Evening star., 1901-06-07

flefCe covered the urSt mile IN l.00, HVe
miles in S.1sh, ten niles in 1912. fifteen
miles in q. .13. twenty miles in 33.44h and
twenty-five miles IN 1921. The worlds rec
ord for this distance is SO. "a 10. and is held
The Other Events.
In the first event Of the evening. the one
mile novice, seven riders were entered. The
race was run in two heats, the first two
men qualifying for the final. The first heat
was won by Mitchell with Messiner close
second. Time, 2.41 %. The second heat
In close order, the heat being somewhat
slower than the first. Time, 2.42. In the
final heat three men lined up at the tape,
Messiner, Myers and Allen, Mitchell being
unable to ride result of the spill in the
handicap. The event proved to be one Of
the prettest races of the season, Messiner
winning after sprinting all the whole last
lap. The three riders were making loaf
ing match out of it, and when the bell rang
for the last lap Messiner, who had been
hanging on to the rear of the bunch, made
brilliant dash and ran away from the
bunch. He was caught the last turn
and came in neck-and-neck to the finish,
with Myers close second. The time for
the mile was 2:35.
William Wolfsheimer, holder of the mile
record for the state of Maryland, unpaced,
attempted to establish half-mile record
for the local track. He covered the dis
tance in I07%, something like 5A seconds
The one-mile handicap also proved to be
an interesting event, although marred by
two spills, one on the first turn and the
other on the back stretch The event was
won by En-" Wilson In 2.12. In all nine
men were entered in the race, Wilson start
Ing from scratch. with Messiner the limit
man, with 125 yards. In taking the first
turn Rowley and Mitchell went down and
We're put out of the race. In the last lap
Bardorff Marshall and Messiner punched
and crashed together, leaving but three
men in the race at the finish. Elliott fin
ished second and Wilcox third.
The Australian pursuit race which fol-
lowed. had four men entered-Wilson Long
Miller and Hoover Wilson died early af-
ter having ridden little over mile and a
half. Hoover also went out Of the race at
two miles, and then the race continued un-
I'll Miller mad puncture and Long circled
around the track a couple of times. finish
second prize.
Officials of the Meet.
The officials Of the meet were: Referee,
l.. 8. Connolly; assistant referees, W. H
Duffy and F. P. Libbey; judges, J. C.
Wood. w. ]. Foss and c. F. MAYER: timers.
w. I. Robertson and E. P. Hough: scorers,
c. R. Hought, r. F. Lemat and William
Foley; clerk of course. Rudolph Jose as
SlStant clerk. G. j. Murphy; announcer F.
W. Moore; starter william Jose
1t was announced that the next meet will
be held June 13, commencing at pm
Summaries.
One-mile novice; first heat-Won by
Mitchell; second, Messiner Time. 24l 2-5.
Second heat-Won' by Myers; second, AL
len. Time 2.42. -
One-mile amateur handicap-Won by E.
L. Wilson. scratch! second Elliott. e5
yards: third, Wilcox, So yards Time, PIP.
Final heat, one-r1ile novice-Won by Mes
siner. Time, 2.35. i55 I@
1.O7A. -
Australian pursuit race-Won by Long,
distance. 3 miles,; second, Miller. Time,
.7.20. j 3
Twenty-five-mile1,, match race; paced by
motor tandems-Won by Pierce. Time,
2.21 Il ft
Mr.. Frank Elinine and Mr. c. Ross Klos-
terman of the Baltimore Coliseum wit
messed the races. -. -