The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-16

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 15.-The last day
of the races of the L. A. ". national
meet ended with a quarrel among the
racing men on account of fouling.
the equal of which was never seen in
national racing circles.
The trouble arose in the fve-mile
national championship race, in which
were entered all the cracks in atten-
dance at the meet except Sanger.
Cooper started the fouling by trying
to push Bald off the pole with his
hand. Bald retaliated, and after that
example from the leaders nearly every
man who wanted the pole got it by
pushing.
Protests were entered with President
Elliott of the league by Bald against
Cooper; Cooper against Bald; Coburn
against Cooper, and Gardiner against
Callahan. The finish was: Cooper
first, w. E. Becker. st. Paul, second,
and b. S. Acker, Philadelphia, third.
The time was 1918 2-5.
The officials took an hour to decide
the matter of the protests, and the
result was that Cooper was disquali-
fed for fouling, and the race given 10
Becker, with Acker second and Nat
Butler third.
THERE IS NO APPEAL
from this decision. A heavy rain
storm prevented the running of the
last race on the card-the professional
trial for one mile unpaced-and that
event was called off.
The attendance today was the larg-
est of the meet, excursions having
been run from all points within three
hundred miles of Louisville. Fully ten
thousand people were in attendance at
the races. They saw Walter Sanger
make the best finish Of his life in the
two-mile professional handicap. His
time was within one-fifth Of a second
OF the worlds record. There was no
meeting of the racing board today, as
had been expected, and the matter of
the charges against almost all the
amateurs that were entered in the
national meet races, that they were III
the pay of manufacturers, will be in
vestigated al called meeting, If at
all. In a letter to the meet club, Presi-
dent Elliott and Chairman Gideon of
the racing board declared the Louis
vile meet the most successful in point
of entertainment that had ever been
the meet was held at the league head
quarters tonight. Summaries:
Half mile national championship
First semi-fnal: Tom Cooper, Detroit.
first; Arthur Gardiner, Chicago, seq
ond. Also rode: c. r. Coulter, J. r.
Starbuck, W. Coburn. Time-1:12 20.
Second semi-fnal-E. c. Bald, But-
falo, first; Tom Butler, Boston, second;
F. H. Allen. Syracuse, third. Also
rode: Ray Mcdonald, A. D. Kennedy,
Louis Callahan, Conn Baker. Time
los.
Final-Tom Butler, Boston, first; E.
C. Bald, Buffalo, second; Arthur Gar
diner, Chicago, third. Also rode: Tom
Cooper, F. H. Allen. Time-1:11 Is.
One-mile handicap, amateur-Final:
J. ]. Howard, st. Louis won. Time
2:40 2-5
Two-mile state championship, anna
teur-W. H. Seaton, Louisville, won
Time-5:O1 So.
One-mile open, Professionalism:
W. Coburn, st. Louis, first; F. H. AL
len, Syracuse, second; E. c. Bald, Buff
falo, third Arthur Gardiner, Chicago,
fourth; A. D. Kennedy, Chicago, fifth.
Also rode: Tom Butler, F. A. McF'ar-
land, Fred Loughead, F. B. Rigby, w.
C. Sanger, E. @. Acker, +. G. Schre1n.
Time-2:19 rs
One mile, amateur, 2:SO class-Final:
c. R. Mccarthy, st. Louis. won. Time
2:15
Two-mile handicap. PROFESSIONALISM
nal: W. c. Sanger, Milwaukee, first;
A. D. Kennedy, Chicago, (20) second;
L. A. Callahan, Buffalo, 900 third; Jay
Eaton, Elizabeth, (4O fourth; H. 2.
Mosher, Storm King, GAO fifth. Also
rode-F. c. Schrein, R. Hofer, R. H.
McCleary, ]. A. Newhouse, L. c.
Johnson, Barney Oldfeld, DR.. Brown,
H. Van Herik, Fred Allen, H. G. Clark
W. Brecker, S. c. Cox, B. Walthour
Time-4:25 2-5.
One-mile open, amateur-Final: c.
c. Ingraham, Dixon, Ill, won. Time
2:24
Five-mile national championship
w. E. Wecker, st. Paul, first; E. S.
Acker, Philadelphia, second; Nat But
Ter, Boston, third. Also rode: A. Gar
diner, ]. Coburn, Baker, Stevens, Star
buck, McCleary, Walthour, Hause.
Time-12:18 2-5. Cooper, winner, and
Callahan, third, disqualified for foul
riding.