The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-17
|. A. W.MEET FEATURE
RACING AT CHARLES RIVER PARK
TRACK WAS OF THE SORT
THAT EXCITES
FEW PEOPLE WERE PRESENT
Interest in That Part of the Pro-
Eramn7e Seemed to Be Confined tn
the Faithfu1-Tvo Events Proved
of Great Interest, Especially the
One in Which Tom Butler Defeat
ed Major Taylor.

of Great Interest, Especially the
One in Which Tom Butler Defeat
ed Major Taylor.
BOSTON, Aug. 1.-THE racing, which
is an important partuof the j. A. w
meet, began today at the Charles River
park, with small attendance. Two events
were of great interest, the one-tbird mile
national championship for professionals
and the quarter mile national champion
ship for amateurs. The former went to
Tom Butler by few inches over Major
Taylor, in a sensational finish. The ANA
teur event was captured, apparently, by
E. w. Peabody, of Chicago, with Albert
TaiIlandier second, and Lester Wilson. OF
Pittsburg, third. Five riders had finished
in a bunch, and it was immediately
claimed that Ben Goodson, of Australia,
had crowded the others on the home
| stretch After an appeal to the referee
it was announced that the final was a
dead heat between Peabody and Tail
lander and it will be ridden again to-
morrow.
The racing conditions were excellent.
pace for a five-mile exhibition, but quit
at three miles.
In the one-third mile professional the
field vas put into four heats, and those
qualifying went into the semi-fnals. In
the first heat Maj, Taylor had an easy
win, but the other places were fought for
by Watson, of Indianapolis; Davidson, of
Detroit, and Outrelon, of Paris, the lat
ter being left by a foot. Time, As seconds
in the second heat Tom Butler, by tax
ing the lead, thought he had a good
thing, but Mccarthy, of St Louis, beat
him at the tape, with Poutch, Of Louis
vile. third. Time. 1885 secopds In the
third heat Nat Butler was expected to
win, but after leading the bunch all the
way, Hammer, of Philadelphia; Mcleod
of Chicago, and Urquhardt, of Dor
chester, made strong finishes in that
order Time a seconds The fourth heat
went to Frank Butler easily, through his
not taking chances in riding Bowler, OF
Chicago, was second, and Mclean, OF
Chelsea, third. Time, IS 3-5 seconds.
The semi-f1nals were made interesting
by a Butler in each. In the first one
Ten Butler and Major Taylor Ioafed in
the rear, watching each other Then
Mccarthy shot out. and stirred up the
rest. 1t Y as q great finish, Taylor get
ting the heat by half a length Butler
second and Mccarthy third. Time, &c
seconds. 4s ts
In the other seminal Frank Butler
pedaled away for dear life, all the time,
and won in II 2-5 seconds, with Hammer
second, and Mcleod third.
The prettiest fght-was III the final, with
two Buffers against Taylor. At the pistol
Frank Butler shot ahead, drawing Nc
Carthy and Mcleod after him, leaving
Taylor watching Toms Butler Rather
than risk the result Taylor, at half the
distance, spurted. He caught the leaders
in the stretch, but Tom was with him,
and the finish was at a terrific clip, the
major 'Csing by few inches. Frank
Butler brought up the rear.
The quarter-n1ile amateur championship
had enough entries to keep everybody
guessing. Moran, of Chelsea, after doing
heat, but could ltot qualify in the final
The two mile multicycle handicap was
an easy affair for Poutch and Wilson, of
Louisville, the limit men. Their handi-
cap was reduced during the first mile,
and then the other machines Slackened I'D
to make good running for second and
third places. This brought Taylor and
Casey against the two Butler boys, and
the last half-mile was a warm one
place. The other races had no special
interest.
SUMMARY.
One-third of a mile, national champion
ship, profess1onal--Wo by Tom Butler,
Cambridge; Maj. Taylor, Worcester, sec
Time, 40 Is
Won by P. Logan, Boston. Time, 2:47 Is.
TWO-mile tandem, handicap, amateur
Won by W. n stevenson and r a. Jo-
sephs, Detroit &$5 yards; George l. Lean
yards), second: E. w. Brown and c. F.
Queen, New York AS yards), third. Time,
AIS As.
One-parter mile national championship,
amateur, four heats. semi-finals-First
heat won by Wilson, Fittsburg; McDou-
gal, Milwaukee, second; Moran, Chelsea,
third Time, 80. Second heat won by
A. E. George, South Africa; Frown, Pitts
burg, second; Fred Hopes, Philadelphia,
third Time 80 1-5 Third heat won by
Peabody, Chicago; Ingrahams Lynniield,
Mass, second; Taillandier, Paris, third.
Time, 80 As. Fourth heat won by Lud-
wig, Chicopee; Ben GoodsOn, Australia,
second; Harry Edwards, Dorchester,
third Time, 81 As. First sem1-final-
Peabody first Wilson second, Hopes
third Time, 81 3-5. Second semi-fnal-
Taillandier first, Goodson second, 1ngra-
ham third. Time, 80. Final dead heat
between Taillandier and Peabody; Good
son third. Time, 81 3-5. To be run over.
McDuffee rode three miles, motOr-paced,
in 1858 Is. Time by miles, LAO AS, LA 49,
1:43 3-5.
Matched tandem, pursuit race, five
miles-John T. Coiyan and l.. Church
caught. the Butler team in 2-5 miles.
Time, $50.
Ed H. Taylor. mile exhibition, without
handle bars paced), in 2:07 So
Five-mile club pursuit race teams from
Chelsea, Mass; Owl club, Cambridge,
Mass; Press club, Boston, and chicago
Cycle club-WOn bY Chelsea Cycle club
in 10
Five-mile pursuit race, teams from Ros-
lindale, Mass; Denver Cycle CLUB, Den
yer; Dorchester, Mass, and White Cycle
club, Springfield, Mass.-Won by Denver
Wheel club in l1:06 is.