The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-05


cr,1i IN u str"l'h " about two miles and q half
Ouc-lcggcd and onc-arircd men celebrated
thc Fourth Of July 10y. races and games in tho
Nhpuolln" grounds, brooklyn. The interest
centred ~ what was termed "rrutch rare ="
mtwccn Patrick llagecry qnl Patrick O'Nic.
was That IN" remaining loot should not he
tou'hcd to the ground. and that the men must
9Hrry themselves entirely upon their crutrhrs
legged men rnn race. Each used one loot and
onr crulch. Patrick IInggcry was agnin Tho
WihnnI; a running contest between Il. AlcI
nhu Iurlck Dunv chrh having ono Artificial
l'g' ana no crul hes. was won hv Duffy Thrcc
4h"- legged nrn ran race with whcclbnrrows.
J.n Campbell cnmr ont ahead.
hc most amusing NJ the rnccs was blind
iod, whrrllmrrow contest E1ch barrow w1s
propelled 10y n One legged runner. b,indfoltlrd.
'rh, conteslnnts were G. Kane. r. Phillips. T..
Du1y, j. Brady aud i. IiagEortv During the
rue inc wnre.nnrrows ,anie ing,tnrr WIN
hlcd upon the ground. L. Iag-crty was tho
1t the close Of tho races there was a cricket
match. One side WIS composed of one-lrsgod
players mud the other ot Onr-armcd players.
Tho one-lcEs won the match. hut the game was
very close. Tho sports OF the crippled mon nrr
to he continued to-day on the Capitolinc
The Argonautn Rowing Association held
Us annual regattn yrsterlny in the XIII Won
Null From the Ncriluda of the clubs handsome
boat house II hundred finely dressed women
looked down at the sport whilc vigorously using
inns to ngtato the Mmosp herc In the rarlor
81 tho cluh housr wcr" great bouquets Of which
golden m"dais' as priz's. displayed I'm hlnck
morocco .usr. string band played excellent
music IN tio parlor.
A thousand spectators gathered in ndnround
the club house. and the piers I'm Port Richmond
were crowded with those anxious tn srr. On
the water pleasure boats ~ all sizes crossed
ma rccrOSscl each others wakes. All WIS
ready ut 3 !. "; but the tughoat, the Annir
OF the members had gone down tn round the
Scotland lighiship with her. They returned
however. nj $3.50. and the reicrcc. 1. &. Eldrcd
l..ur .l.t.l l.sr
Judges boat.
First. Arthur Duane and s. II. Walsh took
their positions opposite Story's wharf for "a
race In single shells over the club course. Their
course runs south nearly u milo To- "a stnl<ch iut
men return 70 nnish ut the club house; Tho
TIDE was against the unrsinon in the first half Of
each race. Duane started out To win. H. WIS
IN shore, and IN the first hnlf-milc. although he
found himself among dozen pleasure boats
h." wound In and out among them, and in
creased his lead to ten lengths, He rounded
til he saw that he WIS going To beat Walsh
badly. Then he let Walsh nearly catch up
nnnnc's time was . minutes ~ seconds
NHlsh's 5, minutes 40 seconds. Walsh had "A
poor she'll. 1t took no impetus from his stroke
Then camo the .pair-onred shells one with
T. Taylor and Walter Man. For loo ynrds ihcy
were even. Smiths stroke told at last. and he
and Green took tho lead. Crossing the stake
boat fifteen seconds ahead Of Taylor and Man.
they took advantage II the tide. Then they
waited until their opponents came IN To- n
! length from them. and thus they crossed the
| line, Their time was minutes 10 socOuds. and
Taylor and Mans : minutes 10 seconds
NrM. four married men I II. Jarkson. I; 4.
/ smith. coNswain, in four 1arcd gig mated
/ thGmselycs with four single men. J. VI. Duane.
