The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16

ing to him, but Butler had been lost in
the drive and was out of it. Coburn
played good game and staid at Ken
nedys rear until he saw Bald and
Allen at his side. He had the advan-
tage of the pole and when he jumped
he started sprint that landed him a
winner by length. Allen was coming
like mad, fighting at Bald's left and in
his last three or four jumps it seemed
as though he lifted his wheel bodily
and hurled it across the tape. 1t is a
question if he really beat Bald, but
after long wrangle the judges so de-
cided and the Syracuse favorite got the
first bit of victory that has come to
him in many weeks. Gardiner quit
Sanger's rear, half way down the
stretch and ran into fourth place. just
ahead of Kennedy, who had never lost
heart throughout his race and was
the mile was 2:19 rs. Good time for an
unpaced event.
Allen led off for the half mile nation
all championship, but at the second
turn Cooper came up and took the pace
with Allen, Bald, Butler and Gardiner
| strung out to his rear. On the back
| stretch Butler jumped, pulling Gar
| diner up with him, but when Butler
| dropped down on the pole, back OF
| Cooper, Gardiner was forced to the
center, between him and Bald The
men fought game and shifting battle
| down the short straight Bald, Cooper
| and Butler on almost even terms and
| Gardiner and Allen looking for an
! opening. Bald had the advantage until
the last twenty yards, when Butler
| jumped and got his wheel half a dozen
inches in front. AT the tape Gardiner
shot to the front and Tapped Bald
| showing Cooper the way in by an open
| length.
| The amateur events were we'll con-
tested, Ingraham winning the mile
open with ease, but was beaten out in
hot finish in the mile handicap by
Howard, of st. Louis. The two-mile
state championship went to w H.
Seaton Jr., while Mccarthy, of ST
Louis, piloted in the field of 2:30 class
men. A rain came up just after the
five-mile championship making it
necessary to abandon some record
trials that were to wind up the last day
of the meet The crowd numbered
about 5000, and the greatest enthusi-
asm during the meet was SEEN The
most of the racing men leave tonight
or tomorrow for Indianapolis and Erie.
SUMMARY.
First race, amateur mile handicap-First
heat: Bornwasser, Louisville; Lum Mont
gomery, Ala ;Canfeld, st. Louis; Hammond
st. Louis; Thome, Louisville; Simpson May
field, KY; Groeschol. Louisville. Time
2:l4 20. Second heat: Howard ST. Louis !:
Fitchner, McCabe, Dupre, Louisville, Nc
Carthy, st. Louis. Time PIP rs. Third heat
Ingraham, Dixon, ILL.,; Coburn, st. Louis; Nc
Keon Greenville O.; Middendorf, Louisville;
Seaton, Louisville; Cummings, Spring feld, O.. /;
Ewing, Nashville. Time PIP Final: How
ard twenty yards, won; Ingraham scratch
second; Lum. fifteen yards, third Time
2:14 2-5. Bornwasser, Thome Groeschel
Fitchner, Dupre. Seaton, Garfield Hammond
Eberhardt, Hattersley, Coburn, Cummings
also ran.
Second race. professional and amateur ma
tional championship, half mile-Frst heat:
Cooper, Bald. Coulter. Baker. Time los Is
Second heat; w. Coburn Kennedy, Star
buck. Time 1:09 40. Third heat Tom But
Ter, Gardiner, Ray Mcdonald, Zeigler. Time