The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-12
THE L. A. ". MEET

dhy'a RnetIg-A had Accident In ore OF
Trial Hea,s-BaId VIM the Half Slils
Chawpi0nShlp.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. u.-ATore sen-
sai6nal 6nishes marked the second day
OF the national meet Of the L. a. w. One
serious accident knocked Arthur Gardl-
ner out Of the final OF the great Ameri-
can $1,000 handicap, and nearly placed
piuclSy Bin Martin hors du combat. This
happened at the close OF the second heat
Of the contest, Martin being at the front
OF the bunch and apparently winner,
when he slipped over the pole and Sid
him, fod Stevens followed and then Lou
Coburn went down in the s.ckentng
heap. Cooper and Mcfarland were In
the finish, but escaped luckily from a
spill, Cooper diSupuGting from hts
wheel as white as the wheel Itself. Car
diner could ride in the great final ard
Martin did ride to show his pluck. From
SIXTY yards he gained fourth, leading
the back bunch over the tape.
Bald, Freeman, Becker and Cooper fol-
bowed Murtin, who took his hands on
the bars and sat up TO relieve his poor
strained back as he made The finish, for
he could ride no farther. Martip was
the hero OF the meet, for he came out 10
ride as badly n cut up and Scared man
us has been seen on the track this year.
Fred ]. Costello. the st. Louis anna
teur who qualified to-day for the great
five mile amateur championship, took
the handicap with Maya, OF Eric, Sec
ond, and l. S. HRl4 Of Philadelphia,
third. This same trio made the back
mark men look foolish IN the third heat
by working together and keeping out OF
the way.
Owing to the withdrawn OF Gardiner.
Bad went from the scratch alone IN the
professional handicap. his great rival
Cooper, having 20 yards The race WINS
a pretty one, but the generosity Of the
handfcapper toward the eX-amateur
who has beaten Peabody. in giving him
$50 yards enabled the limit man 10 pre-
vail and to prevent the back men clos
ing in the time they cut out. Bald I'M
Ishef fifth I'M 400, q new handicap rec
ord by nine and four-fifths seconds he
broke 1t also IN the heat, doing 4lb 20
very handily. The new rule allowing
handicap records in a class by them
selves is the explanation OF why these
are handicap records.
Gardner and Martin were not the onty
big men to fall. as Cotlctt, the New Ha-
ven amateur, feAt In the I'VE mile cham
ptonFhip through the foul riding OF G.
S. Porter, the Detroit amateur. Porter
was disqualified for the meet and CEN
slired by the chairman. Collett, how
ever took the quarter m0le champion
ship. his third win in the championship
contests, and with his partner ne made
II four by cleverly winning the handicap
championship for tandem teams at the
mile distance. Earl w. Peabody the
Chicago amateur, took the five msle
championship BY good clean cut WIN,
and Ertz and Kraeger followed MIN
across the tape,
It Was the Eddie Bald Of Old that shot
into the lead in the final OF the half mile
national chaI1pio Worship, his first win OF
a. Championship race ut q national meet
since '95 the start OF his career, over
four years ago. Bad was determined
and rode the race OF his seasons career.
Gardiner claims to have been crowded
over the pole by Mcfarland, who took
second to Bald, with Freeman THIRD ana
Cooper fourth, ard protested the Cal-
fornian to tho chairman OF the racing
board. The protest was not at4oWeu-
Afternoon races:
Final heat, one-quarter mile national
champlonshlp-G. II, Collect, New
Haven, first; L. c. Hauseman. New
Haven, second: Ed Lewellyn, Chicago,
third. Time. 81 as.
Final heat, half mile professional ma
tionai championship-Bald, first; Nc
Farland, second; Freeman, third;
Cooper, fourth; Gardiner, fifth. Time,
100 3-5.
One mile, tandem championship, ANA
4eur-Hauseman and Collect, New
Haven, first; Peabody and Lewellyn,
Chicago second; Ertz and Kraemer,
third. Time. 2:oS
The Great American handicap, DIS
lance two miles, for purse OF $1,000 dl-
yIded, $500 to winner: 5000 to second; $40
TO third, SIS to fourth, and special prize
for the heat to make UP she balance
f. ]. Fostello. 81, Louis, 225 years, first;
otto Maya, Erie, Pa, $50 yards, second;
L. 3. Hall, philadelphia, 2I5 yards,
third; Plugger Bill Martin. Lowell. 60
yards, fourth: Eddie Bald, scratch, hfth;
II. b. Freeman, Portland, 20 yards,
sixth; Becker, so yards, seventh; Coop
er, 20 yards, eighth. Time, OF race,
4:OS 1-5 Time Of Bald, 1909; new handi-
cap record.
Five mile national championship, anna
teus-Peabody. Chicago. first; Ertz, New
york, second; Krsemer, Newark, third.
Rodgers, Philadelphia, fourth.