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DOUNES'S RECORD.
Did he Run the Full Distance or Did He
NOtR-That Is the Quention.

Did Ne Run the Full DIRtnnce or Did He
EOtp-That Is the Question.
The telegram published in yesterdays Sun
from one OF tho measurers OF the course on
which w. G. Downes's quarter mile record was
made was the subject OF much talk. 1t stood
out as the only reliable doubt Of the genuine
moss of the record The afildavlts Of Messrs.
Stoll and See. two Of the timers and measurers.
also published in THE Sun. were In direct con-
trast to the telegram from Boston. No one
doubts for moment the integrity OF Sam See.
The following is the statement OF J. E. Morse
on the subject:
j. + Morse. B. A. A. stood at the finish
when Downcs ran. When the track was meas
ured Officially. John Graham cut niche In the
fence. also n letter +. When shown this niche
to-day Morse claims that Downes finished at a
point further toward the start. Morse also saw
John Finn. the track man. at Peacon Park cut
q niche in the fence directly opposite where the
tare was held for DoTnes to finish. Both Morse
and Finn fully identified tho niche cut by the
latter. and upon measuring 1t found it Just
twenty feet short remeasurcd the track to;
distances correct-the 22O, 400. and original
44O. Reliable witnesses claim that the error
was made as follows:
the track by the official measurers. When the
timers came down the track Sam See wished
this tho measured back from the correct finish
line, first 20 and then loo feet. lie found tho
4OO correct. W non ne returned. he went 10 the
lG0-ioot mark only. The crowd called his at
tention TO this but he paid 10 heed. but or
dered the Judges at finish to hold the taue where
he designated. John Finn says he stood next
the rail while Downes was running. and d.
rccty opposite the tape. At the completion of
tho run. and without moving. he cut mark on
the fence. Morse saw him do this. TIE 400
record is all right, for John Graham was a
timer at this point, and also measurer of the
course. The notches at this point were: Eu-
gene Burnley. 49,: f. NJ. Wood. l3; John Ora
ham. 42's."
Mr. Morse. who witnessed the cutting OF the
mark in the fence ut the point where Downes
finished is prom inent member of the Boston
Athletic Association, and won the high Jump
at the Eastern championship meeting OF the
A. A. L.
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CRUISING LARCHMOYT YACHySMEN.
A Dozen Boats FrsIGhted With Good Fell
lows and Good Cheer sail Eastward.

A Dozen Boata FreIghted With Good Fell
lows and Good Cheer sail Eastward.
A gun from Commodore Lowery's sloop
yacht Daphne awoke tho echoes in Larch-
mont's rock bound harbor at II O'Clock yester-
day morning. and few moments later there
were a dozen handsome craft sailing out into
tho Sound, bound east on the annual cruise OF
the Larchmont Yacht Club.
Fleet Capt Auguslin Monroe and Fleet Sur
geon Charles +. Roberts will be tho Commo-
dore's guests during the cruise. Nice-Commo-
dore Joseph H. Sterling has a select few on
board the Leona. Rear Commodore David IT.
win Jackson has Chester c. Munroe and q few
others like him to assist in asccrtaining the
h elpe carries Lieut.. ". n. Hing and others
VIII, will wonder at the 200-vear-old five legged
bottle which Gus Monroe declares was made
by Tom Clapham. because II has a picture of
the watermelon blown into it.
f. :. Cornelrs soop Alice, carries Everett
/. Seney Jr.. goes with Maturn Ballou on the
sloop Dare. and Eugene Bushe takes party
In his schooner Clochette.
Az i. NJ. the order Of the boats OFF Green
wana leading the fleet, with tie yandal,
Daphne. Dare. Esperito, liochettc. keIpie,
Leona Elm. NOlusia, and 1rochilus following
in the order named, and all sailing fast in
smooth water and a iino breeze from tho
southeast, They, anchored in Black Rock
on Monday for Morris Cove or New London.
AT Shelter Island. or perhaps sooner. the fleet
will be augmented by the steam yachts NRrm-
hal and tho lnanda- the schooners Gevalla and
ises TO be lively cruise for the Jolly LarcA-
mont tarS.
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DOWN WENT THE SPORTING MEN.
A Pool Room Floor Gives Way with About
Twenty-Five or Thirty Persons.

