| Show tAl JAl Ward F Fails ails to Appear for Match Race d II With Whittler Local Local Star Grabs Record I 1 4 c Fred Whittier Whittler the demon to be bc tho the star of or the races at i the Wandamere last night 0 whIttier was as advertised in a match with a n. certain A Al AI Ward who noti- noti fIed tho the management yesterday after after- noOn bOOn that ho had been given orders to 1 Ship shin were his hig motor oJ back east cast The fans tans greatly disappointed when they thoy 11 learned Whittler that Ward would not rl ride Je and was sent scat after aCter the ono and two mile lle TT track records lie Ho Was gIven givon two trials for tor the mIe i and end ond lowered it by ono one no- no h of ot a eec BOC- but i ln fn the two milo record ho lie thc tho tour four and on ono ono-flUh f seconds ot off mark The Tho local rider r was flying 4 ast night and had speed to burn bum Ho lIo ag ae prepared to Vl give elvo Ward rard an awful drubbing and the tho latter laUer was wise enough tc stay awa away r The first word ord that Yard Ward tho management wa was yesterday afternoon but i this was not e enough ouS Ho lie was of- of I any any motor on the track to ride fh his WhittIer but would n not t take taka j ot of pick as he ho either had a 1 b bad d case caso cold feet or had to live up P to tho riding of the company y for tor which which he ho is h Ishol stated lait latt tract Ight that l Ward had ad jumped his Is conI contract con- con him and that ho would tr try to have havo kept out of Jt the tho meet at t Denver ver I will wire the F. F A. A M M. tho the full particulars par- par or of the trouble and lot It take on the mattor Whittier also rode a good race In riders iho he mile eight I ht handicap The other othor were given on ono one lap la handicap on im and ho as as ou out from the Vs fut start to DM as ass thorn them te 8 he stayed as lon long tast could hut but ut fould could not stand tand the tho pace an and d i had h t to er did drop back bacle Whit Whit- not catch tho the bunch until six miles Ilea had been boen rode rod but after that h he had round ad everything Brodbeck his and own wa way lie He went Bernstrom but C waited for tho the former to catch on his wheel Thc They finished the race raco In th this I 8 wa way Att After r Brodbeck lad had lost ra wheel in tho first mile ho he was passed by and McNeil and arid lost about thirty yards ards Bernstrom's machine machine machine ma ma- chine went bad and McNeil ell was forced to fI fight ht it out cut alono with th the tho Whittier Whittier- Brodbeck team He lie rode rodo a n good ocd race but could not stand tho the pace paco and lost by forty yards Whittler WhittIer made mado fast fasttime fasttime fasttime time in this race nd would probably have o set Ret a new r record rord ord for tho the eightmile eight eight- mile mark If It he had not waited for forB B Brodbeck e ck McNeil took the tho three mile points race raco for the tho A A. class riders after some Bomo of tho the best riding that has been seen on the tho this year car The Tho three riders McNeil Brodbeck and Bernstrom Bern Bern- strom all rode rodo well veil In this race raco and finished clo close e In every cry heat In the first heat Bernstrom took tho the lead lend but was passed by Brodbeck in three laps McNeil came camo around with in tho the next lap and anti the tho riders were yere bunched on tho the bell lap Each tried hard to win In at tho the finish and tho the Judges had a a. hard ma matter Her to tell toll Just who had won It but they decided in favor of Bernstrom who came around the tho other riders on th tho top of ot tho the track Close Clone Finish h. h In the second heat McNeil led lcd but Brodbeck and wont went around him In tho the first lap The Tho fight In this heat w was wag is between McNeil and Brod- Brod bock beck Brodbeck wa was leading with two laps to go so when McNeil went vent around Brodbeck tried hard to win In the last lap but McNeil held to the tho rim of ot the tracK and beat hent him out at tho finish by barely two feet was gaining on both and aud would have won If It ho he had had ten moro more yards to race raco In the final Inal Brodbeck got ot tho the best start and passed tho others after tho they thoy had I ridden the first fifty yards Bernstrom and McNeil easily overcame o his lead leadIn leadIn leadIn In three laps aps McNeil 1 did not got get around until tho last st lap but when he did tho the rest wa was velvet for tor him and he won by a wheel noonon proved to be bo tho the star stale in fn his class an and took first in all three races In the first heat Duckworth took the lead lend and was riding strong McCall went wont around him in four laps and Rognon flog Rog- non came camo around in tho the fifth firth McCall tried hard to get got buck bock at Rognon but the latter had too great a a. lead and nn won by half a n wheel at the tho tin finish Ish In the second heat McCall was unable to start because of ot his machine and RO Rognon had hall easy picking with Rognon anI and Thom Thorn as Ho lIe won tho race oy ny a quarter of or ofIn ofa ora a lap In the final Thomas held the tho lead leall but was passed by Duckworth in the first lap and tho the other riders also around with Duckworth Rognon wn went bv by Duckworth Ducworth but the tho l latter tt r came came right back at him and rodo rode hard hut hui his machine did not havo have tho power The Tho summary Three mile point r race r class d A. A First he heat heat- t- t won bv by McNeil Brodbeck third Time 21 Second b heat Won Wen Won by hy McNeil leNell k second third Time CO 03 3 Final Won Final Won Won by hy McNeil 8 S points 6 G points third 4 points idOls Time 2131 3 15 mlle point race rece cla elM class B D. D First heat but Won by non McCall Duckworth third Time 2211 1 l- l I. 1 Second heat Won WM Won by Iy OO I Duckworth second Thorns Thomas third TIme Time 45 4 Final Won Find Won by br Ro Romeo points second 4 C points third 3 points Time 1 5 2 Two mile record trial New track record mede by Whittler WhittIer Time la 11 4 4 Former Fornier record 1 iG lC held by Peck One record trl trial l New track record recent made mado by Whittier Time 40 3 5 Former tm tine time 41 held by Werd Labor Lubor Union handicap eight muss miles Won by toy Whittler Whittier r scratch cratch Brodbeck second 1 I lap McNeil c third 1 lap fourth 1 l lap Jail j Time SUt |
