The record-union., 1897-08-07


Third heat-Charles Nusee, Milwau-
kee, won; W. A. Peabody, Chicago, sec
ond. Time-2:2 2625
Fourth heat-Charles Ertz, New
York, won easily; H c. Caroline, Phil
| adeiphia, second. Time, PIG %.
Fifth heat-Fred Schade, Herndon.
West Virginia, Won; J. j. Howard, st.
Louis. second. Time, 2:16 1-5.
Sixth heat-John S. Johnson, Wor-
eester, Mass, won; Bert Ripley, New
ark. second. Time. 2:15.
| Seventh heat-R. A. Miller. New
York, won; o. " Babcock, New York,
second. Time, 2:15.
| Eighth heat-E. S. Hausman, New
haven, won; Ed Stevens, Buffalo, sec
ond. Time, 2:15.
/ The last event in the trial heats was
the one mile championship professional
| divided into four heats First two in
each heat to qualify. The time limit
was 2:20
| First heat, eight starters-Eddie Ak
er, Philadelphia led the push for two
| laps, with Arthur Gardiner at his
heels. AT the tape the cracks went
out for place. j. Taylor showed his
mettle by great race to the finish.
when Fred Loughead lifted his wheel
and crossed the line winner by six
inches, the colored boy second. Time,
2:141-5
| Second heat-Johnny Johnson, who
was entered in the seventh, was still
| too stiff to start and was excused H.
p Morse, Boston, won; W. c. Sanger,
! Milwaukee, second Time PIG
starting. but ran the fastest heat of the
day Eddie Bald of Buffalo won; L. A.
Callahan of buffalo second. Time,
2:13
| Fourth heat, eight starters-The men
! followed the pacemaker's heels and
then started off in pretty race to the
| finish. Earl Kfser of Dayton, Ohio
crossed the line a winner after a pret
1 ty squirt; c. r. NeWson second. Time,
2:15 %
| This heat ended the trial heats
With the last event ended the pre-
| liminary trials and the first one-third
mile open amateur was pulled off, first
| three to qualify in the final. E. w.
| Peabody won, H. w Fearing second,
Club Nelson third. Time, 43 1-5.
| Second heat, Observation-Disclosures
Llewlyn won, John S. Johnson second,
4 A. B. Goehler third. Time, Al.
Third heat, semi-final, J. A. Powell
won, F. ]. Morse second. r. o. Miller
and A. M. Zimbric, dead heat, third.
Time, Al 2-5.
The next event was the final heat in
the one mile championship professional
Bald had the pole, with Kiser, Lough-
/ No 1ol w
ton and Sanger in the order named.
Seaton and Weinig We're pace makers.
AT the crack of the pistol the men got
away together. AT the end of the first
lap Callahan and Major Taylor were
behind the pace-makers and going at
good clip. In the second lap the
| Major took the lead with Bald close
| behind. Then they came in earnest.
! Callahan, Bald and Sanger began to
! gather around the colored boy, and
they came down the stretch riding free
and fast. Loughead came on like a
| flash when near the finish and crossed
| the tape wheel ahead of Bald, with
| Kiser close third time, 2:03 $50,
| breaking the State competition record
of 2:04 40
The semi-inals, one mile national
championship amateur was the next
event three to quality The first heat
| was won by E. w. Peabody, H. w.
Middendorff second, Charles NJ Ertz
third. Time-2:1S
Second heat-John s. Johnson, Wor-
cester, Mass, Won; E. D. Stevens sec
| ond, B. j. R. Howard third. Time
| 200.
The next event was the final heat in
| the one mile 2;05 professional class. The
| starters We're Mertens, Mcfarland, But
| Ter, Titus, Simms, Callahan and Old
| field. Mertens had the pole. There was
! one false start. At the second attempt
| they We're gotten off. Oldfield jumped
| from the outside to the POLE directly
| following the pace maker at a rapid
| gait. Titus fell out in the first lap.
| Oldfeld held the lead into the stretch,
when Mertens and Butler came up.
The three men raced abreast to the
tape, Mertens crossing the line win
ner by half length. Butler was Sec
ond and Sianms third, with Mcfarland
fourth. Time-2:11.
The final one mile championship anna
teur was called. There were six start
ers. F'itz led the bunch ON the first lap
| began a beautiful run, in which all
| hands made play for place. Stevens
caught Ertz in the stretch and shoulder
to shoulder they came, Ertz winning by
an inch from Stevens Middendorff TAX
ing third place. Time-2:16 %.
The final quarter mile championship
professional was the next event called.
! There We're five starters. Gardiner,
Cooper, Randall, Bald, and Loughead.
Cooper jumped off in the lead After
they had gone forty-five yards. Ran
dali took the lead. and was setting a
terrible clip. In the stretch Cooper.
Doughead and the others came with
a rush, all abreast. The pace was kept
up to the tape. Loughead won, Coop
er second, Randall third Time-32
seconds.
Final one-third mile open, nine start
| ers-The men got away in bunch
They We're all together on the turn and
as they turned into the home stretch
scarcely six inches separated them. At
the tape it was a puzzle to pick the
winners. The race was finally given to
Ed Llewellyn of Chicago, w H. Fear
ing of New York second, Club Nelson
third. Time-0:433
A rtiplet ridden by Appel. Hammer
and Haight of Rochester tried for the
one-third mile flying start record of 30
seconds. They finished in 33 seconds.
F. A Mcfarland scratch man in the
sixth heat of the two-miIe handicap
professional, was allowed to start in
the finals, it being claimed that he ran
dead heat for third place.
Final heat, two-miie handicap, profes-
sional. eighteen StarterS-On the first