Long Island Race Courses.

BROOKLYN JOCKEY CLUB.

The Brooklyn Jockey Club was incorporated in the Spring of 1886 with a capital stock of $500,000. The grounds are located in the town of Gravesend, part of which were known as the Prospect Park Fair Grounds, which were enlarged by the purchase of adjacent property, the total cost of the grounds being over $200,000. The course is one mile in circumference, and is one of the best constructed running tracks in the United States, being 90 feet wide in the stretches and 120 feet wide at the turns. The grand stand is the finest structure of its kind in the country, and is capable of accommodating 8,000 persons. Racing was inaugurated on Thursday, August 26th, 1886.

In 1888 the Club inaugurated the movement of offering $1,000 purses, setting an example that was followed by the older racing associations, with the result of increasing the number of entries to "over night " events, and enhancing the interest in the contests. Although the youngest of the racing associations in the State, it is recognized as one of the most powerful in the country, and has done much to advance the interest in racing. It is purely a local organization, being officered by Brooklyn men and backed by Brooklyn capital. The Club gave 28 days' racing in 1888, divided into three meetings. The Spring meeting lasted 15 days, commencing on May 15, and ending on May 30. The first Fall meeting lasted three days, beginning on August 29, and ending August 31. The second Fall meeting consisted of ten days, beginning on September 18, and ending September 29. The total gate receipts for the three meetings were $127,840, of which the Club paid to the State, under the Ives' racing law, 5 per cent., or $6,392, as against $4,492.50 in 1887.

BRIGHTON BEACH RACING ASSOCIATION.

The Brighton Beach Racing Association was founded in 1879 by the late William A. Engeman, the first day's racing being the 28th day of June of that year. The track is a mile in circumference, and is situated at Coney Island, in the Town of Gravesend. During the season of 1888 there were thirty days' racing, the full limit under the Ives law. The stake events which were suspended during 1887 were re-established in 1888, and several new stakes inaugurated. The Association began its meeting on June 15 and it ended on September 10. The total gate receipts during 1888 were $51,660, of which the Association paid to the State under the Ives racing law the sum of $2,583 as against $2,609.64 paid in 1887.

CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB.

The Coney Island Jockey Club was fonnded in 1879, the inaugural races being run on the Prospect Park Fair Grounds, at Parkville. In 1880 the course at Sheepshead Bay was built, the first day's racing being on June 19. The course was originally a mile in circumference, but in 1884 it was extended to a mile and a furlong.

In 1886 a mile track on the turf was built inside the regular course.

In the Spring of 1888 a three-quarter of a mile straight away track was constructed, on which the great Futurity Stakes, for two-year-olds, was run at the Fall meeting. Proctor Knott, owned by Scoggan & Bryant, and ridden by Jockey Barnes, won in 1.15. The stake was the richest ever offered in America, being worth $40,900 to the winner. The Futurity of 1889 closed with 815 entries, of which 400 are eligible to start, which make the stakes worth $75,000. It will be run at the Fall meeting. The Club gave twenty-two days' racing in 1888, twelve days at the Spring meeting, which began on June 14, and closed on June 30, and ten days at the Fall meeting, which began on September 1, and ended September 15.

The total gate receipts for both meetings were $167,880, of which the Club paid to the State, under the Ives' racing law, 5 per cent., amounting to $8,394, as against $7,548.85 paid in 1887.

ROCKAWAY STEEPLECHASE ASSOCIATION.

The Rockaway Steeplechase Association was founded in 1885, being an amalgamation of the Rockaway, Meadow Brook and Queens County Hunt Clubs. The course is situated at Cedarhurst, Far Rockaway, and is about a mile in circumference, the full steeplechase course being about three and a half miles.

The Association gave seven days racing in 1888, four days at the Spring meeting, May 19, 22, 25 and 26, and three days at the Fall meeting, August 24, 25 and 27.

Game Season on Long Island. Deer Hunting.-Protected for five years from April 24, 1886.

