Evening star., 1896-08-24

III OAAS "HlCA bpcdkB well IOr lu6 euOTIS
Of the clerks Of the course. Messrs. VIM.
Gettinger and ]. Hart Britain.
There were very few spills, and no rider
vas injured. In the final Of the novice
unattached. came, together and sprawled
IN front OF the grand stand on the begin
ming OF the last lap. In the second heat Of
ene IN paI mile. open. professional. W. K. Weber
tape on the first lap. Howard K. French.
Baltimore; dropped out on the second lap,
the pace being too warm. In the final of
s1,e,n the mile. professional. Church threw q
puncn on the first time in which were
Maddox. White, Weber and Woodward.
ihey all remounted their wheels and rode
on, but Maddox was the only man who Sc
cured place. Church fell second time
woodward: local, man, who turned pro.
iessional, fell in the two-mile professional
handicap. Harry A. Hollander, unattached,
Z; I: Brush: LIE D. P. W.. and w. Francis
most serious of the day. Pigott caused the
spill and came out with bruised head
heieree simpson was more strict than
ever; and disqualified number of men
LOT looking around while racing. Harry
". Hardester. who came in first, and
Harry V. Cox, who secured third place in
lne ,1 second heat of the mile novice, were
alsaualliaed; a,sa ann a. W. H: Wright, E. A. C..
e dlcap. was disqualified, as was H. r.
thompson. who came in third in the third
neat or the same event
IN In most OF the races a slow pace was
maintained until the last lap, when every
one one sPurted In the final of the novice a
1lme limit was placed at 2:5O, while In the
nlse nasa.d neat OF the mile open, amateur. the
bunch If they did not ride The last quar-
ter IN TINS neat was made in 30 10 seconds.
Wrlie the last quarter of the second heat
, ol the same race was made in 81 As sec
ords. The last quarter in the first heat of
a dne mile open, professional, was covered in
oo SECONDS nat, and the second heat Of the
same race in 80 80 seconds.
Sims Was Barred.
AS stated In The Star Friday. Billie
Sims was protested and not allowed to
ride with the Arlington team in the club
race for the championship of the District.
n. j. Murphy took his place. Ball became
stailed In the mud on the back stretch on
the ti third lap, and finished last The Ar
Washington Road Club scored nine points
day. "
The professional races were interesting,
cul 'he crack did not show up in good
form. kluge was dstarced in the two
cal rider. " ~
schaie rode in good form, but he held
one-mile handicap His exhibition mile in
2:oo 10, paced by tandems was extremely
good time. Mudds time in the unpaced
hae mn was also very good. At the end of
exhibition in 1:O3 SO. Greer and Smith
were to have made a trial at the worlds
lanoem record, but on account Of the con-
ullion OF the track they decided not to
make the attempt.
The Events
The summary:
flrst race, one mile novice-H.R. Thomp-
son. unattached. won; H. w. Hickey un-
attached, second; George w. Rhinehardt
A.W.. third. Time. 2.35 3-5
Second race, one mile tandem-Harrv p
Greer and George c. Smith, W.R.C.. won:
~; n. Wright and w. G. LeCompte. Cam
bridge. Nd, second: Robert L. French
a ana no = Z; b. Parker, Baltimore. third. Time
Third race, one mile open, amateur-Fred
"A. l.. schade. w r. c., won; Billie Sims
A. W.. second; w. G. LeCompte. Cam.
bridge third. Time, 2.43 1-5.
Fourth race, one mile open. professional
W. Phelps Cambridge, Nd. second; Chas.
j.: Spencer, Baltimore, Md, third: c. r.
kluge Jersey City, NJ j., fourth: II. II.
Maddox Asbury Park. N. j., fifth Time,
Fifth race. one mile, handicap amateur
Lewis r. Smith, A. W.. 100 yards, won:
Fred A. L. Schade. w. r. c., scratch sec
.s,i ond; George q. Smith. w. r. c.. GO yards,
Sixth race, one mile. club team, cham
pionship of the District-T. NJ Mudd jr.,
A. W.. won: c. E. Cause, w. r. c., sec
ond; ]. Walter Thompson. A. w, third;
Harry Il. Greer, w, r. c.. fourth; E. J.
Murphy. A. w, fifth: George w. BAH, W.
R. c.. sixth. Time 3.16 40
Seventh race. two-mile handicap, profess
sional-H. H. Maddox. Asbury Park, IL
yards. won; Edwin F. Miller, Vineland, n
j.. Is yards. second; J. F. Starbuck, Phla-
delphia, Pa. 10 yards, third Jack NJ White,
Baltimore. Md. 1876 yards, fourth: c. A.
Church, Chester, Pa, fifth. Time, 446 4-5
Eighth race, best paced mile, amateur
Fred A. L. Schade, w. r. c., won, time,
2.0s Is; w. G. LIE Compte, Baltimore. sec
ond, time, 2.15; George S. Ball, w. R. c.,
third. time, 215 2-5.
Ninth race, best unpaced mile, open to
District riders only-T. N. Mudd, tr., A. W.,
won, time, 2.2G 2-5; George S. Ball, w. r.
c., second, time, 2.3O 20; George E. Smith,
w. r. c., third time, 234