New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-18
SPORTS AT SARATOGA,
pnArING Ann ATHLETIC GAMES.

GROWTH OF INTEREST IN GAMEs-RowING Asso-
CATIONS.
IRON A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TKfBUNE'I
SARATOGA, July 17.-At the lake the college crowd
rs pretty well absorbed in the coming races but II
does not increase in numbers rapidly nor is there
much Nf incident to awaken excitement. All the
crews were out this morning i'll good feather except
Harvard whose misfOrtunes with its boats have
Injured its chances much that it Is placed
further and further down the list Princeton feels
sure of the third place and Union the same POpu-
lar opinion, however, inclnes a little III favor OF
Wesleyan whose crew is doing splenddly, and which
has the prestige arising from The fact that Wesleyan
not only does as well as anybody expects but always
alittle better. The races viii undoubtedly be the
best on tho whole that have ever been held by the
colleges. viewed as mere contests in rowing The
following order of proceedings is promulgated:
The races will be started promptly NJ TO- weather per
uniting. otherwise as soon tAfC'r o 10 sfJ %;
any adjournment by telegraph. gun Un % Nv ~,
fifteen inmates before each race to call ou' crews leh
Crews viii be started promptly The start will be an
flag Tic position lending crews will he announced at
the grand stand on each half mile ~ raising tue eoors OF
Tie course is exactly three miles.
The races Of tomorrow will almost equal in inter
est the great race, as tie four sngie-5'u men VIII
all race by present appearances, and i'll the Fresh
man race all three crews expect to win, end all have
good reasons for their belief, which insures hard
struggle. William Blaikey will act as referee.
While the regatta is undoubtedly on tie wane the
athletic games on the rise The conlAlttee th's
year. composed of Messrs. Wallace of Wesleyan,
Green of Harvard and a Yale student have sue
ceeded in awakening very general interest in The
yames and have put stop to the dlsreputable prlze-
running tendency which bid fair 10 creep over them
Ninety-eight entries have been made for the games.
The programme for tue games of Thursday is as fol-
lows:
MoRNING-Three-nilew walk; trial heats 90 yards
DASH broad Jump; thTce-mie run; graduates one
nile walk; half mile Tan; tIlal heats 1uIIles. Go,
Misunderstanding the l6pound shot tnai
heats 100 yards: one-mIle walk; One-mlle run
throwing baseball; grad ates one-inllo run maj
heats hurdles; running high jump; quarIei-mlIe
heat su.,
i. No attendant TO accompany a competitor on the
Any competitor starting before the word, to be PIT
back one yard the disCrc OF the si2Ttdc; on re
tton of the ofense, 10 be disqualified , ., a.oa ~.
g. All shall be started 0y report OF pis'oi e" DC
4 In hurdle racing, each competitor 70 keep his own
hurdles throughout the the hight OF the hurdles 10
5. In traghtaway racing, each runner to keep his
g. Jostling running across wlfuly obstruCtng an
o'her a. 70 impede his progress 70 rcaaef tue
T. The decision Of the referee in al competitions 10 DC
hna.
g. In high jumping three "trios at each high al
lowed The hight az each successive elevation t. bo de-
termined by the majority Of the compo Lt0s Dsaehs
the bar only to count " "a try"
g. In Hcafd Jumping putting the shot, and throwing
the hammer three tries only allowed; ths pest ;hIee
competitors of the first trial % be allowed tlfee more
tries" each for the final The farthcst jump. put or
To- In board iumping aud putting the shot, crossing
the scratch line in the attempt TO count rs no jump
IL Ia putting the shot the weight to be delivered from
The sbonGeT Win either haud seven f.ct run allowed
Dus" be measured rem the nearest point or tse
scratch, continued in straight line Ton olhet sldej uh
T. In walking, the referee will give two cautions IA
of any untaiTness or ski ling and Tor the trd Of
Tense he will disqualify When tle competitor so cSq"-
LED shall retire from TIE ccnttst ..-- =. -. 80
-. mo jump" " no pM." or mo tnro| " count IS
"atry"
The entries are largely urPrnceton, Union and
the University of Pennsylvania. The colleges each
hold their own athletic contests in the spring TO
ascertain the best TO represent tnem, and as the
expense is comparatively nothing, and the training
less severe and onerous than for boat-raclng they
seem likely to attract large and steadfast CON
stituency of their own. II is especially to the ad
VANTAGE of this association that it got into the
hands Of gentlemen Of independent means and Of
position, who will manage ii as Q college affair and
I'm the interests of the students and not of tho
Saratoga hotels. There is much talk about tho Lake
OF q probable Middle States rowing asso-
citation 4 New-England association seems to
be certainty, though Yale and Harvard
lust now are persistent IL tbeir purpose
of racing only with each other. Among the guests
.t Che Lake this morning have been Prof. Van Am
ringe of Columbia and six-oared Of Column
bian Veterans, Including Mr.. Rspally, X. Cornell,
Mr.. Griswold, and Others well known On the Harlem
River,