The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-30

his mtshap- Re gos on she track on the
/ second lap and in zesfsrw Pack struck
q rock fits wheel kToke just above the
front forks. fhrrssns him heavily 20 the
grosind. where he lar unconscious rnstI
picked Up ard cnssyeyed 10 The dressing
rcom, His fase was covered with oscod,
which srirxIsst down hs* check from a
cut cvsr his eye a f.urney was senx fesr
and tsas Injured rider taken 90 his nome.
The pain was No srsserss tnas ne was taken
ozis % tins g1rney and placed on q grassy
spot few hundred yards frogn the traek
where DR.. Barns attessHess 10 his INJURIES
Close Rartsg In Other Evests.
The second event was the quartsr-rnsIe
flying start against time. Lorenzo Dow
and Mccoy went the distance IN The same
time, 81 Ia EchGne getting second place.
with - fat Dow and Mccoy nopp~d a
coan for first prize. Bsx winning
Next came the mile olsen- tbs race was
run liz heats Of half mile. the first two
In these heats qualifying 10 the final n7fSe
Sefys-e. Hcse and Bnrconsbe took the
word for tise frx. heat. the Seattle man
winning easily by Three lengths, Howe
second. BGrecmi~ took tumble on the
hack stretch while trying to take the pole
away from Howe The time for this heat
WAS Ia
In the second heat Mccoy. L. Dow, Lau-
nl@fSter and Cotter lined up. Mccoy win
ming by narrsw margin from Coster.
Time. 1:21 ~. This LETT Mccoy. Co.ter
schone and Howe for me finals. II was
The Intention 10 have the riders paced
By tandem I'm this hsat hut there MAS
no team present, 50 time limit 81 go
was placed on the boys After a pyse.y
race from start TO flash SchoEe pushes.
over the line winner by half q length.
cofter was next and Mccoy third Time,
go As
The swo-mils handicap was next. The
boys were strung out half way around
The track. Schone and Cotter being
scratch Howe. with a handicap OF is
yards won by a length from Gumar Win
gard 81 lad Of about Is who had a han
dicap III i55 yards. The boy had the sym
pat1y Of the crowd. He Is game. fast
lad and viii bear watching ia novice
events.
Prof~sstouala in the Two-siile Lap.
Next came the professionals for the
two-mfIe lap race. In A lap race the po-
sitton Of the first three men shall be
taken at the finish OF every lap. The
fra: man shall score three points. tho
second man shall score two points. and
the third man shall score one point. and
no others shall score. The contestant who
crosses the line first at the finish shall.
for that lap. score four points. The CON-
petttor who scores the greatest number
Of points shall be declared the winner.
but any contestant In order to secure
prize. must ride the entire distance and
De within 40 yards Of the finish when the
first man crosses the tape at the end of
the last lap. Any competitor falling to
comply with this rule shall be disauaii-
fed The l5a-yard mark must be- marked
by nag
The entries for this were Chris Dow.
Jack Sharick George Sharick. Wayne
Bartholomew. Victor Smith and r. F..
Betrney To good send-on Dow took the
lead which he kept until the stretch.
when he reiinaushed 1t TO George Shar-
lex. On the next lap the Seattle rider
dropped out being afraid of the track.
which was rough and peDbly. On the
third lap the Horrible Swesfe" dropped
out. and In the fifth Jack Sharsck quit
This left George snarick Bartholomew
and Beemer 10 finish the former TWO see
saving for first and second place. The
order in which the men paused the Judge
In the eight heats. making the two miles.
was.
10. Sharick. Dow, Bartholomew.
s-Beemev. Bartholomew 6 Shatck
3-H. Sharick. Bartholomew. Jack
Sharack
4-Hartholomew. J. Sharick. G. sharick.
Sc. Sharick. Beemer, Bartholomew.
bartholomew Beemer - Shartck
TO. Sharick Bartholomew. Beemer
s~~Barthoiomew q. Sharick, Beemer.
In counting the points Bartholomew was
found 10 have Is G.. Sharick "a and
Beemer o. giving the race to Rarthole-
new.
l.. Dow won the five-miie handicap.
beating young Wingard two lengths
after an exciting and close race.