The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-12
JEROME REIIEks TROOPS.
District Attorney makes = Good impress
sion-Waish wins championship.

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District Attorney william Travers jerome
| wa the reviewing ofioer OF tho military shov
! IN Madison Square Garden last night, ano
! he discharged the duties a. gnllanuy A. y
! he had spent hih life amouG the warriors
| Attred In the conventional evening clothes
! and opera hat. he was escorted 20 the stand
With military honors. and was so sharp or
the click Of time that part Of the athletic
program had TO be abandoned 20 give wal
70 the review. col, Edward Duny OF th'
biKy-nlnth Regiment was In command
and MANAGED the AFFAIR without the least
mistake
There vas a big crowd In attendance and
they enjoyed the special military numbers 70
their hearts content. The bulk Of the APP
plause was accorded 20 the "Kilties. who
dohned their kits" instead OF the regulA
ton uniform In which they performed on
Wednesday night
Two actS--a music ride and rough riding
we're performed by the Fifteenth United
States Cavalry and both were well received
The Eighth United states gave drill and
| Second Naval Battalion q loading and nrine
exhibition. In this latter item some rapid
. nring was announced for the Fifth Division.
The Third Battery showed some hne work al
stake driving and the First signal Corps gave
a display Of telegraph line building and mas
drill.
The athletic program was replete with eH-
citing contests, but the star events were tho
hnal Of the 100 yards Ond the half mile.
Besides, there we're very interesting trial
heats in the quarter mile run and two mile
bicycle championship. The men qualified
70 battle for honors in the hundred were:
Frank and Walsh OF the Twenty second
Regiment. LauRan OF the Fourth Regiment.
New jersey. and Robertson OF tho Thir"
teenth Artillery. Because he had eaualed
tho military record in one OF the semi-iinals,
Frank was much fsncied.
Al the crack OF the gun Walsh was the
hrst TO get moving. and he skirted around
the bend yard In tho lead Of Robertson and
Frank. who were running even. On the
straight toward the hnish Frank put on ell
the steam he was capable Of commanding.
but could not quite reach Walsh, who won
BY a foot. Robertson being about the same
distance behind in third place, but the time
was NTH OF a second slower than the record
made BY Frank on "Wednesday evening.
The half mile championship was crack
ing race Eleven men went 70 the scratch
ers Of the Twenty second Regiment Engi-
neers took the neld along at nice pace.
Regiment OF Bufaio shot out, closely followed
by Cohen OF the Thirteenth ArtileTy, and
thus they ran until the bell for the last lap.
By a well timed sprint Cohen went By Ban
gasser and led TO the finish. winning by about
The heats Of the quarter mile champion
ship we're productive OF two rafting contests.
In the second heat d, II. Meyer. the Buffalo
crack. cra wled into second place and quail
record time. Harry Hulman.. winner Of the
event last year, was entered but old not
compete.
This wall scaling created plenty Of smuse-
ment The three regiments contending were
the Eighth. Twelfth and Sixty-ninth. Vic
tory fell 20 the Twelfth, the Eighth being
second, and the SiIty-nlnth was disqualified
for not going around the turning stakes.
100 Yard Run. Championship, FinSlaNon BY
p. J. Walsh. Twenty second Regiment EnGineert:
Dan Frank. Twenty .second Regiment EngineerS.
SECOND; L, Robertson, Thirteenth Artillery.
third. Time, 10 Is seconds
80 Yard Run. Novice Fnsl-Won BY y. Hart.
Twelfth Regiment Infantry. ]. Norris, Twenty
second Regiment Engineer. second; J. W. Open
shaw Fourth Regiment. New Jersey, third. Time
2 n lnutes is seconds.
SO Yard Run, Cham plon6hp-W by X Cohen
Thirteenth ARTILLERY; T. A. Rodgers, Twenty second
Regiment Engineers second. 2. BAngAsseT, seventy
fourth Regiment Infantry, Buffalo, y. Y, third.
Time ? minutes IS seconds
Wall Scaling--Won by Twelfth Regiment. Time,
% seconds. Eighth Regiment. second. Tine,
s seconds.