The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-12
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HENRY SOLOMON g. SON,
Distillefy Distribetots for Savannah and vicinity

stances for he won handily both heats
of the race, the first, forty yards ahead
of his competitor, in $780, and the sec
ond in 1855.
A Mile Unpaced.
Between these heats, however, two
events were run, the first an i'm
| promptu amatuer mile race, unpaced,
between William Bouhan and Ernest
Borise. Bouhan won easily in 2:40. The
spectators took this race for what it
really was, "a filler in,' for after once
getting a taste of motor racing every
thing else seems "stale, fiat and un-
profitable
The other race, one of the regular
card. was a onemile motor race be-
tween Charles O'Neill and Oscar
Thompson. This which proved most
exciting, was won by O'Neill in 1:491a.
Another impromptu race followed, "a
mile exhibition, motor-paced dash, by
Henry Roberts. Roberts was to have
been one of two men to ride a regular
race, but Leopold the other entry,
having been injured in an accident on
the track the night before, this race
did not come off.
The Final Event.
The big event was the final num-
bCA VI IiC Ncllu LII tlllS lue IIiSt
were paced, Eaton by Callihan, Law
son by O'Neill and Turville by
Thompson. With the exception of
Callihan, the PAGERS are local men,
Their work was so exceptionally good
that Prince is more than pleased with
his decision to use them.
The result of this race did not
please Eaton; he is so satisfied of his
| ability to win if his motor is in good
shape that last night he wagered $50
with Lawson that he will beat him
in the 2O-mile race that is to be the
| chief event on to-nights card. Law
son, having turned the trick once,
| thinks he can do it again and so
| willingly put up his end of the money
| The opening of the races, in point
| of attendance, was a decided success,
for despite the rather cool weather
and the fact that the Theater with
a popular show, drew many that
would otherfise have been at the
track, yet those who did attend num-
bered between eight and nine hun
bred, the grandstand being quite half
| filled and the arena also containing a
large crowd.
The Music a Feature.
The First Regiment Band. after
making tour of the city on a street
| car, playing as an advertisement of
the races, spent the remainder of the
| evening on the band stand in the
arena dispensing popular tunes to
while away the wait between races,
and in some cases playing while the
races were being run.
Another series of events will take
| place tonight in which again the
| three stars, Lawson, Eaton and Tur-
vile, will take part, especially in the
20-mile motor paced event, which is to
be the closing number of the pro-
gramme. The several other events to
be given as part of the entertain
ment will be arranged to-day.
Within few days. a week or two
at most, Prince expects to have the
crack-a-jacks of the game chasing re-
| cords around the coliseum. Among
| those he claims as certain to come are
| Leander, Monroe, Walthour, Schrieb-
| er, Freeman and Lake. Among the
events in which they will take part
will be several free for all affairs in
which it is anticipated the track will
be literally crowded with fast men and
| flying motors.