The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-14
TOM COOPER AID row BUTLER
WIN the Fig ga~@@ at the louisville
whe~frvs~~-~ Meet.


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sA2Ser thar ia ts-aA In sxnf~h ~ wrr TIA
lNc-raiis Championship Asa- year * As
1EFy PARK. defeating Arthur Gardner
To-Day ais rorsgstsfsrs we're ire fssses-
rEsez % ths Year-B4t9 Nas Butter. Ne
A1ssfaaA1- Gardner. Zsegser. Bliss. Eaten
ass1 AcksFx ThSs. asssA from f5e rnzie
esen professional was the grg-eipal eEeD-
- taN spsnsrg day - che national l. A.
~. rAefng nses- Tne weather vas noE
uE2as@szntlT sar-s. ard tais fact. ts-
Eet1~r wssh Fhe h1xh-eiass card. broaghs
60 eTo~e * sso1E $3.50 people. LEGAL
interest censsre1 fz tie swo state cham
p.e-SaiDz. fas quarter and half rsls. bota
e "hieh seat - Carl Taczae. Louisville
Dey wao aAs come into P-or4asEee ta2s
season G 6. Ingrahara. % Dtzon. III.
oatclassea Ms fel5 e the osae- amateur
events. The two-Esfle handicap ard the aaIf
nil.e open. winning both with ease.
me hattie o. tire giants canae n TIRE
nile open professional The only PROM
inent n1sn who fas.s5 10 qualify in tire
trial heats Hhich acre ran in the ra9rn-
Ing sere Arfhsr Gardner. Fres Long
head. J. +. Bliss and A. y. Kennedy. TIE
men began 70 string cut a. sooa a. the
pistol was fred, Bad in alta place. Ean-
ger and Butter well back There was
scarcely any change Ertll Sanger starred
On his run from ninth place on TIE back
stretch OF the first lap. The others were
slow IN making their sprgnt. Bald missing
the opportunity 20 tack on a. Sanger
passea him. AS they punched a. the head
or the stretch Tom Butler ses hot
chase for Sanger. bat Bald was pocksted.
Sanger had made his start too early. AMI
was not equal 10 the teTrifie pace with
which Batter came home. The latter
landed the money a comparatively easy
xskaFa T.. III - 2
fourth place.
Scratch men did not figure IN the mile
handicap for professsones- II was an
other scalp for the Buffers. Nat. with
so-yarc handicap. winning IN close an
ish from Kennedy, OF Chicago. who start
I'd from the 5-yard mark
In the swo-rnsie national championship
Cooper had the pole. The pacing was done
by Stayer and Winesett on singles. Cooper
caught the pacsmaker within fifty yards,
and Raid was az his rear wheel awhile j.
y. Bliss fled into third place, ard the
others strung out In Indian flie. Thas
they pedaled for I'VE laps. Al the last
quarter Eaton made his sprint from last
place, Nat Butler lacking onto him as ne
passed. These TWO challenged the leaders
n the head OF the stretch. but the great
pair had the race well Ia hand. II was
battle royal between Cooper and Bald 10
the tane. Bliss ciinging to third place Ike
grim death. Cooper started in upon such
spurf as he has seldom been called upon
20 make. doing the last twelfth in sG t-5.
This won the race for him. and with 1t tbs
first national championship medal award
ed at the meet.
Johnson took his usual shy at the records.
but he Is too fat 10 accomplish any OF his
ola-time feats. He made a half-msle be-
hind tripiet In 80 As. A. j. Nycollet
rode his giraffe a quarter In % s-S. to
the amusement Of the crowd. Two record
attempts were made by triplets. the best
performance being mile In I52 rs. by
local team. Summaries:
The following qualified In the mile pro-
fesssonal: First heat-Stevens. Boyn-
hardy. De Hardy. Cox. House: tiTue..
2:s2 20 Second heaf-John A. Newhoase.
Johnson. Arthur French, Jesse Curry;
time. $50 49,
Mile open, professional-FIrst heat-Co-
burn. Bald. Klmbie. oehrene. time. 2io
Second heat~-zegler. Nat Butler, Sanger.
W. CobnFn. time. go rs.
The mile national championship. the
principal event OF the day, for amateurs
and Observation-Disclosures beat-kimbaH
won. Bald second, Allen third. Tenny
fourth. time. $40 2-s. Second heat-Tom
Cooper won.s Otto Zeislsr second. ]. +.
Bliss third. Ray Mcdonald fourth; time.
5Nss. Third heat-Eason won, Packer
second, Gardiner third. Nat Butler fourth.
time. 6:02 SIS. This ended the mornings
work
The afternoon events opened with the
trial heats for race No. I. the profession
al ons-n.ls handicap First heat-Nat
Butler won, Charles Hofer second. J. II.
Bliss third. Acker fourth. Con Baker NTH.
time, 2.e4 4-s Second heat-E. r. Rigby
won. Starback second, Van Herrick third.
r. F. Rice fourth. Butler attn; time.
2as Is Third heaf-Eaton won, Stevens
second. Kennedy third, G. F. Johnson
fourth. NewhoGse ffth. time. 27s W.
+. Seiby also qualified.
First race. mile noviee-Charles X. Nc
Carly. of ST. Louis. won. y. A. Doagher-
", OF ST. Louis, second; r. G. Crosse
ehel. OF Louisville. third; time. s:S Is
Second race, quarter mile, state cham
f,lon~hfn. for amafearx-F1rst heat-kari
Thoms won. III. w Mi3dendorf second.
stuart I.aathers third; time. "a. Second
heat-P. J. BeernwaSsr won. Fitzheury
second. w. III. Scason third. time, a:S -.
Thlrd race. final s.is class. professional.
one mIle--J A Newhouse won. r. G.
Johnson second. ". Deeardy third. :. 7.
Cox fourth. time, z.e" 81
Fourth race. amateur two-nalle handi-
eAp~F>srss heas--C. <. ingraham. or DIX
or III. n yards. won: DUpree. y yards,
second, W. r. T.um. Of Montgomery. Ala.
"a var5s. third: T. ". Peabody. Of Chi
cago, o. yards. fourth: time. s.s4as
Fqfth race. fnai heat. one-nhe open
Tom Butler won. Walter {. sanEer sec
ona. Nat Batter third, f. c. Bald fourth;
time 2se9
Two-psg1e handicap. amateur. final heat
c. {. IrgraAam won. Y. f. paprs second.
W. +. Lam third. r. w. Peabody fourth.
Tine asa 81
Hais-ngla nren amateur-+Flnal. Ingra-
harm wor. NrEeon second. Lou cohurn
.hgra. TornwAssas fourth Time fsfs
Cne-na!le han8icsp. professonal-FTral:
Nj Rmtler. 81 yards woa. 4. = Kennedy.
3 Yards. second: s. T. Aker. Philadelphia,
g Yards third Con Baker. - yards.
faursh Time. s0s.
Amateur half-usls. state championship
.-har,a wea ". A Seaton second. r. J.
Bora assar THIRD. Time. Is rs
Two-nlle championship. rational. for
professionals ana arnateurs-Ffnsl; Tom
9~>arer won. s. G. Bald second. J. Z.
Bliss laird. Owen Ksmele fourth. Time.
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