Wild Duck, Geese and Brant.-October, November, December, January, February, March and April.

Quail.-November and December.

On Rob

in's Island, from October 15 to February 1. Hares and Rabbits.-November, December and January.

Woodcock.-August, September, October, November and December.

Black or Gray Squirrel.-September, October, November, December and January.

Ruffed Grouse (Partridge)-November and December.

Bay Snipe, Sandpipers, Shorebirds or Plover. -From July 10 to December 31.

Rail Bird or Meadow Hen.-September, Octo ber, November and December.

Robins and Blackbirds.-November and December.

Eagles, Woodpeckers, Nighthawks, Yellowbirds, Wrens, Martins, Orioles or any song birds are not to be killed at any time.

All shooting, hunting or trapping is prohibited on Sunday.

Fish.

Speckled or Brook Trout, or Land-locked Salmon.-April, May, June, July and August. Black Bass and Pike.-June 1st to January 1st.

Long Island Sporting Clubs.

Some of the largest and most prominent sporting clubs in the State are located on Long Island. The following are the names of the principal Island clubs:

Suffolk Club, Brookhaven; Amagansett Club; North Side Sportsmen's Club; Robin's Island Club, Peconic Bay; Rod and Reel Society; Suffolk Sporting Club; South Side Sportsmen's Club, Oakdale; Olympic Club, Bay Shore: Hampton Club, Southampton; Meadow Brook Hounds, Hempstead; Rockaway Hunt Club, Far Rockaway.

Series tied.

Series unfinished.

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1 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 11 41 1 1 Batting average.. 250 242 250 240 228 236 244 224 Fielding average. 913 904 910 914 904 895 898 898 Won at home. 60 53 54 56 30 33 27 25 Won abroad 32 35 27 24 27 17 21 19 Lost at home.. 21 20 20 30 27 27 58 55 Lost abroad. 22 32 32 24 54 55 29 34 Ext-in'g games. 9 11 12 14 6 2 7 3 Chicago victories.. 12 8 13 9 3 6 6 4 Chicago defeats... 4 9 5 7 8 12 5 11

The United States Championship. The contest for the championship of the United States between the League champions of New York and the St. Louis champions of the American Association ended as follows:

Games played..

TOTAL.

Victories Defeats

Games played.

49

20 20 140

27 48 41 44 47 28 18 29 11| |293 58 38 45 39 42 34 28 10 9 303

85 85 86 83 89 62 46 39 20 596

Kansas City.

Games lost.. 43 52 52 54 79 81 87 89 Games pl'd.. 135 140 132 134 136 130 135 132|

4 9 3 4 8 9 6 43.326

13

6

Games played. 1888.

Victories Defeats

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Victories.,.
Defeats..

Won by forfeit..
Lost by forfeit
Tie games
Won at home.
Lost at home.
Won abroad.
Lost abroad
Series won..
Series lost.
Runs scored.
Home runs.
Three-baggers.
Two-baggers..
Double plays
Whitewashed others
Were whitewashed.
10-inning games..
11-inning games.
12-inning games
13-inning games.

3 4 1 37 31 26 23 27 29 30 26 30 35 38 40 34 32 34 28 29 19 22 24 31 32 34 37 37 50 48 5 4 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 6 5 662 734 526 659 719 531 600 482

55 77 15 56 51 14 34 30 77 91 48 90 72 54 38 50 128 149 158 165 178 147 183 96 76 117 69 86 86 100 88 76 20 13 16 7 10 13 6 6 4 8 8 13 5 19 11 23 4 1 5 7 3 0 5 5

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Cincinnati.

Baltimore.

Louisville.

Metropolitan.

St. Louis.

Pittsburgh.
Cleveland.

Athletic.

Kansas City.

EXHIBITION GAMES.

