The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-28
COLISEUM TRACK OPENING.
OYER 5000 PEOPLE WITNESS
 RACES.

Lawson Protested Half nIiIe champion- ship-ciaimed cd That Kramer Cut Him --Protest Not Supported New Record for Motor Cycles on the Track List f Events. Despite the fact that the weather in-
 dicated rain and that there was, slight
 showers during the evening the first
 race meet at the Coliseum opened most auspiciously last evening. # The races started promptly at 8 o'clock and at that time 1t was estimat- l ed that there was at least 5000 persons present.
 The races were all carried out as scheduled and there were no spills or other accidents to mar the events. The final heat In the half mile cham lpionship race was protested by Lawson, who claimed that he was cut by Kra-. Inner, but the judges, after due consider ltation. refused to allow the protest to stand and Kramer was declared the winner. e4s One of the most interesting of the, events was the Ave mile motor cycle!
 race. It was swift one from start to finish and was won by S. E. Campbell
 of this city by several laps. The events
 in their order were as follows:
 l Half Mile--National Circuit-C Champion l of America.
 | First heat--Won by Kramer; Bard- ligett second. Time, n ninute 1T seconds. l second. Time, minute 1-5 seconds. I Collett won this heat by about six feet. #.sSs { 5@ MacFarland broke his rear tire while
 on the third lap, and did not finish, Third heat-Won by Lawson: John
 Bedell second. Time. minute IA 1-5 seconds. - I In this race the start was slow, Gal
 win taking the lead.t He was passed by
 Bedell and won the heat. s..z.-a Fourth heat-Won by w. $. F'errl;;
 Krebs second. Time. 1 minute 10 3-5
 seconds. l sE &.. ] Special amateur match race between
 E. s. Collett of New Haven, Conn, and
 Fred Ernst of Rochester, N. Y.
 First heat-Won by E. s. Collett.
 Timefi i minute IS 2-5 seconds. .>l < l The start in this event was very slow,
 neither man wanting to take the lead.
 Just as they were finishing. the first ! lap Collett's foot slipped out of the pedal and a new start had to be made.
 Collett then took the lead from the start and won the race.
 Half mile national circuit cham.
 pionship: sz | Kramer won the heat and Bardgett
 took second place. Time, 1 minute 1S 2-5 seconds. @ :. p 1 In the second heat Lawson. Bedell and Fenn we're entered. Bedell won | the heat with Lawson second. Time, 1 minute 6 seconds It was said that Lawson elbowed
 Fenn in this race. but no protest was entered. --i Five Mile Motor Cycle Race Won by Campbell: Cotton second.
 Time sor five miles, B minutes 10 sec- onds. Time for each mile: First, 2:21;
 second. 1:36 1-5; third. 1:40; fourth, LISA 4-5; fifth, 1:36. Gs 1 The total time is a new record for
 motor cycles on the Coliseum track, and l is the best which has ever been made. Shufelt dropped out of the ract at the end of the third mile.
 | It took considerable time to get the men started in a bunch, but finally it. was accomplished. Campbell had an easy time of it and won by several laps.
 Second Heat Match Race-Fred Ernst F" and E. s. Col1ett. Z Distance one mile. won by Collett. Time. minutes Il 2-5 seconds. This race. like the first one, excited
 a great deal Of amusement All kinds of tricks were tried by both men to | keep from taking the lead at the start. The men were riding so slowly when they were about to finish the first lap that Ernst fell off his wheel and a new start had to be made. This time Col | lett started first and he set good pace
 which was kept up by both men till the
 snish. s-.t ,.. /
 Half Mile National Circuit Champion | ship Race. ~ Final heat won by Kramer; Lawson
 second, Bardgett third, and John Bedell
 fourth. Time, 59 3-5 seconds.
 Bardgett and Kramer. did team work
 as did Lawson and Bedell.
 Bedell led for the first two laps, Kra-
 mer then forged to the front and led to
 the finish. '.l st, Lawson protested the race claiming
 that he was cut by Kramer. but the protest was not allowed.
 Ten Mile Open Professional.
 Frank L. Kramer, East Orange, N. J., first.
 | F. A. Mcfarland, San Jose, Cal, sec- | Ond, a. . I.s" t4,