n
Twenty-Five or Thirty Persons.
A section OF the flooring in McLaughlln's
pool room in the old foundry building at East
Newark gave wav yesterday afternoon between
4 and clock as the tickets on Eurus were
being cashed. The next race had already
started, and the crier WAS shouting out tho
information he was getting from a telegraph
instrument
They're OIL" no shouted, and moment
later: IAN IN q bunch"
As he said this down went the floor with
twenty-five or thirty men all in bunch. At
first they went gently and then with a sudden
dump. which piled them up In heap at the
foot OF the sopinR planking and on tho dirt
floor OF the lower story. Down there they
didn't know what was coming alter them. The
door was barred. and they scrambled. panic
stricken. for window, which they broke
They got out in this way covered with dirt and
grooming with pain from their bruises There
were 300 people in the room at the time. and
when the cracking Of the beams was heard
there was panic. and half dozen men were
badly squeezed in the rush for tho narrow door
Among those who fell into tho room below
but one man was hurt severely, and he was
BROKEN. The break in The iioor was about
Inside ana outside OF the railing on The north
aldo of tho building None OF the clerks or
bookmakers, took the tumble and business nsd,sS
but the bettors held their breath and trod
lightly as they moved about the big room, not
knowing what portion OF the rookery might
The building was formerly used as an iron
foundry, and the uppeT, hnor Was Was pattetn
carry a heavy load, and recently extra stan
chions were placed In 1t; II was built on made
ground over soft meadow. and 1t H. thought
that the great weight Of the crowds which
daily congregate there to play the horse e. have
lie floor beams became Insecure.
This place Is largely supported by New
Workers as we'll as HOwarkers. and mcLau9h-
more than a year In It, He has been twice
arrested, and Is now under bail but has tho
support OF influential omoehoioers ana poll
ticlans OF Hudson county
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reun,. and Polo Mt the Country Club

The invitation lawn tennis tournament OF tho West
chester Country Club WAS continued yesterday under
tho same favorable circumstances which has attended
1t throughout In the afternoon tho strong wind rather
interfered with good play but the cloudy sky in
favor of tho players II thought that yesterday
would finish the tournament but Clarence Hobart,
who in tho lead, was nut back two pegs being
twice defeated by X r. Huntington. and the latter is
now in the lead Knapp proved tho appropriateness of
his title tho worryer" by defeating Taylor There
are three competitors left in tho p
Huntington. Clarence Hobart and W. +. Knapp. Hobart
played his usual game eBeray driving from the back
or Il court with great effect, but Huntington clearly
showed his superiority both in tho morning and after
noon. The latter did some beautiful work at the net,
and his victory chiefly owing to that Tho wind,
however. greatly interferei with IobArt's pAy.
In the match between Knapp and Taylor the former
PLAYED most nersisent game returning many almost
Impossible balls. Knapp clearly showed that no has
never received credit for PLAYING the game he
The final match for tho Waterbury cup all easy
victory for II TAYLOR. tho holder over G. L. Sands,
CHALLENGER. The results were RB follows:
Eighth round, Il. r. Huntington beat Clarence 10.
hart, GO. IS; J.. Huntington beat Clarence Ito.
bart, GO, s-6 W. +. KNAPP Ueat II, A. Taylor 81,
Ga.
Competition for, the Waterbury ucup-H A. TAYLOR
heat q Is. lands G--l g. - TaNlor now retains
the cup The drawings for Monday are r. p. Hunting.
ton against " r. KNAPP Clarence Hobart u bye. The
scUreB now stand
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RIVERSIDE YACHTSMEN RACE
GOOD CONTEE7S IN THEIR ANNUAL
Event ON THE SOUND.

