Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-08-14


child who could spare Il sermon at the
churches was on the scene, and the
grandstand looked like the old Bay
District track on ladies' day.
The people wore their respective col
ors and each side good-uaturedly
Joshed the other, while the men were
exchanging money as their sentiments
prompted. 1t was an even bet affair.
and the Reno people anne loaded with
ready cash. which was Don covered.
Up to the time the race commenced 1t
looked even money for either side and
ad mirers of the opposing teams could
not see any reason why their team
stood any show of losing. 1t takes a
race to loosen up the purse strings, and
several long purses We're emptied yes
terday and turned over to the Reno
sports.
TIE RACE.
The crowd gathered early and were
growing rather impatient for the
race to start. After the boys of each
team had a warm-up and rundown the
officials of the day got things in shape
md by 2:45 the race was ready to start.
The racing team consisted of the fol-
lowing riders:
Hobart, Simas, Libby, Hewlett, Ev-
erett, Shaver, Thompson, Peckham,
! Seagraves, Eaton. The Carson team:
Muller, Furlong, Peterson, T., Meder,
Cowing, Mulcahy, Kitzmeyer, Nolan,
Kelley, Peterson, Ed.
Substitutes-Carson: Sprague, Cohen.
Reno: Epson, johnson.
Referee: r. B. Hawcroft. Judges:
w. Q. Balm, J. NJ. Gray, y. Kinkead.
Timers: E. Wardiu, c. p. Terrell,
Frank Coffin, L. Meder, I. J. Farrer,
J. Wright. Scorers: II. B. Van
Etten, c. Coffin, Starter: y. G. Ray
craft.
Everything was ready and the pistol
shot started OF Hobart and Muller. They
both were making a slow race of it, as
neither wanted to start the pace. Finally
Muller lit out and Hobart followed hun.
1t was simply a case of pace aud follow.
The five miles were flushed iii 1870. nith
no advantage for either side. The next
relay opened with Simas a.sd Furlong.
They started things liveiier and although
they kept very close the end of the five
miles found things about the same as
when they opened. The third relay
called out Libby and Theo Peterson.
=, For the first mile things were even, then
Peterson lit out and set 4 pace that could
not be followed by Libby. Every time
they came round the track Peterson
l was farther in the lead and AT the end OF
the relay he had over a quarter Of mile
the lead. Hewlett and Meder the wen
at it with Meder far ahead. Hewlett
made up a little lost ground but there
was a big margin i'll CarsOn's favor wher
the relay was closed.
Cowing and Everett then went at i
Cowing having Il big lead the Rene mar
had to do some tall climbing to gain tn
lost ground. He proved equal to tn,
occasion and at the beginning of the frs
mile had Cowing setting the pace jus
vi mini IN tASil pa tii4iCS II
n the lead and Reno was on even term
with Carson. a hot race followed wher
Shaver and Mulcahy came together
They raced for the first four miles ant
then it was all over with Carsol
Shaver set a pace and soon had a distanc
between the pair, Shaver put up a grea
mile doing the last one in 2:13 and tn
d five miles IN l2:3S, This opened til
space for Reno and Carson was some
d what in the minority when it come t
o shouting from that time on. Thompso
and kitzmeyer went at it, with Thomp
II son out in the lead and going like one
the thorouglsreds his dad raises. 4
40 any rate he continued to add distance t
the Reno end of the game. kit2neye
put up a hard race but the Remote wa
too far ahead and finished strong.
4" Peckham took up the eighth relay wit
Nolan following. Nolan done some fas
10 riding and although be gathered in Sc,
on eral seconds and a number of feet for tn
N Carson team 1t was too hard a game an
Reno was safe in the lead. Seagrav
then picket up the long end of the Rem
race and with Rube Kelly doing his be.
and gaining considerable ground it wa
impossible to take up the advantage, an
ii was a sure thing that Reno had III
race up her sleeve. There was but OF
show left and that was an accidental ut
didn't happen and when Eaton and Pc
erson went at it it was all oven bat tt
y shouting and Rene was doing the shou