Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-19
CLOSING RACER AT; BUFFALO.
Iver Lawson, by n Great Sprint, De.
-, feated HMajOrd Taylor.

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liver Lawson, by a Great Sprint, De-
-, feated "Majpra Taylor.
The N. c. A. bicycle meet, which has been
the star attraction at the Par-American
exposition, Buffalo. for the past two weeks.
closed Saturday with the largest attend
ance of the meet. The two-mile lap race
for amateurs was a close fight between
p. w. Brown of Pittsburg and E. c. Beam
of Buffalo, the former winning by the close
margin Of one point. Brown won special
prize, gold watch, for leading at the finish
of the last lap of the race
The final Of the ten-nfle championship
was one OF the best races of the week.
Iver Lawson Of Buffalo won and Is now a
close follower Of Major Taylor In the cham
pionship column, In which Kramer main
tains good lead. The sprint for home
was started with lap to go with kramer,
Lawson and Taylor leading the bunch.
Turning into the straight Kramer had
slight lead, followed by Taylor and Law
son on the outside. Lawson came at ter
rife pace and gradually pulled In ahead OF
Kramer and Taylor. A blanket would nave
covered the three as they crossed the tape
with Lawson leading by half Wheel.
Kramer had the same advantage over Tay-
Tor. The two special prizes for leading at
five miles and leading the greatest NUMBER
Of laps were won by Fem.
The last race Of the afternoon was the
one-mile handicap professional. Inc long
markers in the race set out fast CLIP TOO
fast for the scratch men as Kramer was
the only man to get within hailing dis
lance Of the field in front. Newhouse took
the lead on the last lap and was never
headed, though Bowler Of Chicago gave MIN
close fight. Kramer came up on the GUY.
side with great sprint and nipped tniro
place from Fisher.
Wright Defeated Hobart.
Fashionable society attended in force the
lawn tennis matches Saturday at Newport
and enthusiastically appiauded the brilliant
work Of Beals C.. Wright, the young Har-
ward expert, who gained a victory over the
veteran international player, Ciarence
Hobart, in three straight sets.
Better tennis was seen IN TINS matcn
than in any other played In the cnampIon,,
ship singles Of the all-comers' naLionaa
tournament, which winds up today.
Anaconda's Great Race.
AS a fitting close to the most successiui
light harness meeting ever held In New
York the California-bred PAGER Anaconda
went the fastest mile Of the season ana
lowered the worlds race record Tor geld
ing to 2O1% at the Brighton Beach track
Saturday afternoon. It was one OF the
most evenly rated miles ever seen. Eacn
Of the first three quarters was paceo an ~
seconds, minute gait che last quarter
being ~ seconds slower ''oS
Il was in the second heat OF the free-for-
Prince Alert who was beAsen by a quarter
Of a. second.
The fastest previous aeat This season was
paced by Coney in the ffee-foF-aH Ct the
Detroit grand circuit nrseting, when ne oe-
feated Anaconda, Con1oTs and Indiana IN
, sns a swe heats nsas In s The
race record, 2.0Oh Is Had W the champion
PAGER Star Pointer. -a'Io,
Constitutions Beat tie Columbia-
Saturdays race between, tho Constitution
and the Columbia was. only matter OF
seconds. For the fourteenth time the two
yachts finished a contest and for the eighth
time the Constitution CANA out q winner.
She beat the Columbia, only 5s seconds.
corrected time. In elapsed time she won
by 2 minutes and 10 seconds
The race was sailed under conditions that
best suited the Constitutions steady eight
ished In three hours and three minutes
very nearly teu-knot gait, which was fast
time, considering the wind and the TACT
that twelve miles OF the course called Tor
windward work, although It was not dead
beat.
Jockey MeCua Accidentally Killed.
Ex-steeplechasa Jockey James McCue. by
q fall out Of q stable window, had his skull
fractured, and death ensued inside Of An
hour at Horse Haven. the annex Of the
Saratoga race track. at s2o'clock yesterday
morning. McCue. who was forty ycers Old,
was attached to the stable OF Barney
Schneider OF st. Louisy Mo. He slept In the
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