New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-09
LONG GRIND NEARLY OVER
Tsoo Leading Teams about Eq''H
Fapontes for First HonorS.

With the Beden brothers and hoot anu -
tied for the lead and two teams pressing 49,,
close one lap behind. the long grino IN -NoDl
square Garden is approaching its end II WIN pe
over at 10 o'clock tonight. ana 'he '"0
teams are about equal favorltes- a..
All dav Yesterday and most OF the eNehl'ls
nine teams left in the race plodded alohs'
IN save themselves as much as possible Ior 'iie
hours An occasional sprint lveneo up MAJ
-, =. time Downey although three laps
b.bina was usually the TO stir thinss uP,
Homer and HOLSTER also tried TO pun up pu' ~
no avail -, ,fore II
Some excitement was caused shoI'l! - -
o'clock when Gus Lawson had narrow escape ltV
90, ,-;,r1, IN q motor race with Charlie IurVi'ie
The two rnac.ines were racing about the pis - -
at frightfuI speed when Lawson ure caii %
che ath-ave end Of the Garden he mao p i
;r5 70 sh,,t off the power, and this prooapE save
IN. az A. i was he fell off and rolled to the
-. 20 che track escaping with a bad shaNiile
- TIE Garden was in uproar, ana II "SS ~
.yn,a before the crowd settled DOWN as- a.+and
7,ers was no falling of in the matter OF 49, y
ance. and Harry Payne Whltney am
vanderbilt again occupied boxes he race
an r-oy- said that all the men LEFT IN lie &C.
80 in arst class physical condition Foot So
and HOLSTER particularly are III N y of the
g. - dome has been administered " a. ..aoo ;,
- ,,nless champagne may be calieu rtI,--
The trainers of seVera1 VI IN
vine to their freely -. ,oe+ night
Among the late arrivals at the eIaiu -,
era commissioner of Health Darlington =
[-oT,roissioner Lantry and Alderman Ilnolhy =
Sullivan - ,h. and said
Keesan was at the Garden last night, anu 90
49, he reason for quitting swollen knee cap
and a bruised side He lmped oaoly. -.L,.,o u
-, Kramer gave a quarter mile e8hlplIon -
% a. seconds last night and one nliie az
80 r.sulted in a victory for Fred Ernst, OF tie
$50 vo-l, Athletic Club who had hanolcap o
so ,,rde 4 B. Coney of Boston. with hanolcap
- 1.',.r5s was second, and Edward Rupprecht' OF
+ra New-York Athletic Club, from scratch "a
- 7-t,o +in,a was minutes 2-5 SECONDS
l-ru~ ~ -. -. era stirred to enthusiasm by
-, ooon5 IF The mile dashes for special prizes
offered by the management 10 the rioerS IN me
dow contest Hollister and Root raceu "iei
Wheel for the first eight laps, wneh Il''ie 10
Dowrey suddenly forged to the ron an
Tho lead to the end OF the mile. Body "@i
ID -, exbiaition mile, paced by motor cover
ing the mile in LIS fat, or two SECONDS oe'ei
~, +he Garden record for mile
:, was in the small hours Of yesterday 4noi ms
+7,., Boot who was member of the team winch
-. and Fog1er earned lap by des-
,erate sprinting and drew up on even terms VIII
the Bede1l brothers -
some Eve thousand persons were oozils ~ ~
seats lust before 8 o'clock when Root ana Foeiei
began the wild dash winch enueu III me-
the coveted lap.
II took lust twenty minutes TO accomplish their
7,,rIose the two riders changing on every Re"
minutes The crowd woke up and cheered the men
frauficalIy The Bedeu brotheTs, anu Inc IC9N -
the field for that matter. fought long and haro
n catch the flying leaders. but in vain
Keegan of the Irish team, gave up the battle at
s.21 O'Clock in the morning complaining of an
injured foot. kchorn. who was badly used VI
after the hard work Of the early hours also de
cided to quit so their partners, Logan and Dow
nev arranged TO team up. They had to take the
lower score of Achorn ard Downey, which is three
laps behind the leaders. This left nine teams In
the race The new team not penalized the
customary lap. because II explained. keegar
and Logan were ahead OF Achorn and Downey al
the time Of Keegan's withdrawal Logan was
warmly applauded when he reappeared on thE
track
In an effort to arouse greater interest and create
more excitement than has been furnished by the
Ian prize runs during the last two days 1t was
ennounced that they would be discontinued here
sfr4r and in their stead three prizes of S, N5 and
40 each would be offered for one mile spirits, to
take place at o'clock this afternoon and 1920
O'Clock tonight The positions of the riders in the
long race were not considered when competing for
Root won the first Of these specials with Downey
second and Stol third in 2:lS S-5, fast time, all
things considered
ore-TniIe amateur handicap a o'clock proved
exciting and interesting 1t Won by Al Ash
lev of Newark n. J.: w. L. Holbrook. of Boston
was second. and J. A. Mcklnnon, Of Boston, third
The time was 2:00:
motor in 30 Is one-fifth of second better than
his time Thursday.