Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12

| cDEo, won; owen =. Nlmtall, Louis
Vile, second. Time, |. ~ %.
Third heat: This was a close race
between q. Il, Stevens and Earl Kaiser.
Stevens won in LOG 10, Kaiser foot
behind.
Fourth heat: a. G. Mertens, st.
Paul, won; Eddie Build. Buffalo, second.
Time, 1.05.
This was a rafting good race. LesH
than six inches separated the place men
at the finish.
The second event was the one mile
handicap (amateurl, niue heats, the
first three in each heat TO qualify.
First heat Fred Schale was scratch
man, With Fred Costello and Club
Nelson on tho 90 yard line and Fred
Hattersley of St. Louis on the l0-yard
line. The finish was made in close
order. Hattersley won; o. " Babcock,
New York, 30 yards, second; Fred
s5Ghade, Herndon, Va, scratch, third.
Time, 2.ll 90.
Second heat: Ellory M. Blake,
Keene. n. H.. was scratch. The pace
waa not very faat, and all finished close
together. Il. Il. Wilson. Washington,
D. c., 80 yards, won; Blaltu. scratch,
second; II. W. MiddendorlI, Louis
yillo. 90 yards, third. Time, 2. IA.
Third heat: L. W. Peahudy, Chi
cage, was on the tape He made
great squirt after the field, but was un-
able to overtake Edwin S. Gee, 125
yards. who WOE; Peabody, second; W.
A. Lantz, Harrisburg, Pa, 50 yards,
third. Time, 2. 16 . o.
Fourth heat: A. b. Goehler, Buffalo,
scratch man. The first spill OF the
day occurred in this race. but no one
was hurt Il. =: fouH, Reading. %
: yards, won; w. A. Laurey' Cold
Spring, N. J., 80 yards, second :;
Goehler third: lime, 2.ea
Fifth heat: X. y. miller, New York
was scratchman, with W. i" Ionsier,
Broad Brook, Conn, on the !o-yard
line. The ren we're spread out FOR TWO
laps then bunched and ON the run
> homn the ilrst three finished nearly
| abreast. Ed. Llewellyn, Chicago, 10
Yards, won Miller, seGonu; Is, NJ
French, 100 yards, third, Time, 2.09 D.
sixth neat: george Ii. CoIlett' New
. baVen, Conn, was nearest SCRATCH, at
> 10 yards. hay murray, Pleasant Vailey'
t n; r., osards, won; II. Y. Garalner,
: Ihlladelphia, ou yards second; George
u. Van Hest, Gloucester, N. D., lOu
I yards, third. lime, Z. 10 10.
Seventh heat. Charles NJ. Ertz, WIN
o ner OF an amateur fnal yesterGay, was
b on the scratch and, turning IN tile
stretch, found himself In tho hnnch.
d lie dashed around the tleid and landed
o second, Just behind U. w. hrlck OIL
b Sinking Springs. Pa, VINO WAS on Inc
t ~ YARD line; Richard .; Bono, Upper
! Darby, ITO yards, third. Time. 2.o9 30.
8 Eighth heat: Fred Morse, Chicago,
9 was the scratch man. The race was ir
d single file, the men finishing well apart
p Morse won; Charles Muss, Milwaukee,
Q 20 yards, second; Dan Dougherty, st.
d Louis, % yards, third. Time, 2. II 3d.
q Ninth heat: Charles Coleman, Scran
If ton, 30 yards, won; j. +. Chalfont
It 100 yards, second J. l.. Pagan, Phila
d delphis, so yards, third. Time, 2. IL.
a The next event was the one mi il,
10 handican professional. This was rur
in seven heats, first two in each t.
e qualify.
It First heat: The line got away beauti
70 fully. and kept up fast pace. Bot
Ie McCurdy, Philadelphia, 100 yards
it won; Robert Weir. 1876 yards, second
Ie Frank Butter, % yards, third. Time
'e 207.
m Second heat a. G. Mertens was oil
the scratch, with Carroll Jack next, a
re 25 yards. Mertens made race for al
70 bands, and established two world
T. records for one. third and two-third
of mile. He jumped TO the lead a
the pistol crack, finishing the frs
le third 10 Al 1-5 and the second third il
lie l,22, The pace was too killing for hin
h in the last third, and he fell back
a. W. II. Seaton, GO yards, won; f. i
re Goodman, 80 yards, second; A. Il
ID Weining, 70 yardH third. Time
2.0ll.5. Merten's time for the mile
IN 2.O6
8: Third heat: Earl Kiscr was scratcl
n man. 4. i. Brown, 40 yards, won
0. Earl Kiser, second; Art Weileh,
ig yards, third. Time, .. II l-5.
D, Fourth heat: The peer, in yesterday
10 races, Of f. j. Loughead was scratr
b; man in this heat, with Charley Churc
RI next, at 10 yards. The race was
lively one from start 10 finish, Church
~ tho local man, setting a stiff pace an
- crossing winner by foot; Loughead
d, second: Burt Repine, 40 yards, third
at Time, 2.OT.
Of Fifth heat: f. @. Hoyt 40 yards
n won; o, L. Stevens, 40 yards, second
Sc j. ii. Shelton, 70 yards, third Time
ae s,o6 Is,
Sixth heat: F. A. Mcfarland wa
be scratch in this heat. Howard I
~ Mosher, 60 Yards, won; Mcfarland
n second; w, W. Hamilton, % yards
N thru. Time, ,. O6.
n Seventh heat: Nat Butler was scratc
liz with Jay Eaton nearest, at % yards
no The race was tame until the stretc
he was reached. Watson Coleman, {
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