Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

testants on the steamer later apty
| said:
Some years ago there was built in
Athens a great stadium in which the
athletes of all the world gathered to SHOW
| their prowess- But never in modern or
| ancient times were such deeds zone on
an athletic field as have been done 10
| day at the great Board of Trade outing
Never has Athens seen an egg race, never
| has Athens seen a centipede race, never
did Athens see a tffty-yard dash In when
I think 1 am right-seven men 1eii
down.
Heroes of the Day.
The names of Arthur c. Moses, Dick
Conner and Josh" Evans. whose great
sprint In the relay race made 1t posi-
BILE for his team to finish second; A. r.
Neff, pride of the fat men; l.. l.. Kemp,
| who cut a dash in the 100 yards, and
| Chris Gockeler. who had a RECORD Ioi
| claiming everything in sight, Will all
go down in history.
were a feature in themselves Inc
| Judges at the finish were Commissioners
Rudolph and Judge Ivory q. kimbaii.
Capt. James +. oyster was 1ntrusteo
with a revolver and did the starting In
| fine shape. Only once was there mix-
I'D when the gun failed to go on at the
| start of the 1UO-yard dash. The Judges
| took their work seriously and Commis-
thing of a sprinter himself as he dashed
after the winners, tagging them before
they were lost in the field of contest
ants.
c. E. Beckett, physical director of the
Y NJ c. A, acted as clerk OF the
course, and it was largely due to his
able management that the contests
were run off so smoothly. w. r.
Roberts was the announcer,
The first event on the CARDS was the
fifty-yard dash. Although there were
thirty entries in this race 1t was de-
cided to run ii off in a single neat
The eager athletes stretched halfway
across the field at the start. 1t was In
this race that the famous seven had
their tumbles. Fortunately no bones
were broken. Right at the start Lee
Kemp jumped into the lead and was
never headed. F. Waldman was good
second. The dark horse in this race
was Arthur c. Moses, first vice presi-
dent of the board, who dashed across
by He used to be a Splinter years
ago. and he showed that he could
come back"
Egg Race Unique Event.
But the picturesque event was the egg
race. 1t consisted of picking up in
Vulnerable eggs, one at time, in large
spoon and dashing back to the finish line
II. ]. Kinks proved himself the prize jug
gler and carried on the nrSt pr1ze. Judge
kimball remarked after IL was all over
that the men had run fast that all
the eggs were cooked In the rush"
According to the dictionary a centipede
is usually considered bug. But in the
centipede race yesterday each bug con-
sisted of four men astride of a long pole
| pacing at top speed. Some of the legs OF
| the various centipedes didn't like the
pace set them and several sad mix-ups
resulted Dick Corners team, how
ever. made a good getaway and won
hands down.
| Lee Coombs was there in the shot
put He hurled the twelve-pound lead
sphere many, many feet and was
awarded first prize. J. c. Mccarthy,
| however. was the big noise in this
event. until he was disqualified be-
cause he wasn't really a member of
| the board. but only a guest
| Judging from the entries in the fat
mans race, the Board of Trade must
| carry some weight. 1t was a titanic
struggle, finally won by A r. Nem,