The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-24
Ex.CHAMPION ATHLETE DEAD.
Fred. Puner. the well-known Hurdier. Sue
cumbs TO Pneumonia After q weeks Illness.

Frederick Collamore puffer. an ex-champion
hurdle racer and holder OF two records. died at
his home ~ West Thirtieth street on Sunday
night or pneumonia. which he contracted q
week ago. Pufrer WAS an active figure on the
clnder path for nearly ten years. during which
time he won about aOO prizes. HIS success was
always a mystery 10 followers OF athletics, "a
apparently he did not possess any OF the attri-
butes OF an athlete except speed and pluck.
and had by no means the frame or constitution
to warrant hts taking part in championship con-
tests. At the time OF his death Pufer was 2s
years and 0 months old. flo was born In this
city and was a son Of Capt. Alfred F. Puffcr who
gained his title in the Civ War. After ending
his career as a runner PufYer went to the front
with the Seventy-flrst Regiment in the war
against Spain. but was invaded home after
short service.
Pufer first took part in athletic sports in
1883 as a member of tho Twenty-third street
y. NJ. {. A, but went from there to the Harlem
branch. after which he Joined the Olympic A.
G. lie became a member Of the New Jersey
A. C. when the Olympic Club consolidated with
the Bayonne organization. but afterward Joined
tho Manhattan A.. G. His chief successes on
the path were achieved under tho colors Of
the New Jersey A G. and Manhattan A. c.
Pufler first attained championship form In
1892. when he succeeded A. +. COPELAND az ma
tlonal champion over the hurdles. He won
the 100 yards over 3 feet 8 inch hurdles in the
then phenomenal time Of 10 rs seconds, but
the performance was not accepted as a record.
as the winner knock ed down every obstacle,
on the same afternoon he won the 220-yard
hurdle championship In Is 80 seconds.
Pn1er also took tho l2o-yard hurdle race In
the metropolitan championships of 1907, Puffer
aSeven more successful In 1893. Az the worlds
championship meeting held at Chicago he won
the high and low hurdle races and tied for a prize
offered TO the man scoring the highest indiv.d-
in halves was adopted and PuIer came into
possession Of this novel prize. At the Canadian
Thamptonship the sane year Puffer won the
l?O-yard hurdle race In Is seconds and the
broad jump with q feet ~ inches, lie also
won the l2o-yard and 22o-yard hurdle Races and
ships Of 1893. clearing % feet 81. inches in the
mouth put an end TO Pufer's supremacy over
the. high hurdles. but the latter won the 22o
national championship again and also scored
wins in the low hurdle and broad Jump events
atthe metropolitan championship. The records
made during his career were 10 s-5 seconds for
1870 yards over ten 3-foot 6-inch hurdles on Oct.
II, 1892 and Is % seconds for go yards over ten
2-foot 6-inch hurdles around a turn on Oct. s.
1892.
Purcr has been alling for a year and mem
bers OF his family say that n weak heart con-
tributed 10 his death. Ne was a member of
the Twon'y-seCond Regiment and competed
occasionally IN the regimen'al games after his
retirement from onon competition In 1897.
Holy Communion Church, Twentieth street and
sixth avenue, tomorrow at 1890 4. NJ, and
tho remains of the dead athlete will be Inferred
In Greenwood Cemetery.