New-York tribune., 1878-07-05

in the second heat took things very eooy In ne nn"
heat R. La Montague won easily IN gsnn ia Montag1s
aud MctaRe. IN which the former was tne "inAot "
her were ten entries for tho 440yarsrun but as this
promised TO be a purely between Wilmer anu T ru
ward Merritt, only Ayres, OF the 1onheTs yesnen.
an extraordinary Merritt took the ead sghty zig a.
ne bsn @ Wilmer headed him. apd though down the
backstretch Merritt made two or three pucHy
to catch him. he failed sd oT 1ona S w S tho. ower turn and
into the straight by couple OF yards nefe h
rn % ed once 10 get on almost even with him,
Wilmer was fast for him. aud putting on surt WIZ
abeaI OF Merritt aud won by three yards Ayres Was Was
country The mile run brought out thTa0 , ihcn |'S'
n and W II Robertson, OF Brooklyn. Robertson TOOK Ee
lead at the start and kept 1t for the first four aDs Dt
Williams pushed him sharply, and IDade Nun spTt pi ~
many tnes that on the last lap he was completely ex-
bamsied and Williams went ahead and won as be chose
seconds CaliIster was third, nearly a lap behind.
In the 25Oyards run (handcap). fifteen men ran IN N
vsrIs, won in 27i5 sec. Kranshaw (M. A. CD second
In tue running high jump Fcken o. :aao1 a. e. won won
s n. iIa in These were the only contestants. c
The smile walk was easily won by PIC MeEwen @ th. 80 a, C
bad second Eks OF Port Henry the only other starter
was disqualified for running ..,,. .,,. .,,, NTH q
throw OF 80 feet 8 inches. W. b. Curtis was seeonu
Livingston H. A. c. made Is Ieet PGnes III Sas Ss
second with ID feot L inches; .-..,,.... .ooo
6OO-yaIds run (nauulcaID was va cActlchs
+ Ia Montagne was ut scratch win J. stewart, oI
PRINCETON yards ahead Of him, aud eight or ten men
at various distances still further of y. Ia MON
tagne ran his race with great Judgment on the nrst
Iap he took things quietly, only panlng Two
or three of the But on the back-stfetch ne
mt ON spurt aud went through the crowd with sur
prisng ease, and led into the straight He won easily
In I'm. 164ss ,,--- III, l. 20,
yhcn was the best time record in this country Tor
100 ward fuu over ten hurdles three feet six inches
hi but II Is time desn, 20 be badly beaten before
the day was out. The 125 yardsrun handIcapl br0ug
ont twenty men The final was by McNicbol (H.
A. c. lOl2 yards) with Curtis IN. Y A c., yards see
Ond. , ,,,
throw Gf - feet 4 inches. }. G.. TruaX was second,
with ~ feet inches The mile walk lhandCapl was
won By DOYLE OF York. (S0s.l In minutes 20 sec
onds Roster (65sl second. The pole leaplug was
won by L. TreDu N. y Turnyerein who got over rect
McEchOl was second, with feet inches.
The half-lnr had four starters. IL resulted IN
another victory for J.. La Montogne who won easily IN
2m l3s stewart Ot Princeton, was second. The one
nfth mile hurdle-race (handcap, exceedingly well
contested. won after sharp struggle, by
Iaton CH b. C., four yards who beat Duly (l. A. g.,
SIX yards Dy not much more than six inches. There
were seven starters.
The last count the I2O yards hurdle for the club
chaupousnp probably, So far as cutting the record
WAS concerned the agkabc Of thcday. It
was between L. b. FOOtc, jr holder, and IT, e. ticken,
challenger Fcken took the lead at the second hurdle
and finished In the remarkable time OF IT'S the best
time on record IN this country The best record before
this meeting has been 1915