Ladies' Watch tho Corinthians sailing
Four Glasses FIJI, and the Winners were
the Aicedo, Nornnt, SIrene, md PhN ITS
A Zinc DnS's sport.
No prettier race has boon smiled on Long
Island Sound this season than that OF the pop
ular Riverside Club, in which ten yachts con-
tested for prizes yesterday. They were divided
into four classes-two OF soors. one OF lib and
malnsail boats. and one Of cat boats-and &C.
cordlnR to the sailing regulations of the club
the race was sailed with stationary bailast 4
light breeze from the southeast Just rsrpled
the Sound when the starting signal was given
by the committee Mossrs. Jones. Ioyne,on.
and Lockman. from the eam launch Emma X.
The sloops Alcedo. Waywad, Norant. and
Ianth got awny on the first signal and in
that order. Their course was six miles
across the Sound to MatinEicock buoy
then four miles east to Centre Island buoy.
and seven miles about N W. to tho finish. 1t
was all windward work to Matinnicock md
they fetched the mark in three tacks. Then
they had n reach with sheets lifted to port for
the Centre Island mark. The Alcedo had
long lead there. The Norant also led the
Xanth by over half II milo. 1t was run dead
before the froshenilG bree2e to the finish, aud
q pretty picture they made rolling across tho
sound TO tho finish
The J. q, ,Ihyiis,, Diodon, and Rival had n
hot chase inter each other over their eiel en-
mile course which was twice around Lite
and Great CAPTAINS Islands. The first mile
stretch TO the southland, from, the start oil
Hitchcock Rock TO the eastern buoy onlIittlc
Captains Island. was close hauled work for
tho little boats, and, the Phyllis sct, warm
pace for thom. In the niue-mile reach
to the next mark, the western I hnoy
did some fast sailing. They all gyhed
around this max ana came back to tha finish
with booms bi cad OIL to port. Twice around
this course the Tour cRtboats sailed but the }.
Q. and Diodon werc hardly In it against two
such cracks the Phyllis and Rival, The con;
test between these two was eagerly watched
by the following ladies' on board the judges
boat and other yachts: Mrs. G. &. TYSON Mrs.
II. &. Hayward. Mrs. p. &. kalli, Miss Louise
jansen. Mrs "; A, Hamilton. Mrs G. |. Tyson,
Mrs. Fuller. the Misses Luxe. Mrs, Atwel. Mrs.
J; Porter. Mrs. llurlburt. Miss Peck and Mrs.
Hoyington.
There was an informal hop in the evening at
the new club house, which is one OF the pref
test on the Atlantic coast. 1t is on the east
side OF Cos Cob harbor and Is surrounded by
beautiful lawns.
Commodore G. G. Tyson took party OF la
dies and gentlemen out 10 see the race on his
schooner, Nirvana, the flagship OF tho club
Here Is the summary:
RIVERSIDE YACHT cLuB-ANSuAL RAcE-RAcErRizEs curs
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our. a Prontnble Post once.

Postmaster Van Colt has received from the heads q
Departments in the Post once their reports for the
year ended June so last These reports show that
during the thcre delivered 39l9 1902 pieces
Of ordinary mail matter, and that in tho distribution
department G3AOl6S4g pieces were handled The
number OF money orders Issued and paid was sI3 2s5
amounting to i477 ls2.4l The total receipts OF the
office S6u2h9s2.ll. and tho total expenditures
2G5 $40 II giving revenue OF So 7Bl 402 81 and
showing increase in tho total receipts of the once
tho previous year OF nearly 10 per cont
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A VICTIM OF CHRONIC CATARRH.
HE DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE "a
RIOUS SYMPTOMS or THE DISEASE.
Mr.. Hdliars DoyIeis story Of Hove lie Suffered,
and BotD Doctors Copeland 6 Blair Cured
HIN Permanently.

Mr. william Doyle Of $40 Union street Jersey City
plRtorer by trade told the writer the following regard
ing his Mr. DoyleS experience during the past three
years
7" Three years ago" he said, ~ contracted = slight
cold This cold stuck to psrPistenty until with the
addition o. tro,h colds, became Victim Of chronic
one slide then on the other Ny breathing Abored
and dicut had pains across my forehead Just over
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The YOuEer. Teun,s Tournament.

YoNkURs July I2.-Tho tournament OF tho Yonkers
Lawn Tennis Club came TO a successful close to day.
Tho result wGs AZ follows
Mixed Doubles hnAl round-O. H. Runyon and Miss
Citing beat V NJ. Citing and Miss Law o., "a
Mems singles ANAL Tound-L. H. hunyon peat V. NJ.
Filing, Ia, Ia
The matches on tho whole were characterized BY
sharp wolfe ing aud accurate placing especially In tho
singles when during one game deHce was called twenty
times Mr.. EltiDg played pucky, and In the first set
with the "a against him, be brought the score
up 10 iye ALL only TO lose IT, To.
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last.


The rest Ot tho PLAYERS have been defeated three
times and are out ~ the competition.
polo match WAS PLAYED between the RockawRT
coded three goaIs 70 the Country club and won by =
KockGway Hunt Ciub-Rene La MOntaigne Captain
/. frankie. A e Tower and j. 5. stevens Country
Cluh-E {. r0tter Il. l.. Br-ckman Marion storey
(ca p aim, aud II. A. Havomeyer. Jr.
Tho NOCkAways clearly Outp the Country Club
lptthe rrs twenty minutes Stevens and Frankie each
scored a goal. IN the second twenty minutes Tower
scored four goals and Frankie This mi de
goals three in favor Of the Rorksways In The third
Club managed 10 make a goal and then Tower made
one leaving the in favor Of the Rockaways
Club while Tower and frankie did hne work Tor tho
Rnrk
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From Monmouth to Brighton.

