St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-28

were skated. the winners of which
were the starters in the race The
heats were good features in themselves.
and furnished excellent sport. The
starters in the first heat were John
Nilsson, 0. A. Rudd and Frank Nc
Daniels. All started together, and
staid punched until the last half of
the last lap, when Nilsson spurted
ahead, closely followed by Davidson.
The race was finished in that order.
Time, 40 2-3.
In the second heat Harley Davidson.
George Sudheimer, Ed PannelI and II.
thompson started. Davidson took the
lead at the start. and kept it until the
finish. Pannen was a close second
which place he held until within a
few yards of the finish, when he fell
and Sudheimer came across the line
TWO yards back Of Davidson. Time.
Al 2-5.
In the third heat, J. K. McCullocb
Il. Johnson and Nal Anderson started.
McCulloch held the lead from start to
Hilsh, johnson finishing second at a
distance of four yards. Time. Al.
The first heat being the fastest the
TWO winners were qualified along with
the winners Of the second and third
meats. This qualified Nilsson, H. Dav-
Jason, McCulloch and j. Davidson to
start in the finals, and the interest of
the spectators was at once aroused
harley Davidson took a good lead at
the start, followed by Nilsson. J. Dav-
ldson and McCulloch, respectively.
rms order remained only through the
nall OF the first lap. McCulloch squirt
co. and before the end of the lap was
at IL. Davidson's side. He steadily
gained through the last half lap. and al
the finish was a yard ahead of Harley
Davidson, who finished second. Nils
son finished third. Time, 39A.
Judges, Dr. Kelly, Joe Gruber, A. H.
Timekeepers, T. L. Bird, B. 3. Bird.
F. A. Reid
Referee, A. D. Smith.
Starter, 7. j. OLeary.
McCuiloch is a favorite, and was
enthusia stically cheered for his vic
tory The friends OF Harley Davidson
were also noticably in evidence. and he
did not want for coaching and shouts
OF encouragement from them.
FOUR-MILE RACE.
Inc f1ve-mile race took place immedi-
ateiy after the Quarter-mile race. and
McCulloch added new laureIs by win
nlng In the very fast time of 1902 As
This time is within As seconds of the
worlds amateur record as quoted bv
Spirit of the Times, and is much lower
than the record as quoted by the New
ork World almanac. The finish was
thrilling, and served to show to ex-
celient advantage the superiority of the
winner over the other contestants. The
starters were ]. F. Davidson, O. H.
Rudd, Frank McDaniels, T. THOMPSON
L. Johnson, Nal Anderson, J. K. Nc
Culloch, John Nilsson, Harley David
son, Ed Pannell and George Sudheimer.
Harley Dividson took a good lead
at the start, followed by Nilsson sec
ond McCulloch was at the rear Of
the bunch, but at the end Of the first
half lap he spurted to third place. with
Mcdaniel close at his heels. At the end
of the mile Anderson, who was keeping
up splendidly, fell, and after making
mastery effort to recover, gave up
the race. When the second mile be-
gan McCulloch spurted to first place,
with Nilsson second and H. Davidson
third. At the finish of the
half John Davidson quit The order
of the first places remained unchanged
until the beginning of the third mile
This part of the race was thrilling,
and McCulloch, McDaniels and Nilsson
were put upon their metal
The fun began when Nilsson made O
squirt to first place. McCulIoch held
second and Davidson third. After four
laps of this order the people back in
the bunch took a brace, Rudd, Sud-
heimer, Johnson and Pannell all took
brief turn at setting the pace, and
the winners Of the race were, for the
time being, lost sight of, and for a
while it looked very much as though
they would lose. Sudheimer exhibited
remarkable speed for one lap, leading
the others by five yards. When the
twenty-fourth lap was started the for
mer order of the race was restored
Pannell and Sudheimer quit, and the
balance punched for three laps, no
one having the advantage. Then all