The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-19
cN,D-BY TO THE AMERICANS.
~,ryrY THOUSAND SPECTATOR SEE
..rx PERFORM AT MANCHESTER.

-, ne mincton wlas Two First Prizes
49,. . seeond-Haiiock Wins the High
s.up-Roddy Sprains n Leg.
ur,,A. ISL. " 1nx srs rrirnno anu I1sinh,ns
h.toeiafiop.
,.x,oy, July 1S-An Manchester turned
.,,,.tay 10 soc the American athletes per-
~, for the last time at the Bellevue grounds
-. 5000 spectators reached from the i'm
Ia. brick wall. that makes the place look
E..,,ison. to the stout railing which pre-.
10, pcrsons from crowdlng on the track.
-. pnnac. men'. proftinR by tho lesson
.,.,,ss HudLersncld mana Gcment had. crcct.
S,ro new stands which were \ counterpart
.,,,. blenchcrics on tho Polo grounds. Now
y,,t Those ansich,ly structures were very
...tu, however. AMI served TO give standing
.oo,, 10 fully $500 anxious spectators with ut
~, one.iith Of that number hanging to the
sies and back boards,
f,va,a stunning spectacle. and tho quaint
Ai,lcc, OF the Lancashire Ieoplc Was amusing
=. s,cspt those 20 the manner born. The
.,,,.s II Cot.onopolis wsrc not at Nil back
s,,d with heir applause. They did not care
whs,her It was Yhnkoe or ioca! talon. that
CON tho ,rises so long rs the performances
vsrs Good and When Mortimer lieming' on car
ded OF iwo first prizes and second the peo-
MIA fairly worshpred him.
Cary was something 0; a disappointment
Thousands had travelled miles TO see tho great
American Splinter perform. Every one had
a., into his head that the New Jersey man
would DO tet;er than even time. and when the
..,,h amid that be had cone the slowest per-
iormance Of the visit, murmurs OF disappoint-
men, could 10 hoard on every side 1t could
how Nm mi Pa mil 1tn
.ouh show e,en time on three different occn-
,Ions and ye, be lea en- by Cary By two yards
IA the slow time Of To-. seconds.
saua,er OF fact, the track was a poor one.
being full OF hills and ruts. while the wind
hlev against tho runners. Then. again Cary
vu no, a, his best. and it is Just possible that
Remington might have beaten his clubma,s
hadhs elected 20 run all tho way instead OF
.nsIrr W when he found that he had second
rlaco within bis grasp. There was method in
this seeming ioolishness. for bennington Mas
sn,ertd 10 tue first heat OF the quarter milo
kspdicap race. which cnine Immediately after
tho special sprint race. Had bennington run
bis bes. In the bundled. he never would have
won the quarter mile. aud the spectators would
have cen deprived OF a splendid exhibition OF
running. As 1t WAS. Cary got hls flrst prize.
aud Remington added another trophy 10 his
long list.
Like Cary. Remington PASS. when asked 10
star, In the eleventh heat OF the 1870. ard hnndi-
car. for which he was sct ON the one aud a.
hslf-yarl mark. Cary. who was scratch maa
In this event was placed In the fourteenth
heat. which was tho last one. The enormous
number OF lOl entries were III thie event. and
nearly all OF them toed their marks.
The first time that bennington came out was
10 the scratch 1uarter.milo run. which lie won
In cantcr. Time. 80 Les seconds. Cary was
entered In this event. but did not start.
j. S Eoldy ran. md WIS second
70 his clubma'e IN the quarter. nile
handicap. Remington was scratch man
70 afty-!our athletes. These were split up
into four heats. Remington winning the first
In 52t seconds. 1t was In the trial heat of this
racs that the Manhattan man did such grand
performance. In the first iurlong he appeared
tu! o. the race entirely. but he pioke his nd-
versare- up very rapidly. and when no got
Among them they hustled him badly. one al
most throwing him down. while others pocket
% him. Two yards from home it looked i'm
possible for him to win. but he literally Jumped
onto the tape. and won By three inches. Time.
tOl.5 seconds. Had the course been clear the
Americans time would have been much bet
Tor TWAS most popular victory. Luther
CARY was on the Vineyard mark In tho sec.
opd heat. but did not start.
Mex: to Remington the most mer!torious
performance was ~ J. Queckberne-. Hc
threw The l6-pound hammer 1873 feet II
inche, up pronounced grade. Had the place
been Lowell some inches would have been
ADDED 70 tho record His chief performance
was with the Hfty. six -round weight. which he
Mysw "A la ;rnI sI,n t.;sI 4,
~ines on; u. DaSin's record Of 80 feet inch.
The gigantic New YORKER was not Satisfied
With this. fcr at his third attempt no sent
tho bal ~ feet ) inches which now leads all
figures
q. l.. Hallock, the high jumper. showed up
we'll clearing 5 feet IL inches. and Leaving the
spectators iu doubt as to whether he could MT
have dono much better. as he never displaced
The bar once. A. Watknson. who tied Hsllock
Tor third place at the cham pionships. was Soc
ond With 5 feet l0t inches.
{. l. Nicho. the walker, also did good
Performance. he covered bali q mile against
time in minutes IT seconds. and walked the
full nile In minutes 50 seconds.
J. :. Roddy MAS very unucky. He had
tWeutS.three yards start in the half-m;ie
hanJicar. but would not start, preferring to
save hin sell Tor he quarter mile run later on.
no was drawn in the fourth heat and had
WE'VE yards start. In tho FIRST hundred ards
ueprac''tay had the race won. but Skipping
up he sprained his LETT Log SO much that he hal
10 retire from The contest. The in .ury. while
not being serious. prevented Koddy from start
ing again.
Another unfortunate WAS II. L. Dadman.
sAo went on tho saving plan. which netted
n'm fourth l;i;c He vas drawn IN the thlr-
eeeln hta. OF the 12O-ynri handicap. with
S.h1een raris start. AMI got second to II. W.
nlaton. ten ynrls. TimO. 1878 seconds. He
Mo Jailed 10 -ta!t in the 3UO-yar hurdle race.
.aleh Nnswon by g. Shaw. tn. New LealnEder.
Mi''s zee nds. Dadnan WAS virtual scratch
man In the hal'-mil. handicap. but had to DO
N''hl-d With close seconl to ". Price. sixty
,ards start limo. / minute 5j's seconds.
padman vas also an entry In tie quarter mile
Natch ra'o but having no chance d Il not
wv He also refra ned from competing In
Nv 'hreo' 1uarter-inile championship OF tho
ssofthsrn Counties E. ". Parry OF the Stafford
A,fr'ers won In minutes 47s seconds.
hthe lnarter.mile haLdicap Dadmnn was
paced ON tho ten-yard mark in the third heat.
y" Old not show VI. He had saved himself
NJ The mile handicap In which he had 100
!a'ds starr. but tho seventy contestants provoI
'9o much oil wall to got through. and Dad