Apr. 1-B'klyn vs. Newark, at Ridgewood

9-1

(11 innings).. 3-2 vs. Field, at Wash'n Park. vs. Yale Col.,

3-2

8-3

8

66

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vs. Newark, at Ridgewood. vs. Williams Col. Wash. Pk. vs. Worcester, Wash. P'k.. vs. Lowell, at Wash. Park. vs. Troy, at Ridgewood vs. Field, at Wash, Park... vs. Newark, at Newark. vs. Newark, at Wash. P'k.. vs. Indianapolis, Wash. P'k vs. Indianapolis, Wash. P'k vs. Washington, Wash. P'k vs. St. Louis, at Ridgewood 17-1 vs. Washington, Wash. P'k 9-0 vs. New York, Ridgewood. 2-0 66 6"Wash. Pk (10 in.) 6-5 June 10-Newark vs. Brooklyn, at Newark. 4-1 The players who took part in the championship contests of the Club for 1888 were as follows:

5-4.

12-4

11-1

15-6

PITCHERS.

Terry.
Caruthers.

Foutz.

Hughes.

Mays.

VS.

Bushong.

Holbert.

Clarke. Peebles.

OUTFIELDERS.

D. O'Brien, 1. f. Radford, c. f. Corkhill, c. f. Silch, r. f.

Freeport Maroons. The officers were George
Wallace, President; Dr. J. H. B Denton, Vice-
President; E. Hannington, Secretary; Charles
The Seminoles were the
Horsfall, Treasurer.
champions.

In 1888 the League re-organized with the following clubs: Athletics, of Freeport; Domestics, of Far Rockaway; Live Oaks, of Oceanville; Observers, of Rockville Centre; Resolutes, of Hempstead; Seminoles, of Bellmore; and Siacs, of Woodhaven. The officers were George Wallace, President; J. B. Merrell, Vice-President; C. H. Haynes, Secretary; and Dr. J. H. B. Denton, Treasurer. Later in the season the Atlantics, of Jamaica, were admitted. After a series of very interesting and closely contested games the Domestics won the pennant. The Siacs stood second; the Observers, third; the Resolutes, fourth; the Seminoles, fifth; the Live Oaks, sixth; and the Atlantics, seventh. A meeting to re-organize will be held in March.

ARCHERY.

The Archery Ground at Prospect Park was used but little during the season of 1888. Messrs. D. A. Nash, G. C. Spencer and E. R. McIlvaine were the principal visitors. The annnal tournament of the Eastern Archery Association was announced for October 4th, but owing to the absence of several competitors was indefinitely postponed.

ATHLETICS.

The Adelphi Athletic Association. -The members of this Association held their fourth annual field games at the Brooklyn Athletic Association Ground on Friday, June 8th. The winners of the several events are as follows: 100 yards dash, H. L. Kenyon, 11 seconds; putting the 16 pound shot, W. H. Corbett, 31 feet 4 inches; one-fifth mile run, G. D. Pratt, 45 seconds; running high jump, W. H. Corbett, 5 feet 3 inches; 150 yards dash (boys under 16), E. B. Van Every, 19 seconds; throwing the 12 pound hammer (5 feet), 78 feet 4 inches; 220 yards run, H. L. Kenyon (6 yards), 26 seconds; running broad jump, W. E. Blackford, 18 feet 4 inches; throwing the base ball, W. H. Corbett, 286 feet; one mile bicycle race, G. D. Pratt, 3 minutes 34 seconds.

Brighton Athletic Club-Was organized early in 1888. Grounds at the corner of Atlantic and Pennsylvania avenues. The first club games were held May 30, for handsome trophies presented by Mr. Edward Linton. The winners as follows: 100 yards dash, W. Hastie, 11 seconds; half mile run, J. H. Macgregor (40 yards), 2 minutes 14 seconds; running high jump, W. R. Hooper, 4 feet 11 inches; one mile walk, George U. Forbell, Jr., 9 minutes 30 seconds; hop, step and jump, H. W. Pettit, 37 feet 10 inches; one mile run, J. H. Macgregor (45 yards), 5 minutes 18 seconds; running broad jump, W. R. Hooper, 18 feet 2 inches. A second series of games were held July 4: 100 yards dash, W. R. Hooper, 111 seconds; half mile run, William J. Carr, 2 minutes second; running high jump, W. R. Hooper, 5 feet 3 inches; one mile walk, H. M. Greenwood, 8 minutes 24 seconds; hop, step and jump, H. W. Pettit, 38 feet 5 inches; running broad jump, William Hastie, 18 feet 2 inches; one mile run, J. H. Macgregor, 5 minutes 11 seconds.

