The age-herald., 1899-05-26
TWELVE HUNDRED PEOPLE SAW THE
 SOUTHERN MILE RECORD SMASHED

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 two mile open amateur, was won by Ped Hickman In hair raising finish, Joe Bid
 de getting second place only eight inches behind the winner.
 Teams "A" and "B" of the Athletic club contested for the basket ball game.
 Two halves of twenty minutes each were
 played and 'A' won by a score of to 4,
 In each of the races three heats were
 run, the winners being qualified to run in
 the final. The second man in the best time
 heat was also entitled to a place in the
 final, making four riders to finish each race. The first heat of the one mile race
 was run by P. Hickman, Willard Hartman, Charles Mitzer and Tom Perkins. This
 was won by Perkins in 2:27 2-5. At the
 crack of Starter Miles pistol the men were | off like a flash, Ped Hickman taking the
 lead and setting a lively pace. Perkins 1 kept close up until the third lap, when he
 made squirt and took the lead, Hickman i falling back to third place. The riders ] then kept a steady gait, each one holding
 his place until they had started on the sixth lap. Hickman here started to make | a spurt for the lead, but was blocked by
 one of the other riders. He shouted to
 
 was not needed and his wheel flew the l track running through the grass for some
 distance. Hickman caught the track again as the riders passed, and, though
 everyone thought his chances gone, he
 made a terrible sprint and came in second
 No time was lost in running the second
 heat The audience hardly had time to get l seated again before the crack of the pistol l was heard, and Joe Riddle, Jack Cooper
 and Harry Roberts were off Cooper led
 the movement, and kept ahead until the l third lap had been reached when Riddle
 superseded h m Riddle led the boys live l ly chase for one lap, when Roberts, think l ing it his time to lead, forged ahead. Coop
 CT and Riddle both were laying low waiting l for chance to spurt. and in the seventh | lap it came Riddle got in front by a short | margin, but was being closely crowded by l Cooper, Roberts dropp ng back to third | place. This standing was kept throughout 1 the race, and though Cooper struggled hard, he could not reduce Bdde's margin, and I came in about two feet behind him, the l crowd yelling Come on, Jackr' This was | the fastest heat outside of the final run
 during the night. Riddle crossed the tape | in 2:21.
 The entries in the third heat were T. J. | Strickland, S. Harvl R. Christenberry and | Ed Spencer Spencer won out after making | the prettiest spurt of the evening, passing 1 Harvil on the last lap and winning by a length. This heat was run at a snail's
 pace, and though the crowd repeatedly yell ed at the riders to get off and walk, they
 kept begging along at the same old, gait. No one seemed desirous of livenins the | pace. The heat was finished in the slow | time of 2:S0. Before the riders had gone 1 around the first lap Strickland's tire was | punctured and he had to withdraw from l the race. a I3. The Basket Bs1 Game The next thing on the programme be1ore 1 running the final was the first half of the basket ball game. When the whistle blew the score stood, B 1, and A 3. Joe Cowan'
 made goal for A, and Miles and Thomp- son each made a goal for B.
 After the basket balls first half every thing was gotten ready for the three heats of the two-mile race. Ped Hickman, M. Hartman, Charles Mitzgar and Tom Perkins were ready at the starters cry, and at the pistol shot started. Hickman had a good start, and easily took the lead; however he fell back on the second lap Hartman talk ing his place. Hickman took the lead again in the fifth This he kept until the finish, winning with a few feet to spare. This qualified him for a place in the final. In the second heat there were three en- tries-Biddle, Cooper and Roberts. The three men made the best time in the one mile heat and kept up their record in the two mile race. The men kept close to- gether all the way around the track and crossed the tape with Riddle first and Cooper second. Under the time rule this gave both Cooper and Riddle a place in the final.
 Strickland Harvill, Christenberry and Spencer were off in the third heat and kept the crowd guessing until the finish when Spencer made another of his spurts and came in ahead.
 The One Mile Final
 The crowd was then entertained with the wonderful trick riding of Lee Richardson for some time, while the trainers were get ting their men ready for the one mile final. Those who had qualified were Perkins, Bid- dle, Cooper and Spencer. The men We're placed in a starting position and the Rob- erts Brothers tandem team was placed on the opposite side of the track ready to start with them. At motion from Starter Miles the pacing team came around the track and as they passed the riders, the race started. The tandem led a fast pace but Joe Riddle with the others strung
 close behind him, kept up the gait The men kept the same position until the sev- enth lap when the tandem left the track The race was now between Riddle and | Cooper and they came around the track at terrible speed, the crowd yelling like | fiends. The boys kept close together until | the finish, when Riddle put on an extra
 amount of steam and forged considerably | ahead of his opponent, winning the race and breaking the southern competitive rec 1 ord in the fast time of POS flat.
 | The last half of the basket ball game | was then played, resulting In victory for | the "a" team and the men were started on l the two mile final.
 Won by Eight Inches The first half of the race was uninterest 1 ing, as the men were all playing for wind. But as they started on the second mile the | tandem pacing team made the boys hustle to keep up with.the procession.
 Riddle took the lead and kept 1t until the last lap when Hickman. who was close be- hind him made scorehing spurt and | crossed the tape inches ahead of Riddle. For ten minutes consternation reigned in the audience. Men and women were stand