New-York tribune., 1897-01-17
LAST DAY or THE TOURNAMENT
BETWEEN $4,000 AND $4,000 RAlsED-FEAl
UREs OF THE CLOSING EX-
HIRITIONS.

largo and enthusiastic crowd OF spectators
gathered In Madison Square Garden last hish' 10
witness the closing of the military. bicycle ana a'h
Ietic tournament. and. judging from the applause
given to all who took part In the entertainments
everybody was pleased and satisfied with what they
saw The tournament. taken altogether, was
great success from both financial and entertain
ment point of view. and II was said last hgn' 'ha'
between $4,000 and $1,000 had been realized Tor the
endowment of beds In the Hahnemann Hospital Tor
the National Guardsmen Of Greater New-York. The
amount exceeds the fondest hopes OF the pro-
moters Of the tournament by several thousand dol
lars. Everybody who took part In the tournament
acquitted himself we'll National Guardsmen
worked hard 10 give the public the worth OF It's
money. and the drills and exercises OF the United
States troops opened the peoples eyes to what the
Nations defenders can do
The bicycle and other were run OFT last
night without hitch accident. and the finishes
we're close and exciting in the extreme The COM
petition between the members OF the different
regiments OF the National Guard TO gain the prize
awarded TO the regiment scoring the largest num-
ber OF points In the various field and track contests
throughout the week was exceedingly Keen The
first prize was finally by the members OF the
22d Regiment. who. II was announced, scored ninety
points The 7th Regiment athletes came next with
an aggregate score OF sixty-eight points. The I'D
Regiment men were third with forty points to their
credit. and the 18th Regiment fourth. The prizes
will be awarded In the course Of a few days.
Among the novel features in the closing enter
tainment last night was tent-pegging exhpitioh
by a platoon of the 18th Infantry. United states
Army under command of Lieutenant Mark Alex
andcr. The entered the field in heavy march
Ing order each man carrying the third part OF
canvas tent. After stacking their guns they SET
the tents up. driving in the pegs with ther
bayonets The work quickly done that the
tents seemed to spring up out or the earth Inc
,,pfnr
msnd of Captain David Wilson. was also pleasing.
as was also the drill exhibition given by Company
d. OF the 18th Infantry. from Governors Island
comma nded by Sergeant Murphy. The tournament
was brought to a close with concert by the Zlst
Regiment Band just before which Burton A. Bur
roughs of Company A. Battalion OF Engineers,
succeeded in breaking the Cnited States ARMY
record for a mile by two seconds.
The afternoon programme arranged for the
benefit of boys and girls 1000 OF whom were pres
ent. Among the features were a drill by squad
OF BOYS from Rugby School. a battalion drill by
four companies from the American Guard. OF PUB
lie School No. II. and an exhibition by the lst
Regiment Cadet Corps. 1t was announced that
representatives or several foreign governments
have been in attendance at the tournament through
the idea OF holding similar contests abroad ,us.
nS nSss MT IN q the pa Mr. a and @
Frank H. Plat GENERAL Warren meIy ole@aa
oons %G MTs john e"T Doys @ H. Depew
tr Colonel f. l.. iiunther the Misses Gunther.
George Abeel II. F. Abeel Charles r. Debevos'
Francis stevens H. j. Nichols, Miss Florence Rus
sell Bennett ex-Mayor Gilroy. Mrs. Giroy. MT
Captain and Mrs. Ayers Major Hoyt sherman
Captain Nicolai. of General Mess stan; captain
A. B. Porter. Miss Wyborg Miss Miles ana others
RESULTS OF THE CONTESTS.
Following are the results Of the finals In the
weeks contests:
Quarter mile bicycle race championship Of the National
Gusrd-Final heat won by W. II. owen I'D Regiment;
J. W Judge 22d Regiment. second; j. W. Eaton, eth
Regiment third. Time-34 i-3 sec. , c...,
One-hundred run. championship of National Guaru-
NJ sands Company Il. eth Regiment. second b. W. New
man Company l. 1th Regiment. third Time-lO 40 sec:
Mile bicycle race championship OF Nationai %uar1 ara
United states servce-trnal heat won by W. H. owen.
o2d Regiment: J. W. Judge 22d Resmen second b. j.
Mile rum Army and Navy-Fna heat won by Private
Koch 18th Infantry L. A. go yards). second Private
slattery 18th Infantry. L. ;. A.. third Time-J?m
40 yard rum military championship-Finsl heat won
by Jerome Buck list Naval Reserve New-Jersey George
~ Sands Company d. 7th Regiment. second; |. Snede-
cor Company r. 1th Regiment. third Time -o;2+ ID
Twohundred- and twenty yard hurdle race. handicap
Won By f. ". Hiertberg az yards,. Company !. lth
Regiment; j. A. Boutellier vards,. Company I. Ith
Regiment second Time-O:2s 20
Mile bicycle race championship OF the National Guard
Won bv X A. Miller. Company D. 18th Regiment; A.
tiarriques Company II. I'D Regiment second Time
Nile military relay race 0eams OF five from any com
panv or regiment)-Won by the 9TH Regiment team
Iyon. Sands Snedecor. Romaine l.. Snedecor 22d Reg
ment second: 23d Regiment team. third 18Th Reg
ment team fourth Time OF winners-326. Time Of
second team-3:2S 4 D.
Mile run against time-Burton a. Burroughs Company
A. BattaiIon OF Engineers. Vest Point. L. :. A. Time