Brooklyn Athletic Association.The third annual Spring games was held on the Club Grounds May 30th. The winners of the events as follows: 100 yards run, W. H. Babcock, N. Y. A. C. (4 yards), 10 seconds; one mile walk, T. Shearman, Y. M. C. A. (50 seconds), 7 minutes 21 seconds; 220 yards run, A. J. Murburg, P. A. C. (16 yards), 223 seconds; one mile run, G. J. L.

Wilson, B. A. A. (120 yards), 4 minutes 323 seconds; one mile bicycle race, George W. Kreger, L. I. W., 3 minutes 24 seconds; 220 yards hurdle race, W.H. Roberts, B. A. A (10 yards), 283 seconds; running high jump, H. L. Hallock, Nautilus B. C., 5 feet 7 inches; half mile run, C. M. Smith, N. Y. A. C., 2 minutes 7 seconds; obstacle race, G. T. Gilbert, N. Y. A. C., 1 minute 24 seconds.

Crescent Athletic Club-The third annual field meeting of this Clab was held at the grounds, corner of Ninth street and Ninth avenue, on Saturday, June 2. The winners are as follows: 100 yards dash, E. Dickerman, first; W. A. Webster, second; 1134 seconds. 120 yards hurdle race, H. Boughton, first, 2014 seconds. Half-mile run, P. Hicks, 15 yards, first; T. H. Henshaw, second; two minutes 11 seconds. Three-legged race, W B. Hill and E. Dickerman, first; no time taken. One-mile relay race, 4 in each team, P. Hicks' team first, 4 minutes 10% seconds. Putting the 16-lb shot, F. Vernon (22 feet), first, 30 feet 1034 inches; W. H. Ford (4 feet), 30 feet 1 inches. 220 yards run, P. Hicks, 2 yards, first, 2534 seconds. Throwing the hammer, A. D. Lewis, first, 59 feet 11 inches. Tug-of-war, light weight, M. .J. Lamarche's team won, beating C. Chapman's team 5% inches.__Tug-of-war, teams of 600 lbs., C. H. Chapman, F. Vernon, J. R. Vernon and W. H. Ford, beat M. J. Lamarche, G. S. Wallace, A. A. Hand and H. J. Lamarche by 14 inches. Potato race, M. J. Lamarche, first, 57 seconds. Quarter-mile run, P. Hicks, 3 yards, first, 57 seconds.

Nassau Athletic Club.-Annual Summer Games, held at Washington Park, Wednesday, July 4: 130 yards dash, F. H. Babcock, N. Y. A. C. (4 yards), 133 seconds; one thousand yards run, Stewart Barr, S. I. A. C. (18 yards), 2 minutes 23 seconds; running high jump, F. H. Babcock, N. Y. A. C. (8 inches), and C. W. Stokum, Nassau A. C. (4 inches), tied at 5 feet 2 inches; one mile run, A. Aspengren, N. A. C. (60 yards), 4 minutes 53 seconds: 220 yards run, A. J. Murburg, P. A. C. (12 yards), 23 seconds. One mile walk, P. J. Keating, B. A. A. (50 yards), 7 minutes 35 seconds; 440 yards run, J. Allen (30 yards), 523 seconds; 220 yards hurdle race, J. J. McMullen, A. A. C. (16 yards), 28 seconds; three mile run J. S. H. McGregor, Brighton A. C. (90 seconds), 16 minutes 433 seconds.

