The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-09
ArnLErIc CANES ~ MORT niynx.
a Variety or Fun, Employing the STRENGTH
mud skill of the Participants.

Tho New York Athletic Club had sport
yesterday on backgrounds in Mott Haven. tho
pres, nee Of Il larg, assemblagc. Athletes from
Ncw Jersey. Pennsylvania Illinois. Connccti-
cut. Mns-a husetts. and Canada had come To
compete with Now Workers for the gold cham-
lionship medals. The Nrw York clubs repre-
srntcd. b sides the Athletic, were the Harlem,
Scott ish- American. Turn Ncrein. Racquet. Maui
titus, and Nonkrrs. Princeton College = mt
Goo H. rarmly and j. I. Duflicld. and the Uni
vrrs'ty Of L nnsylvania. Horace II Lee.
4 hundrcd-yard run began with atrial Of four
heats to sec who should run in n second trial OF
two heats. ending with final heat with only
on, winner ut the end. Tho runners were
Horace H. Leo. University Of Pennsylvania;
Isaac B. Potter. Wntcrvleit Bont Club. West
Troy: Charles Mc1vcr. Montreal. Canada W.
g. Curtis. n. Y. A. g.; II. H. Wilson. Scottish
American Athletic Club +. c. Saportas Harlem
Athletic club; L. Hrnshaw Of the same: Daniel
Hardic Hartford. Conn: William J. Murphy.
Brooklyn; ly Luutrrbach and ]. f. Duilicld.
Princeton. In the first heat Lee and Potter
walked over in ilii seconds Lee ahead; in
the second McIvcr and Curtis did the Same in
~ seconds. with McIvcr ahead; in the third
Wilson and Suportas had little scramble to
throw out Hcnshaw. and tho time was II sec-
1nds. wilson 9l,ad and in the fourth neat
Iautcrbarh IN and Hurdi" camo in in III seconds,
a iynr tnr tn pd pdFmg
t,> had sharp race for the second trial. first
hent and Lee won hy fifteen fee, IN luh SOC
onds. Potter and Curtis mad" pock kct for Nc
Ncr in their headlomg speed and all three
came in in bunch. The Canalian claimed u
the ilnal heat with Potter who, was second in
tho heat. SaUOrrs. Wilson. Iauterbach. and
Hurii' made up the ond heat q this trial.
and SNportHs Won in lO4 seconds, Wilson soc
ond. Afrr rest VI 'Iycr. Saporia- Lee. Pot
ter. and Wilson tord the line for the final heat.
e.4t4.a ] I.rlI nj fl..af
| The contest Wa, short and sharp; MclNcr won
| in TO- seconds. Sarorlns being close To- his
| hoesl. NaNt i'm order were Lee. Potter. and Will
son, Good -naturrd cheers went NJ Tor the 'a-
| nadinn. The best time mndc in this ra'c, both
in England and this country. has been 10 is
IN running hish iqmR 4; II. oakes ,}l; S9ntYst, =,
cleared 5 feet 4 inches. His best is feet &
"A a i4i.yari run was by ", & casper q New
! York, John n. Ferguson OF i9gkers. Edward
| Merritt Of the Athletic Club, and W. ii. Burch OF
| New York. Merritt took the lead and kcp, it.
! bat he wg- worried q good deal 10y Gqspor; Fer
guson and Jiurch kept close too. but Merritt
| won in So seconds, with Gasper few feet be-
/ ono mile run brought on the track wm.
kan oi Harlem Atll.tl' club. W II. Robertson
uf BROOKLYN. B. &. williams oi NV York and
! C. Nuu-ut oi the Nonk"rs Athletic Club Nourlt
| AMI Morgan started ah"ad together, ana Chiil-
/ and Williams were lnst. Robertson WAS he-
Sg nj ahaa sSdar rag wdn tH n M sq9s rSir Wlm
! 2n var u from the popl Morgan spurind. an /!
Won u I.A'; NuuE.t WIS second; then ltoN"rt-
t.eaod. ION 4''''' ""' " ''''a'D' J." '"' 0'"'' ' II
The sovan milo walk brought together r 7.
Nott ana +. II. Armstrong oi narlom. and Thn-.
Bu.kIsy 0f Scottish American AllDi. Cuh.
Armstrong was 80 much the best nnn that he
u.,ls iit.Dn lur- to tnoir fourteen. lie won IN
JJ.i9 2-j Burkleys time was Go.iO =, anI
Then came putting tho 1f-pound'shot II. =.
York Afhftff. t'lul NJ
l"ct inches; \. ". Adams. scottish Amer an
Nhl. tic C!uJ. 80 feet inches. and G y. Iarm.
Il, princeton '0ii'S' A'D'v''' ''uO' d ,'''
Tho nyc contestants in tho running broad
iump Ire soon nurgowed down g. tlr'", +;
I RaeNps dropping ont AT Ii feet Il in hes. al.t
George II 'Nirhul at l6 feet 10 ia hes. Then W.
r. Livingston, l.. johnson, and James O.. La
tlrop lnmp'l aga. a.nnnd Livingston won with -
lect O., iAlAcs johnson WAS second In Is feet 3
In throwing the lG-pound hammer stalwart
yOung student from Princeton. George D.lurm-
] IL. N@tNN-h"d hi, ruMp'ilt"rs 10y hurliu: 10 81
feet, beating the best amatt ar record IN Amer
1hcpele-trians in the one mill walk were
L. e. Holsk. OF .rom. J. V. Woolcntt Of the
| scottish American club. and {. !. Noel of PAN
Held. y j. Noel started OIL furiou-y md
| everybody laughed at his curious gait Tho
rac --o,iari- run .pleased e,,rybody., rs it
were TWO trial heats and final. In the first,
M'lyer and s"lortas kat heeyeS, in y /,
walk over In the naal heat Merritt won
hn4 isomely in "a seconds. sapOrtas next. then
on a0lliors said that the next event was n
fav0rite in the army. II was " The tug of war
-Four Gtermlu- from Elizabeth, y. e. Capt, Emil
Pa-lurg. NJ keing /. Keller and \. MAJ mart.
called the 1nrnNerein Norwuerts tenn.
erasped one cnd u a rope. ana the Scottish
Aneiican- Cnpt " L. Moore, A. ", Adams. \.
4. Thomson, anil /. Arnold. took horl o. n"
other end. The trial was 10 see which party
could pull the harder The German Captain
yelled " Elm. zw-i. eln. zwei!' - his mon. but
thoy were slim. and the sturdy Scots pullrl
then across the linz in ten seconds.
Then the New York Athletic Club team. Buer-
~ yer. Curtis. \. Flint, Jr.. and A. Hem, tried
il With the Germans, and. though the tug was
vlNors hal It out. For forty seconds they
tu-gel al strains and little by Little the Scots
were pull a 'rO~ ~ tIo line.
The l2O-ynrl- hurile race was quickly run in
one heat 10y Inkon. Foot, and Checv"r. Flckrn
made tho fastest time IN America on record.
jumping ten hurl, =, and " inning in lS' 500
onis. Next best WAS ". J. Makeman IL Glen
iii hell July 10. $50
The three u.ls w!lk was closely cont 'st'd. vi
lay bctwrcn }. Y. Woiroit aud l.. C. ll0lskc from
tho first. There wrra five laps io be made. THO
other cont, stuut- Wero \. W. AndorSo and o.
| C. Wokccs. Wol'ott Jed for two laps; then
Hulsse iussci him. He had b. worl, hard. and
won in - minutes 2-5 seconds