/ {. H. Stebnlns. ;. Is. Trask and T.. H. Peck. Wal
! tnr Man, coXwain. In another xix The favor
/ it@ bet among the young women on this race
srs tnkcr. Ing we "SuS %yr' b 0n
To the ladies' chagrin the bacholors
slowly but surely droppcd behind; 1t was a
boat and half the way back The stroke fell a
little short 81 40 70 tho minute \ veyatious
and nearly spoiled the most interesting race of
| the regatta 10y huggiug close 90 the course Tn,
married men crossed ~" line in : minutes 80
seron Il. and the bachelors IN minutes As
! seconds.
Last came tho four-onred shells. with moro
Edynri smith. F. L. Ballard, VIM. Gwynnc.
Hnn nan w. /; Igyclor singin Walter Man. Ar,hur
time the ladies, chose TO bet that tho Bened Is
would win. Their escorts consented to bet
thus. on went the crews. nip and tuck. the
The mir betters we're in high spirits. Ono
| young, !1iy informed hcr.frlsnis that her gloves
| 81 the he'trr,. hrfore the sinkehoat was turned
| ihe pn hri - squirt L. turned Hrst. and ted
/ minutes ~ r",onds the married men IN min
., Th-rr was dancing in the Latourello House in
., Tine 'o.er'd waters in the Latourotte House.
I Bergen Point y. j.. enjoyed athletic sports in
Wcr "0ls fro 10y as yn. WIZ n M o aG
/ Ihonn. VI. Cuthhert guests. were lulr.s 0ni
/ JhNan No'i-. u guest, the referee. SiN walters
/ ir.fi flr rrc-quartrrs Of an hour o. clluh u
sr"as ~ pole o. req as hanS. note Every
/ mihu hti fur." trials. Tho fourth man,
Ross. IN hi- Third trial, reached tao bans
, note. stafford walked mil" and
! won ~ S'urord md Bradley won hy tho thrse
/ legged ra'r -. an Green and Mulson ~. In
/ th' lnu-yprd dash Monctrir won stand Thomp-
/ son -. Thompson nul Ross won 81 AMI - re-
/ rr"uN"V hy wrestling. and stafford and Ma
o. % Il HHA ma %
I rn'. In IA" tug-nt-wnr. stafford. Ross. Malone.
| WRIGHT and sharp divided -.
! . Tue ht-t annual summer moeting Of the
! staten Island Athletic Club was hold yesterday
| beginning ut 10 pclp X. On tho club grounds IN
Bcm"nt avenue. West New Brighton. Staten.
Island. Tho track. one-slNth ~ milo in cir
| cunlf.ren'c, was reccntly pounded, and a lose
/ nnnrd fence was huit around the club ground.
/ Iue imprinted fen'o reflected the suns glare
| and added To- the sufr"rines ~ both CONTESTANTS
/ nn'l spectators by Keeping II the bragg. Young
] women and their - 'ortH tho wcRlihlr-t IN tn,
/ UNDER their raised umbrellas or beneath tho
,Wnvne prupped UP hy pn.os. lmprcunious
/ boys climbed INTO trees near the ground. The
contestants wore. Ia protect their heads. either
/ hnndkrrrhirfs or light hats. and urged on 10y
! friends they worked rs hard n though the SUN
w"r" not almost birtering their faces. Two
/ Prizes IN eaoh event werc offered los tho cluh,
/ one % gold the oturr Of silver valued al so
and -. respectively. There were sixteen
events: forty contestants participated who
| w"r" cltl"r residents IN Staten Island or mem
! brrs Of nthlrtlg clubs near this city.
- Long Branch Ind about 5000 visitors from
| New York. in addition tlthu-e who were already
there The hotels wcre crowded and the surf
/ wished ov"rlincs 81 bathers nearly Al day long.
] In the evening there was dan'in. in all of tho
/ hotel parors, ard fireworks In tho Ocean Hotel
] grounds. OCEAN Grove and Ashury Park had
| patriotic exercises, Walter larraute was fatally
wounded by the re'oil OF gun III Manchester.