The morning times., 1896-08-15

| Louisville, KY, Aug. l4.-Tbe races of
| The National l.. "A. W. meet Today IN the
finishes ana the time maae b0raered on the
| sensational.
| One vi tne mostimpostdnt WoId's records,
| the one mile competition, was broken.
The one mile national championship was
| Decided 30 lar us the present tpfogress Oi .. lie
| circuit Is concerned. IL was won sy I ON
| Cooper.
Arthur Gardiner did the record breaking
in the miie open, paced by John 5. johnson
and j w. Parsons, the Australian champ
ion, with thirteen starters In The iace.
Gardiner rode the miie ins2 OF beating the
record OF 2.01 4-5, established by Bald
just q week ago at Buffalo. He won by a
phenomenal sprint in the stretch, which
he entered ten lengths behind Sanger,
who led the field. Chairman Gideon stated
afLerwafd that IL was the most rapid
burst sf speed tbat he had ever seen
or heard OF. Cooper was not entered in
this race
In the mile national champion
ship Cooper, who won. had the closes.
call OF tie year. He beat VIII Coburn
across the tape only half the diameter OF
his front wheel.
The first serious accident Of the meet
occurred in the emile State champion
ship. j. c. Mitchell's chain broke and he
tNh- AoAA AhORSlo, suE AtIltuCky Out-Iulle
champion. fell over him and three other
riders landed on Mitchell before he could
rise. The latter's collar bone was rrac-
tured in two places
RESULTS OF THE RACES.
First race -One-tbird mne, national
championship. aInatsur ana profess oIai.
fom ..oyer, LetEoit. nrst, - wen n n..iIie.
Louisville, second. E. G.. Bald. Buffalo,
tnIu. lime, O:14 So. +. Il. Allen,
syracuse, n. Y, ". l.. Becker, Chicago;
A. b. keanedy. Chicago; Jesse Curry.
Aurora, III; VIII COourn. st. LOUIS;
Gardiner. Chicago; LOUIS Callahan, Burralo,
c. II. Coulter, san Francesca. also rode.
Second race-One mIe. amateur L. A. W.
Kentucky championship. EDWARD d.
Fichtner, Louisville. first; Karl Thome,
Louisville, second: II. W. Middendorf
Louisville, third. Time. 2:25.
Third race Quarter nile, national
championship. amateur and professional.
Buffalo. second; A. ID. Kennedy, third.
Time. O:32. Also rode. Fred c. schrcln.
Toledo; Barney 0ldfieid, Toledo; F. II.
Otto ZcigIer, San Jose. Cal; E. c. John
son, Cleveland; Con Ba ker. Columbus;
Arthur Gardiner. Chicago.
Fourth race-Two mile. open. amateur.
E. W. Peabody; Chicago, Won; W. H.
seaton. Louisville second; Karl Tbone.
Louisville. third; Frank L. Eberhart. fourth;
Ed. McKeon, Greenvi!le. Ohio. fifth. Time,
o.D4.
Firth race--One mile tandem, open, pro-
tessionai. First heat: Harry c; Clark.
Philadelphia and J. B. Bowler, Chicago,
first; o. p. Berhart and F; G, schrein. To-
8 G. Cox and j. W. coburn; W de Cardy
and r. p Rice: J. F. starbuck and W: E.
Beckner. Second heat: Tom and Nat
Butter, Cambridgeport. Mass, first; l. C.
New York. second: John F. staver, Port
land, Ore. and Ell winesett. Olympia,
Wash. third. Time, 2:i0. Final: Tom
and Nat Butter, first; L. c. johnson and
and F. G schrein. third Time. 2:l4 s5.
Also rode: H. c. CLARK and ]. b. Bowler;
Ell winesett and John r. stayer-
LOUISVILLE MAN WON.
Sixth race-Two thirds Of a mile. open,
amateur T. d. FicDtner. Louisville. tirst;
graham, Dixon Ills, third; kaiph Hamberg,
Port Huron. Mich, fourth, E. W. Pea
body, Chicago, fiItb. Time, l:3o so.
Also rode W. T. Lumm, p. j. Born washer.
bardt, W. Cummings, and Lou Coburn-
Seventh racc-Oue mile, national cham
pionshp, fipai. Tom Cooper, Boston, Ilrst;
viii Coburn, St Louis, second; Louis Cal
Also rode: E. c. Bald. E S. Aker, F. C.
Schrein, otto Zegler, A. D. Kennedy,
Owen Kimble, Tom Butler. Arthur Gardiner,
and U. l.. Stevens.
ship, amateur. E. d. Fioii,ner. Louisville,
first: stuart Leathers, Louisville, second;
H W. Middendorf, Louisville, third. Time.
12 SO 4-5.
Ninth race-One mile open. professional
final. Arthur Gardiner, Chieag go, first, W.
C. Sanger, Milwaukee, second. Tom Butler,
Boston, third. Time, 2'0l. Last quarter
in 0:2S IA Also rode: w E Rremer,
Otto igler, r. 7. Rice, F. A. McFarland,
jay Eaton. A. D. Kennedy, F. b. Rigsby, C.
Wells e S ACkef