Tho Brighton Beach Racing Association has arranged
for special boat aud train service between Long
branch and Conry Island on riRhton Reach race days
Starin will leave sandy HOOK 50 southern 4 r sta
ton every Monday Wednesday, and Friday, after
meeting th 10 20 train from Vest End ana lOiSO from
Long BrRnoh anordlnR charming sail Of less than
hour thence direct TO West Brighton whore Culver H.
X trains win convey PASSENGERS 70 the track After the
races train leaves Culver depot West Brighton NJ 20
connecting with Laura ~ stATln 10 Sandy Hook. thence
by train 10 Long Branch arriving about r. ~.
Fare, Toun d trip $3.50 single, Sl.-Adp
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A Yacht Race Po.tpopsa.

A nest OF bscAlmed pleasure craft lay oyster Bay,
close to the headquarters Of tho Oyster Bay Yacht Club
yeSterdAy waiting for breeze, They had como from
pointb along the bay 20 participate in the oyster Bay
small boat races Their patience became exhausted
about noon. and after swapping notes the weather
agreed 70 postpone the races Tor enc week. 49,
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Racing In ENGLAND.

LoSDoS. July I2-ThS was the last day OF the San,
down Park Clubs second summer meeting, Tho Ma.
tonA Breeders Produce stakes nve fuTlongS was wen
by GoFdenS bay ally Title TGtte, by Harden out OF
Miss LAY, ]. o. Baird Hays chestnut colt Fodden
Yield by Mardsn, out OF Sister Of Mercy WAS Seoold
and Sir James MEokOnIieB bay nlly CloudberTy, By
AEebsAth, .out OF Mia hAnnsrnE, third.
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A big crowd Of National Gnnrdsmen went to Creed
more Yesterday TO take part In tho shsrpSh ooterS
match in the series or contests arranged by the National
El1e Association The morning was clear with Chang
80 g notheat wind The SKY became cloudy during tho
afternoon and The wind Increased in OCity The
nhtAts we're requ red to ~ points the 40 and
90 IaId ranges IN order TO qualify ~ sharpshOOlerI
an wear shaTphhOOler's badge. The score
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Meeting or the Crack Hurdler..

All tho crack hurdlers OF tho RaSt West South and
Canada will meet IN the Kings County Hurdle Race,
value about ~ o00 At brighton Beach to'moToW tA0n
day. FiyS other excellent TAeeL AL roads 70 Consy
Island direct 10 the uAok-Aap.
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Elapsed

The Lulu. W, H. Guest; Eddie, W. T. SaIter; Cor.
mania Dr. Raubenhelmer uuOrda J. H. Hunter;
Elsie, G. Snyder and Adelanta T. r. Day did finish
Tho Cno allowed the Rambler minute % seconds,
winning bv minutes ~ seconds corrected time,
There several slight mtshaps about the starting
time A cRthoat from tho Columbia club upset with
several men aboard and a canoe and yawl so went
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beating the Maynard ii minutes seconds
ELAPSED time; the Norant in class 8. beating
Sirene. beating the Pearl 10 minutes 80 sec
onds; and in class 9. the Phyllis beating the
Rival minutes
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tOpIt Pleasant sunday outing take the Sandy Hook
ssIsI leaves Pier 8 North River At $50 A NJ, 100
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The winner Investment Company has declared =
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agent known Tests are rNNlanon Fac's only arc
given m theories ~ work TIE book Ia tlius.
tratod with seventy nvc micruphOo engravnEs taken
by the author direct from the microscope by process
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JUST PUBLISHED!
Microbes aud the Microbo Killer.
ny NsT. EADAM.
niscoverer OF VIM Rsdams MicroOo Killer

This IL an original work Of about four hundred paFeS
explaining new ra,ure destroys tie cause OF all dis
eases Tic aud nor Demonstrates that microbes the
one and ouy rnlSc of al Diseases anil that "NtCROBE
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mond 10 TO !; Martini colt ISL Dr. nelmpth 20 70
]; Lynn 20 10 !, Kingmhte Blessed, each 90 10 IL
Marie Lowell 20 to 1; Windsor sotoL
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Only Two Roat. Fln,.heh.

The Arst regatta OF the Hudson River squadron tho
COrinthian navy sailed yesterday afternoon Off the
Corinthian port station house l52d street Tho
course triangle, from the starting boat to and
around stakeboat at McDonads float lOsth street. to
and around a buoy of Fort Lee, tho finish. six
miles. leaving all stakeboats on the sarboard hand
There was spanking southerly broclc and tho boats
had hard work beating down against the strong food
tide.
The Rambler the first to tho line at 36 81
followed by tho Adelanta 32O 90 the Uno at 2l 30
and the Eddie AZ 25:2A The Lulu GermaniA Ouor dt
Elsie and Lille did not until after the hand
cap gun ire 1892 80 The tide drifed the home
rbo close to dock, making II very dlcuIt
tho small boats To- get across the line.
The Rambler and tn" tho made Sighting finish, but
the uno was tho better handled and crossed tho line
ahead.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-21
A FRENCH AMAZON.
Gould Not Escape Military Service
Because Of an Official Mistake.


