The hurdles furnished some exciting heats. Bien of Berkeley took his trial, and Beers got first in the second heat. Beers ran in faultless style on this occasion, but when he met Bien in the finals he seemed to lose his nerve and to go all to pieces. He scraped most of the obstacles, and after Bien had passed him he stumbled even more clumsily, and took an ugly header on the track. Beers is a very clever man over the high hurdles, but if, as it seems, he becomes affected by the prowess of an opponent, he should strive mightily to overcome this weakness. He has frequently covered the distance in better than Bien's winning time. In the low hurdles Beers met Bien in the trials, and ran second; but in the finals he seemed to go to pieces again, although he managed to keep his feet until the last hurdle, where he fell again, and allowed Harris to win. He recovered himself in time, however, to keep Bien in third place.
Berkeley took every field event, winning all the points in the hammer. Here Irwin-Martin made up for his loss of the quarter by breaking the interscholastic record. Young, who took second, also broke the record, and Galloway, who took third, came within three feet of the mark. Young scored again for his school by taking the shot, and T. R. Pell earned a double win in the jumps.
One of the best performances of the day was Hurlburt's pole-vaulting. He fulfilled every one's expectations, and broke the interscholastic record of 10 ft. 3/8 in. by clearing 10 ft. 7¾ in., and his work was performed in faultless style. His nearest opponent, Brown of Drisler, reached no greater height than 8 ft. 9 in.
No better argument in favor of the abolishment of the bicycle-race from the interscholastic programme could be offered than Saturday's performance. It was not a race in the final heat, and it is not certain that the best man won. It was simply luck that kept Ridabock out of the mix-up which ruined the chances of every other competitor, twisted one or more wheels, and caused any number of bruises and scratches. The bunch was going around the lower turn, at the end of the second lap, when Ridabock spurted and got clear of the field. No sooner had he done so than Harbeck of Cutler's tried to follow him. Harbeck fell, and every other racer piled on top of him. By the time the tangle had been straightened out Ridabock was three-quarters of a lap in the lead, riding easily, and looking back complacently. This was a big piece of luck for Barnard, and enabled her team to tie Cutler's score. If it had not been for this, the latter would probably have gotten at least five points, if not more, out of the event, and would have been a closer second than she was to Berkeley.
J. R. WALKER,—AND THE FIELD.
The Interscholastic Cup now becomes the permanent property of the Berkeley School, her winning score at Saturday's games being 48 points. Barnard and Cutler tied for second place with 36, and Trinity came next highest with only 7.
In the Long Island games St. Paul's School of Garden City led all the way, and made the excellent record of 51 points, taking six firsts, six seconds, and three thirds. St. Paul's has a fine lot of sprinters, but the leader of them all is A. W. Robinson, the very swift young man who took both the senior and the junior hundred yards in 10-2/5 sec., breaking the record in both cases. He ought to take the event at the National games, or, at any rate, give Moore a very hard race. In the 220, Goetting of Brooklyn High was a little nervous at the scratch, and was penalized. This put him at a disadvantage, and he failed even of a place, the race going to Richards of Poly. Prep.
In the quarter, Van Wagenen of St. Paul's took the lead from the start, set a hot pace, and won easily, breaking the record. His schoolmate Hall followed his example in the half, and broke another record. Christensen of Brooklyn High did good work in this race, but showed himself to be better at the longer distance. Here, too, he had a race with Hall, but in this case he defeated the St. Paul's man.