The New York herald., 1879-03-01
ATHLETES AT GILMORE'S.
OPENING GAMES OF THE sCorTIsH-AMERIcAN
CLUBS FIRST WINTER MEETING.

OPENING GAMES OF THE sCorTIsH-AMEBICAN
CLUBS FIRST WINTER MEETING.
More than three thousand people last evening
watched the games of the Scottish -Ameri
Athletic Club at : Gilmores Garden
with keen enjoyment. 1t was the opening
night of the clubs first winter meeting-the con
Guiding trials. with some new features to take place
tonight. About the roofs aud pillars OF the garden
could be many reminders of the Arion ball
while the floor that echoed many merry measures
had been taken up in places to accommodate
the feet of foot and strong of arm In the centre OF
the building a rectangular place had been prepared
for tugs of that inerspersed the programme.
and formed perhaps the principal feature of
ment.
To begin with there were eleven trial heats of a
seventy-fve yards run, the different winners of
which were:-Alfred Ing, S. A. A. c.. F. Henshaw.
Knickerbocker Yacht Club; f. r. Belman,
Newark. N. j.; A. B. Pomeroy. NJ. A. c.;
j. F. Baker. Brooklyn. A. c.. J. King,
New York; W. A. Emmons. d. and D. ms; Thomas
Malloy, Brooklyn; W. +. Cody. Friendship b. c.
W. j. Crowley, Tompkinsville, s. l., and ]. McGowan,
of the same place The best time was seconds,
made by W. A. Emmons in the seventh heat. The
track eight laps to q mile. Winners will run
tonight.
In a one mile walk for those who had never beaten
SIN. 30s there were three heats. with about
twenty entries in each. The first heat was
taken by J. H. Hooking. +. C. Gymnasium.
in Sm. 1885,; second, &. w. Sammis. S. A. A.
c.; third. g. II. Thurber. New York; fourth
d. Leblanc, f. G. Gymnasium. J. C. Clark indepen-
dent A. c.. won the second heat in SIN. 2ls; j.
Walsh, second; r. j. Tanning third; Il. s. Mcneil,
fourth. The third heat was won by A.. Hoffman.
Newark. n j.. in Sm. Is las; j. W. Birch, second;
Frank Lane. third and A. w. Boyce, fourth The
four winners in each heat will run tonight.
AMATEUR
The first of the amateur tugs for light weights was
between teams of four from the Harlem and Montauk
Athletic clubs The former got the lead and although
they had not dragged the Montauk boys across the
line, they held the advantage at the end of twenty
minutes, and were therefore declared winners. In
the second tug the team of the New York Athletic
Club defeated the Mott Haven Club team in 10 min
utes. Then team of the tish-Americans hauled
i'll team of the Central Athletic Club in the short
space of I'm. 81 rs.
Three trial heats of quarter mile run, handicap.
followed. W. A. Emmons won the first in 5S sec
onds w. j. X. Hendricks won the second in 81 sec
onds, and j. Carroll 'won the third heat in GOA
seconds
A two-mile handicap walk followed in which there
were thirty -four entries and not little confusion.
The winners for time undetermined, but
the judges pally decided that the should go to
j. H. Croll S. G. Chaplin second. The time also
in doubt and was given unofficially at 16m. 15s
Tugs of war between companies of the different
regiments of the National Guard followed. Ninth
regiment team defeated q team of Il company,
Twelfth regiment. b company's team, Seventh
regiment defeated company's team, Ninth regi-
defeated hfea; company's team. Ninth regi.
ment. On second trials later in the evening
team from company. Seventh regiment. defeated
a team from company d Of the Seventy-frst regi-
ment, and Bcompany's team. Seventh regiment did
as much for the Ninth regiment team. At every
victory for the boys from the Seventh there
Hist! boom! ah!' from their admring friends in
the audience.
H. Mcmahon won the first heat of quarter mile
hurdle race in I'm. 12s. II. H. Mortz won the second
heat of the same in I'm. IA 1as.
The mile run one of the best events of the
evening. There were over forty competitors. j.
Steel Jr., came in first and p j. Mcdonald second
Time, Am. SIS.
The games concluded by tug OF between
teams Of twelve from the sh-American and New
York Athletic Clubs in which the former had ar
easy victory.