Because of an Official Mistake.
To-Day.
In the Department Of the North,
France, in 1S7O,a certain Mile. Camille
was born. The secretary of the Marie
put her down on his book of vital sta
tistics as boy. In due time, the mis-
take never having been discovered, a
conscription number was given her. In
this years drawing her number was
drawn, and she was notified te present
herself at the depot for recruits. Then,
and not till then, the mistake was dis
covered. French otficialism was equal
to the occasion. The correctness of the
record must be maintained at all haZ-
ards. OfficlaliSm regretted exceedingly
the young lady's unpleasant predica-
ment, but it owed duty to itself.
There was way by which the young
lady could escape military service with
out impugning the record 1t was sug-
gested that she might bring proceedings
before the civil tribunal of the depart
ment at Dunkirk for release from mill
tary duty, a course the young lady took,
with the result that the French army
loses an Amazon. The crude English
or American method would have been
simply to drop her name and draw an
extra cOnScript. A near approach to
the excellence of the French system
was attained in Boston in the old militia
days, when the authorities, declining to
admit that they had been deceived by
resemblance of names, year after year
summoned an eminently respectable
maiden lady to appear on the common
on training days ''armed and equipped
as the law directs"
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-21
4 WHIM OF SANTA CLAUS.
Christmas Story For Sunday Globe Children.

The old gentleman was as rosy as a
pippin. 1t was quite refreshing to look
at him. A huge white cap came down
to his white eyebrows, and the collar of
his great fur coat climbed up about his
ears till only the tops of them showed
like bits OF red coral. Through the rift
in his collar surged his snow-white
beard. glistening like breaker that has
JoyOuSly shattered itself into ten thous-
and particles of foam on friendly
rock. And out of the red and white the
glowing rose and the frozen silver. from
under the eyebrows that were like hem
lock boughs weighed down with
mounds of snow. glittered as keen and
bright as the heart of a block of ice, two
kindly. steel-blue eyes.
He had come ont of Tifany's with
half dozen boxes, had this delightful
old fellow, and got into the cutter.
IhlS was half full of brown paper pack
ages already, and the frosty ola fellow
thrust the boxes he had Just bought
down into such deep pockets in his
enormous coat. such an ample coat of
sable that any one would have thoug hit
the old gentleman was the only one in
his family, and that he was a Russian
Zlbellinea, which is the Latin for sables,
those precious weaseIs whose hide
would sell for more than a mans.
he settled himself in the cutter and
covered up his legs and good many of
his packages. Then he gathered up the
relnS in his fur-gloved hands. And
then lie did not go, His gliCtering eyes
had caught sight of something Oh the
sidewalk, two something's, with the
light, powdery snow falling on them in
its tricky, playful way, as if they were
cakes being Sugared.
One of the something's was little girl
about ten years old. She had small
face, with large, black eyes fringed
with long lashes. Now and then snow
flake caught on them. Her eyes were
very wide open. and her small mouth
was slightly ajar. 1t was the old gen.
tleman who had shaken them both open.
for she had stopped right by the cutter
and was facing him like a little point of
exclamation.
She held the other something bv a
red-mlttened hand that crept out from
under short WOODEN shawl. 1t was the
most drOll of small boys, not more than
six. or at niost seven. He had a small
lace, TOO, and a large cloth cap that be-
gan to cover his head very near the top
wound around his puny neck, little
frosty where his breath had frozen on
it. He had cheap plaid shawl pinned
about him. One mittened hand was in
his trousers pocket, and the other clung
10 the girl. not tenaciously, but with a
childish trust and content. The girl re-
garded her grasp as protection, but he
apprehended it only rs companionship.
AS the little girl came to an abrupt
halt before the old gentleman and stared
at him as if he were basilisk, the small
boy had been arrested as he was
troddling along and slowly pivoted
around. His faint blue eyes also rested
on the rosy, befurred old gentleman, as
little Theban boys have looked at the
SphynX.
The old gentleman saw the fascinated
way in which this twin pair was regard
ing him, and this is why he did not let
20 his horse after he had gathered up
the ribbons
"Bless meH' he exclaimed, in BOOM