The herald., 1896-08-15
Cooper AbsOrbs Two More Ma
tiOnaI Championships
A WORLDS RECORD BROKEN
When Gardiner Took the Single Paced
Mile, Open
Pleasant Weather, a Big Crowd With nany
Ladies, and Big Field Take
Splendid Sport
Associated Press Snecial Wire.

of Tom Cooper. These make three sue
cessive championship victodies for the
Detroit lad. He tried hard for the mile
championship, but got in bad position
and was beaten out by Tom Butler, who
| rode the race of his life. But Arthur
Gardiner, of the Morgan & Wright team,
is the hero of the day. He rode mag
nificent race in the one mile open. beat
ing Sanger out by a half wheel length,
in POI As, worlds record time, single
paced. Sanger was unfortunate in his
contest, and deserves a great deal of
credit for his work.
Royal sport characterized the second
| day of the national meet. The weather
was pleasant, and another big crowd
with a generous proportion of ladies
turned out.
Great and interesting as We're the
championship events, the big race of
the day was the last on the card. the
professional mile open. When the thir-
teen starters were lined up the pole was
given to Becker, with Sanger, Ziegler,
Callahan, Bald. Mcfarland, Gardiner,
Eaton, Kennedy, Rigby, Tom Butler,
Wells and Aker flor company at his
right. Parsons and Johnson We're put
in to pace, Parsons going one-third,
johnson picking up and carrying little
over the other third. In the jump Tom
Butler and Callahan had warm battle
with Zeiger for the placs, Callahan Sc
| curing it and Zeigler taking third back
of Butler
The men fell in behind in one long
| string Becker. Bigby, eknnedy and
Aker sandwiched in between the lead
| ing bunch, Sanger, Gardiner and Bald.
In the second turn Rigby was killed off
by the pace and dropped out, leaving
a big gap back of Becker, which Ken
nedy in vain tried to close. At the bell
the chances of the men behind seemed
hopeless. but Sanger took the bit into
his teeth and made a glorious ride. Gar
diner held to him throughout and Bald
as closely to Gardiner as he could. A.
the last turn Sanger swept around the
four runaway sprinters like quad and
took the running into the stretch. Gar
diners tactics had been observed by the
crowd with whom the Chicago lad is
favorite, and shout went up. The re-
suit was foregone, for the curly haired
Ssotchman came out at Sanger's right
with killing sprint that carried him
over the tape winner by a length.
Sanger got second and Tom Butler ran
into the third place two lengths back.
Bald Ziegler and Becker came over al
most abreast just out of the money.
while Callahan, Aker and Mcfarland
survived the driving finish. The quit
ters were Wells. Eaton, Kennedy and
Rigby. The mile was ridden in 2:0l
flat, a new worlds record single paced,
breaking the mark made by Bald at
Buffalo a week ago, of 2:01 4-5l
The first event of the afternoon, the
one third mile national championship,
was sprint from start to finish, in
which Cooper demonstrated his ability
and good judgment by making a show
of representative field of professionals,
riding in victor by half length, after
a tight brush with owen Kimble and
Bald. In the line up Cooper was given
the pole. with Tom Butler crowded clear
out to the bank. Bald led off in the jump
with Cooper and half a dozen others
trailing him, while Butler worked along
the bank and was at the lead on the back
stretch. At the head of the stretch
Cooper took to the center of the track,
while Bald challenged him along the
pole. Kimble held to the outside, and
between these three was fought the final
battle. Cooper came in with an easy
stride that showed perfect condition,
while Bald and Kimble were working
like engines at his rear At the tape
Cooper had the advantage of half
length over Kimble. while the Buffalo
man was eight inches back of the Louis
vile favorite. The balance of the field
came in well punched back of Becker
and Kennedy, who were a yard 70
Bald's rear.
The time for the third was rather
slow, A 80, less than that made in
either of the trial heats of the morning.
In the quarter mile national cham
pionship eleven men We're lined up on
the steep bank at the quarter pole with
Scherin down at the bottom of the in
cline apd Oldfield, Callahan, Gardiner,
Cooper, Kennedy. Hoffer Ziegler, e. C.
Johnson and Baker at his right. At the
gun Oldfield shot to the front with a
quick jump with Cooper following him
out. The men were all quick in getting
into their stride and by the time the
second twelfth pole was reached Gardi-
ner had carried his drive along the bank
and was well to the front with Ziegler
safely on. AS the e-clad team mates
came up, Coopr took alarm and jumped.
clearing Oldfield and swinging agin t.
the center of the track. Callahan Slip
ped up behind him. while Kennedy lap
ped him on the inside and crowede him
closely down the straight.
The balance of the crowd back of Old
field were scattered in the driving finish.
Cooper rode like mad, for this cham
pionship meant the third consecutive
win for him for this meet in the cham
pionship events. Twenty yards from
the tape he dropped his hands and dug
for home with jump after jump and
landed on the tape clear length ahead
of Callahan, who was still trailing him.
Kennedy Tapped the latters rear wheel,
while Scheerin slipped in and beat Old
field Time SO seconds fiat, just two
ffths of a second slower than the time
made by Bald at Asbury park last year,
when he won the 1895 championship.
Tom Butler won the mile national
championship in a beautiful sprint. with
a full open length Of daylight showing.
to the rear of his wheel. There were
pacing or singles. In the break Ziegler