The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-08

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r First Heat-F. r. Ratterslee, St
LOUIS, won; Ed Llewellyn, Chicago, sec
( ond. Time-2:16 3-5.
, Second Heat-The race was slow and
:. the riders loafed around. George Reith,
} New York, won; II. w. Middendorff
Louisville, KY, second. Time-2:27.
Third Heat-Charles Ertz New York,
won; Club Nelson, Springfield, second.
Time-2:17 80.
: Fourth Heat-w. E. Tensler, Broad
Brook, Conn, won easily; F. P. Gas
talder, Allentown, Pa, second. Time
PA.
Fifth Heat. A. Powell. New York,
won; George N. Collett, New Haven,
Conn, second. Time-2:13 3-5.
Sixth heat-E. C. Hausman, New Ha-
ven, won; E. D. Stevens. Buffalo, sec
ond. Time-2:23
Seventh Heat-R. A. Miller New
York, won; e. w. Peabody, Chicago
second. Time-2:21 1-5.
Eighth Heat-Ellery NJ. Blanke.
keene, n. H, won; W. A. Ladue, Cold
Springs, n. Y, second. Time-2:15 3-5.
The great mile open, professional,
race was the last of the preliminary
trials to be run. All the big fellows
We're entered. There were seven heats.
The first two in each were to qualify
First Heat-The starters were Steen-
son, Aker, Tom Cooper Becker, Ran
! dali and Weinig. Charles Hensel was
| pacemaker. On the first round he set
a merry pace. The second lap found
Aker right at Hensels wheel and half
way round on the last lap Cooper
dashed clear out. of the bunch and in
brilliant squirt landed a winner R. H. |
J Steenscn was second. Time-2:15 SO.
Second Heat-Henshaw of Brooklyn |
did not start in this event. The line /
was Goodman, Major Taylor, Aughen-
baugn, Sanger, NeWhouse, Doc Brown !
and Hoyt. The latter led on the first /
and second rounds, with Taylor close |
up The plucky colored boy made a
great squirt going round the curve and /
came down the stretch like a bullet.
amid the plaudits of the thousands, and
landed winner by a length. j. a
Newhouse, second. Time-2:13
Third Heat. Four Starters-Church,
Loughead, Newton and Oldfeld The
men rode cautiously until the last lap.
when Loughead spurted, with Church
at his heels. Loughead won, c. R.
Newton second. Time-2:14 1-5
Fourth Heat-Titus. Shelton, McFar-
land, Frank, Butler, Kimball and Ea-
ton started. Jay Eaton of Elizabeth,
n. j., and Owen Kimball, the Louis
vile crack, sDurted half way round
and finished in the order named. Time
-2:142-5
Fifth Heat-Fred Sims of Washing
ton acted as pacemaker. The starters
were Becker, Mosher Coleman, David
Vernier, Kiser and Coburn. Kiser kept
close TO the pacemaler. with Coleman 1
at his heels. The procession kept this I
order until Coleman got abreast of
kiser in the stretch. Then the Dayton !
boy loped away and won; Coleman sec
ond. Time-2:09 As.
Sixth Heat-Bald, Walls, o. L.
Stevens, Nat Butler Beck and Repine
started. 1t was a beautiful race for
In ha nto1,I
Bald, who had been lying third, shot t
out from the bunch like a rocket and /
won by half wheel. Butler second.
Time-2:0S as.
Seventh Heat-AIertens. Davis, Gala
han, Gardiner and Huffsteller lined up, :
with B. B. Stevens as pacemaker. Cal
lahan got behind the pacemaker at the :
crack of the pistol and held the place \
for two laps. Then Gardiner, the Chi Il
cago man, and Merten, the st. Paul I
boy, jumped in and finished in the or .
der named Time-2:12 3-5. |
This closed the trial heats.
SEMI-FINALS. F
The two semi-finals in the two-mile o
amateur, were then d
started, the first three in each heat to W
qualify for the final q
First Heat, Semi-final-There were [
eleven starters and they soon strung q
put into procession, making ordinary
time. On the way home, George Reith
IF New York jumped away and won,
[. A. Powell second, G.. H. Collett third r
2-5.
Second Heat, Semi-final Ten Starters
They strung along the track rapidly
and with frequent changes of positions, q.
finishing in a bunch. E. W. Peabody =.
Won, Ed Llewellyn second, E. NJ. Blake IL
bird. Time-4:2S So. OF
Final Half-mie National Champion 81
hip, PROFESSIONALISM those who quail OF
fed were on the tape at the signal and til
we're off promptly, with Kiser and
Cooper ahead. The line had gone but Pc
hort distance when Bald's chain broke pa
When he was making a beautiful run. N
iertens caught Kiser and followed him W
losely, but the latter won easily. Owen br
. Kimball second, Mertens third. Time jo
i :03. tt
First Heat, Semi-final, Mile Handicap,
.mateur, IA Starters, Six to Qualify ri:
chade, Goehler and Ertz were on the oc
cratch. w. A. fndue Gao yards), won; lie
Y. a. Lantz GO yards) second Ray US
Iurray GO yards), third; H. C. Gardi-
er $50 YARDS, fourth; ]. F. Chalfont an
LOO yards), fifth; Fred Schade CO
scratch), sixth Time-2:07 So.
Second Heat, Semi-final IS Starters F
lake, Miller and Hattersly scratch
len. C. W. Krick GO yards). won; su
red r. Hattersly tscratch), second; r.
Miller (scratch), third; E. L. Will
IN $50 yards fourth; r. M. French {
90 yards), fifth; II. G. Middendorff ~,
0 yards), sixth. Time-2:07 LIS. Nis
Final Heat, One-mile Handicap, Pro- WI
ssional-The cracks held behind the WI
en- further from the scratch until the by
st lap. when they spurted and all ba
lnds finished in a bunch. o. L. Stew ba'
IS (40 yards), won: Watson Coleman ma
0 yards), second; f. c. Hoyt GO
irds), third: r. P. McCurdy 020 rib
lrds) fourth; Ed Fichtner Cts yards) jur
tn; II. II. Mosher go yards), sixth. n
me-2:07. bai
Final. two-nlile championship, anna are
ur-I A Powell won, E. w. Peabody I
cond Ed Llewellyn third c. NJ. Mertz wa
urth Time+:29 1-5 wit
Mile open. professional, first heat
ni-final-Eddie Bald won in a fine +
urt Arthur Gardiner second, Tom
roper third. Time-2:1O 2-5 ~.
Second heat, semi-final-Major Tay LIE
made a hard struggle to land win
r, but the field hunted him down and r
hands finished in a bunch, with the
ajor third. Earl Kiser won, Jay oin
,ton second. Time-2:19 file
Nile open, amateur first heat, semi oris
al-W. e. Tenzler won, George H. a
lett second, w. A. Ladue third. Time law
.:15 2-5.l t
second heat, semi-final-George Reith pac
n E. c. Eausman second, Charles is 4
Ertz third. Time-2;15 2-5. poll
Vile Handicap, Amateur, Final Heat is
Ray Murphy GO yards), won; ]. A. SOLD
alfont Goo yards), second; r. NJ box
encn 600 yards). third: r. A Miller II