The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-12


Three heats were run, in which 500 was
divided among the placed men. Bald was
the scratch man in the first heat, with Free
man twenty yards away and Eaton the
same distance in front of the Westerner.
The last three named punched after the
first lap. but neither one seemed anxious to
set any pace, and, consequently, were, SEEM
ingly out of the race at five laps. The front
bunch slowed down and yet none of the
back markers seemed willing to go out.
They were thus caught as the bell rang,
ana II seemed out OF question to tnlnk OF
their winning or even qualifying. Instead OF
being dead, however, the three men seemed
very much alive and went around the field
like scared rabbits. In driving finish Bald
won a great race by inches from Freeman,
with Eaton third. The time, Ais 20, lowers
the record of 4:1S As, held by Gardiner, and
Bald secured the special prize offered for
lettering the figures, Next to the Quill $1,000
handicap OF last year, in the East, 1t was
the greatest handicap event to date, and
showed good handicapping and that Bald
can overcome handicaps as well as win
championship and open events.
Arthur Gardiner, the popular Chicago lad,
was on the mark of honor in the next heat,
with Cooper twenty yards away. The last
ramed two, with Mcfarland, Martin, Kim
bic and Becker were soon in the rear bunch
which caught the long markers at five laps
The fourteen men presented a pretty sight
as they came around the turn before the
bell, Phillips falling just as it rang.
WILD CRASH AT THE TAPE.
'Plugger Bill" Martin started his effort on
the back stretch and was leading coming
for the tape, with Mcfarland and the
others giving fight in fearful bunch, which
portended a fall. Twenty yards from the
tape Martin ran off the track, but landing
on his side, slid ten yards to the finish line
in time to be placed third. There was a
wild crash among the other wheels and five
riders went down as the tape was crossed.
Gardiner was picked as the winner, with
Cooper second, the former being among
those who fell
Major Taylor was the scratch man in
the third heat, johnson having a start of
twenty yards and the others strung out to
275 yards The colored lad beat the gum
and went past johnson in hurry, causing
the latter to make a hard unpaced ride in
order to catch the men in advance of him.
Hall. Maya and Costello, out in front, kept
changing pace and soon had a comfortable
lead opening up more than half a lap, oW-
ing to the loafing of the scratchmen. Taylor
made a great, quarter-mile sprint to catch
the limit riders, but was unsuccessful:
amateur of ST.. Louis second, and the low
markers nowhere.
Five teams started in the mile amateur
championship for tandems. There was
nothing of startling nature until the bell
rang, when Peabody and Llewelyn began
Collett and Hausman, however. were not to
be outdone. and going down the back
stretch they went to the front and opened
up length on the turn, which, try as they
could, the Chicago team was unable to make
up and Collett added another championship
to his three. assisted by Hausman:
were we'll received in their exhibition of
trick riding, at which they have few If any
equals.
THE FIVE-MILE- CHAMPIONSHIP.
There were eight starters in the final of
the five-mile national championship, and
after some lively shifting for the pace
makers wheel Porter ensconced himself
there, with Peabody next in line. followed
by Kramer and Ertz. single pacemaker
was used for each mile, and after the sec
ond mile Kolb secured the position, but a
bad pickup resulted in Ertz getting the
preferred place in the string which he had
to give way to Peabody when the next
PAGER came along. At the finish there was
a wild struggle down the back stretch, with
Ertz looking like a winner on the turn. Col
lett ran off the track there, turning a COM
pete somersault and SO soaring stg his his tesm
body passed ErtZ in the straight, winning
by more than a length. Porter was dis
qualified for the meet by Chairman Mott
for fouling Coilett.
Bald started from the mark of honor in
the final of the great American handicap,
with Cooper Freeman, Eaton, Mcfarland
and Martin strung out ahead Gardiner
was too badly injured by his fall to start in
the final although Martin, who seemed to
have had the worst tumble, came on the
track to start and was received with cheers.
Hall, Costello and Maya tried the same
scheme as in the heat, gradually drawing
away from the short-markers, and al
though the bunch went out for them, it was
too late, the ringing of the bell showing them
forty yards in the lead. Coming into. the
stretch Costello went out from behind Maya
and won by three lengths, with Maya sec
ond and Louis Hall third. The sprint among
the back markers was terrific. but "Plugger
Bill Martin, with his cuts and bruises, was
the best, winning from Bald. whose time
from scratch was 400. beating his world s
record of the afternoon.
Paced by triplet and a quad, little Har-
ry Gibson of Cincinnati, made q try for the
mile amateur record, held by Gardiner, of
hind the quad, which carried the first half
in good style. The triplet made bad pick
up, causing him to. jump more than ten
yards, but he finished strong in | as 3-5, fall
ing to batter the figures of LAB So
THE SUMMARY.
Quarter-mile Championship (amateur)--
First semi-f1nal won by E. c. Hausman,
New Haven. Conn; F. L. Kramer, New
ark, N. j., second. Time :32 AS. Second
semi-final won by Geo. Schoheld, Brooklyn;
Edward Llewelyn,. Chicago, second. Time,
:32 3-5. Final heat won by G. H. Collett.
New Haven, Conn. E. c, Hausman, New
Haven. Conn. second; Edward Llewellyn,
Chicago. third. Time. 81 As.
Half-nile National Championship (profes-
Farland, San Jose, Cal; Tom Cooper De
trot, second; Major Taylor Indianapolis,
third. Time, 1:O2 rs. Second semi-final won
by E. C. Bald, Buffalo,; Arthur Gardiner,
Chicago, second; H. B. Freeman, Portland.
by E. G. Bald, Buffalo: F. Mcfarland San
Jose, Cal, second; H. 3. Freeman, Port
land. Ore. third; Tom Cooper Detroit,
fourth; Arthur Gardiner. Chicago. fifth.
Gre Great "A American $1,000 Handicap, at Two
Miles-First heat won by q. c. Bald, Buff
fsIo scratc r. freeman oreg9n
n J. Gao yards), third: Barney Oldfield,
Toledo (1O0 YARDS, fourth r. c. Mccarthy.
ST. Louis $50 YARDS, fifth. Time, AIS 2-5.
thur Gardiner, Chicago. (scratch); Tom
Cooper, Detroit GO YARDS second; VIM
Martin. Lowell, Mass. go yards, third; h.
A. McFarland, San Jose Cal. $40 yards),
and w. E. Becker, Minneapolis $50 YARDS.
dead heat for fifth place. Time. 4:19 1-5.
Third ,td heat won by Otto Maya Erie pa pa
YARDS second; l. g Hail, Philadelphia (275
yards( third: L.. O.. Watson, indianapolis
U5o yards), fourth; Glen Wiley, Indianap-
oils (t25 yardsl. fifth: Time, 4:07 3-5. Final
yards; Otto Maya. Erie, Pa ESQ YARDS.
second; L. S. Hall. Philadelphia (255 YARDS,
third; VIM. Martin, Lowell go yards)
fourth; e. c. Bald (scratch). fifth. Time,
4:06 1-5
Five-mile Amateur Championship-Won
by Earl Peabody, Chicago; G. NJ. Ertz New
York. second; R. l.. Kramer, Newark, third.
Time. AIS.
THE RACES TONIGHT.
Match Between Bald and Cooper the
Great Event.