The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-04
CRoss-CoUNrRY RUNNING.
Shamrock Herricrs and Pastims A. o. a
Over Van Cortlandt Course.


The Shamrock Harriers and Pastime A. q
held Joint run over the Van Cortlundt course
yesterday afternoon. A score OF runners fol-
lowed the trail. which was laid over the
country used for the recent team race with the
Star A. G. Capt Estoppey acted as pace
maker. He kept the pack we'll together
for the first part OF the journey, bus
going over ''Majuba Hill" the leaders
began TO draw away. Estoppey and McMahon
were fighting for the lead as they rushed onto
the pnrade grounds from the KingsbridGs
road. Half way across the field Mcmahon had
lead o, thirty yards: but Es,9PIey, responded
away G. 81. Treds oi the ho@s club was racing
desperately with Brennan ofthe Pastimes. The
remainder Of the men finished mostly In pairs.
The order OF the FIRST fifteen were:
sdn Mdt.fa9n sas%sG's fi.is H.
third: p. J. Brennan, Pasiime 4. O.. fourth: L
H. :I 'TSa n Pa.mS f5sa: ssa
!; Glennon; Ps-tpe A. c., eighth A. Hamilton,
9. tenth; 4. Fsi"siio. shsmr"1t Il. eleventh: J.
Ato g. rsnh Mst. sh.mosa f. sa1.:
~ minutes 80 seconds.
Ign. led by Team Capt. William d. Wynns,
covered nearly six lilies NJ the territory about
the ciub6oSse on Grand ip street ' to the Frssh
Pond Heights: thence TO and over the farming
lands TO Ridgewood. TO Kidgewood Heights. to
home, The break" was made at the Long
This was the order at the finish:
An,hop Y! MsKseS.s ns't lame; D Meos.shson
a9S RI rR knois eroGfS s ka e. fssusI's
g. swami / T. smith. S.iins epy 4 e. .isSts;
Prank W. Fosll. Brooklyn A;c.. ninth; Arthur r.
6it seconds.
An old-tlme gathering OF runners made the
weekly trip OF the sea v,es Harriers from their
yesterday. The, course was down Fourth ave-
and toward New G,rechs shS bath B.aeS 70
the DyEer Meadow eoIi links: then on TO the
Officers quarters out TO- the shore road to
Ninety-secopd street, and thence 70, Fourth
s s1G as b. sssme q:
never was headed. The finish was:
S5snn,n.n williA%ssurs 4 A., foarthI v. O.. l.
HH sem We! fG H. s:s :
yn Sea ninth H. sa'h u B.oes
tenth and the balance of the bunch strung out %
Again. Capt Robert ". Kennedy Of the Star
A. q. led his mack OF over forty runners In the
trip over hin and dale yesterday, Kennsdy
keep up with him. The course. nearly eight
miles long. was from the clubhouse. through
Woolsey's woods. TO Webster avenue. and
across, the hills toward Recreation Park
grounds; thence TOWARD Woodsde. TO Thomp.
son avenue. through the hills TO and around
Celtic Park athletic grounds, to Fifth street
and home. The men finished as follows:
Capt Kennedy nrst; Mckay. Star A.. O, ssoonds
L Roetger. Star. third, all OF fast pack J. Gable.
arace A. c.. fast pax fourth; J. II. bonohus, 6tsS
fast paes htth; ). II. White Star. .o. ,p.ei sIth;
r. ID. White. Star. fast psok, sevsnthI O. oabls,
Grace A. c.. fast pack eighth; p. Murphy. Star allow
pack. ninth; william H. Hueg slow pack. tenth;
r. Reed. slow pack. eleventh; ]. Cheyiin fast pack
twelfth: j.. Richter. slow pack. thirteenth; J. II
MilligAn. slow pack. fourteenth. Time, SO minutes
2yS seconds
Frank veres won the run OF the Brooklyn
IL, & ysTssserdsy: from the club grounds q Mas.
Doyle and Capt. Chris Kenney. extended from
the clubhouse directly over the farm Ia DDS
toward Laurel Hill thence toward Corona and
back by way OF the meadows. farm lands and
woods, twas nearly seven miles long, the
finish was: veres, William Clasop. J. q. Pu-
laski. John G. Doyle Capt. Chris Kenney, J. II.
0,Keefe. and Frank Foell. Time. ~ minutes
22H seconds.