New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-12
Drawn, MUSCLE AND BEAUTY
THE 7TH REGIMENT ATHLETIC GAMES AT
THE ARMORY
ONE RECORD BROKEN AND ANOTHER TIED-s. 900
PEOPLE WITNESS THE CoNTEsTs-CHARIor


The athletic games OF the 7th Regiment, always
enjoyable and well managed were doubly so last
night when this gallant regiment held its twenty
ninth games in the spacious armory. Sixty-seventh-
st. and Park-ave. The fair came out in goody
numbers last night and the display Of handsome
costumes and pretty faces at the armory has not
been exceed at any other athletic gathering seen
in this vicinity In many day. The games began
promptly at p m, and the final contest was con-
Guided at 1870 Private dance parties were held In
several OF the company rooms later.
The armory was a blaze OF light and color, and
the mann cement announced that the attendance
numbered $500 1t is any trouble to dispose
of tickets when the 7th Regiment men compete. A
tennis-ke separated the track from the specta-
tors. and In TIE there was promenade. This
walk filled with well-dressed people. many we'll
known In society. who attracted almost as much
attention did the bare-limbed competitors on the
track. The performances were excellent one record
being broken. while another was tied. f.. Snedecor,
OF Company Il. broke the half-mile run armory
record by one-ffth of a second. going the distance
In 2:lO1 Is The three bicycle races aroused the
velest Of enthusiasm and several OF the riders
had ugly tumbles
The contest for the Nesbitt trophy was spirited
one Company capturing the honors In handsome
style. scoring 4sis points. The other companies
finished as follows Company b. 80; Company c, "a:
Company d. %: Company II. IS; Company l. l2'a;
Company +, 10; Company X, 6, and Company w. y.
The chariot races aroused much amusement. The
charIots were mounted couple OF bicycle
wheels with a driver and four bare-legged athletes
In place Of horses. One OF the drivers was dressed
In Roman robes with a red ribbon around his au-
burn locks
Frederick W. Burns the announcer, and
while others follow this avocation. he STANDS pre-
eminenty alone an artist In his line his Clear
cut could be heard distinctly In every part VI
the vast building.
The officials were as follows: Referee-Coonel
Daniel Appleton Track judges-MaJor Augustus
w Conover, Captain Charles f. Lydeckor. Company
II: Captain George W. Rand Company F. and Cap
tain Willard G. Fisk. Company ID. Field judges
Captain Francis c. Landon Company /; Captain
Robert Mclean. Company X; Captain ii. W. JAMS
SEN Company A. and Lieutenant Walter s. Wilson.
Company f. Inspectors-ExFlrst Sergeant Waldo
Sprague. Company c; Corporal George A. Schastey'
Company A: Sergeant O. NJ. Beach jr.. Company
b. and Corporal +. II. Crary. Company H. Judge
OF walking-S c. Austin neutrality-suspicious. +.
Thornton Timekeepers-C. A. Appleton. ex-Com-
many +; Sergeant r. c. Fisher. Company F; Private
william ~ Baver Company c. and Private F. W.
Jansen Company A. Scorers-I-eutenant james
F. Schuyler. Company Il; Corporal Thomas }. Con-
roy Company a: Private J. n. Ryan, Company b.
and Private G. A. Hull. Company E. Clerk OF the
course-Prlvate Charles F. Bostwick. Company Il.
s,arter-AIexander \. Jordan. ex-Company c. An
nouncer-F. ". Burns.
The summaries follows:
one ,housand-yard run handcap,-- Won by r H. Ro-'
maine. jr COMPANY i Is yards W F. sapor,as Conc no
YARDS third Time-2.27 a-5
and forty yard run Sscraichow9n BY L.
ond. F T. spies, Company X third. Times 4-o sec
t%1,s% % yara n F. vessel ce%p.n ny
ara ni ZINE aime ; IS Sec D. ''"e' '"''
a ."s om n q sf net
COMPANY company g. 80 feet Zee, = inches %i third.
Ninety -three-yar: tseratch)-Won by ", r. cad.
Tn. so%s."y COMPANY m r. b' ,sfS
Half mil, walk Chsndcap-won by F r. s s. no
Company sTa'c r J"sSsy To" GSmpany S
seconds third. Time~s:3is5.
sack By SonD. nSDf'n:
ys s%sahy seionG r norton Company lrd
run 'hand i,oSSo, co6 by
ssa nSy heat az tr ~cond pao. seconds
mile ',s' ards, is h P.snsec sy
100 yards, second; r. l. West. Company 'Oo yaid''
third Time-2:33 40
Won by j a Bon,llier. Company F. Gsire uIm
P Tme 80 i 5 SEE
Twohundred ana.ven,yyard hurdle race h1nd H.e
Won by a Y SSsn .sconSB T. f. Msn" Company
G {, pafas. II mira Il" min" Tine % 20
one Sr, %' eGySs frir Il Murphy comsn
oni: A. G. Plat. Company d. third Time-s MIN. &C
Ave var
Ten COMPANY feeD J. +. Gross company ~ 70 So
second; J. D. Miner. Company az feeo th'ru i'"e
s Is seconds - =, >,
ualf-mie run 1scrach) for officers cup-Won by r.
s,nI"cor Company u: ". NJ. Phillips. COMPANY - SCI
md. w r. Cadmus. Company +. and e. tras.n, Nu un
ANY tied Tor third place Time-2:lO 10. new rec
ord . 49,, -.
Running jump handlcapawo1, . by + H GI'.s Com
trnc. Company + e. inches). b feet hches
, nj T. '0"''''"""'' '
:c%ssS y ss r u AM s SSRa"D
H. third Time % . sec - -,
Quarter mile race lhandcap,.won by w, o oven'
,,n,snv + ~ yaris) +. Vessel Company u3 yarns'.
ssrnnnJ' y d. Hewet Company 70 YARDS. thlrd-Iime
81 10 sec. . -
rhre. mil. bicycle racc-won ny II. A. Murphy. Com
many n l2lO ,ards, l.. West. Company uO yaf,s,'
ss"~,nd. g NJ KEENAN, Company II. third Time-loio -
r,vh,- Ian relay race dour-ffths OF a mle)1Won by
Company r: Company u, second; Company - '"'ru'
Tme-25s.
Two hundred and twenty yard Roman chariot rae
,scr,,ch)-Won by Company -. H. u. snyder . bssT,,'
x q Hicks and W. Armstrong; Company r. u H.
Robinson j. II. Kehoe. e. s. Busse ana IL Sto'espu's'
second.
ors-ian thrce-legged race-Won by Company c. o;
e.bw.ci.r and ] T Norton: Company y. j. H. Gross ana
= n Austin second: Company f. c. y. Busse ana W. -
.h "a IN ~ 20