New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22
l.. B. GOODWIN THE STAR
Slcimming Races at Long Beach
EXCITING and AmuSiEg.
BY Telegraph to The rrbun..I

Long Beach. Long Island. Aug 1.-The svvirarnlnn
contests held under the auspices of the National
Bathing Company. Of Long Beach here to-day.
were extremely interesting. and witnessed BY
a crowd that lined the beach thickly The races
were held in front of the Nassau Hotel.
II was the first time that many OF tn. man vino
took part In the contest had visited Long Beech.
and the seaside resort proved attractive. 20 then
that IL looked for while IL there would Be %
races at all
The chief hnnors Of the dav went 70 I. g. Good
win. Of the New York Athletic Club who vaa
victorious in the 9O-ysrd scratch special race and
IN the five mile handicap. The showing OF Of
the men who represented the Mercury Foo, Club
was deserving OF credit
This fact tha6 tbs contests w.r. held tn the oesaA
HlAHe IL more difficult to most Of tho competitors.
who were used 10 swimming for prizes IN tankA
The first race decided the sn-yard evsnS.
which went to Goodwin. The star, OF this conteaa
was made from the atterdeck OF thu Arfinstoa.
which ran aground below the Nassau Hotel Iaau
week, wills the finishing mark a arnaN plat.
form built a Htts OF shore tn front Of tho hoeal
GOODWIN, with handicap OF twsnty-eve s~ocnAA.
nsld the lead all the way. finishing .sv.nty-n,s
yards ahead of William Auerbach who in Turn vsa
the same distance ahead of r. Manley. All ,hrso
men represented tho New York Athletic Club, -
IL was therefore a clean sweep Tor tho Msrrurye
Foot representatives. Goodwin's second vtctcryh
and one for which he is deserving Of much credit
was In the one-me handicap. Fl. vas cornpel,eA
u allow generous handicap. to The other Az. rneu
VINO started. but in spite of this steadily gaiueA
on the others and won by good wide rlarst, WIZ,
j. j. Curran. OF the Young Mems League. with =
handicap Of six minutes second and Har,4itcu
Brown OF Princeton, with handicap OF two min.
utes third The other starters were B. NJ MAY.
Of the city Island Athletic Club. and William n
Baillte, of the I'D street branch Young Men'a
Christian Association. with handicap. OF three
minutes each, and r. James. Of the Bath BsA1n
Swimming Club with four-ninute handicap
The duck race furnished all kinds Of amusement
for the spectators. and first honors went To a
Hager. OF the Bath Beach Swimming Club reu-
ducks let loose from row boat several vard~
from the platform in front of he hotel Tn. con-
testants set out to catch them. Seven men started
IN me event and il was not until distances
had been travelled that Hager made IN. successful
grab that landed him duck. z. Shipment also
succeeded In getting his hands on a duck and
therefore got second prize. The ducks had set I'D
700 hot pace. and the other competitors with the
exception Of Shipment had retired when the former
landed his duck One ~ the other ducks was
caught by J. Brown. the little negro mascot Of The
wrecked Arlington. who is being cared for BY q
BROOKLYN family here. The fowl had b.com. tired
from the heavy breakers. and he uahbed Z. a. ~
came TO shore
Intense excitement was caused at the end Of th,s
contest by the spectators on the beach declaring
that an object in the water that % a drowning
competitor. T. j. Thorp. who acted as clerk 81 this
course, and several Of the other competitors swan
out I'm hot pursuit only to ind chat il was nothing
more than a large pole.
Eleven men started in the ic1-yard handicap,
which was decided in one heat Paul Webb OF tbs
Bath Beach Swimming Club. with a handicap Of %
seconds, won by two yards J. A. Ruddy. OF this
New York a. @, with handicap OF 13 seconds,
was second. and l.. de B. Handley. OF the same
club, with 10 seconds handicap. third Tho
winners time was minute and II seconds. which.
by the way. was the only time announced by ths
officials.
The 2aSyard handicap went 10 G. South. also
A vii II
handicap. with Miles A. Suarez, OF the Montclai-
Y. VI C. A, so seconds. second, and Ray MuIvey.
Of the Bath Beach Swimming Club. with e
onds third.
The medley race went 10 De Ioisalle, OF the New
York A e. In this the men ran about Twenty-Five
yards up the beach and then swan out to the plat
form. a distance OF about twenty-five yards.
After the contests the swimmers gathered at the
Hotel Nassau. and declared Long Beach perfect
place for bathing, and said they would be seen in
future contests held there.
Handsome prizes were awarded to tn. winners Il,
each race