The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-14
RACING WAS BRILLIANT
Last Day of the National Meet of
the L. A. w.
MORE BROKEN RECORDS
h Programme Furnished Many Sur
~prises-Eddie Bald Beaten Out OF
the Championship by F.
A. Mcfarland.

AA1ss <he6" - "a ma
tional meet of the L. A. w. was closed
to-day and the racing was brilliant. 1t
furnished more surprises and more
broken records. Eddie Bald was beaten
out In the semi-finals of the n mile
national professional championship. as
were Tom Cooper and Arthur Gardi-
ner. F. A. Mcfarland. the new cham
pion, won in record breaking time.
lowering the mile single-paced compe'
tition mark from 2:01 to 1858 2-5. MA
jor'' Taylor was but three inches be-
hind in the wonderful finish. Inc "Old
Kaintuck' Kimble but a tires width
back of the Dark Secret"
The two mile amateur handicap event
saw another broken record and Kraem-
err registered 1t. Although he failed to
finish within the money, he cut the
record to 4:17.
The third record to go to smither-
Gems was that of a quad mile. In a
trial against time a team composed Of
Nancott,. Horton, Lishner and Bennett
cut the record from 1:47 to 1:45 3-5
The interstate pursuit race, teams en-
tering from Illinois and India ma in the
West and Connecticut and New York
In the East, was won by New York.
The distance completed was six and
three-sixteenths miles n the time
13:43 3-5.
The long-talked-of race Of the East
against the. West was well contested
and the Western riders captured the
event. The crackerjacks of the meet
were represented. Mcfarland was in
the Western team. as was Gardiner
and Bald in the Eastern aggregation.
The West wiped up the Fasteners.
go ~ NhA TA.aA- sAn~a . nod 20
the finish. Stevens was the only West
erner to give up. while all of those
from the East quit except "Plugger"
Bill Martin. 1t required only four and
three-sixteenths miles for the Western
ers TO stop their Eastern rivals. The
time for the five miles by Mcfarland,
who finished after passing Martin. was
1923 2-5.
The standing of the first seven of the
national circuit riders at the close OF
the meet tonight is as follows: Bald.
1919 points: Mcfarland. ia: Kimble, 30;
Cooper. IS: Gardiner, 70; Freeman, 46;
Stevens, Al.
Summaries: One mile, professional,
national championship, fina heat-Mc-
Farland first. Major Taylor second.
Kimble third, Stevens fourth, Fisher
fifth. Time, 1:5S 2-5, worlds single
paced competitive record. breaking 2:01,
by Gardiner at Louisville in August,
1896.
One mile. national championship, am
ateur-F. l.. Krawer. Newark, first;
Earl W. Peabody. Chicago. second; p.
c. Hausman. New Haven. third; c.
Mertz, New York. fourth: George Fl.
Collett. New Haven, fifth. Time,
2:O4 3-5.
Two mile amateur handicap-George
Walther, Dayton. 210 yards, first;
Archie Ferguson. Terre Haute, $50
yards, second; J. d. Syophani, Chicago,
225 yards, third; c. w. Donnavan, Chi
cago. go yards. fourth: J.. A. Nelson,
Chicago. 100 yards, fifth. Time, All.
Two mile tandem. professionalism
tin of Lowell and Mertens of Mime
apolis. first: Tom Butler of Boston and
Decker of st. Paul, second; Mcfarland
of San Jose and Stevens of Iowa.
third: Bowler of Chicago and Ben Mon
roe of Memphis, fourth. Time. 4:57 Is.
East against West. five mile pursuit
race. five men to team-Won by West
by fve-sixteenths of a mile in 1923 1-5
for the five miles. Western team: Nc
Farland. Mertens. Becker, Gardiner
and Stevens. Eastern team: Bald,
Eaton. Martin, Vernier and Hadfeld.
Interstate team pursuit race. anna
teur, three-men teams. no limit-New
York team. Ertz. Kraemer and Scho-
field, won. Time, 13:43 3-5. Distance.
six and three-sixteenths miles. Other
teams Illinois. Peabody. Llewellyn
and Stefani: Indiana, Pease. Bate and
Gordon; Connecticut, Hausman, Collett
and Nancott.