The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-20
ATHL ETEs HONOR THE QUEEN.
Sports OF All Sorts Enjoyed by Britons n
Ambrose Park.

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Sports OF All Sorts Enjoyed by Britons ut
Ambrose Park.
Before England. which Is VIGOROUSLY n slow
going country, has fairly got started In the
Queens Jubilee, America steps in and in
augurates the performance. The start took
place yesterday at Ambrose Park. where tho
Allied British Societies of Greater New York
and the vicinity held n celebration to COM
memorate tho sixticth anniversary of the reign
of Queen Victoria. There were sports and
games and dances and costumes, tho costumes
alone. in the case Of the Highland pipers, being
worth miles Of travel to see. s for the British
accent, it was so thick all around the place that
1t fairly clogged the ears.
Still there were som American features about
the show. There was a snake charmer with an
ornate address to the public, and an octopus
or terrible devil fish, on exhibition under can
vas, and pink lemonade, and Coney Island
frankfurters sold by II gentleman who besought
all Corners not to go hungry when a pound
o meat an n loaf o bread could be had. together
with mustard, for a nickel, and n ring-and-cane
stand, and a kaleidoscope, showing Little Egypt
in her Contortions. which are surely American
enough for any one.
To Offset these things there were men who
sold photographs OF the Queen and royal family
the latter surrounding the former-for 10 cents
u plOlu. ~ bllElll uTuN UlCh WIS ludb HUUOuy
seemed to know where there were any pro-
grammes or what was coming next. and though
the grounds were full Of gentlemen with red,
yellow, blue. green. purple. pink, buff. white,
and other colored badges, not to mention badges
In which various Of these colors were combined,
none Of them was prepared to say what the order
Of things was, and all Of them t~earfully dis.
claimed any responsibility when the matter
naturally became mixed up. However. the
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had to rely upon its natural intelligence TO dis.
tinguish between a hornpipe and II half.mile race.
fessionai debut OF Ernest j. Hjertberg. the ex.
amateur distance runner OF the New Jersey A.
c. and Twenty-second Regiment; His true form
was not shown, as he was simply smothcred in
all three events In which he. competed, James
Craig. tho noted English middle distance run
ner. taking first money in each event. sum
mary:
2.o.Ysrd Old Mems Race1won by |, J. Robertson
sailors HornpIre competltion-won by James r.
.econd u Fred rex iiuidI" II MONTREAL. third. '"
ego Yard saeH K, ESee s,Sn1a,6 by !; ! Cole o.,O OF NeIars:
Graham. Jr, Dundee. Scotland. third. Time. 81 i-5
sso:Yard Hurdle Rnse-E!nnl he,. won By Walter
Christie OF New York; william Marsh Of Boston.
Five-Nie bicycle Race. scratch-Final heat won by
second; W. p. Neville, Newark. j, third. Time.
Threc.Mlo Run. scratch-won by James Craig.
Bridgewacr, Mass. ;Edward McGonislc. Boston, Mass.
Sc ,ond; Pptsr A H-gSleman. New York. third. Time.
10 minutes $ IS seconds.
Broaisword Dance-wou by William J. sorlle, New
York; W. Johnston. Toronto. second: Y. II. Whitelaw,
North Adams. Mass. third.
won an b %' a T M.SieN M New YORK J' Lcsis, Nr = Y" =
second; C. Metcalt, brooklyn, third. Time, 8 minutes
Boys Highland Fling-won by John Howard. Yonk.
ess =. Lyon, Seward, secoud' T. G. Lang. Newark.
Running High JnpP.won b. ?, W. Pollard Paw
second, with B feet " tnrlea, and j. ONeil, Ontario,
thlri. with 5 feet 8 inches.
yd aas9 with i tbs fsss : insSs.i y ! = " J. R RSSTH: e S,i SsT
Conn. second; with 80 fec, 10 inches and Walter
Twc.Mile Run-wonb by J Craig Bridgewat.r. Mass;
berg, Brooklyn, third. Time, 10 minutes Is is sec
New York; Thomas =. Keane, Boston, Mass, second;
@. Hormapn New York third; II Inc; 81 60 seconds
Won by Il Lyons. Newark w. Johnston, brooklyn,
second ]. $. Mann. New York. third. Time. Is is
TMS-%.ls BicyeIs FaN s0I heat won by 7. (.
!. Neville. Newark. third. Time. 8 minutes 57l.e
sso,Yard Members Race-Flnal heat won by ]. W.
Forbes, John Emslee second. A. Mackny third. Time.
Kunnins HoP, s,ep, and 5unp,7won by J. o'Nsill.
Boston = Sass, sh !" with q tfsr. inches %;.'A~ -''
II rhland F!tngaw3n by William }. spr'ie. New
Rinnins Broad jump-won by J, o'yein. Ontario.
second, with 10 feet % inch"a; e ". CON, New
Scotch, Reel in Costumc-won by W. Johnston.
Montreal; william }, so5lis: New York second Fred
Throwing the L Eht Harnmer-won by p J. GrInen,
Hartford, with 1872 fee. inch; J.; v; White. Iroyi.
third With 81 feet 3 in hes. ~
pr r%i', aacr .Ns viii rfsG =. H fc"t ~ iach "y + +. J. G Mn,!a.
Hartford: second; WIN :: fee, 81 Inches j. o'NeIlI'
One Hundred Yard Run-won by Thomas +. Keane.
Boston! Walter =; Christie New ToTt, second VII
j Hitch aud KicfM5:%on ~ ]. .o,ISeiIl, ontarig, with
3 feet feet e in aGSss'i j. WV Y % M nar fRs1 has'SS; ' I. %"an %a'n
Erie. Pa, and b. W Pollard, Pawtuckct, X. l., divided
third prize. at o foot I inc"es.
Several sailors. dressed in tho garb OF their
calling and hYiling mainly. from tho yachts
anchored in tho vicinity of south BROOKLYN.
PRETTY, some TO the M sic Of u band. some to
that OF the b%ngpipes. Individual taste die
dancing, but weariod OF 1t by the time tho SOW
enth man had come forward. and cheered the
announcement of the football match, which con
cludcd the sports.
Two football teams, one in blue shirts. repre-
senting scotland. and tho other In white shirts.
representing England, took their place on tho
Held. They had been waiting. in playing attire
for nearly an hour. and were keyed mp to q high
Association rules. and, owing TO the lateness Of
the hour; II was agreed that tho halves should
be only thirty minutes each.
Scotland started of with a rush. her men
proving themselves SUPERIOR / to their white:
t tPa ! q an& i% team SoI pia " w %i H%ihGiSraSy yS % nj sns,s
they had scored a goal and in as much time
Pore had nrhr rSso2 m I'M "ad a t sS'S Snne r rnSa f the
ward play. aided by several lucky twists, tied
the score. After that the Scotchmen seemed TO
have the Englishmpn at their mercy and tired
them out by logged rushes, scoring their second
goal after about twenty minutes OF play, ny
score in the first half, but Scotland would have
made several more points but for the tine judg.
ment and splendid kicking OF the opposing goal
Every one supposed that the English players
were fred out and would be easy victims IN the
second half, particularly AS tho wind, which had
been slightly against them ~ tho hrst, had
shifted and was now blowing almost directly In
their faces. But they sprung a surprise ON tho
crowd and their opponents, for from the call of
time to the finish they put up a swift, accurate,
Scotch goal nearly all the time. In ten minutes,
after three unlucky, misses, they scored, and
then for a final the battle ragged ali over
the fold and the crowd was wild with excite.