The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-08
POLICE ATHLETICS.
A Blue Coat Gala Night at the
Hippodrome.
WRESTLING, RACING AND SPARRING
Creditabe Work by the Sturdy Guardians
4 of the Peace.


bers nor interest did 1t compare with that OF the police
men last night Half hour before the time the
Madison avcduc entrance was SO densely jamm'd
ina, it was exceedingly difficult to get IN
ut ali, and every moment the crowd thick
eusd until by eight O'Clock every available
scat Was tuiI, and every now and then In would
como Two or three hundred at time, rusning down
the great track, forming in solid lines against us
Sides scrambling into the reserved seats. into the
arena-everywhero. Captain Williams presided, and
cool and watchful like good officer Kept tolcraoiy
good order and managed TO have the track ana piat-
form clcar whencvcrt was necessary, plenty OF pao-
men being scattered about and obeyng orders we'll II
was plainly the pocemcn's pcuic. ana the wnoie OF
the vast assembly seemed to fully appreciate aud 10
favor everything that belonged TO the service
The evening opened with ssventy-yard run, In
which wero entered Officers Madison Pkingt0n, Gras.
sicx. Coon, Hickey aud Foley. All got OF we'll at the
pistol shot, but Grassck had evidently been therc be-
fore for was at once away with tho lead ana run
n,nr steadily though rathcr heavily, gradually
wideped his gap until he breasted the tape with ten
clean icct 10 the good Madison making fair second.
with tho others punched close about him. The time,
81 seconds, was Just about second and q hall too
long 10 BE- called good.
Ia the go yard run. for members weighing 200
pounds and over Of the ten who had entered three
only came to scratch two Of them about Ave teet
ten each and tho other an inch six feet, aud
heavy thick waisted, solid looking lot they were.
MoCarty of the Police Steamboat Squad, soon broke
loose bis rivals and swung OF round the circle at
lively gait, the tall man, Phillips, OF the Twenty
nth precinct dropping at first behind Rcmley and 10
his eaQcrncss 70 pass him they turned tho corner
nearly pitching neadlong Now no recovers, and the
two swing xp the south side at clipping pace, now
until fl,o 0inpt Mt In
secures tho coveted place. the other sticking well 10
him, however, and tho steamboat man leading both
by gooa nI,y fcet, though looking as If no would
be delighted to STOP 321s seconds was the record.
Captain williams then handed tho winners OF these two
events their medals adding. in tono inaudablc 10
almost tho entire audience The Police Athletic Club
presents you with this badge and you have To hold 1t
Tor two years against oil corners"
Whitaker, for nny years a circus rider, an
nounces IN sonorous tones, "Al tho one-mie-waiK
weighing over two hundred pounds VIII please go
10 he dressing room Immediately" and Iull for q
few minutes ensues, tho band Dlng away at u lively
strain. Suddenly there Is buzz then slight roar
and now from the Madison square entrance
in break 500 men, rushing like schooboys at hard
game OF football and push rapidly along the track on
The long south side Of The house. II Is hapast eluh
and on tho fifty side OF the mouse
scarcely hnd scat, who saio $50 moro stand along
The track, all good-natured and fairly quiet
COLLAR AND Elbow wREsTLERs
James Quieey and William HeavlsIdcs now mount
the PLATFORM 60 10 their corners, await the word,
step forward anG get to WORK Gp goes hesylsdes
You're wreste collar and elbow, right hand on
the shoulder calls out Bill Clark, tho boxer and they
ieL 20 aud argue for minute or Two with the judges
In the interval notice how well matched, they look,
each five feet cight stout legged pig wasted, huge
shouldsrcd taick nccked men: men: AGAIN they eiu:c.
hand always on top. Hardly moment goes now till,
with sudden, quick turn. over flies aeayos,Les on
this time sure enough, and IFS fair fall making
nrst fall Tor Quigloy. They breathe moment ana
again they're ut IT, Tightly they lock, their feet
dancing up and down as il the platform red hot
Now Quigley's right loot hits his opponents knec
sharply now under tho knee; now he gets u himself
the chm bono, now on the ankle; and 20 they go
on, mp aud down, rappng, rappine on ankle aud
shin and kneo eernally. Suddenly Heavisidcs winds
his leg neatly round the others knee, and In a
twiukiiuc has HIM rolling over and over; but
both shoulders did not tohch at once, hence no fall
Again he does the same and this ends their serious
work, for, for fifteen minutes, they keep their lock
and dance up and down, but each plainly afraid oil
the other and, though over and over again the audi
ence eggs them ON, there more fails, and .he
referee, tired OF 1t at last, Shouts "Quigey WINS"
Time, 15m. Too much time for all tho work done.
