Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-04

Alfred Goullet, of Australia, with
the creditable assistance of Willie
Coburn, of Newark, won the Encour-
agement Stakes at the Velodrome last
night. Bob Spears, another Aus
tralian, who teamed with Eddie Root,
was second; Jackie Clark, still an
other Australian, was third, without
the aid of his partner, Jay Eaton, and
Champion Frank Kramer trailed in
fourth, behind this trio of Aus
tralians, while his partner, George
Cameron, viewed the entire proceed
ings from a position in the rear and
far removed from his titled mate.
The announcement Stakes will not
go down in racing history as howl
ing success, although 1t did furnish
some interesting racing.
In the semi-fnals the stars paid
close attention to their mates, but in
the finals the big fellows ignored their
impotent partners secured in the hat
lottery, at least all save Goullet, the
winner.
The race was billed as a team race,
but there was SO little teamwork 1t
might have been called an open
scratch race. In fact, there was less
teaming in this race than there is in
the average scratch race at the Velo-
drome
Goullet and Coburn rode well to-
gether, and Coburn shared in the VIC
tory as much as his partner.
Jay Eaton, 40 years of age, showed
startling form in his qualifying heat,
but he pulled two "bones" in the
semi-fnals, which caused Clark to
look askance at the partner he drew
out of the old brown hat, and when
the final was run Clark ignored Jay
entirely and rode his own race.
This was bone" on the part of
Clark, for had he followed Eaton IN
the final the team would have drawn
down the big end of the money.
Coburn led, with Goullet on his
wheel, right up to the bell in the final,
with Kramer following Goullet.
Spears rode up the track alongside of
Kramer, with Root, his partner, OPP
posite Eaton, who was back of
Kramer. Clark followed Eaton, and
Cameron, Kramer's mate, brought up
the rear These positions never
changed until Eaton jumped at two
laps to go, and, by a very good ride
on the outside, got up even with
Coburn at the bell. Had Clark fol-
lowed Eaton the former would have
been in front at the bell, but as 1t was
he was in seventh position.
On the back stretch, just after pass
ing the eighth pole, Kramer came
from behind Goulet, and for a second
it appeared as though the champion
would get by, but he failed, and was
content to drop in behind Goul1et as
the latter raced down the back
stretch and around the final turn. In
the middle of the final turn Spears
came with great and unexpected
rush, which took Kramer by surprise
and shut him in before he could jump
out from behind "Goullie."
Spears had hard time, at that, in
getting by the champion. When
Spears saw Kramer was moving
again. after getting out of the pocket,
he almost knocked the title-holder
down, for which he was roundly
Kissed by the crowd. After disposing
+. of Kramer, Spears rode into second
place, but Clark, coming from no.
where, almost nipped the lanky one
at the tape.
Clark had world of speed, and was
easily the fastest man at the Velo-
drome last night. Lack of judgment
cost him a victory. He raced around
seven men in his semi-final with ease
on the bell lap. and he thought he
could repeat in the final. Goullet was
the real general last night, and de-
serves much credit. He seems to have
his old kick back again, and it is
likely that "Goullie' will bask in the
limelight again as the season draws
near close.
Paddy Hehir and L. Thomas quail
fled in the first qualifying heat of the
big race in which Menus Bedell was
shut out by an eyelash. Trebel made
a runaway of the second heat when
the field refused to go after him fol-
lowing his steal Cameron beat the
field in the sprint for home and quail
fed. Eaton astonished the fans by
sprinting around the field in the third
heat and winning by twenty yards.
Coburn finished second after Jake
Magin and Fred Hill crashed to the
track. Root and Ryan qualified in the
fourth heat, in which Eddie Rupp-
recht put up hard fight.
In the drawing for partners, Kra-
mer drew Cameron, Clark plucked
Eaton's name from the referees hat,
Goullet got Coburn, Mcnamara drew
Ryan, Lawson and Hehir, ofttimes