The sun., 1902-10-20
NEWS or THE WHEELMEN.
Fine Racing With Questionable Decisions
at NailsburE.

Excellent racing. with decisions that did
not suit the crowd. was the order OF the after
noon at the Nailsburg track yesterday.
splendid proposition WAS on for the star
event. team race between three Of the best
pairs of protest. onas Champion Frank
Kramer was allied with owen kimble. liver
Lawson with Floyd Mcfarland and Willet
Fem, with George Collett The conditions
were hest two IN three one-me heats Law
son won the first heat 10y length from
Kramer II seemed TO he an off-day for
the champion. AS he finished second IN each
heat tollett made y grand jump in the first
ZAP of the second heat and was not caught
He won by almost the length of the straight
II was at this stage oi the race that III" trouble
began between the spectators and the officials
The judges gave second place To Kramer
and the spectators set W a howl that lasted
for several minutes Many IN the stand
thought lawson had beaten Kramer for
the place by at least half n wheel Fem
and Collett led the others AT the half mile
in the third hea, Fem dropped away IN
the back stretch OF the last lap and Colett
tried TO nght it out alone In ~" last few
yards Kramer came from the rear with
rush Mcfarland passed Collect and the
fight was then bet ween Mac" and the cham
pior Mcfarland won by 4 few feet from
Kramer aud tollett was only haf wheel
behind
Previously in the fve-m!e race the crowd
had taken exception 20 the poking OF IN"
Judges Ellington rode through on the pole
very fast in the stretch and To many u looked
a. II he had Won from Root by half u length
Root got the decl> son, however and ther"
was tremendous howl
There WAS n comedy event that i an annual
feature at the track toward the clos, of each
season. II l. handicap race in which the
employees Of the track compete. Iher"
were ten starters, and they wubbrd ~.i~a-
tlonaily all the way IN" winner OF IN" hooby
prize was one-Hrmsd man who fell and
came III with his face covered with blood
Half mile Novice Won by T. /. Lindsey Sew
York. \. Nelson. Fast OrauTc. second. Charles
DeeUin. New York, third Time. minute %
Two thirds Mile Handicap Amateur Won by
Edwin Goodman New Work. 30 Yards \ {. Spain.
bloomfield l0i yards. second robert Meyer. Pat
cfspn, IS yards. third. Time, minute ~ > sec.
unds.
rive Mic Olcn. Amateur Won hy + 7 Root
Boston. Teddy Ellington, New York \. e. second.
samuel SGlk,uS llos,on. third, Time. II minutes
s. seconds Lap prize won by \ b'ycrman. Ncv
York.
one Milo Three corncrcd Team Match Race
Professional Won by lNet lawson. salt Lake
CITY, ami Floyd Ht afland. san jose. ". y Fem.
Bristol and {. h Colctt. New Haven, second.
-. KimhiC Louisville. and Frana l.. Kramer.
Fast Orange. third Times 2mluutc> ip3 seconds.
minutes 10 seconds ? minutes 20 seconds
Employ ecS' Race on" Mile Won b, Toby bc
NokeS scratch: Joseph Schocn.ngcr. ~ Yards,
second. {. j Abirurs,c. 90 yards, third. Time,
Roberts.
AGAIN Yesterday the two oro-huudrcd- mile
record runs of the century OrEIniH4t iOh~
we're postponed Tho Long island road Of
the course we're full Of pools and mud holes
There ar. now said to ba more than $50 en-
tered for each of the>" rao"~. Both ar"
scheduled for next sunday.