The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-22
BBE\K-NECK EVENING Fun.
rur pTRTL OTS SFORT THtT THEY HiI
ON tONNEC7fCvT'S NILS.
London. Challenge 60 Norwich aud what
,orc nrIt "Cet Ready Your Surgeons -
,te Nrrci. OF the Racing Sled One Man
r.nn,i.l. i.IIeh aud Eisht Wounded.

rno,,,,,, i,iucd aud Eight wounded.
Sd, ,,t,, .,, h,o,.,.r.uos
.'fr1 -.yrrgi weeks ago tho
~ .os.,lr., ha. n,,n revived
,tN .. 'uta-n THAT has injected all ages
lUr.i iN'i' O''n moro iHst ana
,iar. 0'H 1 'N' twin .'r OF Norwich and
To- ,s..., ,-'.,,,,'t', f,rt,
t.N-gf. -N. Tong "N ''ir W'f' lU-' ll'"' '"I H. /
sl.. tt,fe aay and until late at night the |
r .In- have tung with the voices
49,, - a,., ,..,,. /
ff-t- fe n'h Hnh women ana WIN |
a.. lnruf 50. '--hol runners. At length the |
t0a-uh- l''' '" w. '
tn-iut'..- r'io that 1t became necessary TO |
'.,.. .f,.ri t,. -,r.,t- entirely 10 them. or TO |
h.ir - ti,.. .,or,rvtr tram, Tbc |
INF r''' iN "'' 80 '' u"'', ~
rify fathers hluf'l over ih'ir dusty, double |
y1, t,,,... AZ h,.laws and rshnd ont nm |
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Old ordInNn'' ti"' MINUS 'v"'uhs "t siuiHs |
O. U '''' ,,. ,,t,r,., ,ho hius,1os ,roro
I"' '" wa" '
cleared. aud i"r a iim' the sport was checked. |
ri,.r fiI. ,nun. mon with their elc,ls behind |
mem. '''-- Nv wv -" ','." '''"''
ihr rity 0n Tao south. and nightly from 800 TO |
iso0f them have made the long hills 81 Preston
t NJ ..,.ri,., H.. "a ,,,,,.,,,,,,,r, 10
nlrH in' "'orle pu''' oil 'Vm'h' mas
ben FoNs lll.L which is succession vi long
,r.Il- that I'll. t,h almost from the entrance of
Al ii III, a., -,
u Dor l-' over u'" river lhrouSh 'h' clu-ter-
irf-dN hfN-'I Preston the highest n'ak'"hout
'''',' .'"'s IL, VIZ, J'S 1,''i4
'"- ''"'' U wv" 'i'M".u "","-
Ing and over % much frouucn,cd turnpike.
d.vu .h "a, intervals Of ten or nraan min
49,. d, ,h. d,, and ,,.,t,', m ,,ni,i,n1, -
t.0d- da-h 40 lightning speed There have been
MANY Incidents on this course; small .l,,s
49,, .,.., H., . ma ,.t -,
tA'e been smashed hy collision with larger
tn"- und their occupants have boon more or
l. -sriou-ly injured There had been no mr.
N'N7 accident however, 10 N Wl compare win
tlNtN msi cycuing. which resulted In tho Grip
AZ ui two "g turee men ana ia. probable
Omtl w another.
The cause of the accident was the SHARP RI
VARY thut has long existed b,tv -.u NV Ion
q n coasters aud III, Sc Yol Norwich in r,gard To
u speed vt their ie~l'.t.N" s.'as. Inc irst
irni Of ihis iri Wdy, eonl'nt Ion was a cla,,
speed on "a hill in their own civ. Norwich re-
tponicd. and last We sent down q legation
q fifteen or twenty There wrr. several races.
pm the Norwich m n returned with no broken
lonrs. The result wa- unsut sta tory e. New
t,ui he following noie:
oqt your ;qr.,gn' and he prepared, for
TIL. Norwich mon got readv and M lusk rox,s
WAS lined from tnt, to nt"m Viii Inc MN
a. { All sorts VI coa~tug machines. from a
Wi .u--hoi " bob sled Ia hIrrol slaves and
clnpping trays The main interest centred nj
NJ Ia the Norwich party. WHO spurtcd a large
d.n. and owned and strer.'l hv Nj F,skn
Vic r. the son OF an eirctrican Of this rity. Ii is
v.rv swift and SCENTS nine or ton persons. Al
l.ugth the New London boys arrived. bringing
wit them large ra, ing -ln,l ~ tho SORT known
" double ripper" This sled cons.s Its Vi two
slal- ininei hv ne nnnk scat and il s'nnrsi hv
Implicated - -tom Of double rtillrrs and 0ut-
ries, r. hy means Of which IN. iii,t cuu govern
t"ruur-e Of the forward RUM RS 1t Is rro-
NIa"d 18th thre, headlights and ra tors which
tn broad glare over the readb 4 in front
lli upon the sides. 1t is owned hy Mr. Fr-d.
Alen Of New London, who was i- pilot last
tvning II will carry fourteen persons.
When the New London boys reached the top
G. the tim they found nearly n thousand per-
tou- waiting To- see their prowee-. The surface
a the hillside was a sheet Of smooth. unhrokcn
j. the air was soft and still the new moon.
sinking behind the hills. shed II hay radiance
upon the sccnc. The NV London party. among
whom We're Mr.. Frank Dove. Mr.. Coy. clerk OF
the Croker House, and James Adams. clerk in
z New London drug store Joined their sled at
tn hilltop. There were only eight persons on
The seat, and they waited for a larger load.
Right behind them was the clipper of the Nor
wirh boys; stu further in the rear were I'M
numbered and nameiess sleds ready to follow
u race. - - -
NJ irngth Mr.. tnarleS Almav ~ Norwich took