FAT MINIS MILE
Phillips, Muldoon and McCarty start, Muldoon gong
to tho fore, Phillips TO the and Mac
tented with the middle. AS they finish tho first lap
Mac ~ ten behind Muldoon and 100 feet ahead Of
Philips. But now something unusual occurs. aud
before tho second lap IS half covered McCtrty
Is suddenly ORDERED to stop, as lie has broken
Into run. Philips meanwhile had also stopped,
tired and hot, the pace plainly Too much for him.
But tho crowd urged him up and in again he
u
decision. So II has become match, the great, huge
chcsted Mudoon strding on attn rafting pace, MS
head thrown high and free, his shoulders working
so think the vast assembly, Ior comes
good, warm cheer for big, awkward
Phillips. II he hasn't the others .'go" no Ger
tninly does work with absolute harness, his hands
low, after fashion OF the ordinary pedestrian, his
long legs reaching moderately out. suddenly some
one concludes that the head man doesn't walk larry,
and says right out in meeting Up the au-
dcnce takes u, and as tho big gawky.
3 mighty cheer, now another ssa nno her,
and a dozen more Of them. Who could not walk
under such spur? The hundred loot gap does not
widen now; no, II Is narrowing. Yes, now, but "A
little, but in the next moment narrow II does beyond
all sort Of doubt The excitement IS TORI nc over
and again up goes The mighty roar. rho
"Rory O'More" SO good. Every onv Is good natured
AMI yelling all he knows. But here comes hisses;
Yes, plenty OF them, aud all Tor Muldoon Why? Be-
he doesn't put hs heel down TO suit them, and
n II isn't running II looks uncornmony ike IT, Tho
tumuit increases, and At one time 1t looked as If
Mulaoon might not be allowed to finish. But he did
good shape IN 9m 914sec And ho~ about Phiillps9
Well, be had cut the loo feet down to SO aud in
ished but he Will never forgot the cheers no to-
night II he lives 10 be thousand years, and richly he
deserved them. Both now mount the platform Null
doom gets some applausc; that Tor Phillips is
sufnultuous, TIL Captain Williams orders him of the
sage and The prize goes to Mudoon.
WAR.
Ten big policemen on one sido aud ten Scotch me n
on the other Yes, thore same old Scotcbmcn Nc.
Even, Adams. Moore, Fredercks, Nichols and the
rest soon they arc At WORK. Inc mlgnty croWd
breaks loose aud thousands across the arena
eli solid line twenty deep stand all along tho rope.
Tho excitement is at lis highest pitch Nothing IN
tho evening compared to It. Now watch the sturd y
twenty as they buckle TO their work. some of tho
Scots look actually pnny, ana there Is hardly large
man among them. But the other ten are simply huge
fellows. Tho Scots, us last week, have put tneir
heaviest men at Inc end OF the rope Tho police on
the other hand make :hcr captain, McNally.
who says hc weighs 2tj pounds, tho inner
man, and scatter tho rest ndiscrimlnately Cap.
tsiu Williams gives the wora, und now
sec them settle! No more dun work ike the other
night Tho police have learned how, too, and instead
OF oolishy tearing themselves to pieces Ia the hrst
burst settle steadily down until they almost SIT thu
eround, each man taking care hrsl 10 dig small rfs
nit With his boots and 80 gets better foothold. But
what arc tho scotch tacticsf Exactly tho same; and
30 both are lying there, neither making or losing
Long aud anxious the struggle aud something
soon give. Now lOoKi Captain McNay's lett
hand goes no us II with cautionary in.
tent. On the instant every policeman draws
Que leg up Short digs new hole foo; back. takcs a
new purcnasc and then the ontirc ton OF poiicemc
settles steadily back. Scotland cannot stand 1t this
time, though sho yields every inch with painful re-
luctance. hip anoy inch by inch!" shouts somo
one aud the crowd evidently want TO SEQ the officers