The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-27
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
The Providence Cycling Clubs Handi-
cap Road Race.
HARE AND HOUND CHASE.
Football Games Played ON Many Fieids-
Gorhams Beat the MetropoIes-Paw-
tuckets beat Trentons-Yale Defeats
Princeton 10 to In Very Interesting
Game.

Yesterday was one of tho most success
full Thanksgiving day from an athletic
point Of view, within the remembrance of
the present generation. The cycling,
football and riding clubs had arranged
elaborate programmes for the day and they
were carried out to the letter in each in
stance. 1t was perfect day, both for the
participants in the games ana races and
the lockers on.
IL was great day for fall sport
The wheelmen were out early. The
roads We're in perfect condition and every
thing was propitious for good cycling.
The principal event on the days program
In this line OF sport was the card OF the
Providence Cycling Club which included
a 5-mile handicap road race and hare and
hound chase. The hour for the races was
$3.50 o'clock and long before that time
ladies' and gentlemen by the score on
wheels could be seen sporting along Broad
street toward the entrance, which was 70
be the starting point Just before lo
o'clock the word was given and the five
starters were away in the following order:
w. ii: Baxter, minue; II. f. Arnold, 30
seconds; i. Franklin, Jr,, Is seconds; X
w. Polk, Is seconds; and w. +. Coffey,
scratch. c. w. Day was starter. Polk
was the first TO finish. then came Coffey,
Arnold, Franklin and Baxter. The cor
rected riding time of tie contestants was
as follows: Polk, 19m 30s.; Coffey, 2lm.
lbs; Arnold, 21m. l6s.; Franklin, 2lm.
3Oc.; Baxter, 27ms.
Cofey, the scratch man, was disquali-
fed TOR having pace maker, which gave
Franklin his place in the race.
The Hare and Hound" chase was the
next number on the days card, and fur
nished lots of sport for the sixty or more
participants. The hares, led by Lieut..
Hammond, were given ten minutes start
before the hounds led by Capt. Afiieck,
were given the word. The hares gave the
scent through Olneyville, Manton and
Pocasset to the Hartford road, where the
return chase was commenced. On the
home stretch, Otto, Cohen and Hamilton
were the only hounds To overtake their
game, and then there was a neck-and-
neck race to the club house, Hammond
being the first to reach it. When the first
sixteen had arrived home the score stood
so points for the hares to 50 for the hounds.
The Narragansetts also had similar
chase but the scent was lost by the hounds
and the pack was obliged TO return to the
club house on Pearl street empty handed
and await the arrival of the hares, who
had given them the slip.
The Rhode Island, Narragansett and
Providence Cyclers all kept open house
during the evening when they entertained
many out of town friends.
The Dexter training ground presented
pretty sight yesterday forenoon when the
saddle tournament of the Gentlemen's
Riding Club was held. The event called
out all the lady and gentlemen riders in
the city, and they bad a merry forenoon's
sport. Before the program had been com
pleted there were upwards of 300 riders on
the ground and at least 5000 spectators.
The polo game had TO be dispensed with
because of the football inclined youths
who made themselves obnoxious by refus-
ing to allow the horsemen any room on
the training field and by stealing the polo
balls but the rest of the program, includ-
ing the grand calvacade, tent pegging,
ring spearing and other events, was car
ried out most successfully.
1t was gala day for the football en-
tbusiast. The only game hereabouts in
the morning was the contest between the
Metropolis and Gorhams, which was wit
messed by an audience numbering close
on to 900 people, including for the most
part fellow-workmen of the Gorham
players and members of the Metropole
Athletic Club. The Gorhams started in
to win in canter and scored three goals
before the Metropolis could get the pig
skin between the uprights.
Atkinson was the Metropolis JONAH
and the manner in which he guarded the
Gorham's goal made the men wearing the
orange and black sick at heart. Time and
time again they got the ball to the goal
but big Atkinson was right there every
time, and only twice did they manage to
shoot the leather wind bag by him.
At the opening of the second half the
Gorhams made two goals in quick success
sion, owing to Crone's bad goal tending
and when the whistle blew at the close OF
game the score stood 4 to 2 in favor of the
Gorhams. The teams were made up as
follows;
I GoRHAMs. POSITIONS MErRopoI rs
Atkinson q oal. Crone
Holland. Backs. Murhead
Jerome. ...............Ba Bat s.......,,,., - Rover
Iu ford ...,....... Half 49, cks Murl cad
Fernwick. ..,...... Half LACKS johnson
r. Taylor. ..........Iiaf Backs s........ cna1t
McfarIa lett Wing. ............ Hrray
Laurie. Left Wing ....,...... smith
MeBeth .......R Right Ming. ........".... .Heilborn