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


+ First Heat-F. R. Ratterslee, st
Louis, won; Ed Llewellyn, Chicago. Sec
K ond. Time-2:l6 80
:, Second Heat-The race was slow and
: the riders loafed around George Reith
o New York, won; II. w. Middendorf
4 Louisville, KY, second. Time-2:27.
Y Third Heat-Charles Ertz New York
5 won; Club Nelson, Springfield, second.
!. Time-2:17 3-5
: Fourth Heat-W. E. Tensler, Broad
Brook, Conn.,, Won easily; +. 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-2:2S
, 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
were 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 Hensel's wheel and half
way round on the last lap Cooper
dashed clear out. of the bunch and in a
! brilliant squirt landed a winner R. H.
Steenson was second. Time-2:15 SO.
Second Heat-Henshaw of Brooklyn
| did not start in this event. The line
was Goodman, Major Taylor, Aughen-
baugh, Sanger, Newhouse, Doc Brown
and Hoyt. The latter led on the first
and second rounds, with Taylor close
up. The Dlucky 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 Oldfield. 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 LIS.
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
PIX 2-5.
Fifth Heat-Fred Sims of Washing |
ton acted as pacemal1er. The starters |
were Becker Mosher Coleman, David, |
Vernier, Kiser and Coburn. Kiser kept |
close TO the pacemal1er, with Coleman !
at his heels. The procession kept this (
order until Coleman got abreast of
Kiser in the stretch. Then the Dayton
boy Hoped 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
10
Bald, who had been lying third, shot
out from the bunch like a rocket and
won by half wheel. Butler second
Time-2:0S 4-5.
Seventh Heat-NIertens, 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
cago man, and Merten. the st. Paul
boy, jumped in and finished in the or
der named. Time-2:12 80
This closed the trial heats.
SEMI-FINALS:
The two semi-finals in the two-mile Z
championship, amateur were then
started, the first three in each heat to
qualify for the final
First Heat, Semi-final-There were
eleven starters and they soon strung
out into a procession, making ordinary
time. On the way home, George Reith
of New York jumped away and won
l. A. Powell second, G. II. Collett third. 7
2-5
Second Heat, Semi-final, Ten Starters
They strung along the track rapidly
and with frequent changes of positions, :
in a bunch. E. w. Peabody !,
won, Ed Llewellyn second, z. NJ Blake /
third. Time-4:2S SIS. c
Final Half-mile National Champion 5
ship. PROFESSIONALISM those who quail o
fled were on the tape at the signal and t
we're off promptly, with Kiser and
Cooper ahead. The line had gone but 2
short distance when Bald's chain broke =
when he was making a beautiful run. n
Mertens caught Kiser and followed him Y
closely, but the latter won easily. Owen b
5. Kimball second, MertenS third. Time j
LOB. I
First Heat, Semi final, Mile Handicap,
Amateur, IA Starters, Six to Qualify r
schade, Goehler and Ertz were on the o
scratch; w. A, Indue Gao yards@, won; Ii
". a. Lantz go yards), second; Ray u
Murray 90 YARDS, third; H. G. Gardi-
Ter $50 yards), fourth; J. F. Chalfont a
100 yards), fifth Fred Schade c.
scratch). sixth. Time-2:07 So.
Second Heat, Semi-fnal Is Starters
5lake, Miller and Hattersly scratch
men, c. W. Krick go yards), Won; G,
l. Miller (scratch), third; E. L. Will
on $50 yards), fourth; R. NJ. French
100 yards), fifth: H G. Middendorff :,
10 yards). sixth. Time-2:07 1-5. "
Final Heat, One-mile Handicap, Pro- W
cracks held behind the W
len further from the scratch until the b,
asst lap, when they spurted and all b;
ands finished in a bunch. o. L. Stew b.
rs Gao yards), won; Watson Coleman m
30 yards) second; T. c. Hoyt GO
ards, third: r. ?. McCurdy 020 ri
ards), fourth; Ed Fichtner (75 YARDS ju
fth; H II. Mosher go yards), sixth.
ime-2:07. be
Final, two-nile. championship. anna al
curl A Powell won, E. w. Peabody
acond, Ed Llewellyn third, c. NJ. MertZ w
,urth. Time-4:29 1-5. vi
Mile open. professional, first heat
smi-final-Eddie Bald won in a fine
1urt. Arthur Gardiner second, Tom
ooper third Time-2:10 2-5.
Second heat, seni-final-Major Tay ~
r made a hard struggle to land win
or, but the field hunted him down and
/ hands finished in a bunch with the :.
aior third. Earl Kiser won, Jay 81
atom second. Time-2:19. fl
Mile open, amateur, first heat, semi or
nal-W e. Tenzler won, George H. a
ollett second, w. A. Ladue third. Time la
2:15 2-5.r
Second heat. semi-final-George Reith pa
on. E, c. Hausman second, Charles is
Ertz third. Time-2:15 rs. DO
Mile Handicap. Amateur, Final Heat is
Ray Murphy GO yards), won; ]. A. sol
naffont Goo yards), second; r. M DO
rench 600 YARDS, third: r. A. Miller :