The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-20

ahead with Sudheimer second, and
Smith third.
The tWO-miIe amateur handicap was
the next event. There were fifteen
starters the best handicap being sew
enty-five yards. There were three on
scratch, Sudheimer, Martin, Ward, and
Charles Peterson at five yards Legas
ard Johnson, with seventy and sixty
five yards passed Nalty and the
other high men and led at the end OF
the first lap. Mayer, handicapped at
twenty, was third, and Smith, with
thirty-five yards, was fourth. Martin
and ~Sudheimer We're neck and neck
with Louis Johnson at the end Of the
second lap, and from that on the posi-
tons Of the men seemed assured. The
two miles were made in SOB, Sudheimer
winning, with Martin close up, Mayer
third.
The single lap professional race was
short but lively. The starters were:
HOfer, McCleary. Bohmen, Nilsson and
Birney Bird. McCleary took the first
place from the start, and was a promis
ing candidate all the way around, but
him at a fearful speed, and won by a
very few inches. 1t looked like a dead
heat to many. and there was something
Of clamOr for a retrial but the judges
said there was no occasion therefore.
In the two-thirds mile amateur race,
Sudheimer and Martin had things pref
ty much their own way. Moe started
in like a four-tine winner to cut out
the work, but after he had kept this
up for about lap and half, he went
back. Whitman took third, Sudheimer
and Martin finishing as named.
Todd and Bunker went against time
on tandem, making the mile, flying
tor vi ir,O IL IOxy1n ND
Odell gave a triplet exhibition, but
dropped a little on the final lap and
only made PIP.
In the two-mile professional handi-
cap, Bird. McCleary. Bohmen and Hofer
were on scratch; Nilsson and Rydell
at sixty yards, and Rudd at eighty
Nilsson went off like a shot and caught
the first man early. Rydell went for
ward too, and at the end of the first
lap they were close together with the
scratch men about fifty yards behind
In the first stretch Of the second lap,
Bird darted away from the others and
shortly was up with the first bunch,
where he held a position for little
better than a lap. 1t was the pace
that kills. however, and before the mile
was completed he dropped back with
the consolation that he had already
captured SIS in cash prizes. Rudd and
Rydell were alternating in the lead
Nilsson preserving good second until
the finish, when he went in and won
out. The scratch men had begun to
mix up with the leaders in the last
lap and half and there was some
pretty racing. McCleary gave Nilsson
hard push for the tape, but in vain.
Rudd was third.
The five-mile handicap saw but two
on scratch, Sudheimer and Martin.
The handicapS went to 400 yards.
Harold Jones allotment. Johnson made
100 yards on Jones and led at the end
of the first mile, while the scratch men
had only put two behind them There
was a lively contest in the waist, so to
speak, where the middle handicap peo-
pie were doing some lively sprinting.
Calender pulled up in front in the
second mile, and the scratch men were
getting pretty well up. A number Of
the young men were dropping out. Two
smashed wheels in a collision near
Lexington avenue, but were not hurt
The third mile found the scratch men
up with the fifty yard people, but they
had all been riding pretty hard and
honors were about easy. The fourth