Little Falls weekly transcript., 1895-05-10
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There will lie a special event this
evening at about 8 O'Clock, at which
time Ed. Jones, of this city, will
walk Il quarter mile heel-and-toe
against the worlds amateur record
OF l:s9. Jones is in good form and
nearly all the pedestrians think HI
will give the record a close call,
WEDNESDAY. ~
The second heat OF the, great six
day race, which was run at the
Gross opera house last evening. was
fully as interesting as the first, ant
q good sized audience watched II
from the start to the finish.
Smith. who was in poor form the
first night and dropped back over
two ard half miles behind Messier
who lead at the first nights finish
appeared on the track for the second
four-hour run rs fresh as a young
colt. He went after the field from the
start, making his first ten miles in
an hour, and twenty miles in 2hOurs
and 8 minutes. and at the end of the
heat had made 81 miles and 13 laps.
Smith last Light made miles more
than Messier and mile and II laps
more than Jones.
Jones ran well last evening and
while he allowed Smith to gain over
a mile and three quarters on him, he
is now only two laps behind.
Messier did not seem in as good
shape last evening, and his distance
covered was considerable short Of
his time the first night.
Faplo, our local amateur who now
holds fourth place, is doing mag
nificently, and finished his second
heat last night with Il good squirt
Il little more than 3 miles behind the
leader Of the procession. :.
Schumate, No. 5, in the order in
which the finish was made last
night, is taking it very coolly. and al
though generally supposed to 'e in
bad shape near the close last night,
finished with q burst OF speed that
was astonishing.
Buchanan brought up the rear Of
the procession again last night
making his 6,miles an hour, with the
greatest apparent ease and keeping
up q. running fire of of good natu' ed
cracks, at the rest of the pedestrians.
He seems very well satisfied with
his position in the race and claims
that bis g1rasshopper like ;form will
be- found fitting along well t. the
fore at the CLOSE Of the sixth day. 49,.
The order in which they closed last
night and the miles to the credit Of
each are as follows:
smith, so miles 1s laps; Jones, 60
miles 'l6 laps; Messier, So ,piles 6 laps;
Paplo, 81 miles g. laps: schumate, 50
miles 8 laps; Buchanan, 4S miles IS
laps. ..
Ed Jones, of this city, walked u
quarter mile heel and toe against
the amateur championship time
of 1:39 and made, the distance
in 1:37 heating the record by
two seconds. He gave very pretty
exhibition of square heel and toe
walking and showed wonderful
speed. Tonight he, will go. after the
half mile record. and stands u good
chance of smashing it..
Tonight will be one of the most
interesting ones of the race. Smith
is out to win and Jones and Messier
are equally determined for victory,
and the man who succeeds in pass
ing or following the cowboy in the
third heat will know that. he has
been in race.
There was good attendance last
night, and both the band and or
chestra will be on hand to entertain
the crowd this evening.
THURSDAY.
That Cowboy Smith is making a
great t effort to win this race is very
evident from the time he has made
in the last two heats. He increased
his lead on Jones last night to a
mile and a half and left Messier in
the rear just five miles.
Jones started out in the third heat
with a five minute clip, which he evil
dently could not maintain and he
soon gave the pace setting to
Smith who took the lead and for
the first two hours made the best
record OF the race so far. His first
ten miles was completed in just one
hour by the stroke OF the clock and
at 2 minutes past ten he had added
twenty miles to his score, and was
about two miles ahead of Jones.
That the latter is determined to
win was also shown, for he took
another long squirt. and succeeded
in reducing Smiths lead to a mile
and a half and the order in which
they closed the race was the same as
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