The New York herald., 1878-08-18

certed Uy tho occurrence, and their confusion caused
great msrrment 10 add 10 the amusement O11cer
Rabbts, Of The Twenty second precinct, VINO was de-
tailed 10 preserve order 81 rbe gate, pursued The ca
the failure Of Rabbit 10 outrun the cat that the tracK
became Of lively snJoymsnI
The last event on the programme was q 'stug OF
war' bs,wssn the seos'i:a- American Atnio.io
Z. E Arnold, % G A. j. QuecKoernsr, J, Dun.
ming and A. Thompson aud tho Manhattan
McNicho, J. ID Freeman, T. A. McEwen, AMI II. r.
PIKE The @ Ssosmsn woa The vo'ory sssily IN each
down Tor this contest, declined to compete.
SECOND ANyuAL MEETING or THE oARRIsoN's
ATH ETC ASSOCIATION DIS rINGUIsHED
SPECTATORS PRESENT.
The second annual meeting OF the Garrsons Ash.
isc Association took plsOe yesterday afternoon the
pictures que grounds OF Mr. samuel Sloan, at Garr.
sons. on The Hudson. Among Tho compositions were
several students OF Columbia College, representing
among their number the classes of 10. $50. sl asd
49, those OF he latter being sub-irsshmen Harvard
aud Trinity college were also represented. The 70.
mainder OF tho contestants were workmsn
employed on the estates Of sx-Sserstary Of
State Hamilton Fish, Mr. samuel Sloan,
Mr. william II. Osborn and mrs Underhil.
For the most part the programme Of yesterday was
90 arranged that the college men and the employees
took part separately In tho events, an arrangement
seemed
ing was coneerned they stood on an equal footing.
In somc OF the events, however, the coiegians aud
the workwsn shared alike tho exercises ana honora
OF the occasion. The games wsrs Witnessed BY
number OF the gentry residing IN the neghborhood,
many oil wnom were 10 carriages and others on loot
nua his dsasnisr, Mr,. Colonel BeDjamia; Mr. asd
Mrs. samuel sloan aud family and Mr.. William IL.
nna we're .r sds p1
sc, ption ON tho part OF the gsntemsn named,
while those for which the collegians compsted
x,oeod inf nd od an in
geld letters ana heavily fringed with buliop The
weather was deiishfu, and the carriage drive:
cond,i,on From nass,n9 ia front Of the
rssdsneo OF Mr.. sloan, wnch occupies an sminsnce
try nr the eye reacn, waved largo national
banner and this 1oa.ed ths blue aud white coora
0i Columbia College,
The programme consisted OF twenty one events,
iisSi. manner. mo hrs, was 100 yards dash Gspc.
cia, the cntriss being: -Evert j. wcndell, Harvard
D. Sss'vs s... ss' yAs S0,ss Va: .oa
first named gentleman 10 ton soeonds II may here
DO stated that IN tnis and all the other assoss and
vantage o inclined track, whion, Of course, en-
ablcd them to make somewhat faster time than they
could ordinarily achieve on level ground
A 40 yards dash was participated IN BY rhomns
Turner, A. Aust,p and Phinsas sksns. IL was won By
the Iormer ~ 20 seconds
Then followed u quarlcr mile run Especially thos,
taxing being George Il. Taylor Columbia College
80; H. nry G. PANE Uoiupba Coiiegr, 10 aud Lean
| der Hustled. Ins was won by Mr.. TAYLOR Time, N
| sccondk
Daniel Leorgc, Rich ard Belton ana Thomas Turner.
tho latter wnning oy going over eight feet and hail
In the 100 yards race for boys fourteen years old
and under lspeciaD the starters wero Benson Is.
sloan, J, Borden H.rriruan apd Arthur Taylor Mas
ter Hartman came OIL VICTORIOUS Time, l3ss secoads
Next was go yards dash (spscia). 10 winch the
| csn,esiants wrtc ". J. Wendell aud J. d. Chccvsr.
Tnc former again scored v'cory, the lime being
hsi mil. run tspec.ap was participated IN by W.
Is. Parsous, Coiumoia College, I9, and w. Taylor.
Columbia Coliege, 80. fhis was won by The latter.
In Inc running broad jump (speeiaD there were two
startcrs--Gsorgs II. Taylor and J. D. Uhssvsr. Ts'
former proved no winner BY Jumping disianese
match race, 100 yards dash, broush, out com
pc,ioss Charles vAcnt,ae AMI Bsnjamin Turner, toe
| iormer winning IN l2,s srcoods
In tue 100 yasas dash, haudicap Especially, th'
acoiamoa College, 'sa, 80 iec,, ana b. j. wendell
scta,sn. The latter crossed the 'sPs nrs'. Time
III me oss-miIe run was participated in By Edwi,
| Perry. Thomas TnoYnton, John Loiorgo aud Joseph
Austin This was won BY Thornton. Time, 5m. slfs.
Two youths started In tue 30 yards race ier boyi
under .x.sen lspeeiA') These were n. o TAYLOR and
george Il. Taylor had a walk over in the one.ms
| walk I.pec,aD DONG i,e task In 9m. 52lss.
| In putting the shot Jimcs X ID was declared the
| winner: distance 65 .cct inches.
hurdles Two ieet SIX inches IN height. In this this
starters were H. J. Wendell aud J. d. Cncevcr. AZ
competitor the last pa med foil and the
| The time made by his successful rival was Is x
scconit.
| In ths 100 yards dash, thrso heats, the winners
were respectively Thomas Turner, time, nhsr; JOBS
Leioge tine, Ilss and Thomas Turner, time, IL ss.
| OF three eompctitors nj throwing tho hammer
| James Reid proved tho winner ne having sent tha
sxteen pounds oil iron distance Of ~ eet IL incbes
| rhen followed match race (spccisil, Mr.. George
| H. Taylor Undertaking TO walk 10 yards while Mr.
Mr Ever. >. wsndeIi ran 100 yards. THIS proved
| almost q dead heat, the iormer w,nning IN 9K
| seconds, Mr.. wcndcps timc bcing 10 scconds
| A sack race, pat ticpatcd Ia by hve members, was
won by Richard Bclton, and thrce-cGgsd race, Ito
| yards (sprciaI, won By George H. Taylor and u.
! J. Wendell.
Al the close OF the games, exsccretary Fish, after
lew vel chosen remarks oa the Importance OF aih.
ettc exercises presented the premiums 10 the win
| ncrs In all tho special events 1be medals not
quite ready and they will bc distributed among tho
| winners oi tho workmen's games In q few days
| The officers oil the day were rs foliows:-Rserec,
| Mr. Hamilton F,sh; judges. Percy Uisrk aud Will
lam :. sloan; timsfs W. B. Prisons and William u.
| Taylor: starter, William e. Osborn.