The herald., 1896-02-23
Good Sport at Santa Monica
Yesterday Afternoon
HATT0N AND LACY WINNERS
The SextupIet Appears In Public for the
First Time
ktafr6 Crowd Journsysd Down to Santa
Msales Yesterday Afternoon to Attend
the Southern Pacific neet

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the Stearns team were the only entries in
class B, or professional, was quite enough
to throw golden haze over the track, but
the management went step further and
had all the badges and score cards printed
In the same hue, making the track look as
n . smallpox epidemic of the most viru-
lent description had struck it.
A large crowd was present, the grand
stand and bleachers being completely
Alied with gaily dressed women, who
formed large part of the audience. And
they had plenty to look at. There was
Pint Jenkins, who officiated at the gong,
and made q pleasing noise whenever he
was requested. And Fat" Stephenson was
there with his nice new purple mega
phone, bowling witticisms and information
through the hugo instrument. Mr.. Stephen
son has great deal of fun with the name of
one of the contestants, who had inherited
from his paternal ancestor the cognomen
of Loudermilk. This name Fay would
call out as Sour Milk, Condensed Milk, etc.,
10 that the unfortunate possessor blushed
for it's possession.
The offici .ls of the track were as fol-
Iowa: Referee, H. c. E. Smith; starter,
Will Knippenberg; clerk, j. A. Kelly;
Judges, II. bert EIllss +. LIZ paluWius we
Corroli, Fred Teale. w. F. Kennedy;
timers, J. S. Thayer, John W. A. Off, Geo.
W. Cobb; scorers, l. S. Logan, M. A.
Baker. W. NJ. Jenkins umpires, Phil Lyon,
Phil Kitchin, Alden Merryhew; announcer,
Fay Stephenson.
the one mile military novice, and fearful
and wonderful event it was. The riders
carried as much weight as if they were 60
ing to stay at Santa Monica all summer.
and 20 each man packed trunk and a
month's grub or thereabouts, SO that he
would not get hungry on the road. In the
first heat Tuthill, Dee, Wilcox. Kavanaugh
and Sullivan strove nightly for SUI
premacy. The men did not show any inti-
mate acquaintance with racing rules, but
thQy did their best, Kavanaugh taking the
heat and Wilcox and Dee getting second
In ths third heat Glenn, Loudermilk,
Schueddig. Harmon and Van Buskirk
started. Glenn won easily, but was dis
qualified for looking back, Van BuslIirk
and Loudermilk getting the coveted places.
Time, 2:49. In the final, Wilcox gener-
ally surprised the audience and himself b.
winning from Kavanaugh, though the race
was hardly hot enough to keep the men
warm. Time, :O9 3-5.
Second race-This was the three-mile,
class Is. On account of the scratching OF
fcuri OF the contestants the race was run
Campbell. W. j. Edwards, Eli Winsett, T.
+. Sctefski, Earl Kiser and Rubber Bill
Hatton. On the lineup, Campbell had the
pole, Winsett on the outside. At the gun
Kiser jumped for the pole, but Campbell
crowded him, went off the track. rode
around him and got in first place. to the
great disgust Of the kid, who waved his
hand in an impassioned gesture. condemn
ing his opponent to various spots not for
publication Coming off the bank, Winsett
made fast jump, pulling the crowd after
him, Kiser second, Campbell third. On the
lower turn the pace increased, but Schefsk,
the Salt Lake boy, and Rubber Bill Hatton
crawled along on the outside. kiser still
led at the head of the stretch, but SchefsAi
was coming fast on the outside. and Hat
ton was sneaking up inside. They came
with q rush, Kiser digging despairingly,
but Schefski whirled up. and snatched a
pretty race by the width of tire, Hatton
crowding Kiser close for the place. Time,
:46.
Third race-The third race on the card
was the one mile post race, Class A. The
event was run in heats of one mile straight,
and in the first heat Griffin, Casenave,
Coty and Parker started. The referee put
. time limit of $40 on the heat, and the
men loafed, SO they had to ride the heat
over again. On the runover, Griffin made
pretty jump in the turn, and won first,
Coty and Parker finishing close up in the
order named. Time, 2:33 20. In the
second heat, Glenn, Robbins, Evans, Lou
dermilk. Harmon, Lacy and Cromwell.
Evans made hard pace on the first lap, and
killed himself. Lacy laid back, taking
pace for the second lap, and winning out
in handsome sprint from Cromwell.
Time, 2:32 10. In the final there were
five starters-Lacy, Cromwell, Robbins,
Coty and Griffin. The pace was started at
q hot gait, Griffin doing donkey work"
Lacy and Cromwell jumped the bunch on
tha and f1nialipd the Ian "a nan1od
The second lap was more or less of loaf,
but again the sprint was started on the
turn, and q second time Lacy beat out
Cromwell for the lap, the field being far
away. Robbins went after the leaders,
caught them on the backstretch, and with
Lacy jumped for the finish. Cromwell
tried to tack on, but failed, and the two
leaders went at it ding dong for the tape.
Lacy had q little more up his sleeve than
Robbins and the latter sat up five yards
wheel. Time, 2:3O As. In this race Lacy
won all the three prizes offered, some-
thing that very rarely occurs in one of
these lap races.
Fourth Race-This was the one mile post
record, class B. Again the heats were
several men, so Hatton, Kiser, Schefski.
Edwards, Campbell and Osen went out for
this new style of race. According to the
time made, the value of the prize changed
and from the first the riders made hard
pace. Kiser won the first lap in drive,
the pace slackening after the tape was
passed. On the turn for the second lap,
Hatton made jump and finished Al yards
ahead of the field. Seeing his advantage he
kept up the pace, Kiser starting after him.
Schefski made bid and went down the
back stretch at a fast gait, slowly crawling
up on Hatton, who was rapidly tlring of
his unpaced ride. The yells of the crowd
warned Hatton as he swung into the stretch
and he dug hard, Schefski coming up fast.
Closer and closer he came, but at the tape
Hatton leaned hard on his pedals and
landed the race by half a wheel in 2:l5 3-5,
the field being literally nowhere.
Fourth race-This race was the five-mile
military relay. Two teams of five men
each were stationed at opposite corners,
and two men of each team started out with
. package to be delivered to the judges at
the end of the race. Packages were to be
exchanged at the end of each mile, the dis
tances to be ridden by each mile. Des-
cription of the race is not to be made, for
time was not made to any appreciable ex-
tent. Dreary plugging was the most notice.
able feature of this event, and at the end
of the race Stephenson announced that
Accompany 1. 'Steenth regiment" had won
the race. and that the time was ''umpteen
minutes and the same number of seconds. u
Fifth race-This was the one mile hand-
cap. class b. The positions of the starters
were as follows: Kiser, Campbell, Ed
wards, scratch; Hatton, so yards; Staver,
Winsett, 70 yards; Pickard, 100 yards.