The morning times., 1896-11-08

first letting the field get away from him
and then gradually diawfng 1t Tack to
him. and finally lead9ig it in. Whitney
rode plucky race and finished q close
second, with the-field strung out ad
litum.
wefers was Interested in the next event,
the 44O yards, but Withdrew in order that
he might be fresh for his trial against
time. Prince, Fitzgerald, Collins and Fox
started In this event and made a good
race of 1t. Fox won in 60 4-5; Collins,
second.
WEFERs LOWERS A WORLDS RECORD.
Then came the great card OF the day,
The attempt of Bernard Wefers to lower
his own. the worlds. record. 80 So sec
onds for 800 yards.
With the track in the best of shape
though a trifle slow, aud the wind entirely
flat, and with all the big crowd wishing
MIN well, this Incompatible Sprinter and
maker OF endless records, who thinks nOth-
Ing OF creating new records at each meet,
toed The 3oO-yArd mark. over him Starter
Quackenbush nervously snapped the pistol
from whtch four timers took the cue, and
when the wonder had reached the end of
the Journey, he had covered 1t in 80 2-5
seconds, full fifth less than his own
wonderful record.
He was paced by McAnerney, who did
his duty well. The crowd realized that
Wefers was going at a terrific pace and
cheered him loudly. He seemed to increase
his speed at every stride. and coming
into the flat he was moving ike
magnificent piece of machinery, and with
the ririn regular motion pf piston rod
Like Whiriwind he entered the last fifty
yar'is, where Walsh took him Up and
like cyclone he crossed the tape amid
the most Intense excitement and deafening
applause.
His work stands without parallel. -Four
official timers held watches over him and
~. Harding and j. A. Wefers gave him
3O 20, w. B. Eibbs had 80 3-5, and DR..
j. b. Hibbs showed 80 %. He earned and
was gwen ~ 20 seconds, which goes az
new record against time and this, too, Oh
track with two turns, one OF them quite
sharp curve
In similar manner, Immediately after
tne loo-yar1 final he gave an exhibition
loo yards against time. At the shot he
was away like the wind and in magnificent
| form WIN most terrific pace and clean,
regular stride and lifted head, he broke the
| tape unpaced In $ 3-5 seconds, cutting off
| lirih from the world record. The timers
WHO accorded him the new record against
.iihe were Drs. hiils and Harding and W.
| Is. Hubs, whose watches agreed
Whiie The Track events were being run
OH, the Held contests were going on and
|
because OF the comparatively few con-
testants in each
| FRANK Smith. II newcomer at the varsity
| champion weight man of New England
was watched with considerable interest
He Won the sixteen pound hammer event in
good with a throw OF 113 feet, eight
''iehes, with Royce Hough second, with
ninety-siX feet. four and one-haif inches
| Siith Also won the discus event witt
a throw OF 1O2 feet four inches. Houeh
was very close second, with 1OI feet
five inches.
The siNteen-pound shot was also won by
smith. with put OF thirty-seven feet
nine inches: Wcich second, with thirty.
| six feet flat.
IN tnr hroau jump. NJ. j. Walsh had a
| lead OF only eight inches over b. ]. Wercrs
Walsh doing twenty -one feet fiat,
The high lump event Was not as hotly
contested as usual. and Hough came gu
a winner with five feet nat. simply be-