The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08

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49, - ~ ss.s L. A.. " closed II at
- nnas has even approscDefi u bs-
- &c eays Of raesag nearly As,'sD
~s,n1xss1 tfse striving or the cracks
- na,-s 81 the United States. i~o
1910 and the Canadian crack
- fans and prizes. Yester-
~ ssss.,Ss,se. OF Is,ta ~'as very nearly
j. ~ ,asssy ws.n an attendance OF 5s-
-. = ~ and r &c gn the psofessisbsI
X ~. - ~. r1rczsss aaSasrz snoxef1 them
-. ). - r, bns form. which Resulted N
-...xs and most strategic competition
4. -. b~xn witnessed IN loFss 'in1e.
- fxasxnsad. tht saTnia. OFT. Ia
e~..,s.s an The hoBors yesterday, ket.-
- - vork today, BIT little Earl hi
1870 on TOP. Wiring the r.sif-allse
S~,n.I AND the fivs-Tnile professional.
- ~ go was divided among the wsn-
- ,s@ after race. Eddie Bald also
- ). IT. regulation. az. while no srEls
-. =. ~. credit. MS seconds IN The bile
- 80 fha fs.e-miis professional fSnais
-. ~s,bin 4 hair breadth Oh p&trz a.sas
Il Z. a ~rsns IN whicsx he competed Is aaS-
- ..marsasls judgment. MAJ. Tay-
-. sssasrsssd crack Was a favorite N
i. -. sr.r, aeat. whieh was won by him
~ a a.nsd IN good style. For awhils IL
~ g st,osssf, he would be the winnsr
IA q. 6naI. but the others proved TOO
- lar MIN and The pest he could DO
4. q land very Close fourth.
1902 the amateurs there Was much
- fscsnx, aud Peabody. Lloweisyn and
~, put up the finest exhibition In
- - the amateur events the riding was
- and In but few Instances did the
-, shov any evidence OF loaiing.
j ssssr The scheduled egsats had been run
~ yryd sehade, the Virginia amateur.
EEsseessaed iii breaking the world record
/ - sae-tbsfi OF a mile. S,Is.ds was
E~ssd by two quacs and got away beauti-
Essav He Rugged tho quads closely and
d s.srh1d In q terrific pace In & i-b seconds,
/ S-,sanx Porter's record Of 81 i-b seconds.
~ in iSs4 In addition 10 this, there
es,s number of trials a. ths worlds
,vord Ter ons mile, amateur and profess
Il ssnal. Church covered the three laps In
"a r.. and. but for the second pacing
ssnis sicwness. would have chopped at
- 100 seconds OF the time he made.
~. Taylor had the next Try with quad
81 lsirief as pacemakare. The. major
ar4d the tape In Las Us.
kbany Zimmerman rode an exhibition
"a mile In 50 rs. and Arthur Gardiner.
nad by quads, did a mile In Ia. This
tpaeht the racing TO a close.
The Trtai Heats.
Hail.mile championship. professional.
= ID four heats. first tgso to qualify.
hss. winners and time follow:
Frss-Tom Cooper, 81 5-5
I txDnd--Arlhur Gifder. Tx. rs.
nird-O. /. Stevens. los As.
1psrsh--A. c. MertenS. los.
NIle handicap. amateur. nine heats.
~ three 10 qualify:
f1s-rrs.: Hatteriy. 10 yards. ell 60
6econdE. L. Wilson. 10 yards. 2.i4.
1a:rd-E 3. Gee, l25 yards ale 2-5
/ foafth-E 8 Youae. IS yards 200
nstk-E I.leweliyn, Is yards, 2.09 Is.
A1th-k ". Murray. 7n yards. 2:ls Ia.
gssentk-c. W. krick. 20 yards. z.ls is.
uShth--Fred Morse. scratch. ALL 3-s
Sitth-Charles Coleman. g. yards all 2-5.
Nile professional handicap. seven heats.
IN two 10 qualify,
rtss~Heb McCurdy. 1876 yards, 2.0I
eeeaad-A. G, Mertsns WIS on scratch.
~ established two worlds records. for
eeshsrt and two-thirts Of mile. finish
~ ths hYyt third In al is and the second
ntfa IN In In the last third he fell back
~ vas beaten by W II. Reaton. the 81
& III mar. Time. a:e4 s-a. Merten's time
& - nile was 2.0s.