The sun., 1891-07-05
oUR ATHLETES IN ! PARIS. '.ll /
.,.r uxrr rnrses THEIR OWN war
.soxo THE CONTINENTAL AzHLErEs.

r,.rx Prize Captured by the A..
"A -. uoys-A Crowd or Their cenntry'
IN. Ground to Applaud Their
rr,umphs-Nfinister he'd Gives Hse"
w...v,,ou-They Will Hst"rn to Londos
for More sport with British Athletes
,.,,,,uA. 1871, BY rus SOS Frinti"e and f"elnhi"'
Aiiocid'ton
p.nts. July I.-After the exnibition tha'
:ary and bennington made OF the nritisn aEh'
stes at Manchester last week. IL 10 not 20 oe
s',sroI w, ne that they took fright and refused
n.u.I .c,os. tho channel and takc their
hsnco, OF winning fcw second OF
Ma u1zes This made II rather
...J m tho French athletes. hut they
,ncj out very strongly and their neiGhbors,
hs Cermans ard tho A,ssalsns. sent the beet
,sn tbey had 80 s.tb pt4kS q showing. Tho
yscu,iye Committee Of the Racing Club
,Fronce went 10 tho trouble Of fonclng their
,nnna IN. They .hon laid out track
h,oh ,psasure.i m 4sj metres. and Gu. tho Erass
awr "A :bnt it' rcsem bled velvet carpet.
l.. onlv trouble was In selecting the events.
~. c,,tcr.'&c.o Ignored. and both Lnnge
IA Nicol remained behind In London. Little
Joa Oueckberner accompanied the team. he
IN. Also disappointed at being shut out OF the
show. Tho Frenchmen. howeSer. asked him
10 eiyc an exhibition oe his pro*ees, and so
we'll did he ncnuit himself that they vial pre-
sen. him with special prize. 9. 80. nc
Tho crowd that gathered on tho grounds.
vhioh ore situated At the extreme. end Of tho
ro,. de- Iouogne wns a truly representative
ana. Nearly all the Americans residing In
paris occupied seats on the grand stand or
va,ked around che grounds. Among them were
Mra Russell Harrison. Mrs. Mckee, Whltelaw
Nail Theodore Tiltoa. and Nat Goodwin.
IeslIe Bruce. with Mrs. Gen. Logan and Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Logan. drove out to the
grounds in a four-in.hand. Miss Andrews Of
Youngstown. Ohio. wns ono OF the marty.
Rnlph Dslmore. LOUIS Baker. Tony L. Haml-
ton and wife. Frank Sanger and wife. Henry
Dar,en, A. H. Candy. w. Fitch OF Milwaukee.
DR.. Sherwood Dunn. Mrs. Clark. Mrs. Fernando
Jopes. Napoleon Nay. Gen. Greares. Consul
General King. Mr.. and Mrs. Adair. Mrs. Sevan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilds.
senetor Chnse, Nj. Eoosevolt, Mr.. ana Mrs.
Hayes, Senator Jake Cantor. and the daughter
Of Judge Mccarthy. Count and Countess Sar-
tecss, Baron Miranda. and big delegation Of
Columbia College boys. who split tho oars Of
which was shouted whenever young Mapes did
anything out OF tho way. were also present
The programme contained nine events. In
Eli, first. which was over ITO metres. or Ill
yaria, Cary was called upon to compete
against seven Continental athletes. He won
bis heat very easily In II seconds. and in the
trial heat he reduced this time TO l0x seconds,
Il. de Levalos second, about twelve yards to
the bad. ., ..st'i,..r-
Malcolm Ford carried OF tho hurdle race.
which was oevr the some distance. HIS time
was ls seconds. " ''
Il. Cavally OF Paris. tho French champion,
was third TO the American.
The half-mie run went to Il. L. Dadman
Manhattan Athletic Club. with L. Merlin Of
Paris second. Time. 2 minutes 8 seconds.
H. L. Hallock did grand performance in
the running high jump. He cleared feet II
inches. and almost got over feet. Malcolm
Ford was second.
Tho first reverse that the Manhattan mon
got was In tho running broad jump when Vic
tor Mapes OF Columbia College won at % feet
8 inches. The ground was too hard for him
hare been made. Malcolm Ford took second
prizs with 1sisst 5..1hcnsH only'rwonthietes
competed In the pole vault. They were Eugene
Van Schaick. who has charge OF the American
team. and Hallock. The pole was SO slender
that the contestants feared to trust too much
TO 1t in case It should break. Van Schaick won
at 6 feet 10 inches. Hallock got over feet
6 inches.
The quarter mile run was q very easy thing
for Mortimer Remington, who won In so As
seconds. with r. De Zevallos second in 81 Soc
onds
Six came out for the 1.645 yards race. ]. g.
Roddv and j. Borel. tie French champion. ran
q great race until the last hundred yards. when
Roddy sprnted and won by four yards Time,
min nutes 20 seconds
One OF the best features Of the meeting was
The weight and hammer throwing Of E.
Quecki erner. His put with the 16-pound
shot was 80 feet % inches. He threw tho So
pounds % feet inches. The hammer throw
lg caused the ladies to shrek as they
though! the iron missile was going among the
'rowd OF people. Oneof the committee asked
The Sun representative II he thought
'ome trees 500 feet distant were In
my danger. After tho games were over both
". Gondinet. President OF the running club
Ind Wh!telaw Reid made speeches to the ath-
etes. an | in the evening Mr.. Reid gave the
American athletes reception at his house.
The team will remain in Paris until Tuesday,
When they will return to kondon to prepare
or their contests at the London Athletic Club |
ports on Saturday.
Some dissatisfaction has been expressed at
10 way the programmes have been mapped |
It, Queckbcrner. Lange and Nicol having |
'ry little chance t. show their real form. A. |
George. ". T. Young. and l. Sarre have |
one home. They are on the Majestic. and 1t |
said that their sudden return Is owing 10 a |
sncreement 1t 10 asserted that they would
u train Lard.
fS. DOUGLAS TO ENTERTAIN THEM
, Gathering Of Ma.ons and Their Yam,l,s.