The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-09
NOT 4 PLEASANT SIT.
Handicapped Carriers Task
-Lori1lard'S Cross
Country.

The busiest man connected with the A.
A. u. isE @. Carter. the official hanai-
capper. He was seen at his office on PARK
Row Saturday by a NEWS reporter.
When the reporter arst entered the
chamber where sits the man who knows
how well every amateur within twenty
miles Of New YORK can run and jump, ne
found the able gentleman up to his neek
in work. Around were artistlcally
oup some eight or ten sporting meu
Ia various pooses Of careless grace-teet
on desks and hats on the back OF the
head. with canes and umbrellas pOt-
ing holes in the surrounding wall aec.
orations. While these people taIheu vh
matters Of the supremest interest 70 tne
imam who knows them all, ne coh-
tiuued unfalteringly in his humble way,
scratching innumerable dark horses
and. reientlessly pulling" last weeks
prize winners a few yards.
Your position is no sinecure, Mr.. Car
ter" was the opening reinark OF tne re-
porter q an apology for the INTRUSION.
mo. sir, II is noti' he replied. "But
don't mind that so much, it is l am
paid for. WHAT I do object TO u nearby
dislike Is the spasmodic roasting nave
TO endure at the hands of the newspapers
several times every season. Nine 70 q
very dificult position. / have TO knoW
the ability of every man whose name
comes 70 me in any Of the lists Droughs IN
here to be handicapped.
s.This is simple enough in the case OF
men like Connect. Carey, Nlckerson or
Williams, the Champions or Win snN
like Remington or Barnes, who appear az
almost every set Of games run off. IL Is
these 'cAeey' fellows that bother a man.
These fellows that lay back until they
hink the Handicapped has Forgotten
hem, and then come out again 10 WIN
$500 WkAr -swrn "a ha ndf0an-
per trouble. Another class are the noVlces
In come out with the idea OF getting
the limit because they know they are
no good. These people that have a NJ
when they find themselves on the
strangers limit. They make me tired.
II have no regular plan OF handicapping
but you must admit 1 get there l
usually judge a mans ability By what ne
can do: that Is. by his record. but some
times l take him by a different
For example, / judge a man sometimes oy
his condition around the time OF the
games; but this is not as sure a plan us
the other. / nm frequently deceived IN
cases of this kind. The hardest thing 10
puI mp with is experienced when a man
you think your friend tells you a neat tale
Of the condition of a club-mate OF DIS,
which you afterward find was entirely
false. This frequently puts you in an I'M
pleasant situation. L have goG over nat
now, though. and / never go by hearsay.
Athletes frequently express great dis
satisfaction at their treatment at my
hands. | received a letter last u winch
throws q little light IN the subject Here
it is, with my answer at the time;-
Z. c. CARTER. Official Handicapped A
Dear Sir-Wm you please inform me
by what record l am handicapped in tue
running high jump have been handi-
capped put OF TWO jumping contests, aud
don't know the reason why. Ny record
5 feet 591 inches, made June ii, at the A.
@. s. N. games, was the highest L ever
jumped. At Wilmington, on the twelfth
Of this month, l was on the scratch, Barnes
having one incl and Shiney two inches,
botn N. j. A G. men who have records
OF 8 feet z inches. Idon't know whether
you are taking my record as . feet $
inches, which was published in a Phila-
delphia paper. and which was incorrect,
or not. / would like to know II IL is TO
be such or not. Hoping to hear an early
reply, l remain, etc. Signed by a mem
Der Of u prominent club.
This is a fair sample OF letters ire
quently sent to the official Handicapped;
often by competitors who have had more
than their share of success in handicap
events. The gentleman has not been
handicapped ous OF two or three jumping
contests. He took second place
ut the U. OF Z. games on
CeOfudry l. Win D lStb ga lhSuSS.
giving Barnes Il an inch start. AT the
rhiladelr hia Y. NJ G. A. games on May
30 he was beaten by +. w. Koch, Y. NJ. g.
A., who had 3 l 2 inches and whose record
was 4 feet, IL IL inches. Aiumpo of 5 feet,
Big inches would ave given him second
prize At this meeting he took second
prize in the 100 yards dash, handicap. On
June IL he won the high jump with a
jump of 5 feet 5 "a inches, again giving
Barnes IL inch handicap July 4 he had
place had he jumped his record of 5 feet,
5 81 inches.
lie objects to give a handicap of one
inch to Barnes whom he has twice de-
feated with one-half inch handicap.
Ssiney has been receiving a handicap
of from one to two inches OF Barnes in a
half a dozen handicaps this season, and
at the games on the 18th was the first win
lie has scored in a high Jumping contest
this year. The gentleman has competed
in five high jump hahdicaps made by the
Official handicapped this year. He has
won one first place, one second. could
have tied for one. and taking second
place in one by jumping his record. The
particulars OF the last contest nav not
YET cached the Handicapped.
This WAS answered by me about July
10 or 20. 1t is q fair sample of the
ep.sJIes / receive almost every week.
TE@re are some men, however, who at
different times. asked 70 be set back from
tn mark l have given them. These
men are too few, l q am sorry TO say"
Yes. there Is no doubt but thai the
landicapper's position is a ~thankless one,
and there is always plenty for him 10 do.v