The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-28
COLLETT'S GREAT SHOWING
JUMPED INTO TIE FRONT RANK OF
PROFESSIONAL List NIGHT.

Won Third Place In the Half-Mile Pro-
fessional and Fifth In the One-Mtle
Handicap Splendid Riding by Major
Taylor and Johney Fisher Large At
tendance at Coliseum Track.
The New Haven public got its first
glimpse Of the profession circuit follow
ers at the coliseum track last evening.
They We're all there and received an
ovation such as probably has not fallen
to their lot on the circuits where they
are more known in some time. The
1lonors of the evening We're carried off
by Major Taylor, the plucky colored
rider, although the wonderfully fast
riding of George Collett of this city,
who made his appearance in the ranks
of professionals for the first time, won
loud applause from the crowd. In the
half mile professional event Collect I'm
ished third being beaten only by Owen
Kimble and John Fisher. On the last
lap of this race it was almost toss
up between the major and Collect ana
the latter's admirers expressed their ad-
miration very vociferously when he
crossed the tape ahead. In his trial
heat Collect easily won out from Earl
Kiser, the Dayton crack.
1t was a surprise to many that Col
lett should be placed at scratch with
Major Taylor and Fisher in the one
mile professional event, while men who
had ridden in the professional class 80
much longer than he were given gener-
Gus handicaps. Had he been given any
sort of handicap he might easily have
caught Maya and Hedfield, the winning
pair and with his superior sprint have
won the race. The latter had too gen
erous a handicap, however, and kept
their distance during the entire race.
Major Taylor finished third In this
event, with Fisher fourth and Collett
fifth. AS Taylor rode from scratch he
really won the race with others next in
order.
As usual, whenever he rides, poor Tay-
1or rode under difficulties last evening,
which by overcoming he brought the
spectators to their feet in admiration.
In every heat in which he rode almost
dLlGIupIS were IllduC " puChSl Hill Wy
the others, who have seemed to have re-
garded this as their special privilege
where the darkey was concerned ever
since he appeared on the track last
evening In Taylors trial heat in the
one mile handicap, professional, he ran
into trap on the lap just before the
finish. With riders in front of him and
riders on both sides of him it seemed
impossible that he could get out and
win a place in the heat Squeezing
through gap so narrow that it seemed
folly to attempt 1T. though the plucky
colored fellow got to the front on the
last turn and without any further eff
fort won the heat.
John Fisher of Chicago, ILL.,, was an
other rider who had the crowd with |
him from the start. Fisher rode his
race in winning style always and that |
without apparent effort.
The riding of several of the profess
sional riders occasioned surprise, as
their showing in the events in which |
they rode was very poor. Billy Ruiz
of this city failed to qualify in either |
of his heats. Tom Butler initiated his
example and Fred Titus qualified In but |
one. 1t is supposed that they were |
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second neat-Won by GeorSe Collett'
second, Earl hlser, Dayton, y. Time,
i.oo 20.
Ihlra heat-Won by HARDY downing,
New YORK city; second, owen klmble
Louisville, Ky. Time, l:o3 40
Fourth heat-Won by Major Iaylor'
worcester, Mass; second, j. A. New
mouse, Buffalo' N. Y. Time, l:ol 2-b.
one mile handlcap-Won by Otto
Maya, Erie "a; charles Hedheld,
Newark, ~ - thlrd, Major Taylor,
worcester Mass. Time, z:oz OBJ.
flrst neat-Won py George Collett,
scratch; second, owen kimble, 10
yaras' Ilme, 2lo 40.
second heae-Won py Johh f1sher'
scratch; second, Otto Maya, 30 yards.
Time, III 80.
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