The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-12
THE hhENCLN HANDICAP.
Too LtSeral HanAleap Anownnees
Gave the Positions to the Limit
Men-Freensa 81 PortfanA Makes
. Great Ride From the za-Yaras.

@1seaneo D-e serious acc2Secc Knocked
Artnzr Gardner os- % The a-si o< ne
american E-sfs aszdsczp race and
nearly paced plEekv Ri Marta sg-s du
coIoa+- This asppeE-i a. the close Of
.he second heat % ths contest. Martin
o-a1g az The fro,t O. -hs bgnch a.. zp-
paE@h-F winner. when be ssi1,e<s cvs-
TIE Fost a-9 sid aio1x the --acx Gz-ss-
nsr ven. over him. Fl Stevs-s follow -.
a1c I2en Lou Toeon vent down Il tie
a@sp- Cooper and Mcfarland xe-s II the
Ah-sH- 5sst escaped fr1- = spill, Cooper
SsIo91ti7g rem his wheel. a. vhs.s As
the wheel itself
Gardiner coaia %, r1e in tie nral nu.
Azru1 Cd rz3e - show his pluck From
sixty yards he gained third, l@z5.nx TIE
BACK bunch oTsr the sape Bad Free
man Becker and Cooper followed Martin.
VIC .o0k rs hands oS ire bars AID sat Up
70 rs2seve lis poo- strained back as Ae
E21@ h2s finish After cfrc.tax II. rrsrk
part way ae dssn0anss3. for ne could ride
no furEa5r- Martin was TIE hero Of rss
meet tor he came o.. 20 ride a. hassy
cut Up AID 5arrsd 3 Eac as has been sen
on tae track this year
Fred Costello, The 81. LOUIS amateur.
VIC a1Aaliaszf today for The great fve-rasle
amateur championship took the handicap.
with Mayo. % Erie. second. AMI L. Z.
Han third TIE same trio maze the hack
marx uen look foolish II the third heat
oy working together and keeping on. Of
The way well Owing to the withdrawal
Of Gardner. Bad went from scratch
a!oae. nEs grss: rival. Cooper. having -
yards The race was q pretty one but
he generosity az the Handicapped toward
the ex-az1a;sa- who had beaten Peabody
IN giving him so yards, enabled the nrss,
men 70 prevail and 20 prevent the back
marx me1 closing n. II the time they cut
out Bad finished 9Th. In 4as. a Few
handicap record BY IS seconds. He
broke Il also in the heat. doing II in
Az BE very hand!ly- The new rule Al
lowing handicap records n q class BY
themselves La the explanation OF why ,hsss
were handicap records. Gardiner ard
Martin were lot the oaiy big nsn 10 fall
as Co4lett, TIE New Haven amateur, fell
II the nve-mfIe Mpioasaip through the
foul riding Of c. 5. Porter. the De.roi;
amateur Porter was disqualified for the
Meet and censured by the chairman
Coaett. however. took the quar,sr-miis
championship. his third win In the cham
pionsaip contests, and with his partner Re
made IL four By cieyerly winning the han
GtcAp championship for tandem teams 4.
the mile distance. Ear! ". Peabody. the
chicago amateur. took TIE fiye-niIe cham
pionship by a good, clean-cut win and
Err and Kraenier followed nm across
the tape. IL was the E3xe Bald Of old
tina; shot into the lead e the final Of the
half-naile championship. his arE VIII Of
Championship race az national meet
since isss. the start Of his career.
Gardner claims 10 have been crowded
ever the pole by Mcfarland. who took
second 10 Bald. with Freeman third ard
Cooper fourth. and protested the CaEtor-
alan 70 the chairman ot the racing board.
The pro.es, was not allowed
In the second days racing kinble, o.
Louisville. did nothing ana Taylor failed
10 qualify for the championship and for
the great American handicap n the final.
owing 10 being third IN the slowsst hsa,
ana the IoaAng tactics which he and other
back men put Up Stevens AID John
S johnson and Tom Butler again failed
TO show IN the races Of the day. and Ca
banne did nothing.
As a close TO the great day q sport.
Harry Gibson d,i mile. paced. IL Las IS.
the quarter IL D g. hslt in IS 2-5. and
the thres-qgarte:s IN l:ie 3-5. h was
paced poorly - ;riples and quad.
Summaries FOR the afternoon races were
as follows;
plonship. sern.-hnaI-E- c. Hausnan &C..
80 4-5 Las: eighth. y 2-5.
Second. Ssrt-.nal-tieCrEe S~Aofiesi.
Broakivn. won. Edwzra Level a. chi
caxo. second. Tine. 81 - Las eighth.
wa A = n Hsus'nas D. New Hsref h1s 81
T.ne s5a ~ cish,A' o Is s. I'M :
., sp'-hnal g; s2 tHi : profsssonal "a
land. california. won: Cooper Detroit.
szscens; NJ! TayLor II iiarag-oas. third.
Second heat Bald Buffalo. woH; Gar
diner, Chicago second; Freeman. Port
land Or. third, Tine. let 81
As ran n o:ieT nsmsa; e. s;syeas:
Joe Werner. Philadelphia Last eighth IL
Final hes,-Ba.d won. Mcfarland second.
ore mite. ia1lsul. championship anna
teuT-Haasuaa and Collect Won. P-aoaiv
snd LleNeliyn second. Ertz ana ksaerner
TIE great American handscep. 9is;ance
NO sn.les. e purse Of s. 80. divided: Sso
Il fourth and specsl prlzes .9r he he4;
% make up ne balance: First heat
Bad t-cra5chl arSt. Freeman - yards
TIM 41s = wo-ls's record
as ran ,..'..5 t Ra.lsr 80 yardsl Msr;
G-s wards CobYra 10 ya~1s) Davis C55
yardsf Stevens 80 Earts}. Nan1ssc (ao
yaris} Ha,, $50 yariSl.
Second AeAt-Is4T3l n~r tsrr2tcal wO-.
Tom Cooper - yar5si second, Martin go
ysv6sl 'Ar3. VI Fa-laBd t41 1ar3sl fourth
IA Stevens, BuFA4o. G@5 yav3sl and ".
Z Becker - YARDS. dead beat for ft,A-
A'so rsn-Ca6aane % yarlsl k!-ab.e
ts9 Ea01sa. Fou:sch l1o yards Cake O25
yards Doagav-iy Ga YARDS Lawn. Ch.-
Nus ll75 YARDS. Wig csc YARDS. PAN
lips 80 yssSsa
T.a.Tsi 6e4t-o..3 My - Yards, ven.
lesson 10 ride n ;hi< raceR /. = fisu
faila4e.sals - yarasl. third: Watson.