The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-07-05
FINE sPORT FOR THE N ]. a. Q.
Games on the Clubs Grounds and a
Reception at It's House.

Games on the Clubs Grounds and a
Reception at It's House.
The annual members games of the New
Jersey Athletic Club were held yesterday
afternoon on the clubs grounds. Fine
weather, large throng of spectators and
excellent sport in the several events fav-
ored the club. The track was trifle too
heavy for fast time. Summarized below
are the events and their results -
Seventy-five yards handicap run:--W.
NJ. Craft, 2 feet. won the first preliminary
trial heat in s seconds with Henry K.
Zust, 10 feet, second. Frederick +.
Sliney, feet, finished first in the secon d
preliminary trial heat In s 20 seconds,
ward E. Barnes, 5 feet, had a walk over
III the third preliminary trial heat. His
time was lis seconds. The final heat
was won in lis seconds by w. NJ. Craft,
with Fred c. PufPer second and Henry
K Zust third.
Four hundred and forty yards canter
for the John Newman club championship
gold medal.-The event WAS scratch. and
Edward e. Barnes had a walkover be-
cause the other entries did not care to
run losing race against him. he took
his time and loped the quarter in 2 lnin-
utes and IS So seconds.
Eight hundred and eighty yards handi-
cap run.-There were nine starters aud
three of them dropped out on the first
quarter. Frank Clark, 10 yards, finished
first in 2 minutes 1-5 seconds. Ernest
Hjertberg. scratch, was second, and j. H.
Green. 80 yards. was third.
Two hundred and twenty yards hurdle
race, handicap.-Edward E. Barnes,
scratch, romped through a field of seven
starters and won III 26 Is seconds. Ferd.
G. Puffer, 4 Yards, beat Edward PASSOVER.
14yards, out at the finish for second
place. PASSOVER received third prize.
Handicap Running High .Iump.-A
pretty contest was developed between +.
NJ Edwards, scratch, and Edward r.
Barnes, "a inches. The latter won first
place with an actual jump of 5 feet. 10
inches. Edwards got second prize with
an actual jump of feet. IL inches. Ferd.
G. Puffer, 8 inches. was third with an
actual jump of 8 feet, 4 inches.
Que Mile Handicap Walk-There were
only three starters. Walter w. Scott, 20
seconds, passed Eugene }. Haver. 40 Sec
onds, on the last lap and won in min
utes and 43 seconds. Haver finished sec
oud. The third man was Jeremiah b.
Heating, scratch, who was too heavily
handicapped to catch Haver.
Four hundred and forty yards handicap
canter for the Lawrence gold champion
ship medal first offered to the amalga-
mated Olympic Athletic Club In 1887 -
Eight athletes started, Edward E. Barnes
being on the scratch. Ferd. Puffer, 3
yards, finished first. and the trophy be-
came his personal property. as he had won
it twice previously. His time was SO 2-5
seconds. Frank Clark, yards, was
second, and A. Boston, % yards. was
third.
Two mile handicap steeplechase.-Er-
nest Hjertberg, scratch, had dead
cinch" on this event. There were five
other starters On the sixth lap Hjert.
berg was leading the field. Two of the
starters then dropped out Hlertberg
finished first in II minutes aud "a seconds.
II. Gray, IS seconds, was second, and G.
B. Gardner, so seconds, was third.
During the evening there was magni-
ficent pyrotechnic display on the grounds.
While the sports and fireworks were in
progress an orchestra discoursed delight
refreshments were served.
lows:-Referee, President Alfred w.
Booth; judges, Ezra b. Ely, john New
man, Albert G. Stephens and Michael V.
Stringham; timers, c. Dieges, w. Van
Praag, Charles II. Leonard, Charles j.
Spencer aud G. Curtis; starter, Walter w.
Scott; field judges, Charles A. Ametr.
Henry B. Chamberlain, james D. Boyd
and Henry e. Fuller; judges of
walking. Henry Hjerberg; clerk Of
course, VIII d. Day; assistant clerks of
course, Gus Conover and Charles n.
DAILY; inspectors. Augustus G. Jenkins,
Sr., Charles w. Trask, Henry G. Harris,
Joseph f. Young, George w. Yates and
Henry S. Anderson; Athletic Committee,
James e. Sullivan, Edward Z. Barnes
and Henry I'll Morrell