The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-18
MERCURY MISSED ALL OF IT.
vuxT NE MIGHT HAVE sKEN HAD HIN
TISTTED TRArEES ISLAND.

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Brilliantly sseeesss' ssmes OF sss new
York Aeh'e"e sins-An A@messs Hurs-
out and Gssounded Enthusissn-spissSiA
Conte.ss on Track and FIeia-A1itehsii
Makes n New Worlds Record.
Mercury. "noee winsou 'oos 10 ume on,v'cin
Of tho New .oEs AIiie,l' eiup. IL saie OF
writer's Oh inythoioeicni sup>ects 70 nave peon
4 messenger boy IN 'ho sorF,ce OF tho Roda
Tho romarEapio 'hins about Morcury wos
that whilo messenger Doy no did crrands
with rapidly ana ucspntcn caicuiated 10 take
away tho breath OF the modern messcnger
I.Mrrc'ry could mare como sailing through
tho air Yesterday ana panooa over IraVers
IsnEd. he wo'ila nave eeon many Things 70
ta,ps s .a a morning Tho crowd, ho,a,
ecocN .,..,.,r.n ia.,,,nr 90 ~ "sr,,,.aS -
the ps.r 'Io oos nnS
foot thoy hoeLoi along tho picturesque quo
s sSSu, i nsa' tho seautiiu, spot whore FOR
s,,,. hours tho contests OF speed. muscle,
, nnd ski! l.cld the attention Of the crowd.
INV With bright costumes. aud large crowd
vas.hors to see tho start Whom tho games
got fairly under way there wore botwoon 1000
md 500 persons present and the greatest
'' Ths New York 4. G ot,cl.,s realized tina.
hr Of weather and thcy INDUCED IN luminous
'm's ft tTnt ~ sold he naked for and s sosiall~
Se.' .n ' si,nnI trinmnh.
they wore s s.onr, wa. ,r.ctursa ar-rr ~,
afternoon. by Mitchell putting * s., inches e,,e on
, ,ha s curly Haired Adons from Detrs,. Harry
i,Yst. carried on tho honors. and won his way
easily into tho he"rts OF the thron:; His
snnss The rosard for TIM. distance with a
trrm Mike Murphy brought only ono other
vaut csr,or5 Tbs ns., Wa out Q: iora
exert te ndSa q, shs tns
SSn. ; GaTit'i in Tho contest hung on the
ia "s t t.,at .he battle for points between
II" two S clubs would .hs ,I be d d, I'D
s. Louis Hlseths .a s, ssseM 6 stood Si .9 "
nay Ac yS Sd to If rrs sssss was an
nIIr.n D: III" civ of New YORK. The cham
pi%ps W.. W., s%als IT,: or,n.. ,,, ,o>
S S 'sTs stk t the Iris his. YS sns IT
TT T.; ssi$9S
sn In The ;nni jswetS {Eedspp ~, s Ls ; ERA
aS TaI u mt twot6irds Of NJ tho distance When
;Is jattSr palIsd, away ana wGa as he pleased
dd w mot n nG tb ror the
:s: i q: led led for sni 25 ~ yards E7n
$s s @sm 10 II Turner anb w2a han
fnish 'oF Seeone p'uee W Two 1901 III hoe
'G liz 12o-yarn hurdle ruce was run in ono
trouble in up, as, seconds. sshwasIer Z: !.
w WAS 7 t GpIIa secono' "na mooney Aa'ier ~
.IrsI ,Gs twoGie PSKS rnb race orSinarE P
+. Murphy won in q minutes ii is seconds. "
2s rs cenas hes and sK 5Wsst
,o S how he so eoWid run When pushed TIE liz
NJ; xsTasd VIZ Y I've sssT%s 4. IL ssssPds
IN fesq paa ns ss for Waiter
PIT CIT vas that pphm Tes not IL oopdtoG
s"n Gst e tho and found hs sS
snd issksa IiSs record ersskot until sse isst
"a Il
Ssns seoM a. c. wss s seeonl c' and Biilinxs
i vinIi he hrst heat .os tho 22o hurdle, Puf.er
n!s sssnnS. III HAHN tGSk fes sec9na neat
md. In the final. Schweeier ran away iroSn
lis competitors. and won il Is seconds. Putfar
'eS S%s H. ..r,,o vo,t v.s nrsttv 20 ~ bo+es
,"an M ~" krha jpttor tnnt tba iaaj on ~
start With Sicol second and Curtis third. TIC
iSgsed Shesrman With tho idea OF sIpa I s at
ID. proper time and winning. When Curtis
::,ot in n rcS.h"t finish tho time being Obi.
Sic1li was bad third. o >Ao N''s "'0N'
Jht. twO.n la bicycIe racc. snfet7. brought
ant tl,c twu Nu,ni,vs Rich, and Rowmao w
+ Mar pnv' IA usual. crnwled To the front and
Won easily in s minutes 81 Is seconds. McG
was SECOND and q II. Wurphy third. >S''
TLv i.UN.v;.rd run. Lnniicap. Lrouebt n. f.
iIlIinrs JrENA e. 10 the front "a n win
ner. III lad I'd ynris> and rrurnar VIII" Ind "a
yards md MAS nracticnIIy scratch man. could
not ov.rtnkn tha vCunnstcr Hicrther1 n +
4. C.. also Ind 70 ya.ds. ana he mndo hard
effort to bent billings i'm tho last two Iaps. hut
failed. Time. miSu:es is 3.5 seconds. Tur.
nor Was second.
n G.orCn would nrobotIv boya xvon <ba