The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-27

Of this kind. Everything was according
to athletic rules also, the course for the
1O0-yards dash being laid out in regular
athletic style, and every feature being
put through in an up-to-date manner.
The 100-yard dash was an enthusiastic
starter for the events of the afternoon,
and the attention of the large crowds,
which occupied the grand stand and the
bleacher. was held from the beginning.
There were four heats in this event,
three and the final, which decided the
contest The first heat was won by Pri-
vate R. z. Banks in 121e seconds, G. A.
Kriete second. The second heat was won
by j. S. Banks in u rs seconds, H. C.
Hardy second. The third heat was won
by ]. M. Johnston in Il 1-5 seconds, J. B.
Goodman second. The winners in the
final heat were ]. M. Johnston, u seconds,
and J. B. Goodman, u 1-5 seconds.
About half the members of the company
were entered in the second event, the
standing broad jump. This was won by
GrRtz c. Myers, distance feet 51s inches;
j. b. Goodman second, feet inches.
The sklrmish race was one OF the most
interesting events OF the day. This drew
first blood, Private w. A. Reaves coming
in with 1t trickling down his face. He
was declared a winner, however, and that
made up for all other losses. His time
was 1853 2-5 Mr. W. B. Purse was sec
| ond, time lisa, and Mr.. ]. F. Mallory
third, time IS rs. This race required
run OF sixty yards and back and the fir
ing Of fifteen blank cartridges on the out
ward run at certain intervals.
The officers of the course then skipped
to the running broad jump, which was
won by r. e. Banks distance 16 feet 3
inches; J. b. Goodman second, distance,
is feet IL inches; j. NJ. Johnston third, dis
lance, Is feet 10 inches.
In the next event the novelty race the
| contestants had to start from scratch and
| run nifty yards where they had to put ON
all their equipment and run back to
| scratch. Private Reaves was almost a
| winner In this event. He had on all his
| equipment, and started to run back, but
| forgot to fire one blank cartridge. His
| forgetfulness lost the race for him. 1t
| was won by ]. NJ. Johnston, with loss
! of i've points, time 0:46 2-5 seconds; r. Y.
Smith second. with loss also of five
/ points, time Al 1-5 seconds, and G.. II.
| Richter third, he having lost no points.
The relay race was one of the snappiest
| events of the afternoon. 1t was run n.y.
| teams of four men, one handing the rifle
| to another at the relay stations. 1t was
won by the team composed of ]. B. Good
/ man. w. a. INtdNtSs j. VI. johnston ana
| n. c. Hardy, time is AS seconds. The
| second team in this contest was composed
| Of ]. Gallagher, f. ]. Keiffer, Jr., S. VI.
| Harris and r. W. Hohensten, time 10 l-5
seconds.
The obstacle race was perhaps the most
mirth provoking of all the events of the
| day. The boys had first to jump hurdles
two and half feet high, then fence
seven feet high, then jump an imaginary
| ditch four feet wide, and finally crawl UNI
a tarpaulin, and do all this without losing
any part OF their uniform. r. e. Banks
| succeeded In doing all this In 40 AS seconds,
| w. NJ. Coney was second In 80 3-5 seconds,
and II. ]. Keiffer, Jr.. was third in S. Us
seconds
The quarter Of a mile go-as-you- please
| race was omitted on account Of the fact
that the men were rather worn out after
their hard days work. and the next thing
taken up was the bayonet race, an attn
| letc event decidedly peculiar to military
| life Each OF the contestants had to run
| after five bayonets, which were sticking
in the ground and bring them one by one
| and fix them on rifles, which were standing
II scratch. This race was won by j. b.
Goodman in 40 seconds, J. NJ. Johnston
second in 81 2-5 seconds, r. f. Banks third
| In 81 2-5 seconds.
The last event Of the afternoon. and Il
was perhaps the most amusing, was the
| tug Of war between the teams selected by
| Lieuts. Nell and Lowell. Lieut. Mell's
| team was declared the winner after about
| five minutes Juggling. There Is only one
prize, gold medal which is to be awarded
to the man making the largest number of
points The winner will be decided on to-
/ day.
Among those who took part I'm the
| events were w. b. Purse, r.. Y. Smith, c.