The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16

1 Seventh Regiment, at their Armory last
The distance to be run is 40 yards ence
around the track. The chariots are bulk
on the same lines as the chariots seen n
cycle wheels. apoIe and harnesses for
four athletes. aAaedriver holds the lines
of ribbon over the runners. IT makes a
very realistic competition
The other events includes running al 50
and $50 yards, and Bernard ] WeIers,
the champion Splinter, will start TO create
new records at these distances. The
handicaps are limited, which will only
Serve to draw out Wefers in his trials.
Against him will be such men as Moore,
Of the Knickerbocker A. c., who is the
piun at 100 yards; Lane of Princeton,
<eane Of New Jersey. Sulzer of New Jer-
sey A. c., Burke Of Boston A. A., and
others. A run at 800 yards will also be
contested, and both Fitzpatrick, the hol-
der of the worlds half mile record, and
Tom Burke, of Boston. the national and
compete. AS this is a distance just be-
tween each runners specially, it will be
hard to pick the winner On the marks
ahead of them viii be Hollander, Knick-
erbocker A. C., Metropolitan half-mile
champion Nipple, New York A. c. Inter
scholastic Champion; Lew r. Palmer
Knickerbocker A. CT who rs the Western
Intercollegiate champion and other fast
men. There will also be a 40 yards
low hurdle race. This event has not
been contested for years. and the OLD
ItCuiQ u 81 10 SetOHuS VIII surely ~ ny
the board. Jerome Buck, of the Knick-
erbocker A. C., shoul be able to win
this, as he is a fast quarte- miller and a
good hurdler. There VIII be other start
ers who can give him a race though,
among them Corley of the New West
Side A. c.. who is the Metropolitan go
hurdle champion. Then there are several
tried the hurdles who will be factors.
Among them Lyons and Daily of the
New York A G., seem to have even
are running high jump, pole vault, one
mile run handicap. and a sack race at
10 yards over eighteen inch hurdles.
In this event a new record will be tried
for Among the high jumpers will be
Winsor OF Pennsylvania, Cartwright OF
Yale and Powell of Knickerbocker a. c.,
al of whom can do over. six feet Also
who has done 5 feet II inches, In the
pole vault w. w Hoyt of the Boston A.
A., winneI of the events at Athens, wiz
compete, and he looks like a sure winner.
Ali the best mile men will be in that
event. especially Wright of Boston, who is
slooked upon as the fastest runner at that
distance. In arranging the programme,
the idea was kept in view to enable some
of our long distance men to haye a trial
at an event which is sure to be of a9-
tional Importance in the future. The
competitions at Athens showed plainly
that the Greeks were our superiors at this
distance. Tt is hoped to make this race
an annual affair so that, when the next
R2fdIhendlc games are HelQ at Athens
in 1898 and the Olympic games at Paris
in 1900, this country may have developed
some fitting representatives. In con-
nection with the athletic games, a revol-
Yer match will. be shet which will be open
to all amateurs. The prizes N the vari-
Gus vents are something new and in
keeping with the general plan. They con-
sist of gold, silver or bronze wreaths
mounted on oak PLAGUE or shield, and
are very handsome. The track and
field at Columbia Oval. which is the
present club grounds of the Kn:ckerbock-
er A. c., are situated at Wi~iliansbridge,
which is in New York City, eleven miles
from the Grand Central Station at For
ty-second street. They are reached in
justs th:rt minutes. and are more con-
venient than any grounds around the
city. A special train will carry those
holding invitations for the games. This
will start at 1870, and the guests win ar
rive at the grounds at two O'Clock in
time for the concert, which swiil be given
by the famous Seventh Regiment Band.
No admission is TO be charged, and none
but those holding Invitations will be per-
mitted within tine gates. The meeting is
attracting e4a~ttention thau any of the
season, and wen IT may. lfor@the quality
of the performances sure to be made
will hardly beaedualled this season at
least. As it comes one week after the
National Championships all the winners
will enter and compete and some who
may not be satisfied WITH their performs
anees at the first meeting viii want TO
try again.