The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-23
cRosacoUNTRY RUNNING.
Followers of the Trail Out in Force
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
The members and guests Of the Sea View
Harriers OF Brooklyn held IN old-tlme paper
chase yesterday from the headquarters. cor
ner OF Fourth avenue and SiItlsth street
Eugene A. Whltlach and Tremains Forbes
were the hares. and they were slipped ten min
utos in advance OF the hounds. The pack
dashed away In pursuit OF the hares. who had
laid out the course down Fourth avenue;
thence ever the fields to the gas works
from thu old city line; thence directly across
the country from the line to the New Utrecht
Farm lands. and over the stubble to Dyker
Meadow golf Links. around the golf links
TO Fort Hamilton. skirtinR the Govern
ment reservation at the officers quarters:
thence by tho shore road to Ninety
second street: thence to Fourth avenue and
home. The hounds failed to catch the hares.
who made good use OF their scent" and
threw the athletes Off the track In several
parts OF the trail. u. Mcmahon. Shamrock
Harriers. was first in. with Frank Brennan.
Sea View Harriers. second; Samuel Park. Sea
View Harriers. third; Charles Horne. Sea
View uarriers. fourth; Z. J. Bowling, National
A. O.. fifth: Thomas ]. McElroy. Warren f.
g.. sixth: J. Waring. Sea View Harrers.
seventh; A. Naylor. Sea View Harriers. eighth
and a lot OF the New York men following. Tho
time Of the hares was 81 minutes and 23h
coNoi nuout hios. no hiSs
hound in was timed at 4 minutes and 30 seo-
onds less for the actual run.
by Capt. Robert ". Kennedy. held a hnely at
tended rHp from Vernon avenue s, snd Sixteenth
foads Kun Sns
s Ae sG% r ie9 Tsh.s by t Ga['
strung oa ms a M minutes s s' .e econ wen
About eight miles were travelled by the Ma
S% from
then, over the farming country toward Ridge
hidgewood proper. where a turn was made. and
oyer TIE fences 10 TIE hrasipg air; the lightly
Sshns The edge tG Of ID
thence home via Newtown hlehway II yasa
cs sqg SH o the A %s%eer sn S hs
BB5Sotyp /; fhayss KnP II.
JOIN SR f. smith Csps %ynn S" and MeHesvey
The iarGs neid that responded to the Xavier
A. A. A 2 In yitation nooeisitated two packs; The
racing bunch Nv. minutes later. The old
sourse lsadinS through CiSre%Ont Park * was
leaders, OF the fast division and racing com
msnced In earnest. Teddy McGirr; the eI ten
minute. The order OF finish was: '
M sGE Ioh o% S:d fs' second. post
ner pa.une A. G., li,t pack. third G. Eoran.
Navier A. A.. slow pack fourth G. Brady, Xavier
A A.. nth; II. Fsussig. PsstimeA. c.. sixth. Time.
33 minutes.
In order to accomn odate those unahls TO
run at the regular fixture in the afternoon
the shamrock Harriers' eadquarters at Van
Cortlandt Par k was opened in the morn
ing and a pack OF seven ran over a tsn-mi
course in anticipation Of the championship at
that distance to be decided in Madison Square
Garden on Thanksgiving Day.
The ten-mils course was covered In hour
and 10 minutes. The order oil finish OF the
first half dozen was: =. A. Melton. Jr, r. Todd,
4. HAMILTON +. Estoppey. Jr. A. Il. Marsh aud
G. b Feussel ". Marks was the pacemaker
in the afternoon. He led the runners ut q
good gait until near the parade grounds. when
Harrison and Strupe OF the Pastime A G.
commenced racing Marks held his own and
won comfortably. Tho leaders finished as
follows:
H. Marks. Shamrock H.. frst: F. W. Harrison.
Phst,me A. G. second. r. strupel, PastIne 4. c.
ihiri T.. s. Shrent erten, shamrock H. fourth H.
u. Colwel Shamrock H.. nth; II. A. Fr,de. Sham
rock IL. sixth; Distance. miles. TlnO. SO min
Otes. OsccuUds