New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-08
JOE" DONOGHUE WON THEM ALL.
THE CHAMPION SKATER DISTANCES ALL COM
PFTITORS At THE NEWBURG RACES.

THE CHAMPION SKATER DISTANCES ALL COM
PErIToRs AT THE NEwBURG RACES.
Nevburg ~ v Feb. Tall four of the races Of
The National Skating Association were he'd on the
rive. here this morning-qnarter mile hve miles. one
ME and ten miles The ice was in GOOD conuluoh'
the Sky cIouded and there was no wind of any con-
.cou-nce during the frat three contests. The course
was half a mile IN circumference marked by req NAYS
sci in barrels There were thousands OF spectators
whom il was impossible to keep in bounds.
The skaters I'm the Quartcrmile straight away were
Jo,eph F. DonoChue. James A. Donoghue ana Elmer
simp.oa. all Of Newburg; Edward p Mosher. VINO
lives on the other side Of the river. and g. Munzeh-
heimer, of Yale College. Simpson and Jim Donoehue
were ruled ont at the line for making false starts.
II WAS beautiful race between "Joe" Donoghue and
Moshier all the way Munzenheimer dropping behind
considerably. Donoghue led Moshier twenty feet az
the finish Munzcnhcimer third Time, 81 45 seconds.
For The Gve.mie race the starters were JOG ana
"Jim7 DonOghue, simpson, Mosher' Muhzehhciln'r'
w H. Gross OF New-YOrk City. and George Klsk,
NJ yernlanck's Point. This a hot race from the
start Joe Donoghue set the pace. Gross gave IL
up on the second lap and Munzenllelmer quit ID 'he
third TIE first mile covered in : :50 90 ana
the first two miles in :07 Joe Dooghue was
then 100 yards in advance, Moshier and simpson
skating together and "Jim' DOnoghue and Risk
hundred yards further behind. Risk and jim
Donoghue could not keep up, and retired from the
race leaving "Joe' DOnoghue, Simpson ana Moaiher
to fight IL out Time for three miles 10 10 In
the fourth mile simpson made spnrt leaving Moshlcr
behind and gaining rapidly on Donoghue, While the
multitude urged him with encouraging shouts All
tbree were doing their level best. simpson came
I'M within hundred feet Of Joe" and then held MS
own for the rest OF the mile, Moshier fallng
bebind Tho time for the four miles 1e 81.
Donoghuc gained considerably In the first lap OF
the fifth mile and then easily held the advantage 10
the finish Time" Joe" Donoghue, Is 81; Simpson,
15:5o1.5: Moshier 1915. Both Donoghue and smp
son beat the worlds record, which had been Is o1.
One.mile race-starters: Joseph and james Dono
rhue. Simpson. Munzenhemer Gross, Frederick Buck-
ner Of verplanck's Point; T. F. Devne Of Mattawan
n. y. G.. W. Meade. of Mstteawaf Moshicr did not
start Meade allowed 10 take the lead, Devine
and Gross following him and simpson and the
Donoghues last Of ALL simpson pulled out of the string
and took the lead at the first turn. He set tire
mendous gait and bad his followers strung out
like telegraph poles, Joe" DonOghue being fifty
feet behind him. The pace was too fast for either
Munzenheimer, Devine Gross or Buckner, and they
dropped out. Simpson fell headIohg while having
good lead and withdrew. joe DonOghue then won
easily with JIM DOnoghue second, and Meade third,
the last two almost a Tie. Time OF race-3 :o2 90
Ten-mile race-Starters. the Donoghues and simpson.
The pace was slow at the start All kept together
fiji the sixth mile, when - JIM Donoghue was grad
ually left behind. on the eighth mile the latter gave
son of and they were seldom more than yard apart
during the whole until close 10 the finish, ana
one the last turn. when Joe" took his hands from
behind his back and made grand final squirt. Simp-
son, too then skated for all there in him. but
Joep slowly widenei the gap and finished winner In
80 ID "a simpsons time was $50 :oo 70