Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-17
Won the Five Mile Amateur
Handicap in Montreal
Yesterday.
A RAFTING FINISH
stack n Pin in Major Tayicr's Wheel
A Good Card OF Events For To-
day-Nisiting Delegates Epjoya
Banquet Last Evening.

Montreal, Aug 1.-THE extra days rae
ing of the worlds meet attracted onIy
about thousand people, Indications OF
rain keeping many away.
The principal feature on the card was
the nve mile amateur handicap which was
won ny the Australian rider, Ben. Good
son. who beat the ScotChman, Caldow, in
- rafting nEish by half wheel with
Sheriff and Boisvcrt two Canadians, close
up There was Il nasty spill in the third
trial heat of this race. Large, of Char
lottctown went over the cmbaulsmcnt at
it's highest part, bringing down three
other riders All were cut and bruised
but not seriously hurt.
I'm the prolinhnAries of the five mile pro-
fcssiOnal handicap Nat Butler made Il
great race IN the first heat only being
beaten out by Il short wheel by his bro
Their Frank. Mats time, 1914 20 made a
new handicap competitions record for the
distance.
Major Taylor was the scratch man in
the second heat Some msCrcant stuck
Il pin into the tire of the Majors front
wheel just before the start. 1t was dis
covered before the start and an effort
made to change the wheel. Finally the
Major started on the injured wheel but
had to give up after going couple of
miles. Tom Butler who had Jagged behind
with the Major, had to do some great
sprinting in order to beat out the sixth
man. The first four men made nice race
OF it, BoaEc winning nicely in the stretch.
The added race was third mile anna
tour spring. Scratches robbed the pre-
lminaros of interest but the scmi-finals
were good events and the final was Il race
all the way from the pistol to the wire,
Caijow the SCutChmau getting the best
position at the stretch and raced home
a comparatively easy winner, while Bois-
vert the Mon,rcalcr, by a great sprint
beat out Goodson OF Australia.
Jimmy Drury, the best of the Canadian
amateurs made an attempt to smash the
worlds amateur paced record of 80 made
recently in England hut the best he could
do was 1913 10 "a second slower than the
American mark of 1;i2 -, but consider
ably better than the Canadian amateur
record Of 1:jl. DruIy was paced by a
steam motor and had no difficulty in keep
ing the pace.
Five mile handicap, amatcur-Final wen
by Zen GoCdson, sydney, Australia,
scratch, j. CalGow. GLASGOW, Scotland,
scratch. second; All. sheriff. Erantfoid,
ont. 80 yards third, e. =. Boisvett Mon
treal G5i yards. fourth. Time 1888 10
The first heat in this race WAS won by
Leistcr WilsoH. Pittsbucg 80 yards in :l6
j. r. lusraham I.ynreld. Mass 80 yards,
took the second heat in 1907 81 and CAL
dow won the third from scratch N 49,
- So.
Five mile handicap professional. Fist
1--WE non 10 qualify in final to be run to-
morrow:
First hcat-Frank Butler, Cambridge,
Mass 100 yards, won Nat Butlrr. Cam
bridge Mass, scratch second; John J.
tuigan. Trclton. y. j.. - yards. third. r..
Il, Mccarthy Toronto, $50 yards, fourth /;
r.. O. Blancy. Brantturd, ont, ifth. Time,
1914 Nat Butlcr's time 10.H 20. (World S
cOmpoti tion rccord)
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