The times., 1898-08-13

| Indianapolis, Aug. 12.-The special fea-
| ture tonight at Newby Oval was the
| Cooper race, one-mle heats, best
| two in three. Over 10000 persons were
| present.
| The first heat was unpaced. After the
turn up the stretch on the last lap Cooper
made a dive down the bank and secured
a lead of fully ten yards. Bald finished
scarcely foot in advance of Cooper.
Time, 1:5S.
| In the second heat Bald won By a
scant six inches. Time, 1851 3-5.
| Harry Gibson, the amateur record
breaker of Cincinnati, and C. j. Wagner
of Dayton, had a ding-dong fve-mile
| paced race. in which the former tri-
umphed and lowered the amateur com
petition record from two TO five miles
inclusive. Time for the five miles.
9:431-5
The Morning Trial Heats.
Only 500 enthusiasts came out to the
trial heats this morning. The racing was
slow and was won 10y headwork.
First race-One mile champ .onship
First heat, Bald, first; Stevens, second.
Time, 2:27 3-5. Second heat, Gardner,
first; Jay Eaton, second. Time, 2:35.
Third heat, first, o. Kimble; second, Tom
Cooper. Time, 2:40 3-5. Fourth heat. first,
T. Mcfarland; second, Benny Monroe.
Time, $50 1-5. Fifth heat. first, Major
Taylor: second, j. Fisher. Time, 2:46 2-5.
Sixth heat, first, Barney Oldfield, Toledo;
second, c. Mccarthy. Time, 2:55 3-5.
d.
the semi-inals to be run tomorrow aft
ernoon. Bald won his heat handily with
Stevens hugging his rear wheel Gardi-
ner, the Chicago blonde. sprinted from
the bunch at the stretch and won by
length. Jay Eaton was a good second.
Kimbie. ''Old kaintuck," walked out of
the bunch, followed by Cooper, in an
easy finish. Mcfarland and Monroe
paced each other and won in close
finish. Major Taylor led the bunch upon
| the track twice, and then sprinted and
won by twenty yards. Barney Oldheld.
the Buckeye won easily.
Second race-Two-mile handicap, anna
! teur. The handicap men paced each
| other and won by sixty yards First heat,
| A. Ferguson, Terre Haute. $50 yards; sec
ond, w w. Bradley. Richmond, Ind 200
200 yards; fourth, Charles Bates, Indian
apolis. 10 yards. Time, 419 10 Second
/ heat-All the racers dropped out at the
! last half save the winners, who came in
| a bunch, so yards 10 the good. First,
| George Walthour, Dayton, O.. 2l0 yards;
| second, j. De Stefan, 225 yards, Chicago;
| third, john Nelson, 200 yards: fourth G.
| Goesling. ST. Louis, 125 yards Time,
! 4:20 2-5. Third heat-Harry Moorhead
| Indianapolis, 275 yards, won, with one
| eighth of a mile TO the good Kramer sec
ond; Rogers, scratch. third: ]. Rodgers
| Philadelphia, scratch, Fourth: Charles
Pease. indianapolis, SO yards Time,
| 4:2s 2-5.
| The first four in the three heats qualify
| for the semi-finals Saturday.
Two-mile tandem-First heat, J. Eaton
and Major Taylor broke from the bunch
at the stretch and won by a wheel. First,
Eaton and Taylor; second, C. ]. LAWN
and L. C. Watson. Time sos. Second
! Heat. McFarlan and Stevens took the
| lead in the last lap, with Johnson and
| Monroe at their back wheel; so they fin
ished at hot pace. First, T. Mcfarland
and o. Stevens; second, j. Johnson and
| B. Monroe. Time Sis AS Third heat
Bill Martin, who fell Thursday, rode with
Mertens- His right arm and leg were
covered with bandages and plasters. He
| is the gamest man at the track They
| took the lead from Fernwalt and Werner
| and won in a hot finish, making the last
eighth of a mile in OIL 2-5, the fastest
eighth ever ridden First, 'Plugger Bill''
Martin and Mertens; second, Tom Butler
and Becker Time, SIG.