The New York herald., 1879-07-29
SCOTTISH GAMES.
PORT IN PHILADELPHIA-BAD MANAGEMENT
BUT GOOD SPORT AT THE CALIFORNIAN CLUB

POkT IN MANAGEMENT
BUT GOOD SPORT AT THE CALIFORNIAN CLUB
.on,n mo ASSEMBLY.
Pennsy lbf 1EAE1NAfH 10 THE HEhALD.l
dred PHILADELPHIA, July 49, 1879.
Brown he twenty-frst annual gathering of the Gale
Thursdian Club. of Philadelphia not well managed
1ereu a r arrangements for guests and the prompt
out of the programme of events
tinuouaed The sport. however. good. notwith-
;e 70 yau ding the delays which long that at
them To'clock two-thrds of the programme began at
past nine A. NJ. had not been gone through
y. There was good attendance OF athletes and
,stators among tho former being George David
DERAI1 ex-champon OF Scotland. recently arrived in
country. and several we'll known contestants
in various Eastern cities OF the Uuited States and
On Ssada. special prize awaited Davidson in
which h of the which ho entered addition
branch there three regular prizes for the
t .er winners, ranging in value from about S12
Wv" P"i n to SO, and aggreSating S562
ton apf PUTTING THE HEAVY
betweer putting the heavy stone there eleven
ana sd sn following -George Davidson 80 1T. in. and
oa % ~. in. ID. A. Ross Hamilton. Ont. 36 II. IL ill.,
1850 =. 36 tt. in. James Mcrose. New York. 30 IT, in
.'ser a4t. in. and 35 it. in.; William Robertson
= uuassas us syoklyn, "a It, 10 in. and 35 tt. 4 in.
,;, HEAVY HAMMER
spnh.an throwing the heavy hammer 1C lbs best . in
ser othe following made the best record- c. Ross
ioo o IT, ioi Oh it and los IT, John Rennis. New York
: 30 IT. in. "a IT,. James Merose New York. ~ It,
10 in.
q Hor AND JUMP.
D In the running hop skip and jump the following
distinguished tnemselves:-P. Sullivan. Fall River.
Mass. Al IT. in, AZ IT. in. and AZ it, in; L. w.
Johnson. Hamilton. II IT, 10 in. ~ IT, IL in and
A. X. len. Massachusetts. SO 1t. in., 81 It. in.
PUTTING THE LIGHT STONE
Tor putting the light stone (l3 Ibs. fourteen
tries, best in three. the prize winners were -
George Davidson, "A IT. in, As 1t. in. Al IT, in.
d. c. Ross 4a IT, 10 in. "A it, 43 IT,; W. Robertson.
AZ IT. in. AZ it, AZ IT. 8 in; James Melrose.
43 it. in 43 IT, i'll.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YARDS
, The short race for boys under twelve years. $50
, yards. was won by John Conon.
The short race for members. $50 yards. was won
The short for men. $50 yards. in three heats.
won by L. j. Maloncy. of Fall River.
In throwing the light ham II lbs. best two in
three D. G. Ross made the best score. reaching l2O
IT. 10 ill.,. 40 It. n III it. IL in. Davidson came
next with Iii IT. in, l19 IT. in. III ft.5 in.
: James Merose scored 1l3 IT. in, l19 It. John
Renine made 10l IT, in. l04 1t. . in, 10S IT.
, JUMP.
. In the running high leap L. W. Johnson of Phila-
Robertson and ID. c. Ross made 1T. 5 in. ;J. West
reached IT. "a in. Davidson. IT. 02 in.
TOSSING
In tossing tho cabcr Davidson maintained the
Al IT. Is in. J. Rennic scored 81 IT, in 81 it, 10
in and 3S IT. ID. &. Ross scored 30 IT. q in and w
> tt. in J. w. Johnson 30 IT. 10 in. and 40 It.
/ special short race for members only. $50 yards,
, the event. by J. Jack aud A. Crombic.
The picturesque broaosword dance. in costume was
i participated in by James Kennedy of brooklyn;
james Mor. William Robertson aud Dickson. The
hrst second and third prizes taken by the three
first mentioned I'm the order named The three
prizes for the highest hitch and kick by
johnson, who scored 3 IT. 10 in Allen with
II. in., and Robertson With 1t. q in.
ono of the most exciting events of the day the
tug OF war between twelve married and twelve single
members OF the club, best two out OF three: the
married men in the first two heats. In the
tcst at the running long jump Johnson scored 30 IT.
and took rst prize Sullivan taking the second with
10 1t. Oj in.