The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-31
NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB.
CAPITAL RACING YESTERDAY AND SOME FAST

CAPITAL RACING YESTERDAY AND SOME FAST
TIME MADE By CONTESTANTS.
Regularly 1872, and frequently before that. the
New York Athletic Club has held spring meetings its
track At Mott Haven. From the first they have stead
lily grown favor, until yesterday afternoon saw In
many respects one OF the finest series OF athletic con-
tests ever held In America With the easterly
air. fresh and bracng after the storm,
a track mado especially for foot work
and OF the convencnces which should be found at
we'll ordered club course came an assembly number
ing within and outside OF tho fence upward OF 900 to
witness over 100 young men, many OF them good ones
at the eats Of short and long distance walking
and running, at hurdle racing, putting the shot and
hammer aud high jumping.
Two o'clock found the referee and starter time
Keepers and all hand, and after unnecessa-
rly wasting nearly twenty minutes and ringing the
call bell three times instead of once the walkers for
the milo were In line. There bakers
dozen and they 6lcd the track till II looked as
IL there would be crowdinr Mr. McEwcn, OF the Cal
cdonian Club, and Mr. Taylor, OF Harvard University
slalwart country farmer boy, each about six feet
high, were In the middle and the rest tapcrcd from
them each way. At about nineteen minutes past two
came the pistol shot, and away thcy went in bunch,
the Scotchman getting at to the fore, dropping
Taylor (who Saratoga last equally sharp
and tho rest scramblng along at great
pace. Al the halfway post McEwcn
had opened gap of nearly fifty feet. and Taylor had
worked his way up TO third, while sneckncr third
from last which latter Guilds OF the Nautilus Club
Hardly were they the second lap-of which there
are I'VE TO the mie-when Taylor's old hank
erng for first place began 10 develop ITSELF
and nc had beyond any doubt but not 10 keep,
or in moment as they doubled tho eastern end Of
the oval. Scotland came saiiing up IN burst which
quickly put him in trout Blu, the place his
and held Il we'll Meanwhile several gentleman
concluded that II would be good plan
to stop about here, and there plenty room
Tor all Entering the third lap the Scot had passed
Taylor but he was soon caught, and they were level
at the post not however without another brilliant
burst they went up tho far side OF The course,
which served 10 intensity tho interest and 10 keep
result always in doubt Coming round to the stand,
hrs SIDE, the latter called on. thai his
shoe was united. which was true enough
was seen rushing along one shoe OF aud tho other
shoe Entering the fourth lap the two SIN
together. were l50 feet away from Mnzcsheimcr, who
was working hard AZ third Tho sco.chman now
seemed 10 be getting the best OF H. while Taylor looked
very Suddenly tho referee stepped IN to him.
and saying, IL can't allow that style" ordered HIM
stop Though this TOOK he edge OF the and gavo
McEwcn easy victory, II was unquestionably just.
THIS retirement gave the second place 70 Gates,
tian Association Gymnasium, and who had only re-
Gently been much pulled back by illness MINES,
hcimcT WIS thlTu, anu sAtlc lOurtn ms tine,
1:45H, reasonably good, though hlty-six seconds
longer than Griffith needed the distance at
Leeds, England, on the 6th-of August. 1870
THROWING TnE
came next and consisted In taking an instrument
strongly resembling six,nch cannon bali WITH hoe
handle inserted ana, alter swinging 1t several times
around the body making II gather impetus 1t went,
suddenly cttingit 70 with all ones sending
IL flying down the field. OF tho four competitors, Mr.
William Il. Curtis, the oarsman, $50 pound man
and uncommonly we'll developed and proportoncd:
Mr. McCosh. wiry looking, well knit fellow hating,
as his implies, from Princeton University, aud Mr.
Mcmillan, of the Scottisn-Amercan Club, were about OF
height, each nearly six iect, while Mr. Mcrosc, tho
Hartford Caedonan Club, really magnificent looking
man, thoroughly well built throughout was nearly
inches taller. Whilc Mcmillan seemed least casy al the
work, looked really heavy Tor McCo-h, who looks
made Tor speed rather than power though be had tho
scight OF tho work capltally After several attempts
In which the average throw about sixty eight feet