The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-31

the stalwart xelross suddenly whirled FAY
away TO the lsft. 70 the imminent peril OF
stout tree and OF party standing pe ,..nS ~.
tactca Instead or standing at the line he woud star.
thirty feet back and with the hammer swinging fonna
and round him waltz down TO the line and let ny. But
u Of use for Melrose very careful In selecting
has foohoid would stand 6rm and different from tne
Others DID his work ef'-hsnded nsy scoring ~ iees
70 McAlans 81 feet Sinches, Curtis 20 ees inenes
md hcCoshs SO feet 10 inches.
TIE HUNDRED YARDS
Three OF the four heats for this event eacn oc-
cupied IL seconds Elliott, OF Greenpolnt however,
cutting the hrst heat down 10 l0A seconds which IS
gu. o. second mop Than ns
at tho start and AcCosh OF Princeton, and Waterman,
o. Yale had very close race occupying u seconds.
Between these trial heats and the na came the princl
S Ss ana many ways most ''''''''ns' event '''
TEE THREE NILE WALK
For this there even more entries than for the
one me-sixteen IN ali--and nearly all started Here
again were both McEwen and Taylor, besides many new
men, among them the famous Stern, probably the
fastest amateur walker in the country Hc rs hardly
five ieet eight has only fair legs rather loose at
and thick neck. There were SO many com
peng that the starter put Taylor Just behind the rest
and dineren!iy from The milo race he was SLOW 70
dropped out, probably not fancying three miles more
olit and before tho lap over two others followed
suit Meanwhile Stern had shot ahead and was going
III great pace opening gap oil nearly 100 yards be-
lore the second lap was finished. This, however VAS
Taylor was edging through the crowd and trying
10 ind his place. There was much sport over
the style Of Gibics who though a tough man and
slayer. would, now anc then, lar overstcp as 10
partially squat down. bending his knees and walking
very natiootcd In the third lap Ho!skc had reduced
Stcrns lead 10 100 feet ahead Of Conner by 80
Taylor was IN the neighborhool and 400 cct behud.
Tooker and voorhees, were pegsing along together and
nlling up the remaining intervals OF the course,
Miller. Tor instance, being 500 feet away.
A. the end OF the milo Conner looked tired Taylor had
crep up 70 three Stern kept his 100 foot lead and was
breathing hard, Holskc was doing excellent work at
200 Taylor 100 yards behind him. grinding along,
hot and red, and 400 icet behind were Gibbct and
Voorhees,, tho latter plainly tired Al the mile and
nall stern was whole lap ahead oil the
a las, and passing him. was locking ssn w ct,
white teeth in full view. Conner whom he lad also
Tapped here spur.ed oicn with him. getting rather the
stand, which was now packed 10 overlowing Hoske,
little shadow OF fellow, from the Lafayette Base
two, but he walking erccty and putting his heels
much praise for bis honest walking. In the
saying that he felt very weak The knees. "Ioosen
your hands little. said man--pcrhaps his trainer
10 Holskc ''and get the into them for, like many
OF the walkers. he carried each hand bit OF wood or
stone He oosened them and picked up notccaby At
tc friendly word Indeed his was the most remark
able work OF the day, Tor, thin and white, and only
eighteen years old he tearing along spenddly all
the time, and, when the last lap reached, and the
squirting for the finish came, Stern was never far away
and crossed the line in the very excellent time OF
23m 5Ss leading Holske but six seconds and Taylor
ny thirty stern time Wltnlu less IMAM minute
and half Morgan's fastest recorded English amateur
time OF 22m 34s, which he made at London, England,
in April 1878
NOT
While Mr.. Stern the grounds OF his own
club, and allowed TO cross a forbidden
part OF the track and coach him, while thcrc
decided demonstration by his friends he drew in 10
the finish, 1t Is important and ought not TO be
omitted, that the referee did rightly in excluding Mr.
Taylor IRON the me walk because hc frequently
he clearly erred In not also excluding Mr.
Stern Throughout the three miles there was hardly
lap in which he did not break from walk into skip
or run. This was especially the case when he was re-
mote from the spectators and in the ne ghborhood OF
the halfway post at the northeast IL was IN
every mouth, and many OF tho protests did not mnco
words His weakness seems TO be that, instead OF
putting his heel down with sharp click, as does
and moro than once IL was plain that
string could have been passed under both
feet at without touching them or the ground
Had tho referee resolutey set his against this and
given the prize TO Mr. Hoskc, he would have met tho
sol every dsinterestcd person present and would
have brought deserved credit 10 the club. IL is often
not easy thing to distinguish between walk and
run, but It needed no expert yesterday Nobody would
have thought Of Mr.. Holske's walk or Mr. Sayres as
anything else than perfectly fair walk and the
should BIO insisted ON from every contestant
Tho quarter, halt and mile runs and the other events
OF the day. passed OF well, and II the cars could be
stopped whore they pass near the grounds Mt the
northeast end, Instead of several blocks away, the
ond oil very dusty road II would be we'll Altogether,
yetcrday's racing and the large aud fashionable
future meetings Of tho club will be even yet more
gu II