Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-10-08
Ashletle Sport

had . good dsy Tor lie 6eld sports, snd
about 600 spectators enjoyed them
selves In looking at the athletes walk,
run, Jump, vault, sling the ham mer
and rice the bicycls TIE spcrts were
worthy OF twice the sized audience that
attended. The xoreiscs commenced at
2 o'ci ock and lasted until the sun dis.
appeared in . Ted hery sunset. John
q. LockhAsd WAS chief .narshal, and A.
8. Niedermeier and Charles n. Sim
mons, Assis EAnt; George P. Clayton
acted ~ starter; Charles II. j. Beckett
and Charts II. Kohlerman we're the
Judses; Grant 8. Riegs and J. II
WALKER tlmekeepers, and Colonel VIM.
B Morton referee
Prizes loaded table In front OF the
grand stand for he LIST ard 81 best CON-
pe.itors In every contest.
The frst event was . 100 yards handi-
cap race 10 which n W. Ford OF the
New York Athlesic Club. j. p. Hyatt,
Warren Club, 10 yards scratch, and Il
Council, Philadelphia, yards scratch,
were the oontestAnts. Hyatt wor, nrst
prize. . broI rs cop, and Connell second
| Q silver N sdal. Though Ford was the
fastest runner he Vas third, he having
| Il, On Hyatt 10 yArts start and Council
9 yArds.
In the se cond heat william Bot OF
the Warren Club won, and L. Kolb oil
the Union Club Pa, came In second, he
having given Bo.s yards start.
Tho one mile bicycle race by the
wilmil Etcn Wheel Club was psrtici
pated In by B. r. Mcdaniel, A. @
Phillips, O. q. Kurfz and II. 4. Drake
Phillips won in 30 min utes, and Kurt
came IN second.
The halt nile handicap had but two
contestants, J. K. She'll and r. d
Hartzell, both Of the Union. Pa Club
Shell came in hTst, though he gav'
Hartzell so yards start.
Though eleven CONTESTANTS wer'
named for the 440 yards handicap, onl!
six took the track. L Kolb won In z
seconds and 8. A. Bot Was second.
The one mile walk was as amusiDI
~ IL was exciting. -Four walkers on
Of seven named took the track.
Tney we're l.. Newman, New Yorl
AthIetic Club; 7. I. Grier, UIiversit,
OF Penney lvanis; B. L Spence, Warrel
Club and o. P. Cham berlain Of Union
Pa, Club. Grier was placed at scratch
Newman was given % yards, B. L
Spence 10 yards and Cham beriain 10
yards. The real contest VAS betw ee
. Grier and Newman, bat the Latte
came in .niy two or three inches ahea
OF Grier. Nevmaan's half run al
she fl. valk Afforded great a1usemer
70 the large majority vto did not be
lieve he walked al AL.
The 22) yards handicap vas won b
+ NJ. w. Ford IL % seconds; J. p. Hyai
! second aud 3. A. Bo third.
J.K Stell sud W. 8. Jourcan. Ii
f, latter OF this city, took the course for
B one-mile ran, Jourdan having 60 yarc
, start. Shell caught up with Jeurda
3 tie first lap and then rsn along oesid
: him for the balance o. the ra,e, OF
making squirt when near the .ire
come in first.
In n $50 yards dash j. 3. Sin moi
Q came In first in 10 b seconds with b
! brother, @. Il. Simmons, reaching Il
0 the line NJ the same time.
Q Decidedly the best race OF the afte
1 noon was the Emile bicycle racs. II.
!. | schwarts, of the Reading Bicy Gle Clu
vas placed at scratch; l.. Kolb OF q
Union Club, Pa, was given 20 second
e | start; II. II. Curtis CT Delaware &c
% lege, AS seconds, and A. Calvin Phi
l. lips, Philadelphia, also As seconds.
70 A pistol shot from the starter re
n Carts and Phillips of together, anoth
n rent Kolb after them. Before Sch Wal
h started the two first had gone sroul
!. the circle and passed them. Anotb
sr shot aud Sch warts started around {
1t circle The odds were against him b
" he had ten times to go around. In {
m third round be passed Kolb, in |
se sixth he had gained Q lap d
passei Curtis and then he fai.
x 10 overtake Phillips, bat the latter b
e, 700 much sta.t, and came In ahes
VI SchwGr;s' wheel almost touching
q. wheel.
10 WI. Lee, G. Fl. Simmons and G.
be Hepbron, Of the Warren Club; A. Q
~ Unive rsity OF Pennsylvania, AID ID.
ss Ford, New York, we're the contesta
rs In the high Jump. OFT won at
IT 5k inches, Hepbroa second at feet
n inches wss second.
ce In the two mile bicycle race Of
Ill Wilmington Wheel Club A. g. Phtll
came in first in 80 minutes, @.
Kurtz second, B. r. Mcdaniel ID
and A. c. Drake fourth.
Id The champion 16.pound hamI
"a singer, w. l.. Coudon, North Z
h. Md, beat bis for mer record By sli
ne ing the hau mer 80 feet inch, tn
sd quarters of an inch 'urlher than he
a slang II before. He is trying hard
ON 100 feet.
tee Ia the 12lyards hurdle race, v
I'm four hurdles Ia the track TO jump,
,as W. Ford won II Is seconds. 3. A.
ne was second.
Some most remark able pole vaul
ed was uone' spa IA. n. noi1n, 10
Ice cite Vol ege, fA.' .ooh .ho us pa
re. Ieet lDehoe, a ~ ~ee
Hyatt, with W. Bott second.
an. The two mile club race started '
~ nine contestants tu, all dropped
ons except j. B. Simmons and II. 2.
40, more, between whom the race wa!
ons clared q dead heat. Ia a go y
md fnal bst them Simmons beat.
Everything ptssei off IN the
oss pleasant manner and ;he athletes
- l ihair andiance ghrn hiike ulss3eu