Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-09
No. 10Y for Saturday.
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amateur; fourteen starters: six 70 ou,llrv
Schade. Goehler and Ertz were on On.
scratch. w. A. I.aduy go yardsp. won: w
A Lantz GO yards). second: RAY Murray
Gao YARDS. third: II. G.. Gardiner Go yar,s,
fourth: J. +. ChaIfont nop yards, afth
and Fred schade Cscratch,. sixth. Time
201 3-5
Second heat-Semi-final: thirteen starters.
blake. Miller and Hattersley. scratch mea
{. w. krick CO YARDS. won: Fred r. Hat
tersley tscratch), second: r.. A. Miller
tscratchD. third: f. l.. Wilson go yarls)
fourth; r. NJ. French 100 yardsD. fifth. and
n; g. Middendorff no YARDS. sixth. Time.
2O7 L.
Final heat-one mile handicap: profess
sional. All those who qualified starters
The cracks held behind the men furtnest
from the scratch until the last lap. when
they spurted and all hands finished IN a
punch. O. L. Stevens 90 yards). won:
Watson Coleman GO yardsD. second: L. G
Hoyt go yards). third: X. r. McCurdy Uao
YARDS, fourth: Il. ID. Fichtner t75 yards).
NTH. and II. p. Mosher co YARDS. sixth
Time. 2.0T
Final-Two-mile championship; amateur
]. A. Powell. won: Z. W. Peabody. second:
Ed Llewellyn. third. and Charles NJ Ertz
fourth. Time. 3.291-5
First heat-one mile open: professional:
semi-final. Eddie Bald won in "A fine squirt:
Arthur Gardiner. second, and Tom Cooper
third. Time. 2lo 30.
Second heat-Semi-fnal. Major Taylor
made a hard struggle to land winner but
the field hunted him down and all hands
finished i'm a bunch, with the major third
Earl kiser won. and Jay Eaton second.
Time, 2.l9.
kfsrr Won by Few Inches.
Mile open, professional. final heat-Bald
had the pole, with Kiser Gardiner Eaton,
Cooper and Major Taylor In the order
named. There were two pacemakers.
Cooper caught them. and Kiser. Bald and
Taylor followed named. There was no
change in the first lap. Half way around
on the last lap Gardiner and Eaton swung
out from the rear with the colored boy at
their heels. Bald came after them at a hot
pace. and the whole line punched closely i'm
the stretch. Bald forged ahead. but liltle
Earl Kiser fairly lifted his wheel ahead.
winning by few inches. Bald secoad,
Cooper third and Taylor fourth. Time.
2.U3 IL.
Mile open, amateur. first heat. semi-final-
w. +. Tenzler Won: George II. Collett. Sec
OF d, and W. 4. Laduy. third. Time, = IL -.
Second heat semi-final-George Rrith
won; E. c. Hausman. second. and Charles
NJ Ertz. third. Time. 2l5 30.
Mile open, amateur, final heat Ghe line
covered two laps in the proc essionD-E. &.
Hausman pulled away in the stretch, and
won by a wheels length; George II. Col
lett, second; Charles NJ. Eriz. third. and W.
A. LadGy, fourth. Time, 2.U9 a..
Mile handicap, amateur. final heai-Ray
Murray (Io yards), won. j. r. Chalfont 1o0
YARDS. second: II. NJ. French uoo yarasD,
third. and Robert A. Miller (scratchD,
fourth. Time, 2.o5.
F'ive-mle championship. professional
firal heat-Acker was behind the pace
makers at the first mile. and riding strong.
At the second the men were punched. Cal-
lahan, Mertens and Church crossing in Tho
order named. All the men jockeyed for
position in the next mile Church gave Up
tie chase on the twelfth lap and Caiiaha1
went out in the lead. Mertens led into the
last lap, with Bald right behind him. ON
the turn into the stretch Mertens and BAH
were in the lead. There was a spill. leaV-
ing only four to finish. In q beautiful
squirt Mertens won, Bald second, F. \.
Mcfarland third and J. a. Newho Use
fourth. Time. lo.45.