The San Francisco call., 1898-08-11
INDIANAPOLIS WHEEL RACES
ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE
 LEAGUE.
One of the Features of the. Days Events 8 Race Between a Tan dem. Three Triplets and
 Three Quads.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 10-The attend Rnce at the '9S L. A. W. meet is net large but those here are enjoying themselves Up to o'clock this evening 2612 league men had registered at headquarters.
 Tonight a minstrel show was given at English's Opera-house for the wheelmen and their ladies, and an all-night smoker with vaudeville programme, is on at the park. The Pioneers banquet occurred at the Grand Hotel tonight.
 Broken records, two in number, and surprises in every contest marked the races of the first day of the national meet. The circuit men held their own, but met defeat in the championship con- test at the hands of a man who has con- tinually been among the "also rans" on the circuit, and who had piled up only eight points in a seasons work in the championship.
 the two-mile champion of America, and his win of the great contest was of the cleanest order, and just beyond the slight est shade of doubt.
 The twomile championship and half mile championship for amateurs both went to George H. Collett of New Haven, who proved the updoubted king in the amateur class. kraemer of Newark and Hausman, the tandem mate of COllett, and Joe Rodgers, the Philadeiphian, carried away the honors, no Western amateur
 
 against them.
 But the contest in the two-mile na- tonal championship and the worlds re- cord were oVershadowed in interest by the multiple handicap, in which a tan dem team. threC triplet teams and three quad teams competed. Becker. Mertens, Martin and Nat Butler, the scratch team, won. They started up to the front in the long line, which formed early in the contest, and the Johnson record holding -triplet team, record 1:41, gave 1t a good The finish hafr-rajSfnP hut not close, the interest and the excitement occurring as the teams shifted around for position while going at world-record gait The Johnson, Monroe and Fernwalt triple team gained second and the Major Taylor triplet team gained third. The time BPS 3-5-broke the record of S:52 and extra prize money was awarded to the win ming team.
 Another record for the track was mar roWly missed in the morning. when Major Taylor made a wonderful ride to victory in the mile handicap, in 200 1-5, the mark of Sims being missed by but one-fifth of a second.
 one-half mile. national championship. anna teur, first semi -fnal-George H. Collett, New ond. Time 1:17
 Second race, seni-hnal-Joe Rodgers. Phia- delphia, first; E. C. Hausman, New Haven, second G. l.. hraemeri Newark, third. 1lme, Final heat-G. H. ColIett first. G. L. Kras- mer second, Joe Rodgers third.
 One mile handicap. professionally. E. Walsh. 1ooSlOl ll4u gaIuSlt IlrSI' SaIn AurDdrger, h. dianapolis CPS yards), second; Major Taylor, scratch, third; E. C. Bald, scratch fourth: Orlando Stevens (20 yards) fifth. Time 2.0s S-5 Two-mile national championship. first semi nnal-MaJor Taylor first, Tom Cooper second, F. A. Mcfarland third. Time, 4:34
 Second semi-final-A. c. Mertens St Paul first Owen Kimble. Louisville second: Bald third Time 4:23 3-5
 Final heat-Kimble first, Major Taylor sec end, Bald third, Cooper fourth, Mertens fifth Time. 4:05- (Worids record by seconds) Semi finals, two-mile amateur national cham plonship first semi -fnal-E. C. Hausman New Haven. first; F. s. Robbins. Middletown O. second; J. P Rodgers, Philadelphia third Time 4:35
 Second semi-fnal-G. H Collett. New Haven. first; Lee Heller, Fort Wayne, second. Time 4;47 1-5.
 Final two-miIe amateur national champion ship-G. H. Collett, New Haven, first; E. c. Hausman, New Haven. second; j. P Rodgers. Philadelphia, third Time, 4:2S
 Multiple handicap, professional-Becker Mar tn, Mertens and Nat Butler (scratch) first; Fernwalt. Monroe and Johnson (75 yards) sec ondi Taylor, Eaton and Bowler (25 yards) third; Phillips, Newkirk, Vannest and OIdfeld d0 yards). fourth. Time, BPS S-5 worlds com petition record
 Five.mile interstate pursuit race-Earl w Peabody first E.. C. Pfeffer, Indianapolis, sec ond. Time, 12:15 1-15.