance in
2:0l.
Ono milo, professional, handicap
Alva Stewart, Ridley Park, $50 YARDS
/; George Cutter, Boston, go yards 2;
jay Eaton, Elizabeth, go yards) SIR
II. Rumiord, Chester, Pa, (li0 YARDS 4.