Mile bicycle race (club championship)—Won by W. H. Caldwell, in 3m. 3s.; S. B. Bowman, second.
Senior four-oared shell race (one mile with turn)—Newark Bay course of N. J. A. C.—Won by Varuna B. C., Brooklyn, in 4m. 15s.; New Jersey A. C. second.
Tandem paddling—Won by F. A. Beardsley and Alexander Oliver, in 4m. 191⁄2s.
Single paddling—Won by Thomas Garrett, in 4m. 381⁄2s.; F. A. Beardsley second.
Hurry-skurry race—Won by Alexander Oliver, with J. P. Wetmore second. No time.
The prizes were valuable gold and silver medals. The Pastimes carried off the banner, scoring 24, or ten more than the next highest club—the New York Athletic Club.
In the baseball contest, the Hilands, of Philadelphia, were whitewashed by the New Jersey Athletic Club, who scored three runs and played an errorless game. The home club gave a hop in the evening at the La Tourette House.
THE annual fall games of the American Athletic Club took place September 1, at the baseball grounds of the old Metropolitan Club. The track was new and slow.
There were over sixty entries in the hundred yards dash. The final winners in this event made a magnificent struggle, all coming in in a bunch with R. T. Hussy, of the Staten Island A. C., first, in 10 2-5s.; C. Wood, of the New York, second, and L. Oppenheimer a close third.
The 300-yard handicap was run in three heats, with a final dash for the winners. W. S. Dingwell came in first, in 33 3-5s., with Thomas Namack and C. Devereux a close second and third.