The New York herald., 1877-03-02
ATHLETIC SPORTS.

THE AMATEuc MEETING AT THE RIDING AcAD-
EMY--rHE EVENTS AND THE WINNERS.
The amateur athletic meeting held at the Riding
Academy, Third avenue, last evening, was exceed
ingly well attended and the events hotly contested.
The games opened with the trial heats OF the seventy
five yards run. OF i've participants In the first
heat Frederick Ruhl, OF the Electric Boat Club New
York, was the winner IN Sx scconds The second
heat u pretty struggle, and ended with Alfred
Ing, Albion Society. New York, capturing
IL In Sx seconds The third was credited
10 Frank 81. Cllnch q caner in on seconds, and the
fourth to H. Lauterbach. College Of Now York, in sk
seconcs The 6nai heat and tho race was won by
Iauterbach in seconds Ing and he were dead level
TO within two yards of the tape. when Lautcrbuch
made grand effort and finished threo inches in ad-
vance.
The one milo walk brought out fifteen OF the seven
teen entriea IL was won py Charles Conner, OF the
Young Mems Christian Association, IN I'm. 43ks,
beating W. NJ. Watson, OF the College OF New York,
twenty yards Thomas H. Smith. oi the Scottish
American Club finished third. Tho referee, evidently
under grievous error, ruled out L. C. Halske on the
thra lap Tor skipping when he was in tho lead Those
who know Halske's style were greatly annoyed, and
called the ruling "a great injustice"
The running broad jump had nine contestants H.
/. Woughby, OF the University OF Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, proved the VICTOR marking Is IT, AZ ins
George McNcho, Scottish American Athletic CLUB,
was second, jumping Is IT, JH lbs James u Latnrop,
Is IT, i a ms, fourth
Tho quarter mile divided Ia three trial heats.
eighteen OF the twentysevcn entries appearing at the
scratch The fna heat called K j. Watson, A. A. c.,
e. =. Ayres and +. simpson, Yonkers Lyceum, and W.
o. wilkinson. Y. II. g. A. TO finish the business
Ayres ana W Wlkins0n cut out the running at q raro
pace and locked Tor considerable distance but
when within yards OF the tape, Ayres dashed by
him and won by TWO feet Time, I'm. 3i4 sec.
Tho three mile walk sent eleven 10 the score There
were George Law, j. " Woolcott and Thomas H. Smith,
OF the American Athletic Club; A. G. Geerng,
IN nla nf
the mile walK Young Mems Christian Association;
Robert H. Pelton New York; W. H. Watson, College OF
New York; E. G. Haske tcrroneously ruled out OF the
mile walk. Harlem Athletic Club; John Oaky, Co.
Iumbla Boat Club, Brooklyn. l.. L. julius Y. Macoy,
Yale Club; James d. Freeman, Young Mems Christian
Association. Connor cut out tho work, and
before on9-quarter Of mile had been gone
the event was narrowed down to Halske
and himself. HalsKe fccling aggrieved at his
treatment early Ia the evening evidently meant to
make 1t hot Conner, and SO walking IN good form
until the first mile, made by Conner IN SIN. l0As., he
gradually closed the gap between them and on tho
fourteenth Iap colared Conner. From this time
Haske did he pleased, leaving him thirty icet ut
the OF the second mile, in 16m 291as, and then
going landed the winner BY thirty yards, in 25m
5O4s Al time, Halske taking 1t cooy and easily
was fully an eighth OF mile to the front. The APP
plause which the winner received for his magnificent
efforts dcaiening.
Several other events were decided at very late
hour. John Welsher was the starter, Mr Thomas
White referee, and Mossrs. Hitchcock and Code the
Judges