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Show CLH(E FIRST MATCH Oil A FOUL ' Lawson Is Dlsquallfled In Third After Each Had Won a Heat Aftar sack had woa a heat. Ivor Law-som Law-som waa dlaqaallfiad for an allHsd faol la his lm of s ssrlss af twa match raees wtth Jackie Clarke at tha Salt False, sanoor last night, tnareby f or-fsihtag or-fsihtag tha daetdlng heat to fjlarka. Clarke wen tha firat bast and Lawaon Mas eaeoad, hwl aha third ended to s moat anaatUfaotory maanar. Clarka foread Laweaa to go to the freat is tha third seat aftar having rid dea both af ths previous boats from in front himaelf Coming sot of ths home stretch at two laps to go, Clark asd Laweoa ware riding with their elbowe almoet locked with Laweoa oa top of Clarka. Aa they atarted iata tba back atreteh, Clarke with perhaps a lead of oaa foot, awitehed Laweoa up tha bank aad -tha Swede pot aut hia head to pro tact bimaelf and Incidentally ihoved himeelf ahead about Ralf a length. Bicycle Bi-cycle ridera etate that it. ia aa aaay matter whan twa riders are goiag ta good, apaad for aaa to reach out aad puah tha other back aae at tha aama fima aead himeelf frward. Clarke made ao p rot eat, however, until Lawaon aaaeed him aad eat dows la fraat of him as they ware goiag into tha back atreteh. Cfarka threw up his hand sad quit, Laweoa finiahing alone. . After considerable dieeueeioa Referee Coaley announced that Laweoa had beea diaquallfied. A riot almoet followed, Clarke 'a f rieada claiming that ao ether eoacraaioa eould be arrived at. while Laweoa 'a f rieada hald that Clarka had alao ridden Laweoa foal aad that ba had cut Laweaa area eloeer ia tha flret heat. Rome af tboaa wba sat in tha aeetioa ol tba saucer wbera tba foul ia alleged to have beea committed, ataia-i tained that Laweoa deliberately took hold of Clarke a jacket. Othera claimed that Laweoa merely elbowed hia aad that ia alao Lawaon ' coateatioa. Law-! aoa claima that Clarka elbowed him all1 through aad that whea ha awitehed him up tha bank ha had to protect himeelf. Thaa followed all manner af argumeata between ridera, efleiala sad a pee ta to re as to tho rulea of Preach atyla racing. Not many evening ago aama ofielal with authority anaouaeeh. that ' everything every-thing goaa la a French atyla race except aa the laat lap." Oa what ground such a ruling ia baaed ia aot known to the writer. Trae, it baa beea eurtomery for oaa rider ta awiteh tba other op or dowa aad for aaa to elbow aeother, but where la tbia roaghieg to etopl What wa call a "rrench etyle raea" la thla country originated from Preach eue-tora eue-tora of running all of their big race la heata. bat there la no aura roughing In Prance. The roughing haa bean added 1n America and haa aureljr worked to the detriment of the same. No one eeeme to knew authentically bow much roucblng ran and ahould ha done, and there you ar, Iw lawaon took hold of Ctarke'e )aeket he moot certainly did wrong. If he merely mere-ly elbowed blm aa Clarke did him, It ahould have beea overlooked. And one more thing: Before another raoe of thie kind le held the management ehould place ludsee at erery turn end rnetruct each ea to juat bow much roushlng will he allowed. . . . Clarka went ta the event In the Bret heat. Lawenn.went by at twa aad a half lape to go. and at two to go Clarke dropped back and "took a run." He peaaed Lawaon like a a hot. out down ia treat of him and won by eeveral lengtha. The Australian aaaln took tha lead In the eeoond. Lawaon tried to go by i underneath at two to go. but Clarke ran him down. Laweoa Immediately tried the top end went ay, Prom, hare he fought Clarke off and won by half a length. j The third heat looked like a real raea until Clarke threw up hie handa. To a man up a tree N looked aomewhat aa h Clarka might have dogged" It Juat a trifle, for. (nateed af throwing ap Me hand at the time when Laweoa la alleged ta have taken hold of him, he rode eome dlatanre without protect end then ae Laweon went by and cut dowa In front of him at about a lap and a quarter to fio. he threw up hia hand and pro-Bated. pro-Bated. Clarka etlll had more than a lap to go. and really looked Ilka a winner. Heonuee Lawaon appeared "etrandad until un-til he got by and away. Clarke didn't ride any too fair a raea. but It looked aa If Lawaon merely euttrloked him. Clarke eurprteed ' the Lewaon admireru In the Sret heat by uncorking a buret of apaad that will defeat Lawaon today If It la accompanied by a little, head work. Clarke elmply outrode Lawaon In the flret heat, while Laweoa outgeneraled him la the eeoond. . Phil Wrlgft ewpvteed the wattves and Johnny Chapman ale by trimming Peter Proherh, laat year'e eeatern champion. In a pursuit rare, and trimming him good end hard. Wright elmply tore out from the etert to ride Droherh dowa. and ride him down he did. Wright eeemed to have more apeed end more endurance and de-reatecrOrobarh de-reatecrOrobarh Juat ae the latter ran awar from Andaraon a week previous. Oovdnn Walker and Paddy Hehlr gave tha fan one of the greateat flnlahee eean here thie eeaaon -In the two-mile open. With Hehlr on th pole and Welker In the canter of the hank, tha two rode aa If I heir Uvea depended upon the outcome. Hehlr had a lead of a threa-ejuarter lap within Ave lengtha of the tape and It looked aa If he won the race by at least half that, bat the offlclale aaw Walker a winner and gave It to the latter. Th races, all told, were far hatter than thnee of any other nleht thie eeaaon. due perhape to the feet that the boye wanted to ehow Johnny Chapman what ther can do when thev want to. or because there wee more pries money. Pummary : Qtiarter-mne ooen. amateur Hoey flret. Meredith aeeond. Mayer third. Time. : 4-4. Three -ouarter mile handicap, prof es-elenel es-elenel Krebe flret. Thomae second. Dte-fenbacher Dte-fenbacher third. Time. 11I4-. f'nllmtted pursuit rase, between Wright and Orehach Wright, winner, in I mils. I lape. It yards. Time, to 4-f. One-mile handicap, amateur Merer flret. Colvln eeeond. Obera third. Hilar fourth. Tim. 1 :!-. Two-mile open, professional Wi Hrer first Hehlr eeoond. MaJetajad third. Tim. 141-4. Match raea. French etyle, ana mlka. pi rat hand Clerk. Time. )-(. Second Sec-ond heat Laiwaon. Time. S:4S 1-4. Trilrd heat -Clarke: Lawsoa being dkegnaliSed for foal riding. |