Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-14
THE SKATING CARNIVAL,
FEATURE OF LAST EVENING WAS
THE HALF-MILE RACE.

The skating tournament at the Butte
ice rink opened last night to a large
crowd. Owing to the chinook yesterday
the ice was rough and several of the pro-
fessiOnals would not start. McCloy, the
champion backward skater, who is
matched against Raymond, will race to-
night. One of the exciting events Of last
evening was the race between j. T.. Con-
way and McCloy, in which the latter de-
feated the champion by about a foot in
a half-mile race.
The first event was a half-mile race, or
six laps, for amateurs. The entries were:
b. E. Clayborn, Walter Ellsworth, Vim
cent Cleary, Alex ~Shannahan, Louis Ray
mond and Clyde Brown. At the crack
of the pistol Raymond got away in the
lead, followed closely by Clayborn,
Cleary, Shannahan, Ellsworth and Brown
in the order named. Ellsworth went
quickly to the lead in a fine burst of
speed in the first lap and was never head
ed, having considerable of a walk-away.
Cleary was second in the first lap and
the rest were strung out. Brown fell,
losing all chance of winning. The second
lap ended with the skaters in the same
order as the first. n
In the third Raymond passed Cleary
and gained to within a quarter Of a lap
of Ellsworth, in the lead. Cleary was
third, and the rest came in a procession
a long way back. The remaining three
laps were repetitions of the third, the
skaters all holding their relative positions,
Ellsworth winning easily in the very
amateur time of 1870. Raymond was sec
ond and Cleary third.
The second race was a half-mile for
professionals, and there were four start
ers-J. f. Conway, Dick McCloy of Win
nipeg, j. A. Carmichael and Arthur
Rivet. Brown of Great Falls and Web
ster Of South Bend, Ind, scratched. At
the breakaway Rivet led, with McCloy
second, Carmichael third and Conway
last. Conway got away very badly and
was a quarter of a lap behind the eader
at the first turn, where McCloy went to
the front. This doubtless cost Conway
the race, as subsequent events proved.
McCloy went over the line in the lead in
the first lap, Rivet second, Carmichael
third and Conway fourth. In the second
Conway commenced to gain his lost
ground and passed Carmichael and went
over the line at the heels of Rivet, second,
McCloy first. In the third, Conway lit
orally flew past Rivet and greatly re-
duced McCloy's lead; Rivet third, Car
michael fourth. The fifth saw the skaters
in the same position except that Conway
was almost abreast of McCloy and Car
michael fell further back. The last lap
was an exciting contest of speed between
McCloy and Conway. McCloy being in
the lead had the best of the turns, but in
the stretch Conway gained, and but for
McCloy'S advantage must have Won, as
he was beaten out by the ~scantleSt kind
of a head as each bent over and strained
every muscle to win. Had there been an
other lap Conway would have won hand
lily. Rivet was third by one-fourth of a
lar back and Carmichael fourth by
nearly a lap. The half-mile was made in
the fast time of 1:13.
The third event was a half-mile for
boys under Is. The starters We're Oar
Sullivan, Thomas Coulfield, Pat Sullivan
Roy Sherlock and Max Goldman. Youne
Sherlock won all the way, with CoulfielG
cecond Mono of the rest finished