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\«4 V 4 IsJ ^ -4 W V W * A ; f * ** 'V » V- V * * * ^-» » '- - ----much of the credit, lor his work was faultless.It is said the price of whitewash has gone up since the N. C. A. board of appeals listened to the tales of woe of amateurs threatened with being made permanent professionals. The bunch of“amateurs” that rode at Revere last night looked spotless. In the heats of the novelty race and the 10-mile open for amateurs wero Mike Dove. Pat Lo-gan. Matt Downey, J. J. McKinnon and A. W. McDonald. All of them had been declared professional, but were reinstated of late.The first four made their first appearance here this year in the novelty race, which was won by Pat Logan, with McNeil second, Currie third and Grant fourth. Time 6m Os.Twenty-one riders faced the starters in the 10-mile open, with lap prizes. In the first mile there was a mixup and two men went down and did not remount.The first mile went to D. Connolly, second to William Yormle and the third to Harry Giles.On the fourth mile Collins of Lynn jumped and gained the best part of a lap. Matt Downey started to go after him and then stopped. Collins got the fourth mile and caught up to Harry Giles and Holbrook, who had been shaken off. They were a hindrance rather than a help, and Collins was forced to go out after the main bunch.The fight was on with the ex-pro-fessionals changing pace against Collins alone, and although the latter got the fifth mile, it looked as if he might be caught, but with dogged persistence he plugged on. Dove, the colored man, was all in on the sixth mile.It was a grand race, and the crowd of about 5000 persons was frenzied in applause for Collins.He caught the main bunch and McDonald jumped for a lap. Neither Downey nor Logan would try to get him and he had no trouble in getting a lap. for they slowed down the field. It ! looked very much like expert training, j Collins also took the prizes for the j sixth, seventh and ninth miles, j It was a hard fight on the last mile, but Collins was pocketed. He made a fight and got through and made a | sprint on the last lap, but was switched ! up the bank and had to take second to j McDonald. Pat Logan won the third - prize. Time 24m 1 2-5s.
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Boston Sunday Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Sun, May 29, 1904
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