The times., 1899-08-18
LINTON DESERTS THE N. C. A.
He Asks n Hearing and Is Reinstated
I'm the L.. A. w.

IN the Is n W.
Boston. Aug. 1.-THE sensation of the
day in L. A. w cireles was the announce
ment this morning that Tom Linton. the
Welsh middle-distance racing man, had for
sakeR the ranks of the =. c. A. and had
been reinsfated in the L. A w. Linton
rsse at Naltham Tuesday under the aus
pices Of the y. c. A and made a worlds
record. Yesterday he and his trainer, Dud-
ley Marks. asked the racing board Of the
l. A. W for hearing in their cases. The
board held a speeial session in the even
ing lasting sevsral hours. and as q result
Lintons reinstatement was announced to-
day. de win ride a ten-mile paced race at
the Charles River track tomorrow, under
i. A. ". auspices. At the meeting OF
the national assembly of local consuls this
morning, President keenan, said that the
league kad not lost any ground in the raz-
ing game. praised the Boston consulate as
the best in the country, because of its per-
feet organization, and briefly outlined the
status OF the league. All the runs today
were well attended and an improvement
over yesterday was noteC of rhe crowd at
the races. This evening there was blind
run through the suburbs followed by a
stag smoker and entertainment in Me-
chanics Building. Tomorrow will be de-
voted almost entirely TO runs, with races al
OudT1eS RIVER lIdCh IN i1e EfGDiuS-
-Four hours of as good racing as has ever
been seen in this country marked the sec
ond days card of the meet today, and al
though the crowd was not as large as the
quality of the racing deserved Charles
River Park was fairly well filed. The
fve-mile championship professional was
one of the prettiest races ever seen on the
track. Some rather questionable work in
the preliminary heats, by which Major
Tavln- 10 po1or-aH nh VIZ shut mt
OF the finals. although finishing second.
was the only feature to mar the general
effect. Taylor was to blame himself for
not jumping the bunch when a question
OF the fastest TO decide the event arose,
but he was certainly pocketed and shut
out from winning first place. The final
heat went TO Watson Coleman in the
gamest CT finishes at the tape. Llewellyn
was second and Macleod third The time.
1885, is very fast.
All of the low mark men were frozen
out in the final of the other professional
event. the mile handicap. including Tay-
lor. Nat. Frank, and Tom Butler. J. Bow
Ter OF Chicago, winning the event by four
yards.
Two national championships were de-
cided in the amateur events. the two nile
and the haIf-mile. j. Moran, Chelsea, won
the former in a driving finish. Peabody,
OF Chicago failing to get place in the
event OF the foreign riders entered in
this event, but one Caldow. the Scotch
man, get into the final. and he failed to
get show in the deciding heat, owing
10 a mixup in which several riders went
down, due 10 an attempt TO cut in by
Stephenson, the one-armed rider from De-
troit.
Three Americans and two foreigners
qualified for the half-mile championship
Moran. Wilson. and Ludwig. Of America,
End -Ccodson. Of Australia. and Tellandier.
CT Paris. Peabody failed TO catch Moran
in the two trial heats. and could not
qualify. The final was won by Moran. but
he fouled Gcodscn. the Australian. in the
stretch, and wes disqualified, Goodson get
ting first. Tallandier. the Frenchman, sec
ond. and Wilson. Of Pittsburg. third. Pea
body had an easy time with A. George.
the South African. in match race, win
ming two heats, the half unpaced and the
mile unpaced-