New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-19
ATHLETES COMPETE IN BOSTON
THE sALroRp HARRIERs TRY THEIR MUscLI
AND SPEED AGAINST AMERICAN BRAwN.

Boston. OFT la.-rhe joint athletic meeting OF thc
Stafford Iiarrers Of N.nchestci England the Manha'
tan Athletic Cisb ara the Boston Athletic Associatol
va. held on ihr Brvsh~rhood baseball grounds thi
afternoon. rns s,"aDds. owing to the recent heavy
rains v.re tn To- eonaition but notwiths andns tha
handicap. In ths 40 yard dash Z. A. Taylor
". p. l.. hnl.hst tr>t. With II. &. HALLS. II. a. Z.
second. Time-i 20 :S.
In the lOoy ard dash there wcre twenty six starter
the rare being run in divisions Of ave each the win
per, of which ran In the nnal heat. The contest
carh heat was close and exciting and the time con
siderng the condition Of the track. was fast. F. L
Andrews r. r. IS IL yards). won In 10 is seconds
c. D. Bowen. B. A. A. a 1-e YARDS, was second and
G. r. Brown. r., II. A. A. q yards, third
The two-mile stecplechase was perhaps the mos
interesting race Of the day although the handicap o.
E. w. Parry Of the Stafford Harriers tscratch), wa
thought by many to be too severe. W. B. Mccarthy
NJ A. c. go seconds), in 10 min 10 sec
Parry was second In 10 min. "a sec. F. Allen
s. A. A., was third. Parry Is champion Of England fol-
1890.
In putting the 1spound shot n. D. Alexander
A. C. A. A. Il feet, won by 1.2 in,ahes including
handicap A. Jung. N. A. C. Il FOOT. was second, an
J. A. Doherty "A feet) third.
There were ten entries In the running high jump
z. X. Pritchard NJ. A. c., was scratch man and Wa
unable to beat tho handicap allowed p. j. Ffnneron,
B. A. A. a 1.2 inchss) who consequently won at fee
4 IA inches, actual Jump. Priichard jumped fee
9 inches and was second n F. Doherty B. A. A..
third.
Thirty six men were entered In the 44oyard opel
rum but there were not more than twelve starters
NJ Remington, N. A c.. won In dashing finish In
"a is seconds He was the scratch man. l. j.
Stead, H. A. A. 40 yards) WIS second and +.
stetson, H. A. A. 80 yards). third.
The mile run had seventeen entries, but only Nv
started The man nearest the scratch. @. H. Morris
Stafford Harriers Is yards was so badly Handicapped
that although he made Q good struggle and fnlshe.
second, he was unable to win, and W. II. Allison
c. A. c., won In minutes 4s 2-5 seconds. Morris
was second in minutes "a 40 seconds S. D. Towi
was third.
The a2o-yard hurdle race was pretty contest, an
Wss won 0 y. COT NJ A. c. 10 YARDS, second and
E. Allen B. A. A. 10 yards), third.
In the 220-yard run E. L; Sarre, NJ A. C. T. yards
won in fine finish in "a IS; F. 5. Raker. u. A.
IL yards, second and ". L. Thompson. II. A. A.
c. L. SichOll, N. A. c., the scratch man, won tn.
go YARDS was second, and A. L. Endicott, H. A.
AS yards, third .oo
H. L. Dsdmun, NJ. A. C. Scratch. won the $50
H. A. A. go yards, second, and G.. II. Morris, 5. II
1t was in the long distance contests that the Sa!
were 80 badly handicapped that they were unable
finish in the lead. . . -
In the fvemfe run W H. Morton, S. H. was
s. H. ia seconds). by three or four yards. with F. F.
Carr. NJ. A. c. AS seconds. bad third n
r,nss the s, pole s yaa at feet 10 Frank
FAN River Il foot aid J. T. Mcneil, Trimount A. c
q foot) were tied for second place. at feet 12
IL was too dark to finish and the men tossed up
Frank winning.