The morning call., 1890-07-05
OLYMPIC FIELD DAY.
A Poor Attendance, bat Good
Running Contests.
Johnson Attempts, but Fails, to Lever the
Hundre6-Yard Record-Winners Of
the Different Events.

The midsummer field day of the Olympic
Club at its new grounds yesterday was not
what might be termed thorough success.
AS far as the events themselves were con-
cerned and the manner in which they were
contested there is nothing to be complained
of.
The trouble was with the attendance.
There were not above $50 spectators on the
grounds, and the capacious grand stand was
almost deserted.
A number of the entered contestants
were absent having taken advantage of the
three days vacation TO take little jaunt
into the country.
Promptly at 2 o'clock the first event. the
quarter of a mile run for the Hammersmith
medal, WAS called. S. V. Casady, A. S.
Henderson and S. V. Winslow started
Captain Jordan got the men started we'll off
the mark together. Henderson quit before
going very far, leaving the race to Casady
and Winslow. The former cut out the pace
and kept the lead to the finish, winning
without being pushed in 0:51 40.
The second event. the 100-yard handicap,
was run in two heats. c. A. Jellinek &
YARDS and J. Kortick q yards were the
vctors. p. NJ. Waud g yards) and n. Will
Jams OK YARDS taking the places.
In the final Jellinek won, with Wand sec
ond and Williams, third. Time, 0;9 40.
The third event was the 1000-yard handi-
cap run. A. S. Henderson scrach, NJ l..
Espinosa thirty yards. W. II. Toomy fifty
yards were the starters. Henderson was in
splendid condition and gained his handicap
on the other men in one lap. He made a
mistake in the distance, however, and
sprinted one lap too soon, running himself
off his legs, so that when Espinosa came
with rush at the end he could not respond.
EspinoSa's time was minutes &. seconds.
W. II. 1oomy was second.
The 220-yard hurdle race was one Of the
prettiest events of the afternoon Casady,
Winslow and Z. F. Foster were the starters
The leaping of the last-named man as he
cleared the barriers was wonderful. He
won in canter from Casady in 90 As sec
ondS.
In the running broad jump, Southeastern,
who was to have tried TO lower the worlds
narrowed down to f. f. Foster, with a
n L. Williams, SIX feet Williams won,
clearing % feet inch. Foster second.
The 100-yard partnership race, a comic
affair, was won by Wand and Kortick from
Casady and Henderson. In the contest
each man carried his partner pack-a-back
one-half of the distance.
p. d. Skillman, Americas amateur cham
pion long-distance runner, made his appear
ance in two-mile handicap. He Started
from scratch. II. c. Cassidy alpine Club
was on the 155-yard mark, H. NJ Collins
205 yards, and a. Cook alpine Club $50
yards.
Skillman ran beautiful race, gradually
increasing his speed and running with
great precision and regularity. His handi-
cap was too much for him, however, and
lie could not make up the distance on
Cassidy, who won in 10 minutes 10 seconds,
okillman- second.
The 300-yard handicap was the prettiest
race OF the day. There were four starters,
as follows: S. V. Casady, scratch; }. Kor-
tick. yards; G. A. Jellinek, ii yards; p.
M. Wand, IA yards. and n. l.. Williams, IA
yards. The handicapS were made with
such Judgment that the men were punched
all the way TO the homestretch. AT
this point Cassidy went through the field.
The mile walk was walk-over for Carl
LandmaD. Ioomy was the only other
starter. He had fifty yards the advantage
OF Landman, in the hanicap, but the latter
caught him on the first lap.
This took the hear. out of Toomy, and
he gave up, Landman finishing at his
leisure.
This ended the regular events, but the
announcement was made that III. NJ. John
son, the professional sprinter, would try to
lower the 100-yard record. Henderson,
with several yards handicap, acted as
eoacher. johnson showed a tremendous
stride and ran well, but failed to beat the
record. Two watches caught the time at
tered 40. The real time made is probably
about ten seconds.
ID. A. Riy, o. A. c., was referee, and G.
w. Jordan starter. j. A. Hammersmith.
Walter A. Scott and Peter Mcintyre acted
as timers.