New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-10
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
ARACE MEETING AT NEWPORT

for a racemcctng than this has bocn could hardly be
/ imagined. TIC eastery storm which prevailed yester-
day and which threatened prevent todays races had
entirely dsappeare this morning aud the weather was
clear. cool and bnclng. with stiff northcrly breeze
blowin- and Just enough white and heacy clouds TO pre-
vent the suns from being disagreeable. The race
track Is situated on point beyond what is known as
The Second Beach," some two and half miles from the
city ana the drive OG ana b1Ck the two beaches,
with their hard. moist sand, not the least pleasant
OF the days cniovm nt' Though the first race was not
20 be until p. early o'clock people in wagons
had begun 70 arrive the grounds, and pedes-
TRANS were swarming all the hills, coming not
only from town but from the back country well. By
one o'clock the line Of carriages almost unbroken
from the head Of the First Beach out 10 the course The
wonder where in the world they could all have come
from, and 10 was not until gotnO the midst Of the
crowd that It became clear. Certainly a molly
crowd 10 w0rld be hard 20 find, furnishing more
striking contrasts. CrOwding close on swell" drag
with its four handsome horses and its servant; IN livery
with ~ top covered wrprcty women in bright dresses
would come a farmers haywagon, arranged for the oc
cason by placing boards it for seats with load
OF women aud children Express wagons. market
carts, from the and coaches from The ho
tells all had been pressed no service for the occason
ana OF legitimate carriages there of every sort and
description, from heavy andaus and Yctoras down to
tiny pOny-wa CONS, drawn by Shetands Larger tnan
Newfoundland dogs.
don the morning Of the Derby Day. though TO be sure
it much smaller scale. Thecour5e, which covers
almost the whole OF the Point "a not laid ont like regular
racecourse nor is II nat 10 is simply the grass right
the fields and stone wallis tie course being marked
out by hlgs with here and there haysack, which Mt
least added pictures queness while the ground SO far
from being level, rolling that it impossible TO
watch the horses al the way from any place except,
perhaps, from the judges stand. The fact that there
charge 0r admission bus that everyone could see
large ami very mscelaDcous crowd anu there was 10
small trouble IN keeping lem OF the course
The management 0f the races capital, aud though
there difficulty in keeping the track clear 10
goodnaturey but efficiently done. At two O'Clock the
Tor the arst race, the Stewards Messfs Henry
Fearing, Fairmau Rogers and Geo. p Wetnore were at
their place. aud the first began very promptly TWAS
"A steepe-chnse for horses that have seeple
chase in the United states, of about two
miles, weller weights. There were eight entries T. A.
Haycmeyer's Rcformer" J. G.. X. Lawrence's Risk,
Mcclure Brothers NewYork." A d. Browns" Prob
lem" and "Demonstrator" us Cattanach5 "Bencher p
Lorillards Preston" and Il. Gafuey n Co.'S " Dalga-
an they all Of them the post They got away
pretty we'll together-RsA aud Demonstration little be-
hind-and ran very pretuy around the lower turn Of
the COURSE At the first water jump Risk fell and threw
his rider who remoun5d however, and went over the
course. aud at OF the hurdles farther down the
track Bcncher threw his Jockey and ran or The finish
was not very close, Problem winning easily with New
timed. no time being taken throughout the day. The
second race was the interesting of the day IL
was FOR the Newport cup, Tor gentlemen riders; dash
the fat OF about threequarers OF MILE for horses
that had been ridden the road July l, and had
not exercised track since that date There
were five entries, three horses startng-J. G. h
Iawrences Warock, 8 sauds's Bonbazine, and
Capt Iotteu's The Judge-lnd each gentleman
rode ms own horse The race was CLOSE ana
exciting and was won by Wariock, BOnba-
zna a GOOD second. ana The Judge third. The cup
which sir Lawrence, who In % Weu-knOWn racing man.
won a handsome piece of sliyerware, from tue Cor
mann sfuulactiiIiug COMPANY. antique IN form, and
about two iect Mgh, tue handles formed OF hotst
heads, and the suriu0uuted bf . Jockey IN Tult
modern racing costume. Tie Prize for the second
horso was q whip The thlgd ryce, tie sWport Han
dlcap 5tecpecase, over course 81 about three miles
vas the last and best OF tue>dly There were six
starters ana the race was VOL by hGad by bfoWl.s
tnld, and Liwrencos Resoutc fourth. The horses al
jumped well. and kept well together ana me race was
interesting one from END 10 eh; aNrn lItVgetIeI,
ie FIRST day of the Newport Stee chase Meeting las
be-n yery successful. IL resr1brd very strongly an
English hunt-meetng or one of their smaller country
meeting, and anything more p.esute'lie OF s'rlAiHs'
one IL NOT apt 90 see IN this part % the "orld.
