The morning times., 1896-08-16
WRAAel|Ae on THE TRACK
Racing Men at the L. A. W.
Meet File Protests.
COOPER WAS DISQUALIFIED
He FOuIed bald on the Louisville
Track and Bald Returned the Com
pliment-Sanger Rode the Race Of
His Life for the Two-Miie Cham
pionship-Meet Wound Up.

Louisville, KY, Aug. 15.-The last da
| of the races OF the L. A. W. national NEE
ended witha quarrel among the racing mel
on account Of fouling, the equal of which
has not been seen on the national circui
this year.
The trouble arose in the five-mile ma
tionai championship race, in which wer,
entered all the cracks in attendance ut the
meeting except Sanger.
Cooper starteu the fouling by trying. L
push Bald OFF the pole with his hand bal,
retaiiated. and after that example from
the ieaocr, nearly every man who wapte
the pole GOO it by pushing. Protests wer,
entered with President Elliott OF tn,
league by Bald against Cooper; Cooper
against BALD; Cobuin against Cooper, aud
Gardiner against Callahan.
The IinisD was: Cooper, first; w. E
Becker, st. Paul, seconu, and L. s. Acker
PhihidelpDia, third. Tnetime was 12;ls 20
fhe Officials took an hour to decide tn.
matter OF the protests and the result W..
ihat Cooper was disqualified for Ioulinr
ana the race WAS siyeu to Becker with
Acker second, anu Nat. Butter third.
There Is no appeal from this decision.
A heavy raiastorm prevented the running
OF the last race on the card, the pro-
fessional trial for one mile unpaced and
that event was called Off The attendance
today was the largest OF the meet, cx.
curslons having beeu run from all points
within 800 mi les OF Louisville. Fully
iO,oeo people We're in attendance at the
races 1bey saw Walter Sanger make the
best finish of his life Ia the two mile
professional handi cap. His time was
within one-fifth of a second OF the worlds $
recorl.~
N BOARD DID NOT MEET.
There Was no meeting of the racing board
To-Day as mad been expected and the
inatter7othe charges against almost all
the aInateMs that were entered in the
national meet races that they were in tile
pa OF manufacturers Will he Investigated
at called meeting, if at all.
In letter To the meet club, President
Elliott and Chairman Gideon OF the racing
board, declared the Louisville meet the most
successful in point of entertainment that
mad ever been held by the league.
be wind-up of the meet w as held at the
ieagde headquarters tonight and the greater
nnrneer OF the visitors will leave the CITY
tomorrow. Many of them will 60 on a run
10 Mammoth Cave or participate in !, com
ihlmentary excursion to the league Officers
10 that famous hole. in the ground. Sum
fnaries Of the afternoon.
Hall-mile, National Championship-First
rthnr az r,peI nom Cooper Detroit, rst
:l2 rs. c. X. Coulter, j. F. Starbuck'
and W. Coburn. also rode
second-Sem final: E. c. Bald, Buffalo,
siTss; list; tom sraoIa Rnter Boston, second; ii.
Mac Donald A. d. Kennedy, Louis Callahan,
ind--eonn Baker afso rode. Final-Tom
Butter; Boston, first; E. c. Bald, Buffalo.
Time. IL Is. Tom Cooper and +. H
Allen also rode.
One mile handicap; amateur, final: J.
nrrs,3nu howard n,xan St LOUIS 20, first; c. G.
wasser, Louisville. fourth: F. K. watterslv.
st. Louis, 80. fifth Time, 2:I42.5. II. A.
Canfield, Clarence Hanm ond. Thome,
irosehe, E D. Ficilener, v. E. Dupre
2; X; Mccarthy. Lou Coburn. W. II. Seaton.
W .Cnmmins.' E. ID. Mckcon, and H. W
hfddendorf also rode.
sEAToN WAS FIRST.
Two mile State etiiafaponship-Ama
". II Seaton, Louisville. won; E D. Fichener.
second; V. E. Dupree, Louis
Vile. third. Time, Sol SO. Karl Thome,
P. j. Bornwasser, Stuart Leathers anu
4. W. MiddeuUorf also rode
~ one mlie open-froIes ssi ona1.. Final:
W. CoburD, st Louis, won; F.. H. Allen,
? ogdSuse, second, f. Z. Bald, Buffalo
hird;; Arthur Gardiner, Chicago, Iourtn;
y Kennedy, Chicago, filth. Time, |
.192-5. Tom Butler, A. c. Mcfarland |
!. W. LouGh. A. + Brlgsby, W. c. Sanger
8. Acker and F. c. Schrein also rode.
), X. Mccarthy st. Louis first; Lou CoburD,
't; Louis, second; stuart Leathers, LOUIS
lille, third; II. W. MiddeDdorf, Louisville,
ourth; V. E. Dupre, Louisville, fifth
lime, 2:15.' Also rode: II. A. Garfield,
}. A. Daugherty, L. S. Smith, Z. W. Pea
ody, W. CummiDs.
Two-IDile handicap, professional; final
Y. c. Sanger, Milwaukee, first; A. D. KEN
edy, Chicago, 20, second; L. A. Callahan.
'uffalo. 80, third; Jay Eaton, Elizabeth,
o fourth; II. 7. Mosher, Storm King l4O, |
fifth. Time, 4:25 2-5. Also rode: F. c. |
'chrieD. c. Hoener, X. u. NcCleary, j. A.
lie ewhouse, L. c. johnson, Barney Oldtirld. |
II. Brown, II. VanHerck, Fred Allen, H.
!: Clark, W. +. Becker, s. c. Cox, d
yalthour.
one-mie Open-C. C. Ingram, Dixon, Ill,
rst; r. Sanberg, Port Huron. Mich. second
j. Howard, ST. Louis, third: P. J. Born
'asser, Louisville, fourth; E. W. Pea
,dy, Chicago, fifth: H. W. Middendorff,
}. d. McKeon, Karl Tbome. F. r. Hattersly,
J. d. Fitcbner. w. E. LeConpte, W. H.
eaton. also rode. Time. 2:24.
Five-mi lie national cbampionship-w.
!. Becker, st. Paul. first: E. s. Acker,
second: Nat. Butlcr, Boston,
iird. A. Gardiner. Balam Mcfarland. j.,
oburn, Baker, Stevens, Starbuck, NC
leary, Walihonr, Hapse, also rode. Time,
lird. disqualified for foul riding.
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