Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-15

together Unlll dhOUt NAN way round. Wntn
Scoiirld took the lead. soon after spar
hawk tool, Il bad header. aud the race was
left To SChulirld and TuUslcy. ON the home
stretch TOuslcN forged up close To- SChu-
field and came over the line about three
feet behind him. SchOiirld first. TOuslcy
second. Sparhawk third. i'ime l4S',.
Next in order was
Putting Light shot.
-Four contestants participated, y. j.
Griffin of Boston, formerly of this city, j.
Newton of Montreal. Weaver of Albany
and Coffee of Burlington.
Each contestant had three trials. Griffin
was easily first. making the remarkable
throw. on third trial. of 81 feet II inches,
James Newton second. with Il throw OF ;j3
feet inches. and WcaNcrthird. At
Putting Heavy shot
with the same contestants. Griffin was
first. with Il cast of u feet inches. New
ton second and Weaver third. Next came
the
100 Yards Race.
with min, contestants. Fox. Sullivan.
Garvcy. Newton. Bethunc. Furant, Bing-
ham. Decora and Weaver j. Shea
started the competitor, by pistol shot, and
the squirt was IL fine one, Bethune leading
in fine style and "coaNing on Newton,
who pressed close behind. Bethunc came
in first Newton second and.Drcora third.
Time 10 seconds. Then followed
The Hurdle Race,
with five hurdles, 81, feet high distance
$50 yards The competitors We're Garvey,
Newton, Bethune, Bingham. Decora Fox,
Mccarthy and Weaver Thi, was an eXcit
ing race and hUtly contested. Garvey
came in first, Weaver second and Me
Carthy third. Time 20 seconds. Next
in Older was the
Standing Three Jumps.
Competitors Forant, Newton. Griffin
and jerome. Each had three trials. Grif
fin won easily with Il record of "a i feet
lie then beat his own record by Il splendid
three Jumps of 36 feet 10 inches. At thi,
point Il recess was taken until 1870 p. m,
and the hungry crowd made for the re
freShment booth Here cnsucd IL scene Ot
confusion worse cOniOunded, and thOs,
who were successful in securing potato
or Il piece of pie considered their forty
cents well spent, as they surveyed the en
Nious looks of their furnished and less for
tunate neighbOrs.
Afternoon sports.
The crowd began to pour into the parl
with the return of the sunlight, and whcl
the sports recommended the grand Stant
and he ncghbOring ground WAS Crowdt,
and the fence was lined with teams. tn,
first thing III The programme was ne
200 Yards Race.
The contestants in this race Wer
Moore, Newton. Garycy. Bcthune. Decuril
sullivan and Weaver. This was ont
of the most exciting races of the day
Bethunc again displayed his remarkable
sWiftneSs of foot and easily led his rivals
Ia isfI
Time DIE. After the foot race came the
Running Long Jump.
This was very closely contested b.
Forant, Liberty, Fitzpatrick and Weaver
Newton and Griffin also entered, but with
drew after the first trial. The result wa
first for Weaver and Il tie between Iibert
and Forant, which was jumped off by
single trial between these two contestants
Liberty winning second by Il jump of |
feet and 3 inches and Forant scoring |
: feet. Viewers winning jump was i fee
. and 10 inches. In the
Running High Jump
= which followed the stick was first place
V at II height of feet. and easily cleared b
| the contestants McCarty, Newton. Betl
= une, Decora Fitzpatrick and Weaver. \
n feet inches Newton fell out, and at
Z feet 10 inches MCCarty succumbed. At
4 lttl II llltltN MI Iltk anu W cdNtI GuN
+ up, leaving Bcthune winner The latte
J. tried 1T ) feet inch, but failed to Clcal
t In the
II Three-Leggcd Race
a the contestants were paired of rs follows
= McCarty and Garvey, Newton and Betl
h une Decora and Nichols, sullivan an
Il COnnell, Weaver and Fitzpatrick. The di'
+ lance was 100 yards The ground wa
gotten over very quickly, to the grea
merriment of the spectators. Wcavcran
Griffin were first, Newton and Bethu
+ second and sullivan and Council thir'
|, The most trying race was the
/. Mile Race
a which followed the contestants helm
e Hart, Bethuue, Matthews and Dccurj
Il The men displayed great courage and el
duranCe. Hart came i'll first, Mat heN
II second and DeCora third Time > mnut,
: and ) seconds. Then came the
= Running Hop, step and Jump.
The contestants We're Liberty, Foral
and Weaver, Three trials were givcl
Liberty's record was 3;-l, 300 and 30
n Forant's. 3i-5l4, $40 and 3s-s: Weaver
p 81, 31-;i5 and 3S-5. Liberty won frs
d Forant second and Weaver third. The
n We're four contestants for the
II Single Standing Jump.
d Griffin was first with record of 10 fec
II II inches, II feet 81 inches and II feet
:, inches 4: FOrant second, with Il record of
r. feet > inches, II feet | inches and II fe
r. g. inches jerome third, with ii record
le 10 feet inches, II feet ~ inches and
e. feet / J.. inches. Then followed the
- ouarter-mile Foot Race.
Competitors, Newton, Fitzpatrick Decor
le Il Nichols, Campbell and GarVcy. I'll
I also was closely contested race Bethunc,
PIP usual coming in first, Newton second az
~ Campbell third. Time 5ij- second
nj There being 40 horse races for lack
sufficient entries, the programme W
n. modified by substituting a 100 yards fo
race, open to five burlington and ii
g. WinoUski runners, with II purse of =
divided into prizes of -, - -, The ru
ucrs were the following: sullivan fr
GarYcy second and Brown third Tn
ia. HcNt was the
Y, Iialf-milc bicycle Rae"
OF orthosc who haycWon prizes before the
re were three entries. l.. \. Isham of We
e. ccster, Mass, and Geo, f.. styles and