Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-28
Leander in Fine Shape.

AS to form the giant is almost perfect
He has never given the attention to train
ing that he has this season, and when he
leaves the scratch tonight for the second
race of his career behind the speed pro-
ducers he will be fit to do the battle of his
life He is highly enthuSed with the local
ring and anticipates that he will set up a
new record for the paced mile He is most
sanguine of his ability to cut into Free
man notwithstanding trip of last week
and expects to lop off another fraction from
Walthours record of a year ago If the
big fellow doesn't land the coveted purse
in tonight's race his opponent will know
that he has been in a race
Nat Butler, with whose sprintine- record
the boys of the street are familiar comes
to Washington the victor of the greatest
race OF the season, the annual 81 900 bras
sara run on over the Charles River track
OF Cambridge on the night of St Patrick,s
day, when he defeated such men as Albert
Champion, Bobbie Walthour Jimmy Moran
and Mclean. His victory in that race was
SO clean cut that no one will doubt his
ability to follow the motors on the local
boards in recordbreaking time While Nat
Is far from being the physical giant that
his opponent, Leander is still he is a re-
markabiy Weli-developed rider. From his
hips down he is a marvel of physical con-
struction. The play of his beautifully de-
Veloped muscles is the symmetry of mo-
ton, and the wonderful speeding Qualities
tiitil He ttSeiOpS curing q race littla
short of the phenomenal
Buffers Victories.
Besides his remarkable victory over such
field as left the scratch on Patriots day
ne mas to his credit two whirlwind wins
over bopple Walthour. than whom there is
no raster rider on the track today Nat
turned OH TWO last races against Bobbie and
showed his great ability to take the erua,
of the middle distance grind in chamnion
ship style. Like his opponent, Nat is thor
oughly satisfied with the local track and
mas pronounced it the very fastest on this
continent, and he has ridden over all of
them. The Chelsea rider can see nothing
snort OF victory over Leander and even
goes SO far as to predict that the worlds
knock tonight Riding five miles within
seven minutes and twenty seconds is no
easy performance, and yet Butler calculates
that he will be able to turn the trick ON
such fast track as the local disk He GER
talnly will if Leander pushes him to his
limit. ~ LIS
Second in point of interest to the big
paced event is the motor race of two miles
between the Butler and Leander pacinp
outfit. Motor races are at all times most
interesting and enthusing, but with two
such fast machines as furnish speed for
Butler and Leander tonight's race will he
more So. These two machines are capable
OF Keeling off a mile under a minute and
opened up to their limit with both riders
pushing for all they are worth, the speed
that will be attained will be truly mar
Vicious. Indeed, it will be difficult to follow
the two teams as they whirl over the disk
in time calculated to challenge the best
time ever negotiated by motor tandems
The Big Amateur Events.
Two big amateur events complete to-
nights excellent card. The first of these
will be the third of a mile Invita- on, in
which there are fourteen entries. This race
will be run off in four heats. three trials
and final The final heat will be between
the two first men in each of the trial heats,
making six men in the last sprint The
race is a short one, only two laps, and it
will be sprint, from the gun to the tape.
There will be- no loaing for finishing
sprints, for any hold-ups will find them
entries for the first heat are: c. L. Miller.
]. O. Badroff. A. c. Moran, A. G. Prospect
and e. p. Gooding In the second heat are
entered w. N. Ward, E L. Wilson. w E.
Marshall. w. Bonnell and c. Cogsweh In
the third trial are r. r. Cogswell. A. Messi-
neo, ]. Hill and w. L. Wilcox
The second OF the amateur events is the
scratch man. The handfcapping of the
entries is excellent, ard has been based upon
the showing of the riders in last weeks
racing. AS in the invitation race there will
be no loafing about the bowl in this event
A time limit for each lap will be establish
ed and unless the route has been completed
within that period the heat will have to be
run over. The event will be run OF In four
heats, with three trials and q final heat
The men entered in the first heats and their
handicaps are: C. L. Miller. scratch; r. R.
COgSWell, 10 yards; w. L, Wilcox Is yar6s