The times., 1897-06-13
let out spurt that brough, forth nurmur

let out squirt that brought forsh a Inurmur
of wonder
Almost together they reached the last
twenty yards, and spurted across the
line, Stuart "a scant two feet aheadof Shaw
4 $ they crossed they were caught up by
their admirers and class and eliminates.
and then pandemOnium broke loose. IL
was the most remarkable race ever run in
this city. and the two winners, with Nc
kclden, vino dropped out on the first lap
ON tue return 10 the track deserve a world
OF credit for their remarkable, if not phe
Bomenal performance. The time it re-
quired to ran the race was hour miautes
and IS seconds Parsons, without any
training, went over the course to the turn
ing point. but on the return collapsed on the
bridge, and was sent to the clubhouse III
carriage. considerably the worse for his
share in the remarkable performance.
The program opened with a race for
the ''kids, the juniors OF the club, tots
from eight to fifteen years of age 1t was
a i00-yard dash, and the five heats were
won, respectively, by Masters Padgett,
Cushman, Loughran, Collins, Miller and
Calve. The final was won in a bruiSing
finish by tiny Dot Miller in IL 4-5 sec
onds. with ]. LoughiaD second. Anovation
was given Dot Oil his finish
The next event was thesDne-mile bicycle
race, which included all the local stars,
Fred Schade, Clum, DUvall, ThTOop, Mo
ran and HalStead qualified for the finals
The second heat was the best Of the three
end it was anybodys race until the last
turn. when Clum let out and won by a
wheel 1t was a hot finish.
Schade won the final in a tight finish
in 2:35 45, with DuvaIl close up 1t was
expected that Wilson, HalStead and Clum
would have "lCok in but they were
outridden.
Three heats for first men and one for
seconds in the 100 -yarddash were run, and
Speare handily won his heat and the final
two. Time in final was 10 2-5 seconds
with Lincoln, OF the Friends School,
good sccond. Speare is developing into
wonderful spTiuter and by next year will
he strong man for championship hOnorS
LHroln's work was a surprise, and pleased
all hands He led Speare to ten yards be-
fore the tape, when the latter put on a
great Wefer-like burst and breasted the
tape a foot and a half ahead.
There were many entries in the two
mile bicycle event that they had to be
split up into three heats, and these We're
won respectively by Schade. first; Throop,
second; O'Connor, first; E. l.. Wilson, sec
ord; Duval. first: Pritchard. second. Il
was in the second heat OF this that Schadc
made the new District record with 4:44 2-5
minutes
Clark won his heat but was disqualified
for looking around and Duvan was given
the heat
The final was won by Schade in Sig:
ThToop second by wheel, after one Of the
most exciting races seen here in many a
dar. Six started and only two finished
IL the second lap came a great spill.
O'Connor had the upper edge of the turn
and was cutting across to take the pole.
when Wilson, Duvall and Pritchard came
along in almost bunch The tumble was
inevitable, and il came, and the wonder
is that some one was not killed, but all
escaped with slight bruises Seha,Ie and
Throop had it out alone In n most heart
breaking finish.
The one mile relay race was won for the
CetnFaI High School. Curtis led his rivals
OF the Western and Eastern by twenty yards
when Farrow took his cue, and he kept the
lead and increa sed it to thirty yards. when
Ruff took il for the finish and he added
ten more. Time, 3:4S 3-5. Taussig, of
the Westerns, who, with the Cent raj bOys.
are also c.. A. c. boys, led his team. The
Westerns and Easterns filed counter pro-
tests with Referee Perry. the one for hav-
ing Don-meInber of school in the team
and the other for late entry The referee
reserved his decision as to who is to get the
second prize
The 22o yards was run in one heat and
was won by Lincoln. of the Friends School,
with handicap Of % yards, in 23 seconds
flat, Speare second from scratch. 1t was
looked upon to be Speare's race, but
the terrible handicap was too much to
overcome. 1t was a great race and tight
finish.
The 440 yards ended in a deadlock be-
tween Farrow and Beatty. Time, 0.o2
It was magnificent race and one of the
features Of the day Instead Of running it
off, toss was agreed upon, and Farrow
won.
In throwing the discus, Adam John
son won, with a throw OF 106 feet 9inches
and made record for the District of Co
1umba, and holds the second best scale
OF the discus in the country, the worlds
record being held by Sheldon, Of Yale, with
III feet 8 inches. Garrett comes third,
with 104 feet 10 inches.
The running broad jump was won by
Franz, with an actual jump of 10 feet 10
inches; W w. Custis; second, with 10 feet
inches.
The pole vault was won by Franz. with
an actual vault of 10 feet 8 1-2 inches.
making a new District of Columbia record;
F. G. Thomas. Swarthmore, second. with
10 feet inches, actual, and a handicap nf
5 inches The prizes were silver cups and