Last Thursday the Athletic sports, under the patron
age af the Westchestrr Polo Club, opened with mile
walk which was easily taken by J. II. Armstrong, OF
NeYork who walked quietly from tie only Oiher com
uetitor John Goddard, OF Newport until very near the
finish when De away from him as If he had been
standing still The mile walk was followed by the trial
heat for the hundreiyard dash, which promised To be
C. Iarortls, OF Sev-Yori won easily with Greene, OF
Princeton second and tle second heat taken by W.
g. Curtis OF the Sew-Yori Athletic Club, with j. b.
Porter. OF Cornell second. The running high jump,
whica came next, ous ot the pretest exhibitions OF
the day. There were eight cnu.es, OF whom five men
came To the pos, and they were speedily narrowed
down To three. all Of thlm representatives. ~ the NeW
VorE Arbiofir Cub: T.. D. FoOc, r. FIckcn and Rich
ards. ic aids " ~ oot -t 4ec' lhcAeS f1v.e 4-
feet 10 inches ard Ficicn 40 was never really 'n.,
cleaned II - Grhes, then Grew OUT WIlhi.s ,ue Hs1
prize. AnYthng more graceful tia9 fIcArns Junplhe,
DO d impossible % inagne-t was the very poetry o.
notuu-aud ha JUMPED Wiz The ease ana ign uess Oh
GREYHOUND. In tne Putting The shot, when follows the
jump, BIcmoycr. OF the Ne" ora Atu.,u CD .oA 'S
first prize win 80 feet. inches, Ge0rSe FdIhitl, q,
Princeton, second, with ~ fc"i, % lhci;es Inc H1l
heat OF Tie 100 yards das "L- lcA run, l'poll's' &
u.s. Potter and Greene starting L1iioFtas agiun Won
handiy, Win GURUS sec'"'' 'lN o'''' '"'-'
seconds.
The t,rse-nlle walk FOR which handsome silver cup
OF 800 value made by Tiffany was the hrst prize had
four contcstants-Armstrong, vho won the one-mile
walk. Fraser Treasurer Oh the Scw1ork Athlete CluD;
Harry Magquand, OF Princeton and G. OeFlcAs OF New
York Almost Immediately ait-T the start the walkers
broke up into couples Armstrong and Fraser ahead
,Iloved n distance which increased with each lap, by
Oelrchs and Marquand and these positions were main
,ned tI the finish Fraser aud Armstrong walked side
By side till the last lap each lap being Ette under
tbrd Of a me) when Armstrong who had now begun to
exert himself away from Fraser aud won by aooat
ninety Yards in % minutes 1874 seconds. Oerichs and
haruufuf a -
tbe stretch Maquand tried but rallied To eaten Oechs'
VINO took the third prize The next race 'i hlie run
- .ou Nv about nfty yards by Hammond, OF comm
Mn vim was never pressed from cud 70 eni Inc trlal
beafs for the hurdle race Q2O yards over th hGles'
feet Is iuchc. hIghl then run, fOOte OF t9o So"-
Vnrs Athletic C.uD, winning tine hist, win La'hah,
of Harvard second; and the second neal 3elng Won ~
Eickcu, Ne"-nofh A'H41''0 N'"' wan w. 49,
Ncw-NOrt, second
In throwing the hammer Sixteen pounds, Parmey OF
Princeton won with throw Of 81 feet 54 inches when
Is the best record IA hs country the eA DeS'
ID F.ffI Iuvpu on Il
90 maj ueiug 50 feet. The running jump was Won
~ q Lnthrnn OF Rn-lnn. with 10 leeL II = inches,