New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-23
SKATING RACES At EEWBURG.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITNESS THE fEN'
roRMANoE OF "JoE" DoNoGHUE
AND HIS RIVALS.


Ne,vburr N. Y, Feb % Special. city was
,orsr moro lively on washngton'y Birthday than to-
dav business was to large extont suspended and
everything seemed to be given up to the fourth
annual races OF the National Amateur Skating AS
ISOLATION. In the morning at 10 O'CLOCK, wheh INC
RACES ef 900 wards and Ave miles were called, tho
crowd numbered between 5000 and 5000 In
the afternoon tho throng was estimated at oet"ech
Is 900 and 100000 Muchatoe's Lake is in the south
western norton OF the city, 1t srted by high hills
and bluffs on the west and on the east by rising
ground
In the morning tho fee hard and tolerably
smooth At 8 so O'Clock in the afternoon 1t was
found TO be so soft that tho course was set BACK ten
feet and the races called so late that tho
ten-mle contest did not close until after o'clock,
when from the shore, whore the great crowd was
kept the contestants could not DO discernod as they
finished. The first Of the morning was go
yards There were so many entries that two heats
were STATED six In EACH the first three 10 go into
the final heat The first heat started with jos
Donoghue, the champion; James A. Donoghue, his
brother: Elmer Simpson, Of Newburg; J. W. Tobln,
Of West Point, and r. Maslinc, OF Portchester Tho
heat was taken by Simpson, Joe" Donoghue second,
Maslln third. The second heat found VI. Lenthon,
New-York Athletic Club; s. ]. Montgomery and g.
c. Walton, of the club; J. Macfarand, OF Yer
planoA; c. Munzesheime. OF Yale University, and
Tm7 Donoghue jr., Of Newburg In IT. Tho first
three were Donoghue, Munkesheimsr and
Walton, who In in the order named
This made simpson, Joe" and Tim
Dooghue, Masline, Walton and Munzesheimer
the final contestants and after fifteen resting minutes
they were given the word 10 CO. Tho race was short
and exciting and TIM DoRoghue, jr, who holds tho
record on mile skating, 1t In 90 1-2 seeonds
Simpson claimed foul, but President Sachs ruled
that inasmueh he had not been interfend with By
the victor, II could not be allowed.
In the five mile race there were sixteen enrics and
they included the three Donoghue brothers, Simpson,
II. P. Mosher, OF FIshklr; J. f. walsh, Of New
Windsor; j. and c. Lappe, ~ Van courtiand; Z.
Lavien, W. H. Cross, S. n Montgomery, Edward
Morgan and LsntIhon OF New York; ". c. Johansen,
Chnstisna, Norway; T. Bucbner Verplancks, aud
MunEeshcmer, OF Yale. At the outset tho iast-named
led Not man7 laps had been skated when the poorer
contestants began to fall out. The first mile vas
made In Q 49, the second Ia 7:ls; third, ii 10;
fourth 10 ;12. and the ft IL "A 2e, the champion,
"JoeS Donoghue being the victor. JIM Donoghuc,
second: Simpson, third Lapps, fourth. and Timn
Donoghpc, fifth. The afternoon races were disap
polntmen. tho great crowd which expected 10 sec
some OF the DonoShaes in them, but did not. simp
son, Walsh, @. Lappe and MOsher were the only four
Of the ten entries. II holly contested battle and
the finish between simpson and Mosheg was exciting
Mosher won IN 3s IA, snpson only about hye
feet away. Lappo was third Walsh withdrew.
Tho tenrnile race, which was not called until late,
was the event Of the day. Munzeshelmer, tho iae
skater, the TWO Lappes, The Norwegian, Joh9nseI,
other races, the starters. At tho end OF the
second mile the Yale man dropped cut, and another
mile saw the Norwegian 60 into his camp. Tho TWO
Lappes and simpson then finished very pretty and
determined race. The crowd got excited and when
the finish In the dark fow could tell who really
won. J. Lappe was, however, gwen inc race 5inP-
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