Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-06
QUARTET OF STARS
At VEL0DRQME
Rutt, brenda, Goullet and
Kaiser Heroes of Big
E!A Meet.
OVATION FOR WELTMEISTER

this quartet of riders scoring in the
four principal races entered on the
local track. Rutt, who a year ago
Yesterday Won the classic grand prize
OF Par1s, defeated Jackie Clark in a
match; Grenda accounted for the Co.'S
sacks stakes at ten miles; Goullet won
the one mile handicap after a wonder
ful ride, and Kaiser took the amateur
title race from three of the best anna
teur riders in America.
1t required three heats to decide the
Rutt-Clark match, Rutt taking the
nfst and the third heat. In the first
heat Rutt took the lead Just before
the bell and won with a length to
spare By stealing through on the
nat in the second heat, lap and a
half from the finish, Clark was lead
ing at sprinting time and won by a
half-length from the worlds cham
pion. Rutt put up a great battle on
the outside and was on even terms
with the Rocket going down the
backstretch and around the far turn,
Nbut Clark uncorked a good burst of
speed coming into the homestretch
and pulled away from the German. In
the third heat, Rutt employed the
same tactics Clark pursued in the pre-
vious heat and took the lead in the
same place by coming through on the
fat. Once in the lead, Rutt was never
full length to spare.
Cossacks Stakes Great Race.
Rutt's victory was popular one
and he received big ovation. His
riding was clean-cut and there was
not a switch to mar his victory. AL
though it is against the racing rules
to cut through by going on to the
fiat. the champion transgressed be-
cause the Australian did so in the
heat previous, but before the final
heat was started, Rutt asked Referee
Arthur Ross if he could do it and
Ross gave him permission.
The Cossacks Stakes was a great
race and there was Eetion and plenty
of 1t from the start to the finish. The
nine intermediate mile sprints for
prizes of $40 each We're as hotly con-
tested as the finals of many a race.
The big fellows engaged in these
spirits as well as the second-strin
riders, although when Rutt took one
of these mile prizes he was met with
Kisses. The champion stated after
the race that he was under the inn
preston that all of the riders were
going to try for these prizes.
Thirty-Three Riders Start.
Thirty-three riders started in this
race, but when the ninth mile was
number were still in the contest. At
this point all of the stars were still
In and the big crowd became feverisn
in anticipation of a great finish.
Three laps from the bell, Goullet
dropped out with fiat tire. A little
over two laps from the finish, Cav
anagh, with Spears and Clark trail
ing him, started from a position far
In the rear and set sail for home.
II lxo In f1d To- vi
1t was, but it was wrecked a lap
later, when Fogler, who had been up
near the front when Cavanagh and
his followers dashed in to the right
of way, drew up on the Cavanagh-
Spears Clark combine and then
Grenda, with Rutt and Fogler fol-
lowing in his wake, was jolly set
sail at the bell; Many of the wise
acre6 thought that Grenda was pull
ing Rutt, for just before he started
his sprint he looked around and saw
Rutt on his rear wheel. But the suS-
picions of the wise ones proved to be
wrong, for once on his way, Grenda
never looked to the right nor the left,
but made tracks for home with all
his speed and strength. He never
wavered and Travelled so fast that
Rutt, after good, long pull was I'M
able to get around, although the
champion made a desperate effort in
the last half lap to take the lead.
Rutt finished second, inches behind
Grenda, and Clark was third, with
Spears fourth. Fogler kept on COM
ing clear to the tape after the Ger
man and the three Australians got
by, and finished fifth. Kramer got
lost in the shuttle and finished In the
ruck. The champion was as good ss
any man in the race. but he got
c-..ta1 hofuaan tho Couana OIL
Spears, Clark crowd and the bunch
that was trailing Grenda. The race
was one of the fastest ten-mile races
ever run in the east, the riders aver
aging 2 minutes and seconds for
each of the ten miles
GouIIet Shines in Handicap.
The riding of ALT Goullet in the
one-nlile handicap is worthy of more
than honorable mention. Goullets
sprint of two laps at the end of this
race was indeed remarkable, and it
WAS so fast that Champion Kramer,
who was on Goullet's wheel when he
started his flight of speed, was not
only unable to beat him at the finish,
but fell back and was three or more
lengths behind when the Australian
crossed the tape. Kramer was sec
ond, with liver Lawson third and
Bob Spears fourth. The handicap was
a pretty race, and all of the back
markers alternated pace in chasing
the men on the longer marks. When
Goullet started his great sprint Rup-
precht and Ryan were so far in adj
vance it appeared as though there
was hardly chance of catching
B them.
Great Battle for Amateur Title.
Within two days three different
riders have held the leading position
in the struggle for the amateur
crown. Before the start of the half
mile championship July Fourth, Dom
aid McDougall was leading with z
points, Harry Kaiser was second with
points and Willie Hanley was third
with points. After that race was
run Hanley was leading with points,
and McDougall and Kaiser were tie
with z points each. And when the
smoke cleared from the battlefield
following the one-mile title race yes
terday Kaiser was leading with IL
points, Hanley was second with IL
points and McDougall was third with
points. Never In the history of cy-
cling in this country has the anna
teur title race been such a tight one.
Kaiser, Hanley, McDougall and
Tommy Smith, the four greatest ST.
mon-pures in America, lined up for
the final of the race yesterday.
Kaiser rode from the front all the
way and won after a hard fight with
Hanley The latter had hard ride
on the outside, but pressed the Bronx
rider hard all the way. McDougall
laid in third position from the start,
and that was where he finished, Han
lev probably had fully as much speed
as Kaiser but the latter outgener-
aled the Californian.