The sun., 1903-09-10

contest for grown-up firemen, but with a
longer run and twenty-fve-foot ladder.
Until to-day the Suffolk county record for
that event was "a As seconds. But to-day
the flyers from Northpor knocked that
fraction of the record and did the stunt in
"a fat.
The Northport men made the fight in
blue silk running tights, and they came
down the road, with Chief Billy Soper In
front, like blue streak. The ladder was
pulled of the truck at the end of the run
almost fast enough to make the wood
wooden balcony with a bang that Jared
the Judges stand. The heavyweights
Of the company piled themselves in heap
at the foot Of the ladder to hold il steady
and Charlie Lucey. the champion scaler
OF Long Island, went up that ladder like
squirrel up tree.
1t was the first record smashing of the
day and the folks from Northport insisted
on going to the track and carrying their
firemen of on their shoulders. Sag Ha-bOr
the winner of last year, was second to-day,
being one second slower than Northport,
and Huntington was third in 20 seconds
Sag llarbor won the next event, the hose
cart race OF fifty yards followed by laying
300 feet of hose. Says time was % is,
Huntington was second. time % As, and
Northport ran third time 23. As the result
of winning the hose cart race the Sag HarbOr
company will carry home silver gold-i lined
punch bowl offered as first prize by State
Senator Bailey, the author of the automo-
bile speed law. Senator Baiey's father
wasn't going to be outdone, so he furnished
the lumber for the grand stand and the
judges stand.
There was another hook and ladder con-
test with six companies entered. Distance
and length and ladder were the same "a in
the first contest, but the firemen had to
wear regular duty uniforms instead of
running tights. NorthpOrt won again in
25 2-5 seconds. which might indicate that
blue silk is rs seconds faster than red
flannel and patent leather, Huntington
was second, time rs AS and Bridgehampton
was third, time 20 rs One man In the Isp
company fell in the race down the road and
his comrades lost three seconds in guiding
their truck so that ii wouldn't run over him.
Real water was used in the next event
and there was more fun than could be had
from basket of monkeys. II was for
hook and ladder companies to run rs yards
to the balcony's second story, on which
was a forty-gallon cask, put up one ladder
and then pass up enough water in pals
to fill the cask The best record for that
was | minute IS seconds.
Rapport might have had the honor Of
breaking that record to-day IL her man at
the cask hadn't miscalculated by one
bucket and quit pouring too soon Hunt
was | minute 8 rs seconds. Cold Spring
Harbor was second, time l minute As 4-j
seconds, and West Sayvile was third.
time minute SO 3-5 seconds.
In the water playing contest from a
hydrant Northport and Bayport were nip
and tuck. Bayport won in SO seconds fiat
Northport was beaten by 2-5 Of a second.
The best previous record for that was l
minute seconds.
Bert Sammis of Huntington was the
hero Of the department contest in which
his company won in 81 is seconds, beating
Bayport by nearly seconds. Samms
distinguished himself and won the cheers
of the crowd by the way he got up ?5-foot
ladder with hosepipe under 6O-pound
pressure and directed his stream into the
cask without losing a drop or missing a
fraction OF a second.
There were two pumping contests. one
for time and the other for distance. Hunt
ington won both In the first the winners
time was 80 3-5 seconds, and in the second
Huntington sent stream l2s feet, beating
Indenhurst by seventeen feet.
George Lewisy of Huntington won the
individual adder-scaling-contes of fifty
foot run and a thirty-foot climb. His
time was As seconds. Charles Lucey,
was second; time, 7seconds
The accuracy of the timing by ". H
! Aldrich of Patchogue, f. H. Alberton Of
| Riverhead and H. W. Burr of Bay Shore
| was one Of the best features Of the day.
Each timed every event Independently of
| the others, but the three tailed down TO a
tenth Of a second, and there were no pro-
tests.
After the tournament the scores of
trophies were presented TO the winning g
companies at the village square by the
Hon. Rowland Miles OF Mort hport.
All the hotels and all the spare rooms
in the town are filed tonight with the
visitors. who wouldn't think of going home
| till after the annual fremen 3 ball