The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07

ate championship for the second time. and sub
seqnentiE in the r. y; A; c. colors, captured the
Philadelphia, but lost his form abruptly and did
he won the national championship in the good
time of minutes "a 2-5 seconds. A week later
and then started for Montreal where he clever
ly captured the one and two mile Canadian
| Championships.
F. +. Bacon again proved himself the best
| man In the old world at the distance, His
average time throughout the season could hard :
| ly be excelled. and the pace he went on special
occasions was most exceptional His greatest
effort was ut Edinburgh. Scotland, on July 2l
seconds, and established a new British record
II was thought earlier In the year that he would
OF Cambridge, who did better than ! minutes 20
seconds against Oxford in March, or w. H.
Greenhow OF Oxford, who scored against Yale
did not realize expectations.
The Irishmen have wonderfully improved
man In j. j. Mullen. Beginning early In the
cross country season he continued to win sensa-
tional races right along. He spreadeagled his
won by almost half a mile in record time. On
the fiat he won the half mile, mile, and four
aEs Cap racs on Aus Du5ln. Showed
that Mullen was coming on In the right
way He won the trophy with remark
and secured absolute possession 20 Of the
aud went very near pulling 1t OF from scratch,
although one OF the limit men won in minutes
70 seconds. Mulien's crowning achievement
Was on sept, at Jonrs's Road grounds. Dublin.
The Handicapped set him big task in the mile
run, and the tlerhampion went so fast to close
the gap that lar ran the distance i'll minutes
a3 10 seconds, breaking the Irish record rslab-
lished by Z, T. Connect In 1855,
Bearing these facts IN mind, II Is easy To CON
ceive the enthusiasm aroused by the announce
ment that Bacon and Mullen We're matched 10 run
national championship. The great pair met ON
sept. IL. before all enormous gathering, and Ba-
secoR m Mullen look his defeat "I greatly TO
bacon again IN Belfast, The special event was
tive-mile handicap, with The Fuglishmau
on scratch and Mullen on the lOO-yard mark.
Extra timers were PLACED hundred yards past
the finish To obige the Wexford boz who had
Iice little surprise up his sleeve. lie won all the
way by over his handicap, and then sprinted on
distance in Is minutes - srcoHds, iaating
BaCOn's time by 9-5 seconds, and knock ug
out the Irish record Of - minutes - SECONDS,
meet for a decisive match over i've miles on
The most startling feature Of the campaign IN
America WAS the hurdle racing uf stephen
Chase, young student OF dartmouth. lie irst
ming the high hurdle event ON n poor track ia 10
seconds. He repeated the performance al tho
and then srsvitatrd 10 tho New "ri 4. &. Out,
slders hesiAtrd Ia class HIM with l.. III. ('Hdy 81
Yale, who did ld seconds 4" ice a. berkeleN Oval,
but then eyes wrr, ol"hrd al lraL"r- lslrnI
on June %, whca both met in the special
hurdle race, which WAS really tady's lHsL
trial before the trip Ia oxford, Cka~e
had the foot Of his opponents all the way
ard again reached he tape in ~ seconds. r. g.
PuffeT, the MAI ional champion, VAS then looked
tn ~ the only man capable Of giving tha-- an
argument. The Old-tlmer made The most OF his
few opportunities for training, aud lie reached
fair condition under difiiCultits. He held base
for ABOUT half the course in the Metropolitan
champ i0nship event al Saratoga, but the Dart
mouth dyer then shook him on and won against
the wind la = i-5 seconds. i'uifpr had HE
yenRe over the low hurdles. and agIlG rlpHrd
his sui, riOritN at this game iu Tie altu..s'l
event, but tIu-c proved once more iuS turlb!c ia
the shorter race. The New EuE,HLt'F tur' dp,u
the stTstrh q ihV . fcri o. insa -,.st'r were
shadows, Hud hruhr lhr NUT-ttu N.truH a It'd ia
the world ntuUt time at - .'-J Sc prd-.
The New GugA A. 4. meeting u# -rli, - was
the scene 90 auGiI -tTs gle ttl Hrrh iIlC r.N al
champions 1hc hgh hurdle event wa made "A
handicap 10 draw cut Chase, lac Was put on
scratch, OF Cuuraf, and luurr did not start,
The path MAS heavy from recent ram, and base
dil not perseyere after he had the race IN hand,
He Won comfortably IN Is 40 seconds. Puner
reserved himself for the iittn ~ a mile hurdle
race over ten flights feet inches high. Puner
ran away from his field and Won Ia ~ 4-5 sec
Onds. r. III. Cady was second, and Chase third.
This being the first hurdle race at the distance.
PudeF's performance becomes the worlds rec
ord. How chase wound up " winning the Ca
madam championship Was told in THk sUS Of
Oct g.
Harvard produced a remarkable hurdleF az
Ne" Haven against Yale On May ~ IN the