The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-18

~leticss however. and were 1t not that
there are more cycle events than any
other on the list the Brooklyn regiment
would be minus at the end. Last night
they won the two mile championship
race, gaining 6 points, while they added
one in the quarter mile. The Fourth
counted only 3 points last evening in the
competition for the cup. Jere Buck being
beaten by M. w. Long Of the Seven
tenth Separate Co. The Fourth was
well represented in the 22o yards dash,
and walked away with all three prizes.
The tandem pursuit. race was exciting.
In the trial heats Roeme and Hasford
Of this city won from Teddy Goodman
and ]. Thompson of the Twelfth Regi-
ment. u were beaten in the second
trials by Keller and Temlinson. After
the athletes had finished their part on
the programme the way was cleared for
the detachment Of United States Cavalry
from West Point, commanded by Capt.
James Parker.
The members did some remarkably
clever work at hurdle jumping, riding
double, and mounting and d"ismounting at
a gallop. Then came Captain David Will
sons popular Second Battery with its in
nocent looking Gatlings. The boys re-
peated their original mechanical man
oeuvres which made such a hit earlier in
the week, and then woke the echoes
with their diminished number drill.
Troop C, N. G. N. Y, followed with a
neat exhibition of horsemanship, 4nclud-
ing Cossack riding and other difficult
feats. This paved the way for the Battery
D sensation already referred to, and the
show wound up with a grand display by a
troop of the Sixth United States Cavalry
commanded by Captain B. H. Cheever
and Lieuts. Gallagher. Nissen and Short
The evolutions embodied almos every
thing one would look for In the equestrian
department of the Wild West Show or
Barnum's Circus, and the roepers were
eheered to the echo. The competitive
events resulted as follows
22o-yard run, scratch. for novices-Trial
heats decided on Wednesday night. Final
beat Rssp won By J; B, Higgins. TTsn5 Roeersl
Twenty-second Regiment, N. G. N. Y,
second; A W. Weston, ~Twenty-seeond
Regiment, third. Time, 25 80 seconds.
Bicycle team pursuit race for military
championship-Trial heats-Fgrst heat-o-
". Babcoek and w. =. Mosher, Twenty
second Regiment, N. G. N. Y, caught F.
Cassera and ". Terrence. Twelfth Regi-
Tfme. = J MINUTES & q: & g. e e ! se maas and s J isRsdi
heath. Hosford n W. {. Roome.
Fourth Regiment, N. G. N. j., caught =.
r. Goodwin and J. Thompson. Twelfth
5 minutes 10 seconds. Second heath. J..
Keeler II C. H. Tomlinson, Twenty-sec-
ond Regiment. n. G. N. Y. caught G. A.
Griffin, Fourth Regiment, n. G. N. T.,
2 minute S6 seconds. Fourth heat-A. s.
Jungilind n W. BetZman, Twenty-sec-
ond Regiment. N. G. N. Y, walk over.
Semi Finals-First heat-O. Y. Babeoek
and w. E. Mosher caught A. S. Jungkind
and N. Betzman in ~ laps. Time. 2 min
utes II Is seconds. Second heat-B. J..
Keller and c.. II. Tomlinson caught III.
Hosford and w. C. Roorne at 2 miles.
Time. 5 minutes So seconds.
220-Yard run. h~andicap-Final heat won
by r. j. Koehler, Fourth Regiment. N. G..
N. J.. 16 yards; W. H. Barclay, Fourth
Regiment, n. G. N. J., 16 yards, second;
A. S. Mendez. Fourth Regiment. N. G.
NJ so q u yards, thiTd Time; q seconds sead =,
W. B. Hamilton, Seventeenth separate
GGompsny; & : AsriShi, Twenty,5hird
N. r. third. Time, 2 minutes IS rs sec
onds.
Two-mile bicycle race, military cnam-
pionship-First heat-Won by O.. " Bah
cock. Twenty-seeond Regiment, y. G.
N. G.. N. Y, second. Time. 6minutes
Is second. Second heat-Won by w. e.
Mosher, Twenty-second Regiment, N. @.
N. Y: ". C. Roome. Fourth Regiment,
N. G. N. T.. second. Time. 6 minutes.
Third heat-Won by B. J. Keeler, Twenty
second Regiment. N. G. ~. Y. w. Tor
renee, Twelfth Regiment. N. G. N. Y,
second. Time. 6 minutes ] As seconds.
440-Yard run, military championship
Won by M. W.. Long. Seventeenth Separ-
ate Company: Jerome Buck, Fourth Regi-
ment, N. G.. N. j., second; G G. Holland
err, Twenty-second Regiment, N. G. N. Y,
third. Time, So 1-5 seconds.