Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-06-13
OLE c6ree Artss.
UNIVERSITY FIELD DAY.
successful Occasion-Thc Contests
ana the Winners

The long expected University Field d,
was held yesterday and proved very SUI
'cssful affair. The only unsatisfactory THU
were the showers In the afternoon, which p
summary stop to the base ball gam
The attendance was large and cverytbi,
went off nicely.
The ono mile bicycle race was the fir
contest on the programme and was starlc
with stone, Peirce aud Brodic, in the ardc
gwen. The latter quickly secured the lea
and held it until the finish, although on Il
last half he was hard pushed by Pcire
INC prize was very handsome silver cul
llmc, 4.l6. Following this came the hurd
race, 12O yards, 10 hurdles, but as none c
INC contestants fully understood the con
ui'ions' ana lalled to run under the wire, til
race was postponed. The standing hp
Jump followed but only one contestant. +
L. Morgan, presented himself, and of cours
had walkover and took the prize, silyc
medal.
Ihen came the postponed hurdle race
with four starters, Buckley, Merrill. ID. p
Morgan and Shahan. Only Morgan wen
over the course without knocking down
hurdle, and consequently he took the frs
ptize, running suit and as Buckley knock
ca down only the last hurdle, be was awarded
inc second prizr,a photograph album time
II. '''i'0
Next on the programme was the standing
broad jump, only three of the seven entrie,
coming to time, but G. ii. Fisher by unan.
imous consent was allowed to enter. The
contestants were allowed TO jump with OF
without weights. Buckley took the prize. q
pearl opera glass, making 1913 feet and
Shahan the second, fine watch charm.
The first jump is good %, yearly an.
proaching the best college recol,..
Following this was the half mi, r,i, but
four OF the entries coming to the ra,nb.
lsham, Shaw, Merrill and Warner. Wwr =,
took the lead at fret, hard pushed by ST. aw
but lsham forged ahead in the last q ,or a,
making splendid squirt at the fir ,,sb and
kept 1t to the close, Winning a YER, hnant;fni
bronze head OF Minerva, with shaw n good
second, taking as prize a p earl onera TIoss
Time 2:17. sui ope'a S'"ss'
Next was running oroad hmm Rnck
ley and Shahan CO. .ninp 70 lima bnt o on.
hitting G. II. Fis'. der rho r ,tnie u. o Az
silver napkin rim, was captured by Sbaban
with Jump IT III feet.
Al. ei 'N's was the running high lump, which
was Jar en- by ID. p. Morgan in remarkably
oa'y and graceful hammer, clearing the pole
"a feet inches He did not Jump to the
oest OF his ability but simply for the prize,
which was gold scarf pin.
Inc sack race of 100 yards came next There
were but two contestants, Shahan aud Buck
aey. This attracted much attention and
caused much amusement, although neither Of
TIE runners were unfortunate enough to fall
from their feet, Shahan won the prize, a
pair OF shoes presented by G. Ii. Smile
Time 20.
But two contestants presented themselves
IN me hon, step and jump, F. d. I'orbush and
a. l.. Willard. The prize, a beautiful painted
plague, was won by the former with a jump
of 1874 feet
Inc next was the stanIipg three Jumps,
which was captured by Shahan he making
me Jump o! 1913 feet, closely pushed by
buckley, wao was but one tenth of a foot
behind. The prize was handsomely eugrav-
cd silver cup.
Following this came the threc.leg race
OF lUo yards, in which two runners are ii, d
at the ankle and at the knee This was
won. by Shahan and Iillington who made
very fast time, getting over the course in
175 seconds. The prize was two silk hats.
Next came the kicking the foot bail, in
which eight contested. There were many
Wild and poor kicks made but Dow made
an excellent kick of 1926 feet aud took
sne prize, an engraved medal with Ecllcy
second prizc, "a pen aad pencil presented 10y
Il, a. Bruce.
throwing base ball was the next. Water
man took the first prize, beautiful clock,
throwing the blll 291 = feet, wi Ecklcy
second taking a silver headed cane. Ecliley
however made the best throw, about 80
lett, but as the ball struck outsi e of the
llncs, It was not allowed.
-, Afterwards came the obstruction race.
ne only obstluctions hu ever, were some
oattels which contestants we're Obliged to
crawl through. There were hire VIII , started
IN thls, ami all reached III: barrel, at about
ihc same Instant, bat Shaw was the first
upon his iccl, To k III first piz-, a silver
headed cane and Shahan he second, II gold
1cn. Time, .1jI This flushed the fore
noon sports and tncre WIS an iGlcruission
o. nearly an hour. during which everyone
went to the w. L. Il. |. booth, where dinner
was served III way ch .Iacteristic of the
GGJety.
Afternoon sports
The audience in the afternoon was muvn
larger than in The morning, there being near
~ II not quite 1000 people on the ground.
The first sport was the hour go You. please
&.
Walsh at first took the lead on a dog ,rot,
closely followed by Mcintyre, but soon they
changed positions, keeping well together.
however, till near the finish when McIutyrc
stopped to qnepch his thirst and Walls.
spultcd ahead, gaining SO much that it made
1t an easy victory for him, taking the first
prize, II silver watch, with T. mil to his
credit, aud Mclutyre tue secDul il pair o..
running shoes.
While this race was in progress ihe ltyn
tennis tournament was RED + iley and
Button playing The first ,cr, which vas won
by the latter. Tac next WAS b,tweep
PIERCE and Solver, aud was finally won
by Perce. following tais WAS a set
between Percc and Nni,r,i. which was
won by the fOrmct. Tais lett the
two victors Pcirce ami Baton to CON
test Tor the two prizes. The sci bet
these was very cl IS, beng a deuce set -
or IN other words, each La five games ont
OF the SIX making set, but when the score
stands thus, 1t Is necessary for the victor to
win two games in succession. Pi rec finally
captured the prize, ii handsome racquet
after some very close playing on each side
Inc second prlze was pair of tennis shoes.
Inc pole vaulting which came next was
very fine indeed; The only confess ants were
DucNley anu ohahan W. ter finally
100 - ......t lded care,
VII o.. -. l,ut and inc .cs, although
Buckley after he had jumped as many times
as the rules of the sport alo ned him went
over the pole at height of 6 feet s inches.
The second priza,a knife, was awarded Buck
ley.
The barrel race of so yards and turn Ca nc
next. There were hut three contestants.
The prize, an elegant silver case was won by
Shahan. Time, 30 seconds.
More interest cenlered in the 100 yard
dash than in any other race. There were
ten who started and they all came under Tia,
wire in bunch almost together. But tho
prize, eantiful silver ice pitcher and cob.
let, was awarded to Sh han, the second, 4
silk umbrella, TO Atwater, and stylographi,