The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
HORSES, Carriages.
ATHL ETICS.
Plans or the military LenRue-seventh ReEt.
mont Not In Line. but FrIendIl.

mont Not In Lilac, nut Frienoly.
Tho recently organized Military Athletic
League Is not allowing any grass to grow under
it's feet in its scheme for the promotion of COM
petitive amateur sport among members of tho
National Guard. A meeting of the Executive
Committee was held yesterday afternoon in the
Stewart building. Col. Charles II. Luscomb of the
Thirteenth Regiment of Brooklyn presiding.
The other members present included Capt. c. j.
Letter, Twelfth Regiment; Major n. Il. Thurs
ton, Twenty.second Regiment; Capt. Frank
sherwood, Twcnty-second Regiment; Lieut.. 5.
s. Stebbins, Twelfth Regiment; Capt. b. T. Clay
ton, Troop c. Brooklyn; Capt. James Torrance.
Thirteenth Infantry, U. S. A; Lieut.. ii. Jacoby,
Eighth Regiment; Capt. F.. +. Andrews, Forty
seventh Regiment. Brooklyn, and Col. r. G..
Smith. Fourth Regiment, New Jersey.
The principal business before the meeting was
tho arranging of details for the tournament TO
be held at Madison Square Garden March II to
10. Col. Luscomb, as chairman OF the commit
tee, reported that invitations to cooperate had
been sent to the Fifth Artillery, Fort Hamilton;
the Thirteenth Infantry, Governors Island. and
the Fifth Cavalry. Fort Meyer, champions of
the United States Army, It is, also expected
Essex Troop Of Newark will accept invitations.
The proceeds of the tournament are to be de-
memory OF the late Adit..Gen. josiah Porter E:
The programme will be so arranged that on each
uIkuU ole llOuT VIII 10 ueNOleu HInltllCb anu
cycling and two hours to military features. Tho
athletic events selected are:
One. hundr red. yard run. championship; 100 yard run.
handlcap; 4i0yard run. championship; 440.yard run,
handicap; 2so.yard run. championship; 22oyard run.
p pHSissi GE ssoyar rln rum n" nonics; s ssoyari rum rum S Saaai:
cap; $50. yard run. heavy marching order. champion.
han"d,csp; Sso.yard walk. ehS%pians6Ip sao;yard
hurdle. championship; 22oyard hurdle. handicap;
championship; faak race. championship: two.lap
obstacle race. championship. and one.mi!e relay race.
championship.
Tho Committee on Cycling submitted a list of
events and they were accepted. subject to
future revision. They are as follows:
Half.mile National Guard championship wo-milo
National Snaral h, G%ara chSm ,m,1s Np;,o "ns'% nnerd National ss o
tandem or single wheels; one.mile military cham
RD"s.p and dptN" Naval Militia; one.miIo Fist hse Brigade
championship; one.mile Second Brigade champion
open to members of the Military League only.
The labors Of the league will not end with the
tournament. On the contrary the organization
manently and will become allied with the A. "A.
Y. and tho L; A, w. on the same platform with
bodies. In games restricted to its own member
ship it will have absolute c%ontrol, while in. out
L. a. w. and A. A. U. This plan Of campaign is
Endorsed by Secretary Sullivan of the latter or
ganization. who states that a mutual under
Similar friendly sentiments were expressed
E SesS9aany D. ~ s SEVENTH f ReEimse nitst and htfT Trsasure or
of the athletic association OF that corps. In u talk
with THE SUN reporter Yesterday he said that
the failure of his association to Join the move
ment was not in any sense due to Indifference or
antipathy. The Seventh Regiment A. A.. he OK.
planned. has always attempted to carry out its
athletic enterprises Independently. and that
the amount of business the association had to
handle on these lines was quite as much as ID
cared to tackle Mt present. What the associa-
ton might decide to do later on Lieut. Mazeb
was not prepared to say. He wished IL particu-
larly understood. however, that in advancing
any opinion he was not answering officially for
his colleagues In tho association. but merely
stating his own views of the situation.