The evening world., 1888-01-04

recognized-honorary and active-life men,
bers, junior members and non resident men,
bers. while changing the title of active
members. The 200 life members allowed
by the new order of things will pay
$500 each down on admission to
this list. The resident membership
is limited to 1000 and the junior membership,
which only admits to privileges of track,
boat -house and grounds, known amateur
athletes between the ages of.sixt.en and
twenty. is limited to 200 Membership in this
Jun or C ass exp res W tn the owners attain.
ment of his major tv. Tie life membership
is not regarded aS an overwlse step to take, as
it entails the payment OF twelve ana a han
wi keep up their desires for athletic club
house privileges that length of time.
1t wouldn't be halt a bad idea, a prom
every resident member to become a life men,
Der on payment of $500. The honorary
membership roll will never be large. | ecauss
one negative vote blackballs an applicant, and
the non resident class will remain very snaI'
too. Almost tie only non.reS dent MEMBER
ofthe n. Y. A. G.. are the hammer and we CHI
throwers Condor, of baltimore, and Gray.
of Canada"
The NATIONAL Crosse Country Association
will have its second annual team champion
ship race on April 7.
f. w. Johnston has ceased his connection
with the Brooklyn Athletic Association.
Johnston, who is n champion all-around
athlete, expects to go to Boston on a summer
engagement In about a month.
Jack Boylan and Billy Dacey will spar an
engagement at the variety theatre in New
burg, commencing next Monday. Dacey
says he will be glad of q chance to fight the
Western Jack Dempsey for a purse at three
days notice.
Alex. Jordan says that f. O.. Carter con-
greatest four or five mile runner that ever
trod shoe leather. de thinks Connect still
young to run ten II lies and hardly equal yet
to W. g.. Gtorge at one mile.
The Manhattan Athletic Club will have a
cross. country championship. walk on Feb;
90. 1t will start from the Woodbiue Hotel
at Highbridge, and the time set Is 10 A. NJ.
A party of clever skaters started from New
York Saturday morning intending to skate
from the neighbor! God of Fishk.ll to Al any
and bac as lar as Tarrytown or even nearer
the city if the ice warranted it. Mr., curtis
and his fr ends were joined at Ionkers by
Club at Tarrytown by Sam Montgomery
and at Fishli.L. on-Hudson by TIL / onuhue.
The p lrtv had Ii e lines with them and could
possibly have skated up the river BY hugg ns
IL WCNI uLb EoihH ny 'ubV chl
occasiona ly. They decided 10 go up to
Poughkeepse e, being assured of good ice
there. From Poughkeepsie they went to
Roosevelt Point, the ice yacht rendezvous,
and hence to Rhineback and Rondout. A
further trip 10 Tiyoli convinced them there
was no use searching further, as snow. which
turned into rain a bit later, began ia ling.
The excursionists reached New York on the
midnight train and Sunday saw the s reefs
beautifully flushed wi h a sort of ill-timed
April shower. The journey will be made the
first good ice 81 if it takes q leg" MIR. Curtis
says.
John Teemer. the phenomenal oarsman,
writes from Jacksonvil.e g, Fla. that he will
row any man in the world on the st. Johns
River Tor 81 900 a side. In the reg tia which
is to take place at Punta Gorda on Feb. 2,
Teemer. hamm and Mckay will participate.
A benefit to the deserving veteran, Dooney
Harris, is being ng tated. If proper people
won d take hold of the project a fund might
be raised for a once champion pug4liSt who is
now in very hard luck;
One hundred dollars has been offered by tho
Northern Railroad to the National Amateur
Skating Assoc alton if it is decided 10 have
tue annual championship of Jan. 20.21 on an
Courtlandt AXE. Me srs. Philips and Wal
ton have decided TO get Gabe CASES. best
offer before deciding where to hold the zig
meeting.
The preliminary bouts in the Nassau Ath-
letic Clubs nat onal amateur DO ling and
wres ling c~hampionsh ps, which will be held
this year at The Palace Rink. CT ,rt mont
avenue, near Myrtle avenue, on Jan. II, will
be contested at the Nassau Athletic Club
will begin at 8 o'clock sharp.