The sun., 1889-12-08
CANES OF raE srrnxrH Rro1~rNE
Well Contested Events ana 5000 Spec
tntara 20 Annlnnd Then.

| VVem Contested Events ana e,OOO Spec
tatsrs 10 Applaud Them.
Nearly 900 people attended the sixteenth
| Ramos OF the Seventh Regiment last night II
! seemed as II more than hall were women.
Most Of them knew one or more Of the contest
ants and at times they made the high raiters
ring with soprano and contralto echoes. Grover
! Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland were among the
lookers-on. The ex-President kent score oi
the events and Mira Cleveland was liberal with
her applause. Hosts OF men from other reEi-
men ts were present The crowd was lnIEor
than the seventh ever had before at any 9i It's
athletic contests, and the sports were admir-
able all the way through.
Here 10 n summary OF the events:
Ninety. three yards run, hanGieAp score OF dual
eap es ~ gscSn eSGSaa Dsva,os company Ii
third George 4 Martin g Company snyIl5l,o,r-rr,, y y n
Irving Company 'S[%Gn mgy;ss Tur, sV ;tGeoFPG. FSs
4, ware company d scratch ',,- ..,, - ..-.
Tug OF war. four men on side $50 pounds tim !, :
by Two inches, Though ~ hri' Company h"ait Uy l
SeS %' OsS' $'da'ss IS sssSaa", s''oad L. {.
@s S:ysi: E:es hsnsicsVrr.,s cray IT
81 Amss, Company =, 10 yardS' third charles T.
TWO hundred and t&snty yards run ser'tch score Of
nna-hT,t g. i MoSrf VomrSny ,brs nh fsGons! Me-
hstinlis, wax 6antieapzr,,.. W z 7: Smith,
ond Z. K Miller. Company d. 20 seconds. thlrd, W. A
DGTIs Tu%Ss HiS tie isiS shSI ssSdiSsp-rr., nsrT.u
e-SSif"G So tss 'af'S
ineSSs threw % ne, ! isoss. .hisq :; ~ SgsOE.
0iE"s. sss'say .'int'ia
tHhS SSPFi r. nfd charles
4 yafds run hsndiosp.fiIst Stuart Dp.ssn Duncan CON
PrgS a s fSnF SGaSas'
:naI ,sgatSa no S I've Sat'
Pred 4. Ware. Company B; third, George r Martin
Tug -Four each .d. ESQ peun ds; time
% ~ sys aftn mad.
,l,p =. the very eesinnns Of th. null and Company
..ds TGsT cpnons%. sy TsaasinE this to t''t
sSSaTd Safas qaaS Bo..wc
Company ~ var . S g. 5, sseondS ahis h,G.. the
Smith Company i; second, {, o. WoodhousS Company
=. 70 yards, third. @ L. DunscomS, Company H. 10
%s .saS. syAR o1%
GSSpsny 4; t5ifS. ]. J; EsEsrs Company 9 9. ADA4
cdnTs Rnnns hish amp h.ndSSp.Flrst innM McleHnd
ssoSsd ". H. Moore Company l. inchsS third. T.
WheolhArrow race, handicap Distance two laps B52
Srdk % no E Dec. GomS InEy f & Ss
s'F 'HFRR1Ry
sss ssoud SdCmHSay S.n P%a1 81
Gspnn 9Th ~ Gom
gany K, aXard. 20 ,erond. second, Q $ Bpsse and
A II, walton and l. Vnnnior' both Of Company A.
yards
Tug.otwar, nnal pull-compRny A against Company
J; time limit minutes; won by.CUmpany A. ~
inchea
Apart from the two mile bicycle race, which
was exciting, because the ridors fell and be-
cause young Burhans SO lesrorately forced
run. The contestants In the other games
were strictly Seventh , Regiment men,
participated by, invitation some Of the
crack mon OF the various outside athletic
clubs. The starters were W. d. Day. W. S.
Freneh' E H{srtberg, all Of the n J.
p D. Skillman Of the n, Y. A. C., and sid
ney Thomas of the Manhattan Athletic Club.
Nineteen-year- old Day took tho lead at once.
He holds the championshIP as cross-couptry
runner and has the ten mile record. too. Last
night great things were expected Of him. and
he did them HIertborg nagged him all tho
way around and forced him at times. but Day
nevor gave up the first place. He male splendid
time every one OF the laps but on the twentieth
and last ho, put In q snurt that made the
cheer wildly. He left all the others
way behind. and crossed the line winner in the
best time on record for an indoor two mile run,
mnntes 50 2-5 seconds. Hjortberg was
second, and Thomas third,