Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-08
Novelty Race Mixed.

Novelty Race Mixed.
In the novelty race there was a general
mixup and the committee had to meet last
night to decide as to the final outcome.
Malvern made the lowest time, but the
men did not put the nozzle between the
mark, and IL was a question as to whether
they should be thrown out or not. Ode
bolt made. the distance in O:46, but the
Nicola team unfortunate in having the
coupling hit the wheel, which bruised II
so that wrench was required to break the
coupling Their time was 1:37k The pro-
test against the Malvern team was over
ruled by the Judges last evening The
judges decided that the team had lost time
instead of gaining by not coupling in the
right place, and further that they had done
so under direction of one of the judges and
therefore the mistake was none of theirs.
The Nicola team, composed of williams,
Ball, Robinson, Phillips, Sells, Grotte, Har-
rison, Baker, Hough and Adams, were
winners in the flag race by over five sec
onds. The couplers were Ropes and Paine
Eighteen men ranged themselves, nine on
a side, fifty yards apart, each man run
ming fifty yards, The uniformly fast run
ming and the skill in passing the flag won
for Nicola. 1t looked for a time as If
Ropes and Paine would win the coupling
contest for Nicola, their time being five sec
onds fiat, but Sunshine and Meyer came
along and took the medals by a fifth of a
second.
Time did not permit of the running of
any of the automobile races except the
novice two-mile and Barney Oldfield's race
against time. In the novice race there
were but two entries, both by Fredrickson
of Omaha, and the spectators imagined
that they were going pretty fast until
Barney Oldfeld came on few minutes
later and went twice as fast.
oIdheId's Five-MiIe Ride.
The first fve-mile exhibition by Oldfeld
was the wonder of the thousands who were
present. 1t seemed impossible that a man
would have the nerve to send a machine
faster than a mile a minute over a track
with short curves and on which he could
not see for the thousands of people who
insisted in surging on the track to see him
come down the stretch. The Green Dragon
is rightly named. for 1t looks satanic even
when standing still, but when Barney
starts that engine. with nothing over the
exhaust, it sounds like the Japs were bonn
harding Port Arthur. Some wag said that
Barney had some nitroglycerine in the kero-
sene to get such loud explosions out of it.
Colonel William Sapp was the starter and
he had a task that he could not fulfill with
the officers at hand when he attempted TO
have the track cleared for the various
events. hTe people had to go somewhere
and when the grandstand will only seat
1000 the other 5000 who were present had
to be somewhere, and naturally sought
some point of vantage from which they
could witness the events.
summary for the Day.
straightaway hose race hub-and-hub;
First prize; $50, Neola; second, $50, Carroll,
Novelty hose race, purse $50: First prize,
Malvern, $65 second, Odebolt, s45; third,
State paid department race, purse 500:
First prize, $500, Des Moines No. q second,
sl25, Sioux City No; /; third s75, Des Moines
Flag race, purse $50: First prize $40,
Nicola; second, 500 Odebolt. Time. 1;4s.
Running coupling contest, two gold med
ais, one for coupler and one for pipeman:
Sunshine and Meyer of Carroll won. Time;
Automobile novice, two miles: GriswoId
won White second. Time: Asp.
Barney oldheld--First, trial five miles,
5:04; second trial, five miles, 4;59,
Program for Today.
The program for today will be similar TO
that of yesterday. except that the big free
for-all. open to the world. is scheduled for
this afternoon. Barney Oidheld will at
tempt to lower the worlds record for fve
miles and eight motor cycles Of the latest
make will show their speed in contest.
Racing starts at l o'clock sharp.
l p. m.-Amateur hose race, purse 500:
First prize, SEQ; second, $40; third, $40. Com
panies to be made OF men who never COM
peted in any race in the state association.
1:45-One mile motor cycle, eight entries
2 p. m.-HOok and ladder race, purse $3.50
Run 250 yards; race to be run hub-and-hub
Association rules TO govern
215-Oldheld, FIVE miles.
2.30 D. Yn.-FlTSt state race. t24o. in