Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30

The lovely stretch of greensward, whereon
the cricketers disport themselves, was
smoothly shorn, and looked like a great
patch of green velvet dotted here and there
with flags and small posts defining race
limits. In the two club houses fair ladies
arrayed in airy toilets waved their fans Ian
guidly pending the commencement of the
programme. The interior of the club house
was converted into dressing rooms, in which
brawny young men decked themselves out in
abbreviated pantaloons and gauze shirts,
and admiringly surveyed each others
thews and sinews. The young men who
were going to run patted their protuberant
muscles affectionately. and the young men
who were going to throw the elusive base
ball rubbed their biceps muscles and filled
their lungs with Brushton azone. There
was the greatest of good feeling between the
contestants, and it would have made the
most confirmed pessimist thaw out of his
reserve to see the good health beaming from
tanned countenances and the clear eyes of
the fine looking young athletes.
The sun had been beating down on the
turf with vindictiYe heat, but as soon as
the sports commenced Old Sol considerably
withdrew behind sundry friendly clouds and
although the warmth was oppressive it did
not seem to affect the participants in the
races, who capered nimbly about on the
space in front of the clubhouse. Members
of the cricket club were ready with willing
hands, arranging the stakes, hurdles and
other athletic apparatus in the several
events. At 3 o'clock the grand stands were
tolerably well filled with ladies escorted and
ladies alone, these latter
WATCHING THE ANTICS
of certain young gentlemen in the field with
an interest plainly visible. Fair women
love brave men, and the man who shows his
physique upon the O1ym plan field is brave
to certain extent. Perhaps private plaudits
will follow the signs of appreciation SO lib
erally bestowed in public by the fair ones
yesterday, but certain it is that every man
who appeared in the field acted as though
he was, to use popular catchword, "out
for blood" The several events were hotly
contested, squareIy won and literally ap-
plauded, and none were more generally
lavish in praise of the winners than the un-
fortunate defeated.
1t was shade past o'clock when the
field officers entered the grounds and dis
tributed themselves to the performance of
their respective duties. Every man of them
knew what was expected of him and the
duties of the officials were respectively per-
formed with judgment and discretion. Mr..
T. S. Fullwood was referee, and Colonel j.
NJ. Schoonmaker, Harry G. Brown and J.
E. Schwartz acted as judges. Harry Dar-
ington. o. D. Thompson and A. r. Coch-
rane held watches and allowed tempus
to fugit after accepted methods.
Charles S. Clark propelled himself around
overseeing the various courses, while
Messrs. Stewart Johnstown, NJ. A. Preston,
j. d. Hailman, Hazen Brown and Alex.
Arbuthnot assisted with neatness and dis
patch. Mr.. Alex. Macpherson was field
marshal and general factotum, receiving the
assistance OF DR.. Kay Martin and Messrs.
Percy Preston, j. HI. Stewart, H. r. Rea
and T. S. Clark. Fred Goodwin aroused
many misgivings by the way in which the
fourished a murderous-looking revolver,
but as he consented to fire it in the air for
the starting of events. sundry apprehensions
were allayed.
THE HUNDRED-YARD HANDICAP.
The programme opened with the 100-yard
handicap for The DISPATCH gold medal, a
beautiful and artistic piece of chased work,
gotten up by j. c. Grogan after a special
design by Mr.. Charles s. Clark, member
of the cricket club. There were ten entries,
divided into two heats. the understanding