New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-28

the time this event was reached on the programme,
was TOO dark and 1t was consequently postponed
The annual Thanksgiving Day games OF the Manha'-
tan Athletic Club yesterday attracted the largest pay
ing audience ever seen the grounds OF the cup
Eghth-ave and Ffty-sixth-st 1t is said that nearly
1000 tickets were sold though that number OF specta
tors was not present at any one time The programme
of extraordinary length, there being no less
than 500 entered OF contestants and though
beginning made promptly at noon ana tue Vario"7
contests followed each other rapidly and systematcy
the games were not concluded until nearly b
O'Clock. The first event a 75yards run, handicap
for which there 2O3 entries. VINO ran III thlIV
tour first trial heats. This contest finally narrowed
and r. $ Blunt Manhattan Athletic Club; C. 5. Ham
berg g. G. s g"s 6S Sgwf ie je spd time M in
The trial heats. the race in 81 seconds with an al
c walk weS ss' the winners
the tIal heats being NJ. J. Carroll L. A. G.; X Baird X
r. II. Rule. o. r. and A. A. Martin who was allowed q
handicap of 80 seconds, was the wnnerin mn jA sec
Que bicycle race handicap. was won by L. II. John
son. T. H. G.. in 1894. johnson started from the
took second prize. The 600 yards run brought out
large proportion of sc entries After twcntyseven
by 5. s. Leo in 27li seconds. The event
which excited interest than any other on the pro
CRANE was the attempt by Charles Price. who STYLES
himself the champion Of England. 10 beat the best
American record for ve-mile run. To do this he had
10 run inside OF 26 minutes and 3sle seconds. Inc
watch of the time keeper showed 100 l0l5, 15:4OS
21;23l and 2G22ia at the end Of each mile
when the announcement was made that Price had sue
ceedcd in his extraordinary undertaking be was
rewarded with tremendous cheering The i" tug OF
there WIS much desperate struggling before Ihonas
aud +. H. Bowey OF the Crescent A. hetc Club were d.
cared the vctOrs In the 6Ooyards handicaphe trial
heats were won by I. Hargen and W i; Talaieno, IT,
c. and !. W. Cleveland. New.York The race was won
by scnile in l1Gia he being allowed itiy-fve yards
easily by l.. L. Meyers and T. A. McEwen, of the Man
haitian Club IN 35ls Sec The sports closed with
half heufe WIFI WA
won handy by II. p. Toad, c. c. " Y. in 2:234 with
Otto j. Frank, +. &. A. A., seconi.
The Fail games OF the Astoria Athletic Club were held
AT the Ravenswood Club grounds yesterday, and the
athletes turned out IN force many well-known ama-
began at in the morning, and the entries were M
merOus and the programme 50 long that II was late IN
following is the record Two hundred aud twenty yards
hurdle, club handicap. six entries, by s. H. Cornell
walk club handicap. seven entries, won by g. L.
r. Chambers. - seconds; in $50; T. A. smith second
22O wards run, handicap twenysx entries, seven
trial heats won by r. schlc j Pastime Athletic Club
erbocker Athletic Club. second tug Of war for club
members brought out THREE teams o' four men eac and
The strongest: $ H. Cornell, + W. lancashire. w.
ellis and l. Freeman In the three mile wax az the
fine contest G. L. 2. Chambers, Astoria Athletic
Club; zoo seconds, came m hrst IN 2S;29%
44O-yard run developed grand struggle and after
several trial heats the final heat won by +. T.
Kmckerhocker Athletic Club, second. In the tug of
war hcavyweghls the Central Athletic Club, team
Jas. L. McNicOl. Robert McNic0 j. j. Derby, and L.
Ganney. defeated the ScOtish-Amercan Athletic Cluo
team aud Of the llghi-weight-teams the Entire Nous
Athletic Club representatives, Messrs stoeckel Cor
man, Gsffney and Stevens proved the stronger
pulling the teams of the Ncw-York Athletic Club,
sling the light hammer IS feet 10 inches which
no Que else co9d DO ana oneinlle run "pen hand gn
Coward handicap, III 4:53 L. G. Smith, Astoria Athletic
Cub. second The last event was onchour go-9sy@n
Lancashire wor, covering sli miles; f. Breil second