The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TWENTY-NINE MEN IN RACE OF
NEARLY TWO MILES.

Budd Goodwin FIRST Of the New York. A. G.
Aaembers % Complete the Journey
From TraVers island Ploat Only One
Man Drops out Of the Trying Contest.
The initial move toward the establishment
Of . long distance swimming championship
Of America was made at Trsvers Island yes
to-day In a race inaugurated by the huckls-
berry Indians OF the New York A. Q. The
length Of the event was q mile and three-auAr-
ters. from the boathouse float az TrAyers
Island 70 Huckleberry Island and with .
pretty swift Tide. No aquatic event OF recent
date aroused such interest. for the course from
start TO npish was studded with yachts.
launches and rowboats. To stimulate inter-
est IN long distance work among the swimmers
. big silver challenge CUP was offered TO the
winner, but with the conditions that II 30
won twice before becoming his permanent
property. Besides this the victor got q goh
medal Of artistic design. while . silver medal
wss set aside for second and q bronze medal
70 every starter who completed the course.
Yesterdays contest was confined TO member
Of the New York A. O., but II was such . sue
cess and aroused such enthusiasm that the
originators talked OF, making IL an annual
fixture and open to the whole United states.
Braves OF thu HuckIeberry tribe were ON
hand early to Gee that everything was In
proper shape. 6everallaunohes were In readi-
ness In case q man should get exhausted. and
about q half dozen medical mon from the
clubs ms~ber.hiP yoiuntsersd then services
supply Of stinulants was within eesy reecn,
II necessary, for the. contestants. Wampym
t HssIeF Rua k:% sosasfer rr%f IiasSs chez Hsf' Hsaboi3.
Medicine Man Stewart and Scribe O.. ,. lnpet,ts
we're there; e. Ssre z host Of dsN0tses GI 1Id
Hsslin. r. q. Fallsran. Bob stOll and Dr. A. J.
no1nuo - A. --nn. e-anNv-
nine in ali, were called out. and after a few
minutes delay a pistol shot sent them on
their ]Iouroey. For about 2 minute they
ont and assumed the lead. and going by the
ferry to Glen Island had a commanding lead.
rhEI!' 4 k Hss5fs, E z. HIM n adams an% sHTl z. I. well x sHa
M. W. Spencer. Just then y. =: MIlyey was
with a cranip and he was fshed out
The rules OF the raos stated that the swim
me,s SHOULD 20 outside fSr 5ed spar os S0S
9 Quarter OF a mile further On: AZ this point M
carrying him along at a great pace: Be
place between KIsohinE. AdsGs, T IL. Webb,
were Handiey, nr. HenneT. the Manley brothers
and Billy Goodwin, a brother Of the leader.
YARDS, KIschiHS taking second place by about
So yards from F. II. Adams, and I. z Webb
Was IN fourth place. about the sane distance
behind Adams. Spencer was about 10 yards
In the rear Of Webb. making NTH;
A remarkable feature Of the swim was the
work of Guy Haskins, the mile runner. who
got pl1ced in the championship on SATURDAY,
and D.. L. OvinFton. the huIdler, who finished
.iIteenth and t~wenty-nfth respectively.
Johnson and Beaver. two OF the junior mem
bsrs, showed fine pluck apd completed the
distance, che former coming IN eighteenth
ont Of twenty nine starters twenty-eiRht
finished and the times OF twenty-six were as
follows.