The record-union., 1896-08-16
: L. A. w. NATIONAL MEET.
The Last Days Races at Louisville
End With a Quarrel.


LOUISVILLE. Aug. 15-The last
Gay of the races of the L. A. w. ma
ucnal meet ended with a quarrel among
the racing men on account of fouling,
the equal of which has not been seen
on the national circuit this year The
trouble arose in the five-mile national
championship race, in which were en-
tered all the cracks in attendance at
the meet except Sanger. Cooper started
the fouling by trying to push Bald OF
the pole with his hand. Bald retaliated,
and after that example from the lead
ers nearly every man who wanted the
pole got it by pushing. Protests were
entered with President Elliott of the
league by Bald against Cooper. Cooper
against Bald, Coburn against Cooper
and Gardiner against Callahan. The
finish was Cooper first, w. +. Becker
of st. Paul second, and E. S. Acker Of
Philadelphia third. The time was
lis %. The officials took an hour
to decide the matter of the protests.
and the result was that Cooper was
disqualified for fouling and the race
given to Becker, with Acller second and
Nat Butler third. There is no appeal
from this decision.
a heavy rainstorm prevented the
running of the last race on the card,
the professional trial for one mile un-
paced, and that event was called off
The attendance to-day was the larg-
est of the meet. excursions having been
run from all points within 800 miles of
Louisville. Fully IJ.0C0 people were in
attendance at the races. They saw
oil Go, hn
his life in the two mile professional
handicap. His time was within one
fifth of a second of the worlds record.
There was no meeting of the Racing
Board to-day as had been expected,
and the matter of the charges against
almost all of the amateurs that were en-
tered in the meet will be investigated at
a 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 had ever been held by the league.
The wind-up of the meet was held at the
league headquarters tonight. Sum
maries:
Half-mile national championship
First semi-final, Tom Cooper of Detroit
first, Arthur Gardiner of Chicago Sec
ond. Also rode: G.. r. Coulter, J. r.
Starbuck, w. Coburn. Time-1:12 2-5.
Second semi E. C. Bald of Buffalo
first, Tom Butler of Boston second +.
H. Allen of Syracuse third. Also rode:
Ray Mcdonald A. d. Kennedy, Louis
Calagan, Con Baker. Time-1 :0S. FL
nal, Tom. Butler of Boston won, F. c..
Bald of Buffalo second, Arthur Gardi-
ner of Chicago third. Also rode: Tom
Cooper, F. H. Allen. Time-1:11 1-5.
One-mile handicap, amateur-Final,
]. J. Howard of st Louis won Time
2:40 %.
Two-mile State championship, anna
teur-W. H. Seaton of Louisville won.
Time-5:00 So.
One mile open, professional-Final,W w.
Coburn of St Louis first, F. H Allen of
Syracuse second, E. c. Bald of Buffalo
third, Arthur Gardiner of Chicago
fourth. A. D. Kennedy of Chicago fifth.
Also rode: Tom Butler, F. A. McFar-
land. Fred Loughead, F. B. Rigby, w.
c. Sanger, E. c. Acker, L. c. Schrein.
Time-2:19 %.
Onemile amateur, 2:30 class-FinaI,
c. r. Mccarthy of ST. Louis won. Time
-2:15.
Two-mile handicap, professional-Fi-
nal, W. c. Sanger of Milwaukee first,
a. D. Kennedy of Chicago GOD second.
l.. A. Callahan of Buffalo 600 third, Jay
Eaton of Elizabeth (40) fourth, II. p.
Mosher of Storm King Q40) fifth. Also
rode: f. G. Schrein, r. Hofer, r. II. Nc
Cleary, J. a. Newhouse, L. c. Johnson,
Barney Oldfield, DR.. Brown, H. Van
Herick. Fred Allen. II. C. Clark, w.
Becker, S. c. Cox. Time-:25 %.
One mile open, amateur-Final. c. c.
Ingraham of Dixon, ILL.,, won. Time
2:24
Five-mile national championship-W.
E. Becker of ST. Paul first, E. S. Acker
of Philadelphia second, Nat Butler Of
Boston third. Also rode: A. Gardiner,
Baker, Stevens, Starbuck, McCleary,
Walthour. Time-12:1S % Cooper,
winner, and Callahan, third, disquali-
fled for foul riding
GIMM A FAST RIDER.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 15.-Louis Gimm,
the crack long g-distance rider of C1eve-
land, broke the fifty mile, paced, stand
lng-Start record at the c. A c. Park
this afternoon. He went the distance in
2:11:11. thus clipping 1:22 As off the
best previous record, which was made
by c.. Harding at ST Louis In October.
1894. Gimm made the last mile in
2:1S 1-5, and had speed to throw away.