The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-18
THE Blue BRAzrLIAN CROSS.
Hew Its wes-err Celebrate Their Great
Victory.


| Hew Its wearerr Celebrate Their Great
On Saturday evening. Oct. H. 1895. the Man
haitian Athletic Club tend cred the famous Lon
Myers q testimonial In the shape OF great
athletic meeting at Madison Square then Gil
| more's) Garden. The invincible runner had
Just returned from his third victorious inva-
sion Of Great Britain. and the games held In
his honor on that occasion class with the
greatest held in this country.
As an extra attraction. Mr.. @. M. L. Sachs. at
that time potent power in the Manhattan A.
O.. offered n beautiful stand Of colors to the
club scoring the most points on the eventful
evening. The athletic supremacy was not con-
fined to the New Yorks and Manhattans them
the Staten Island Olympic. Brooklyn. and
West Side Athletic Clubs being very strong
Mr. Sachs did not stint himself in the expense
OF the banner. confidently believing 1t would
hang with other cherry diamond" trophies
after the meeting The other clubs were fully
rs confident. and were oil represented by their
strongest teams. The matter had bcen dis
cussed for weeks. and there was moro genuine
enthusiasm about the colors than any enlble-
matte trophy givon since. not excepting the
much-advertised Bailey. Banks Il Biddle
plaque.
To tho astonishment and horror OF the " sure
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Pastimc Athletic Club captured tho coveted
prize. Eddy Carter winning the mile run.
Johnny Walsh tho novice 220-yard run.
Harry, ,schloss tho 22O-yard handicap run.
while Eddy Raines took SECOND Y the mile
eda Ind ID rG% nso Go peat third e t ahe9 sSs
principally the Manhattan A. G.. were. furious.
and # was some TING betorp the astimes got
S n es bsnS appeasd To n the
matter. tho n. A. 6, claiming the trophy on
ing body came. Just in time. for there was a
body 5i tho indians" descend upon the NJ. 4.
well earned colers By forces "Sss' ''''u '''D VIZ
The PastIme tribe are naturally wild set:
pass al bounds in celebrating their victory
is i,lled iaIl Of arewster: tho precious colors
warriors. carter Walsh. Schloss. Raynes. and
Collect; arc toasted THOUSAND and one times,
the council disperses. thickiy singing:
rts for x. Ike B s.ss and The The Blue s
nar rs Tor The HACK lac and the Blue e'''
Hitherto these celebrations" Razoos," is tho
the club house, and the outsiders admitted to
the weird ceremonies have been fortunate.
hall. and after supplying the memhers with
dred spsctsstors were hand Sn Friday
were admitted This was particularly hard on
fully $50 members. who had not taken tho pre-:
caution OF getting their tickets early. and
were left standing on the street. sadly listen
ing to the sounds of revolry. and .yowing, bit.
teri tssry t" haul the managers over the Goals at
The entertainment has never been surpassed
at any stag !" held in this city. Tho Tender:
ioin Clubs stays" are pretty lively: but dull
IN comparison to the feast offered by the
from g o'clock in the evening until o'clock
the following morning. The guests were
taken out IN squads OF 100 and bOunteously
fed. Firewater was brought to the guests by
chiefs every few minutes. and the well never
ran dry. The club has in its ranks. besides its
famous boxers. wrestlers and fencers. talent
enough to stock score Of variety; thca ph;e
decidedly better than marks the average
tot OF singers were present as guests.
and gave a sample OF their quality. but it was
not superior to the amateurs. Every Indian"
seems to be q born comedian. and more orig:
inal wit flashed during the evening than will
be heard in farce comedies for a. year. These
east siders are great elocutionists also; and
tho work ot Ed Mccullough The Deathbed
Remorse Of Benedict Arnold" and Tommy
Colett in the English racing dialect story,
"krect Card" was above the average profess
sional standpoint: The crowd cheered every
body and everything. and gave Mr.. Sachs. who
made his intinl appearance at this annual eel
ebration and his first public appearance in
athletic circles for over year. an ovation that
must have warmed his heart and made him
rejoice that the Pastimes had won his trophy.