Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-29
GRENADA TR|UMPHS
IN HUSTLE STAKES
Bic ALI Gets Decision in Whirl-
wind Finish With Jackie
Clark.
KRAMER MAKES FAST TIME

While the Bailey MeDougall match
was the magnet that drew the big
gest crowd that ever witnessed a
meet at the Velodrome, the other
events on the program furnished
high class racing. Big ALI Grenda
won the ten-mie Hustle Stakes in
whirlwind finish with Jackie Clark
that looked like dead heat, although
Grenda was without question the
winner. The race was fast from the
start to the finish, and the time was
flirting with the American record for
the distance. In the quarter-mile
Flying Stakes" the backmarkers
failed to qualify for the final, which
was won by Marcel Dupois, of France.
Champion Frank Kramer, riding from
scratch in the fourth heat, finished
fourth several yards behind the win
ner, Kramer's> time, which was
caught individually, was twenty
seven seconds, which is one and two
ffths seconds lower than the worlds
record. Gus Wohlrab, with a fine pull
by Adam Beyerman, accounted for the
five-mile amateur handicap, in which
McDougall finished fifth. Fred Taylor
took the half-mile amateur handicap
from the twenty-five-ya yard mark, with
Harry Kaiser second, from scratch.
Frank Cory, of Australia, won the
professional invitation race, and the
novice, which was marked by many
spills, went to Leon Dempsey, of
Newark.
The Hustle Stakes brought out
the entire field of professionals, and
it was the intermediate mile prizes
that kept the crowd on edge through
out. These mile prizes were worth
$40 each, and many of the stars tried
for the smaller prizes rather than
take a chance in the big finish in
which there was but one prize. 500.
There were several disqualified
tons handed out in the big race the
riders who went after the interme-
date mile prizes being disqualified
for teaming and switching. Frank
Cavanagh was the winner of the first
intermediate prize, but was diSquali-
fled for switching Paddy Hehir when
the latter tried to go around the big
fellow The second mile went to
Reggie Mcnamara, and he got the
money in the third mile through the
disqualification Of Fogler and Hill,
who roughed the Australian when he
attempted to go by. Grassy Ryan
and Gordon Walker were guilty OF
the same offense in the fourth mile,
and Mcnamara, again the victim,
was given the money.
These rulings of the referee we're
announced uuTiHB lHH
progress of the race, and as a result
had telling effect on the riders, as
there was nothing but straight riding
after the fourth mile. The fifth mile
went to Cory. Hehir took the sixth,
Lloyd Thomas accounted for the sew
enth in easy fashion, and the eighth
went to Ryan, while Fogler took the
ninth mile.
The big field that started had been
| NJ down Qh0IIf ninpfaNn
riders at the start of the final mile,
and just before, in the dash for the
| 500. all of the stars moved up to
get good positions. Clark, Grenda,
Cavanagh. Mcnamara and Spears had
been keeping pretty we'll together
back In the bunch. On the back
stretch. just before the BELL Cava-
big lead. which, when he entered
the homestretch on the bell lap,
looked like a commanding lead. Gren-
da went after Cavapagh, with Clark
trailing the giant Tasmanian. For
the first half lap the Australian pair
failed to gain any on the flying Irish
lad. but when Cavanagh reached the
eighth pole he began to falter. At
the twelfth pole Grenda and Clark
caught Cavanagh, and Grenda. who
was still leading and riding strong,
came fast around the final turn, with
Clark still hanging on to his rear
wheel Clark made his bid at the
head of the stretch and came like a
streak in the final yards. AS the pair
from the Antipodes crossed the tape
Grenda was not over two inches in
the lead. and foot over the tape
Clark was ahead. 1t was a great
finish. and many believed that just
decision would have been a dead heat,
while others thought Jackie should
lhave had the verdict