The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
THE COLLEGE, BOYsp FUN.
Tho Annual Meeting Of tho Athletes In Mot,
Haven Yesterday.

The eighth annual meeting of the Ath-
letic Association OF Columbia College was held
IN Mott Haven yesterday. James O'Nell was tho
referee. The course Is one-nfth mile round. The
1rst event was mile walk, and Messrs. Francis,
Adams, Miiliken and Allen started. After two
laps Adams was ruled out. The graceful, easy
walk OF Francis attracted admiration, and, after
a couple OF laps, It was evident that he had It all
his own way, though Milliken pressed him
strongly for some time. On the last lap Allen
was ruled out. Francis won In min. as SEQ.
Milliken's time, min. Blk sec.
Messrs. Bogart, Pryor and Weeks contested IN
the running long jump. Boeart covered II II.
In; Pryor, 10 II. 0 iu.; Weeks, 10 II. Q In. The
half mile run was beautiful race. Hammond,
OF the University crew, Paine and Griswold
started. Hammond won 10 min. 10 sec. In
wood siuns the metal q feet, Pryor. Is feet.
Messrs. Sands, Paine, Mitchell, Waller, Bliyen,
pry9s h1Sie dn H9G%asn S ,s and Cairns
Blven and Cairns claimed foul and the race was
run over In heats, Pryor winning one, and Lind
fnal dash at the end OF the meeting bstween
Pryor and Lindey was close and exciting, Pryor
winning by few inches in II Is sec. In the
running nigh jump, Bogart made It, In,
Pryor, IT, 2 In. In the strangers race, an ex-
citing half mile run, Messrs Ely, Parker. saportas
and Brown started. On the home stretch, Parker
put on the steam and made splendid spurt,
but Saportas won in minutes, 20 2-5 seconds (;
onds. Messrs Bliven and Nichols started In the
three mile walk. Bliven finished In y minutes,
S4b seconds. beating Nichols about a lap and a
half. The hurdle racs, III yards, over ten three
feet six inches hurdles, proved one Of the great
events OF the day. Messrs. De Forrest, hndley,
and Pryor took the first three hurd es almost
together. Then Pryor took the load, with good
show for winning. up to the seventh hurdle,
over which he cnmc TO grief barking his shins
and falling on his nose. De Forrest galloped
over the eighth trihe In advance, and finished
the rest In splendid style, winning the race In
1914 5 seconds; Lindley's time, Nk seconds. The
| one mile run was closely contested. Martinez
ran to the front on the 1rst lap, Ronwick and
Barnes few yards behind. On the third lap
Martinez gave out. and sat down on the grass.
| Renwlok and Barnes ran close together down
| the homestretch, Renwlck ahead a triie at the
| finish. Time, s min. 1s 2 sec. The standing
| high jump tried the muscles Of James W. Pryor
| and I. ID. Weeks. The start was II. in, In
| creased TO II. In, which Pryor went over,
Weeks stopping an inch lower. The quarter
mile run WAS q pretty race. Waller took the
lead and ratified In to the fnish In the excellent
| time OF 80 25seconds, Hammond second. Tho
throe legged, 100 yard race produced great sport.
| The RIGHT leg Of one man and the left leg of
another were tied together. Hammond and
| Brown were tied together, and Lindley and Cor
nell. The race was almost q dead heat. II am
mond and Brown winning In 10 seconds, amid
| great laughter. A quarter mile consolation race
| closed the meeting. Hildreth, HOFFMAN, Embury
and Cornell starting. Hoffman led for sn ort
| distance, but Hildreth arrived home an easy
| winner. lime, 6S seconds.