The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-05
RASTER THAN DOW
uelisf Jimmie Jones. Of Ia
euuaa. Breaks a Record.
,.paorH's MIGHTY Squirt
- uourth Of July Races ~ Tacoma
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qualified.

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ss-.~r snse Afternoon Lsscal waeeSEn<n
- flss sanction ~ the 4. A x for.
- ..@sx zasi hszaz up The pssr=<- far TIE
.~sxx OF California and Oregon 20 20
/ - EssIses fsss cash purses in the pro-
I S.s61rsi events. = zstrFioe- % very nans-
-. an vsIuasase prizes sere given the
! zzSne<x 10 the amateur Faces.
- <.eef uas the most successful ever
- = raroFsa AMI Gre Of The nnoss salts
S-.s.~x II shs nissorr Of racing II the
S-<kw<xx. Exazs. Baeksr and Campbell.
- fs.sg<s<nss eraeks, and Ab@ndrosa. Lee
s ~ rsxx@~. TIE fast Portland men. were
J - axz:rsss the best riders Ia Western
S.~s<axssu. barring Dow and Esaxy. OF
1879 VINO Isaaped around and watched
-, erxfxhlsa opponents battling for the
- a. ne day Ia the naIf-Enile open,
-. Joaes. tfe fast Tacoma boy,
ss-sef ewo seconds or Dowss record az
e.sstae made June II The race wzs
/ -ss - 4 tandem mounted By August
~. nn>cklsn and Mace Green Jones'
-. - the hxsf-naiIa was isA. There ls
a.~.1 aaestson whether the record viii
$50 a. TIE tandem paced the riders
1ss.er ovsv the tape. instead Of dropping
- II fhe last Lap. 50 IL the cflsrom-
80 fzrs 90 rot 1etraet from the bril-
rr.rY az jones' performances. AMI he was
{ - more applause NJ the finish than
- ether rider ever received on TIE
r,oznds Jones rode the aEher events In
seseh he was ensere1 IN nearly bis Old
nm demonstrating that great things
~ b expected Of him yet
nrxrx ard Tesril,. the California men,
~4s we're entered IN tins aals-aniie and
~ rrofesxfsszi. did net put Ia an aD-
eear1r.cs until altar O'Clock Terrin re-
- . ris IA the mile because the purse
- nos RAISED from IS 20 50. Evans en-
fnsx. however. and after crossing the
- ssxt n ~ anzi heat in the mile
- Re vas slscsaitned fer starting be-
5rr the pistas cracked Evans must have
1bszIzet ! lad Of SIX feat BY his false
sfnrs ana he assexiy caught the tandem.
vfnnsnx han=siIy after Lee had QUIT. pro-
testiu- tire race. Eurher wzs dsstanced.
ara Evans h1d only Freeman 70 push
Mn ia IL the fash, which was. OF course.
very sssns Richer protested Freeman for
foa,arx him az the third Lap. and the
e,xim vas sabstanfiaxsd by Umpire Mer-
I'll Who witnessed the foul. With both
Fvanz and Freeman out OF II. Rueher
damned nrst and Il Was allowed.
The result Of mis- race. which was the
nost promising on the card. was very dis
nposntfng TO the BIG crowd Evans cleariy
eon the race on IL merits. but there was
- Qusstion As 20 his false start. and he
psa bromptly disqualified by Referee E G..
Dorr As the California man walked 20
hs dressing quarters the crowd literally
upizu1ed him. There we're cries Of ride
i ovsr again." bur as the rules OF the
Il 4 ". are made for the accommodation
n lie riders In q race. and without refer
escs 70 TIE rights OF the people who have
sid their way Ia TO see them. the raes
snted IN the unsatisfactory way as above
md5cated
y Barcomb. q promising Tacoma rider.
esuA hare won the mile novice had he not
~ III pstai AZ the stretch. He spurted
gizcdzAsr but the accident robbed hlrn OF
ven eAynssi victory.
Ancag ths sensational features OF the
~ M Ab<nIroth's wonderful finish in