Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-07-28
Correspondence.
From our special correspondent.
letter from Saratoga.
SARATOGA, New YORK.


account Of the college Athletic Sports which
took place at the Glen Mitchell Driving
Park to-day. The mile run was won by C.,
III. Barber of Amherst college in minutes
Az seconds G. Copeland. Cornell, second
in 4.40.
The one mile walk was won by W. A.
Platt of Williams, in $50.
The first mile walk was Won By W. h.
Taylor of Harvard in IS minutes and 153
seconds NJ. L. Discoll, of Williams End in
$3.50, aud c. W. Francis of Columbia in
66:O2.
The one quarter mile run, was won by
C.. NJ. Culver OF Union, in 554 seconds.
The half mile run was won by David
Trumbull of Yale, in 1909 seconds.
The three mile walk was won by W. r.
Taylor of Harvard in 25:292; W. A. Plat
of Williams second in 26l63
The one hundred yard dash was won by
Isaac B. Potter of Cornell in 1Oa seconds.
The three mile rua was Won by D. c.
Morrell of Amherst in 17:07$ seconds j.
T. Goodwin of Columbia who was in this
race gaze up on the fifth half mile, and II.
Rogers of Wesleyan cace3m on the sixth.
(After the proceedings of the day were all
over, and the crowd had all gone with the
exception of dozen or two, your cores
pOndent took the track, and without splen-
did gold watch before him for prize, and
without the inspiration of cheers and music
and the presence Of the elite of the land, we
made the three miles in 1914. And after
that we felt easier. Now, Mr.. EDITOR, O
dear o dear !. If we had only been a col
lege boy, instead OF carrying "silver tm-
nip" worth twelve or fifteen dollars, we
might now be sporting a splendid gold
watch worth two or three hundred.)
The 1870 yards hurdle race was won by
Mortes Maxwell Charles B. King of Tn
ion, 2nd James W. Pryor, Columbia, Sd,
and W. c. Hall also of Yale 4th There
were eight hurdles each 81 feet high, and in
the Jumping and running, the contestants
displayed remarkable activity.
The end Z mile walk, and which closed
the exercises of the day, was won by J. f.
Eustis, Jr., of Wesleyan, in 69:49S; John
W. Gunster, of Williams end, in 1000.
To your correspondent, one of the most
remarkable features of the exercises to-day,
was the lack of endurance displayed by
many of the contestants in the races. In
the one mile run, one contestant gave up be-
fore he had got quarter Of mile. On the
one mile walk one acaltest gave up the con-
test at the end Of the first half mile On the
I mile walk, Gage Of Dartmouth gave up
when he had gone about three miles, and
Downs of Wesleyan, quit the job before it
was half through. And Driscoll of Williams
who came in second was completely exhaust
ed, and had to be carried off the ground. In
the three mile walk, Fairbanks of Brown
gave it up ON the fifth half mile. And as
stated before, on the three mile run. out of
three contestants for the race, one gave up
on the fifth half mile, and the other on the
sixth. The last one when he stopped, lean
ing with both hands over on the railing that
went around the track, as if he was COM
pletely exhausted l don't know but SHOES
large enough to be used for flat bottomed
boats on the Mississippi, and Others with a
score of iron spikes in them : of an inch
long, are good things to wear in running
and walking matches. But I don't want
them on my feet, even if they are,
The hundred yard dash, and the !, and J,
and mile run, were each splendid exhibi
tons of fast running, being done in 103,
55f. 1907, and 4.44 seconds.
But, as long continued endurance is our
"hOb6y," we feel like saying:
But your mile and half mile dashes, please
what are they. Nought they are but child
ish play give me the road that stretches
on, and on, and on, ten or fifteen or twenty
miles away. There's fun for you; there's
play, there's cork, there's music there's
exhiliration of spirits and exaltation of feel
ing, such perhaps as the fleet Arabian cour-
ser feels, when sweeping with his loved mas
ter across the sandy desert, or, such as the
strong, proud war-horse feels when bearing
his lion hearted rider amid the dust and
smoke and roar and tumult of the battle
field. NORMAN TAYLOR.