The daily gazette., 1875-07-17
college Sports
ATHLETIC CONTESTS AT sARAToeA-Kr-
iTRAoRDINARY TIME.

ATHLETIC CONTESTS AT sARATOGA-Kx-
sTRAoRDINARY TIME.
SARATOGA, N. Y, July l5.-Ths
mornings session OF athletic sports
was completed at 1890 p. IN. q. 3.
Barbour, of Amherst, won the one.
mile run In Am. AIS. The one.mile
walk was won by w. A. Plat, ofWil.
llams, in I'm. Dos. G. W. Green, OF
Harvard, led at the finish, but was
ruled ont On account of foul.
The third race, the great event of
the forenoon, the seven mile walk, was
won by W, r. Taylor, OF Harvard;
NJ. E. Driscoll, of Williams, second
and ClarenceW. Francis, of Columbia
third. Downs, of Wesleyan, an d
Gage, of Dartmouth, fell out, Gage at
three and half miles and Downs be.
fore the fourth mile. Taylor's time
was 65m. 16ts.; Driscoll, 65m, 66s.,
and Francis, Gem. 2s, Driscoll tainted
at the end of the race, the sun being
very hot. Francis held out to theend.
Taylor, the winner, was also in good
condition at the close, and was about
eight rods in advance of the others
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The last event was a spirited ooe.
fourth of mile run, with six competi.
tors. G. NJ. Culver, of Union, won
the race in 552s., David Trumbull. OF
Yale, second; }. B. Potter, of Cornell,
third. There are six more races this
afternoon
In the afternoon the second part of
the programme was performed at Glen
Mitchell.
The first race, half.mile run, was
contested by David Trumbull, of Yale,
and Z. IL Barber, of Amhurst, and 1t
was won by Trumbull, in 2m.. .6Ss.
The three mile walk was contested
by W, a.. Platt, of Williams, W, r,
Taylor, of Harvard, and A. N, Fair.
banks, of walk. 1t was won By Taylor
In 25m. 23Ss, Fairbanks Withdrew o.
the second mile.
The 100 yard dash was contested bJ
I. Fl, L, Geyelin, Of Union University.
G. N. Culver, of Uxiaa,
J. W, Lindsay, of Williams, J. B. rot,
.er, of Cornell, andW c. Hall, of Yale.
Potter wonin 103s. Lindsay sprained
MS ankle, but nevertheless came il
second.
The entries for the three mile run
were 3. Rodgers, of Wesleyan; D. G.
Morrell, of Amherst, and J D. Good
win, of Columbia. The last named
withdrew oil the fifth half mile, and
Rodgers Oh the last, Morrell taking the
race in 17thm. ?Ss.
The hurdle race, OF 100 yards, over
.en hurdles, excited the most interest
and was the cause of more genuine en-
oriS Ssvrr7 oyof fnr fho
sntries were ]. w, Prior, of Columbia,
Jortes Maxwell, Of Yale. ", G. Hail.
IF Yale, and G, 3, King, of Union.-
The race was won by Maxwell in 1915.
being lis. better than the same mans
ime last year. when he was winner Of
he hurdle race.
The seven mile walk. Tor past gradu
ties, was the last race Of the day. 1t
vas contested by NJ. s. McCann, Of
Harvard, 1874 graduate; J W Gunster,
If Williams, 1874, and j T. Eustis, OF
Wesleyan. 1874, and was won by Eua.
is In 69m. 499, Gunster and Eustis
we're captains Of their respective crews
n last years University boat race ia
saratoga Lake.
The awards of prizes 10 the success
ul competitors IN the athletic sports
o.day were made this evening in the
'al room of the United States Hotel
" Ex-Governor Hoffman. The at
enhance was large and brilliant, be
ng composed of the first people Of Sa-
atoga.
Short addresses were made, after
1hich the prizes were handed to the
miners amid uproarious cheers
rom the friends Of the respective re-
ipients.
THE SARATOGA PRIZES.
SARATOGA, July 19 OF the tweaty,
lree prices which have been competed
Or during the. last three days by the
lirteen colleges, Williams has taken
Cornell and Yale 4 each, Amherst 3.
Columbia, Harvard and Wesleyan g
lch and Union /.
THE Cape May yacht race being over,
ne U. S. steamer Tallapoosa Is no long
r needed in that quarter. and returns
} Washington to take on board q party
excursionists, who ara going Oh 8
leasure trip along the coast. Uncle
am pays the expense, board included.
his ia very pleasant for the deadheads,
} whose service the Tallapoosa see ems to
ave been dedicated and detailed.
PURCHASE OF A FARM. MIR. G.. W,
aker, of Aberdeen has purchased
rom the Trustee, of the estate of the
,to W., n paoa fha far,o lp{nn