Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-08

McNutt. Oxford, Wis, first; Calista
Patch, d. H. Syme, Glenwood, Wis,
second; No Sir, M. j. Tully, ST. Peter,
Mimi, third. Best time, 2:224
Thursdays 2:20 pace resulted: For.
est Lion, owned by E. A. Lemieux,
Oconto, Wis, first; Dolly Patton, Geo.
Spencer, Winnipeg, Man, second; War
Bells, j. Blackman, st. Paul, Mimi,
i third. Best time, 2:1S4
2:25 trot-Molly Hillwood, owned by
J IL. F. McNutt, Oxford, Wis, first;
Novecia Red, A. j. Heagle. Seymour,
Wis, second; Agnes S, P. H. Davis,
Wausau, third. Best time, 2:234.
2:3O trot-Toby, owned by j. A.
! Whalen, Port Arthur, Ont, first; Mar
Gus Hanna, o. w. Smith, Evart, Mich,
second; Cleaver, j D. Coleman, Wau-
sau, third. Best time, 2:274.
Fridays 2:10 pace resulted: Afrite c.,
owned by Mcdonald & Rochon, Winni-
peg, Man, first; Miss Jarvis, G. M.
McKenney, Oregon, Ill, second; Harry
W., Fred Mitcheson, st. Paul, MINI,
third. Best time, 2:15A
2:15 trot-Leeward Graves, owned by
Lon Freeman, Chicago, first; Marnut,
l.. j. Pentecost, Chicago, second; Lucy
H., Geo. Spencer, Winnipeg, Man, third.
Best time 2:11t
The athletic carnival was a big sue
cess and furnished some good clean
sport for the spectators.
The first event was a 100 yard dash,
run on Wednesday with five starters.
Earl Lake won easily with Edward
Hunger and Mac Alexander second and
third. Time IL 1-5 seconds. The Sec
ond event was very amusing as well as
being closely contested. 1t was an
obstacle race, 100 yards. Five men
started and after jumping rope hurdle
fifty yards down the course they made
dash for some sacks that were lying
on the course % yards from the finish;
each contestant had to unite his sack
and then slipping it over his head work
his way through it without moving
from the place. Harry McCulloch was
an easy first to the sacks, but in the
excitement was unable to get his sack
united and VIM. Lampert, taking it
cool, slipped through his and finished
across the line first, with Leslie Jones
second and McCulloch getting third.
Time 80 seconds. The bicycle race in.
duced five men to try their luck and
VIM. Gillian proved to be too fast for
the other four, winning by about 80
yards. Conrad Anthem came second
and Merritt Jones third. Time 2:55.
| The second days races were just a
little better than the first, the feature
event of the whole carnival coming on
this day, the / mile run. The other two
races one-quarter mile dash and sack
races were we'll contested The first
event run off was the quarter mile dash
starting from the quarter post and fin
ishing under the wire. Geo. Roach
won the race in fast time, Edward Hun
ger second and Eugene Stoddard third
| Time Sc rs seconds. The second race
was the sack race and proved the most
exciting race of all the foot races. On
a 100 yard course with the sacks tied
around their necks five men started
| down the track and it was regular
circus to see the contestants striving to
get to the finish, some running, some
Jumping, and those who were unfortu-
nate to fall rolling-any way to get
under the wire first. Leslie Jones, who
took short jumps all the way, won cas-
| lily; second place was in doubt for VIM.
Lampert, who had fallen, was rolling
for the finish with Willis Foster jump
ing along slowly for the place, and both
men finished a tie. Vim. Foster second
being on his feet, VIM. Lampert, third
rolling. Time, SO seconds.
The last event on this day was the l
mile run and four men faced the starter,
and with the exception of first place
which Geo. Roach won easily, never be-
ing in trouble once, the race was good
one, the other three men fought for the
second and third positions in the last
100 yards of the race, Edward Hunger
finishing second and Eugene Stoddard
third. Time 5 minutes seconds.
| While the / mile run on Thursday
was the feature event, the 1 mile relay
on Friday proved the most interesting
of the whole carnival. Three teams,
four men each, each man running one
quarter mile, started under the wire
changing relays at the quarter post,
and under the Judges stand, and pretty
fast time was made by the winning
team, the Red Four, Geo. Roach, How
ard Van Adestine, Edward Hunger and
Louis Woitowski; the Dark Horse Four
finished second and the Big Four third
Time minutes, seconds.
The old soldiers walking race at
tracted six of the old soldiers and start
ing from the carriage gate il the
lquarter stretch the men walked to the
Judges stand, and it proved to be a
very exciting race, one old fellow get
ting so excited that his race was a cross
between a run and walk and was dis
lqualified for running. having finished
about % yards ahead of the others.
Result, Casper Penthouse first, Henry
Pradt second, Theo. Appleton third.
Time As 2-5 seconds. The third race on
Friday, and the last of the carnival, was
the mile motor cycle event with five
entries and was the most exciting of the
whole meet, and something that the
people had never seen before. The
entries were Tony Fehl, Frank Weinke,
Ed. Paff, George Dern and John
Schwister. The start was made 200
yards up the track from the wire and
time taken with the flying start under
the wire. Schwister, Fehl and eDern
pulled away from the other two riders
right from the start and the race was a