The New York herald., 1879-07-05
ATHLETIC SPORTS.

TRAINED MUSCLES EXERCISED BENEATH TOR
Rid sUN-sPIRITED CONTESTS AND ENDUR-
ANcE IN THE FIELD.
The Fourth of July games of the Harlem Athletic
Club took place on the club grounds in Second ave-
nue.. near l26th street. yesterday large attendance
greeted the contestants when they appeared in
tune ready for the exercises at nine o'clock in the
morning. many ladies being present and seeming to
take an unusual interest in the proceedings Pre-
vious to the feats Of skill by the Harlem Club one
mile walk indulged IN by the employees of A. T.
Stewart L. Co. The contestants J. Ashe. H.
Collins. B. Soen. W. Forestall, W. Wisbusaur. C.
O'Leary, b. Landaw. A. Gunter and j. Burke.
O'Leary the successful walker. one hundred
programme Of the Harlem Club There six
heats. rs touows:-
TRIAL HEATS.
First Hedt-1. w. NJ. Nelson, H.A.C.. scratch; 2.
ings. New York 3 yards. The start was good one
and the test exciting 'Kendrick returned the sue
cessful man.
Second Heat.-4. w. T. LaRue. New York city. 2
yards; s. T. J. Burton. New York city. yards; g..
Edison, H.A.C.. yards.
TAi,d Heat.-s. J. D. Riblet. H.A.C.. yard; 8. J..
Bedell A. c.. yards; IL. W. j. Orr. P.BC. yards
Fourth HeGt.@l2 J. F. Jenkins Glenwood A. G..
scratch; Is. B. + Richardson. BAG. yards; "A.
L. h. Hastings, New York city, yards; Is. H. A.
Fifth Hedt.-16 H. p. Pike MAC, yards IT, J..
s. Barney. Bedell A. c.. yards ls H. J. Boyd. New
York city. yards; 10. Edgar Thorn. H.A.C.. 10
yards.
Sizth Heat.-2O. James Matthews. New York city, 4
yards; 81. J. b. Harrison. H.A.C.. yards; %. L. w.
Duryee. H.A.C., yards.
La Rue won the second heat, Rblet the third
jenkins the fourth, Boyd the fifth and Harrison the
sixth In the final heats, which took place later in
the day. jenkins took the first medal and Kendrick
tug of war:-1. Harlem Athletic Club Team. No. l.
+. N. Lord. X. M. Keyser. Frank Nichols and
George D. Newman; T. b. Bates. substitute. g. Har-
Smith. A. b. Van Riper and w. H. r. Du Bois; c. w.
Gaylor aud E. W. Duryee. substitutes.
This struggle exceedingly interesting, it being
for some time doubtful which should carry the
tory. but the No. team finally took the prize. The
having failed to put in appearance the following
teams in tug of war were the next contestants -
4. Greenpoint Athletic Club Team-F. H. Averill J..
Morgan, W. J. johnson, n. Muranski; X. H. Pelton
j. j. Kraft, substitutes. s. Empire City Athletic
Club Team. J. Cahill. j. Conner. d. o'Reilly. F..
Lane; L. Slabb. q. Stevenson substitutes. The
Greenpoint team was the winner. Both winning
teams. the Harlem and the Greenpoint. then made =
match. and the Harlems proved tho stronger Of the
two. After that q mile walk scratch was
given tor those who had never q prize. The
following made an effort on this OCCASION &C. s.
Mildrunl. LAC; BENJAMIN Kraus. New York city; ;
A. W. Kellogg. Mott Haven; +. A. Murtha, New York
city; Thomas Holland New York city; L. J. Kelly.
EC.A.C.; II. Issacs. E.C.AC. W. Il. Paul. New
York city; p II. Tresch. EAC.; Frederick Burns.
New York city; Frederick Rheinfrank. New York
city; William Wilson. New York city; W. A. Mccoy.
y.
New York city; A. Williams. New York city; John
Conner, EC.AC.; George Price. VAC; H. &C.
ritzen. VAC: A. Graham, Astoria A. c.; +. c..
Wshl New York city; w. Perkinson. New York city !;
A. j. Drumming, SAC. H. Isaacs came in first and
II. Geritzen. the scratch, second.
one mile run handicap was the next event. The
following were the contestants:-Carr Leman.
Eclipse A. c.. 60 seconds; Edgar Thorn H.A.C., so
seconds; d. b. Porter, Yale A. G.. SO seconds; NJ w.
McCosker. H.AC.. 40 seconds; s. p. Wiley Brooklyn
A. c.. IS seconds James saunders New York city. 80
seconds J. J. Jonas. PB.C., 80 seconds; George H.
Collum. Y.M.C.A., 80 seconds; P. McKewn. S.P.U.
AC., 80 seconds John Collins New York city, IS
onds; j. h Burton. New York city. 20 seconds; John
Kingsley. FAC. seconds X. A. Knight, Bedell A.
c.. 10 seconds I. X. Hastings, New York city. 10
seconds Thomas Buckley. Adelphi A. c.. scratch.
James saunders No. 6. returned the victor.
The Gays entertainment ended with q one mile
walk (handicap). for members of the Harlem Ath-
lec Club only:-H. L. Smith. s5 seconds J. d. Rib
let So seconds; q. H. Hilwag, T5 seconds; W. M.
Nelson. 50 seconds; +. N Lord, 40 seconds; H. B.
Fielding. 35 seconds; K. c. Rooster. scratch j. +.
Dwyer. scratch. In this event q. H. Hillwag came
in first and j. f. Dwyer second. The club adj journed
to Greenpoint after the mornings work to witness
the play OF their friends, the Greenpointers.
sCOTTIsH-AMERICAN CLUB
The fifth annual games Of the scottish-American
Athletic Club held on the grounds Of the Man.
haitian Athletic Climb Fifty xth street and Eighth