The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-07

feet inches.
 In the twelve-pound hammer throw
 ing contest, however, he landed the
 hammer 176 feet 10 inches from where he stood, breaking all previous records in the event by twelve feet and four
 inches. The result of the throw was re-
 ceived with hearty applause by the
 crowd. The record thus made gives
 MT. Flanagan the championship of the
 world
 The hammer was weighed and meas
 ured by T. F. O'Brien of the Catholic
 club of Jersey City and found to have
 the regulation weight of twelve pounds and one ounce, and the handle was the
 regulation four feet The ground on
 which the throwing was done was per- fectly level also.
 MT. Flanagan is fine specimen of an
 athlete. He Is twenty-seven years old.
 live feet four and one-half inches in
 height ane weighs 194 pounds stripped.
 The splendid muscular development of arms, body and limbs gives evidence of
 & champion athlete
 The exhibition of hammer throwing
 by the athlete was fine one. AS he stood in the ring and whirled the heavy hammer with ever increasing velocity, around his head, every one of the mighty muscles of his body was
 brought into play. When he released the hammer it sailed away into the air with tremendous momentum. The thing looked easy, but it wasn't.
 One small boy, named Willie Hopp. won't stand in front of the champion hann1ar iy la laI o little experience yesterday that brought the pallor to his own face besides startling the crowd
 The officials had had great difficulty In keeping the field open for the field events and Mr. Flanagan declared that he would not throw the hammer until the field was cleared of the crowd At last the contest opened with the crowd at what seemed a safe distance, but croWd-like ever pushing further into the forbidden territory Thus it hap pened that the crowd had got danger ously near when MT. Flanagan put the l6 pound hammer with the velocity of cannon ball right into crowd of spectators. What half dozen police mne had failed to do In half an hour that whizzing hammer let loose from the John Flanagan catapult did in a jiffy, and the crowd broke and fled without waiting to see whether the rec ord had been broken. Willie Hopp was of the crowd. and as he turned to flee the heavy 16 pound hammer passed about four inches over the top of his head. Had he not been warned by the cries of those who saw his danger and ducked his head he would probably have been killed.
 After that the crowd kept at proper distance and Willie Hopp didn't stand in front of the hammer thrower, but edged off out of cannon shot to the edge of the field. $N$ The five mile bicycle race was an in- teresting one, and five or six of the leaders crossed the line in bunch As the rules of the l.. A. w. were not strictly complied with, the judges de- cided to call 1t no race. The winners, however, were given the prizes.
 The fourth century Irish horse race furnished no end of amusement to the spectators, though not so much to the contestants, probably. In this race the contestants mounted on horse back rode up at full speed to a fifty pound bag of oats, dismounted, placed the bag on oats on his horse and mounting again rode with his load a half mile It looked easy, but it wasn't as easy as it looked. The horses didn't like to stand to get their loads and some of the riders nearly got left by their impa- tient steeds. John Molloy on his Spot ted Beauty won the race, coming in about an eighth of a mile ahead of the rest. Spotted Beauty is a spotted mus tang and judging by the prominent To- cation of all his ribs had a personal interest in securing the fifteen bushels of oats offered as a prize to the winner of the race.
 Tn the one-half mile flat horse race Hot Tomallio ridden by Charles Rourke won by good distance.
 There were some events not down on the programme.
 As the start was made in the SsO yards dash, there was a, crash oppo- site the grand stand, as length of | picket fence gave way, precipltating several who had been leaning on if out | on the track.
 One man was caught in the fence by | the leg, and thus confined lay sprawled l out on the track until several men sev- cred his connection with the picket | fence.
 Another event not down was a race | between member of the police force and an intruder, The man with blue coat and brass buttons had a fair field | and lots of encouragement from the crowd, but it was too hot for him to cut any ice with his competitor, who at last withdrew from the field.
 The officials of the day were:
 Referee--T. F. OBrien. Catholic c,ub of Jersey City.
 Judges of track events-F. S. Galley M. J. O'Mara, Thomas H. F1anagan
 Judges of field events-Walter J. Con- nor, W. J. o'Keefe. Thomas CrossIev Holy Cross college
 Timsrs-James Flanagan. John T Lane, D. P. McKenna.
 Scorers-Captain T. K. Dunn. I, H Dore, William P. Nugent.
 Announcer--F. J. Taylor.
 Clerk of course-Thomas Fitzsim- mons.
 Assistant clerk of course-c. H. Bow Ian.
 Official handioapper-John J. Dixon, National A. ..
 Judge of bicycle racing-Je,rae Crou,