The New York herald., 1879-01-05
ATHLETES IN WINTER
Winding Up the Great Meeting at
Gilmore's Garden.
CLOSELY CONTESTED GAMES.

The mercury having gone up few degrees. the
attendance at Gilmores Garden last evening TO wit
the closing events Of the winter meeting of the
New York Athletic Club enormous. Between
Ave and six thousand were present at some period OF
the proceedings, fully one-third being ladies' The
arrangements excellent and the sports of very
high class.
sEvESry-FIvE YARDS.
The final heat of the handicap seventy-fve yards
run opened the ball. Five came upon their marks.
and the winner was found in George +. Payne.
Astoria A, c., 6Is yards start, in Sec. A. Noel
Short Hills A. O., yards finished second. and A. b.
Wilson. Carman r. A.. Ga yards third. Much inter
est centred in this dash, and the winners
being announced to the audience there
hearty cheers
The trial heats of the two mile bicycle fol-
lowed Three to the starting points with their
machines, these being James Nolan, New York; Il
Van Nest. New York. and William X. Pitman. Boston
Mass Nolan retired on the fifth lap. Van Nest showed
the way for mile or more, when Ptman assumed
command and he pleased i'll 10m. 5ss
Van Nests time lin. 22s Four started in the
second heat. These Joseph Lafon. Mystic B.
c.; W. Addison, Ravenswood. l.. r. S. B. Pomeroy.
Manhattan A. c.. and William NJ. Wright, New York.
The latter protested the ground OF
English champion, when he was in this country The
men rode hard at each other, but. notwithstanding
all efforts made Wright went to the front and, stay
ing there, crossed the winning line in lin. 054s.,
out Lafon, PitInan and Wright Intense excite
ment pervaded the house during the prog
prettily. took the lead and kept it in
mastery style for fifteen laps, when Wright spurted
on even terms, and then coming down the straight
for the last time rode very fast and passed the
post the winner in 9m 5is Iafon eased up the last
forty yards, but was good second, and Pitman
came home very quietly third.
SEVENTH REGIMENT TUG
The second trial pulls of the regnental tug of war
were announced amid cheers. The heats were drawn
by the captains of the teams just before pulling 1t
thus arranged that the teams of B' aud * com
panies should first come together. then those
of "B'' and &C., and finally * and &C."
Time, of course, was given the teams be-
zen soldiery snot being called until nearly the end
of the programme. The team of ''B" company had
no difficulty in defeating the team of .'K company
as when they had fully entrencned themselves "B
hauled TX" over i'll handsome form. Time, I'm. AIS.
Then ''B'' and &C. met So soon as the pistol
started them there were a hundred voices yelling
to the men from all parts Of the garden
The boys of &C. company were finely disciplined
just 45ia seconds to defeat their opponents. isis!
Boom! Ah!'' was heard from about two hundred lads
sixth street side of the building. Then the
final pull. 1t was between the teams of
of almost Everybody i that c would puff IP'"S R
quickly that, III the words of one anxious youth
'She II make her head swim. Though 'C' did do
2m. 2O1as to pull * all i'll a heap, and the
gallant fight made by the latter heartily ap-
plauded though they were defeated President Hynes
of the N. Y. Athletic Club presented the winning
team with the coveted prize. magnificent stand OF
captain; G. H Bruei, James Walden, John Giilies,
James G. Gillies and J. E. McNicol.
FOUR HUNDRED YARDS.
The final heat Of the handicap dash of 44O yards
then called. Five responded. The pace was hot
from start to finish W. r Hewett, American
~ arls STA nGa1 nf
front of him. and remained there to the end though
l.. L. Myers, Knickerbocker A. c., Is yds. hunted
men themselves to standstill, and, falling upon
| the track, helped to their dressing room.
York, "a yds., third; Henry q. Rommeil. Triton
u. e.. 10 yds.. fourth and Ralph Voorhees,. Green
1NrrRNArIoNAL TUG OF WAR;
Three professional teams responded in the interna
tional tug of war. They were designated the Irish
seam of New York, the Irish team of Greenpont.
and the American team lightermen) of Greenpoint.
| do you call them fellows Americans y
asked youngster, looking at the, namesl of
the lightermen "why I'll bet every one of them was
born beyond Fastnet light. His guess was nearly
correct a hearty laugh followed the remark. The
dr. awing determined that the ghtermen should first
pull the Irish team from Greenpoint. 1t took the
yery neatly. Then the iiphtermen met the Irish
team from New York. The latter. under command Of
Wilson Reid, hauled the former over the ground a.
they would hogshead of moasses and won as they
liked in 23si seconds. Finally the Irish team Of
New York faced the Irish team of Greenpoint.
man dug for himself deep footholes, and
it required superhuman strength to dislodge
either side At last the Greenpointers obtained the
bulge their opponents. and little by little pulled
them along the ground. When within three inches
rope could be got no further. The men of New
York laid down to their work shut their mouths and.
with deathlike grip, mentally said. stick there!'
and 'stick there il did until the time had expired
Under the rules of the team having the advantage
when time called the Greenpointers de-
clarcd the vicors. The captain of the winning fl We
after the announcement went deliberately up to
James McKiilop, member, who was the anchor ut
the end of the rope and sad IL thank YOU for this,
Mister Mckillop!'
The final heat of the one-mie walk. open to those
who beat SIN. 30s then took place. ". Okeefe
Yorkville A. c. ultimately won in Sm IL 3-5s J. W.
Adams. Newark n. j.. capital second. and
James Cameron, Young Mems Christian Association,
third. Seven started
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY YARDS HURDLE
For this event Arthur W Anderson New York A. c.,
eight yards start. and William H. Douglas New York.
scratch. only started anderson led all the way and
good race by two yards in 35 2-5 seconds. There
were ten hurdles, each II. in. high
WALK.
The walking handicap of two miles brought out
eighteen aspirants for pedestrian honors Much
thusiasm manifested al the starting of the group
William oKeefe Yorkvlle A. C.. 40 seconds start. aud
the winner of the mile walk. showed another
good performance. and won in Tim. 2Iss.. actual
time. George W. Sarimis, Brooklyn Gymnasium
finished second right on the heels OF O'Keefe,
but was disqualified for repeated violations
of air heel and toe business. This disqualification
gave Frank Lane. New York, second place. and H.
Fredericks Windsor A. C., third position. The lat
ter is mere youth, not more than sixteen years
of age. but he promises to be pedestrian of
order. He thought good enough to be placed on
the scratch and his strength had been equal to the
task there strong for believing that he
had good chances of winning.
Twenty-one started in the handicap OF
half a mile. II hotly contested all
the way, and NJ. Ellis, Jr., Scottish
American A. Co 60 yards start running il
clean out landed the first prize in good form; Henry
G. Romme Triton b. c., ~ yards, second. and
L. X. Hastings, New York, 3s yards, third. Winners
| time, am. II as.
AMATEUR TUG-of-wAR
The amateur tug ofwar closed the successful exhi-
btion and closed IL amid deafeDing cheers The
final pull was between the long victorious Scottish
American team and the Empire City Gymnasium team.
Many bets quietly made at the rate of three to
on the Scots. more magnificent lot of fellows
than those that COMPOSED the Scottish team