The herald., 1896-08-14
Crack BicycIists on the Foun
tain Ferry Track
THE BEST RACE Of THE YEAR
Won by Tom Cooper, Who Is Now
the Champion
Crowd Turned Out to See Some
Pretty Racing
Associated Press Special Wire.

aSSoCloteu f'TeSS SpeClal wire.
LOUISVILLE. Aug. 13.-Tom Cooper
won the best and fastest race of the
year at Fountain Ferry park this after
noon, winning the two mile national
championship race for amateur and pro-
fessionals in 4:26 2-5 or just two-fifths
of second slower than the time in
| which he won the two-mile champion
ship last year at Asbury Park defeat
| ing Arthur Gardiner. Today his compet-
itors were the fastest men of the year
Bald, Nat Butler, Mcdonald, Gardiner,
Zeigler, Bliss, Eaton and Ackers.
This, aside from the mile open profess
sional was the principal event of the
! opening day of the National l.. A. w.
racing meet. The weather was not un-
pleasantly warm, and this fact, together
with the high class card. brought out a
crowd of about 5000 people.
Local interest centered In the two state
| championships, the quarter and half
mile, both of which went to Carl Thome,
a Louisville rider. who has come into
| prominence this season. c. c. Ingraham
of Dixon, ILL.,, outclassed his fields in
the other amateur events, the two mile
handicap and the half mile open, WIN
ming both with ease.
The battle of the giants came in the
mile open professional. The only prom
inent men who failed to qualify in the
trial heats which were run in the MORN
ing were Arthur Gardiner. Fred Lough-
cad, ]. p. Bliss and A. D. Kennedy. The
men began to string out as soon as the
pistol was fired, Bald in fifth place San
i nlx
scarcely any change until Sanger start
ed on his run from ninth place on the
back stretch of the first lap. The others
were slow in making their sprint, Bald
missing the opportunity to tack on as
Sanger passed him. AS they punched a
the head of the stretch Tom Butler set
rot chase for Sanger but Bald was pock-
eted. Sanger had made his start too
early and was not equal to the terrific
pace with which Butler came home.
The latter landed the money. compar-
atively easy winner Bald finishing in his
pocket at fourth place.
Scratch men did not figure in the mile
handicap for professionals. 1t was an
other scalp for the Buffers. Nat with n
thirty yard handicap. winning in close
started from the fifteen yard mark.
In the two mile national championship
Cooper had the pole. The pacing was
done by Staver and Winsett on singles.
Cooper caught the pacemaker within
fifty yards, and Bald was at his rear
wheel awhile, j. P. Bliss filed into third
place, the others strung out in Indian
file. Thus they pedaled for five laps.
At the last quarter Eaton made his
sprint from last place, Nat Butler
| tacking on to him as he passed. These
two challenged the leaders at the head OF
the stretch, but the great pair had the
race well in hand. 1t was a battle royal
between Cooper and Bald to the tape,
Bliss cinging to third place like grim
death. Cooper started in upon such
squirt as he has seldom been called upon
to make doing the last twelfth in 2-5
seconds, and this won the race, and with
it the first national championship medal
awarded at the meet
John S. Johnson took his usual shy AZ
the records, but he is too fat to accom-
plish any of his old time feats. He made
a half mile behind triplet in SO 3-5.
A. j. Nicollet rode his giraffe" a quarter
in SO 3-5 to the amusement of the crowd.
Two record attempts were made by
triplets. the best performance being a
mile :52 2-5 by a local team.
Summarizes:
one mile novice-Charles r. McCar-
thy, st. Louis. won; D. A. Dougherty,
ST. Louis second; L. Groeschel Louis
vile, third Time 2:97 80.
Two-mile handicap, amateur, final
heat-C. c. Ingraham won, V. f. Dupre
second. W. E. Lum third; time :54 3-5.
one mile open, rofessional-Coburn,
Bald. Kimble, Schrein; time. 2:19. Sec
ond heat-Ziegler, Nat Butler, w. c.
Sanger, w. Coburn time, 2:36 3-5.
Third heat-Tom Butler, Newhouse.
Allen. Curry; time. 2:571a. Mcdonald
allowed to qualify on protest. Final
Tom Butler won, w. c. Sanger second.
Nat Butler third, Bald fourth; time,
2:03
Half mile open, amateur-Ingraham
won, McKeon second, Lou Coburn
third time, 1;15.
one mile handicap, professional
(finaD-Nat Butler, 30 yards, won; A.
F. Kennedy 15 yards, second; f. 7.
Acker. 60 yards, third. Time 2:06.
Amateur half-mile. state champion
ship-Thome won, Seaton second, Born
wasser third; time, 1925 2-5.
Two mile championship, national, for
professionals and amateurs, first heat
Kimball first, Bald second Allen third,
Tenny fourth; time, 500 1-5.
Second heat-Tom Cooper first Otto
Ziegler second, j. p. Bliss third, Ray
Mcdonald fourth; time, 50 3-5.
Third heat-Eaton first, Packer sec
ond. Gardiner third, Nat Butler fourth;
time SOP 3-5.