Outing Athletic Club-First fall meeting at Brooklyn Athletic Grounds, November 6th: 100 yards dash (professional), E. Hulone, (5) yards), 10 seconds; 120 yards run, Thomas Lee, N. Y. Y. M. C. A. (4 yards), 12 seconds; running high jump, M. O'Sullivan, P. A. C. (5 inches), 5 feet 5 inches; one mile walk, W. F. Pollman, P. A. C. (40 seconds), 7 minutes 27 seconds; half mile run, A. Aspengren, Prospect Harriers (42 yards), 2 minutes 23 seconds; 350 yards run, R. R. Houston (20 yards), 39 seconds; running broad jump, S. D. See, B. A. A. (3 feet), actual jump, 18 feet 9 inches; one mile run, P. C. Petrie, O. A. C. (43 yards), 4 minutes 39 seconds; 220 yards hurdle race, A. Brown, P. A. C. (8 yards), 273 seconds; putting the 16-lb. shot, W. Newmann, Ó. A. C. (6 feet), actual distance 31 feet 4 inches.

Polytechnic Athletic Association— The eleventh annual games held at the Brooklyn Athletic Grounds, Thursday, June 7th. Winners: 100 yards dash, R. E. Colton (18 inches), 11 seconds; half mile run, C.Vanderhoef, 2 minutes 15 seconds; 440 yards dash, H. R. Connell, 601 seconds; running high jump, W. Chadwick (4 inches), 4 feet 10 inches; one mile walk, G. C. Conklin, 9 minutes 25 seconds; running broad jump, R. C. Welch (18 inches), 17 feet 11 inches; two mile bicycle race, W. Underhill (75 yards), 7 minutes 32 seconds; one mile run, C. B. Auel, 6 minutes 14 seconds.

Games

Twenty-third Regiment The Twenty-third Regt. held two indoor athletic meetings, the first, under the auspices of Company A," Saturday evening, April 7; and the second, under the auspices of Company "I," Saturday evening, Nov. 24. The winners in Company "A" games as follows: 50 yards run, Arthur S. J. Mahony, Columbia C. A. A. (5 feet), first; time, 53 seconds. Running high jump. R. K. Pritchard, Nautilus B. C. (scratch), 5 feet 8 inches. Intercollegiate tug-of-war, Columbia beat Yale by 1 inch; Yale beat Princeton by a inch. 220 yards run, F. S. Greene, Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. (6 yards), first; time, 27 seconds. One mile run, W. E. Skillman, S. I. A. C. (70 yards), first; time, 4 minutes 44 seconds. Quarter mile run, S. E. Corbett, Nassau A. C. (4 yards), first; time, 593 seconds. Two mile bicycle race, J. F. Borland, Brooklyn Bicycle Club (50 yards), first; time, 7 minutes 16 seconds. One mile walk, J. P. Whitlock, Brooklyn (55 seconds), first; time, 8 minutes 93 seconds. 220 yards hurdle race, S. D. See, B. A. A. (10 yards), first; time, 31 seconds.

The winners in Company "I" games as follows: 50 yards dash, R. T. Hussey, S. I. A. C. (7 yards), first; time, 6 seconds. One mile walk, J. B. Keating, P. A. C. (50 seconds), first; time, 7 minutes 50 seconds. 220 yards hurdle race, W. H. Roberts, B. A. A. (7 yards) first; time, 29 seconds. Running high jump, Charles_Stokum, Varuna B. C., first, 5 feet 7 inches. Half mile run, W. F. Thompson, S. I. A. C. (5 yards), first; time, 2 minutes 17 seconds. One mile bicycle race, J. F. Borland, Brooklyn B. C. (130 yards), first; time, 3 minutes 19 seconds. 220 yards run, S. D. See, B. A. A. (4 yards), first; time, 273 seconds. One mile run, E. Hjertberg, O. A. C. (10 yards), first; time, 4 minutes 49 seconds. Two mile bicycle race, J. F. Borland, B. B. C. (100 yards), first; time, 7 minutes 4 seconds.

Prospect Harriers-This is one of the largest clubs in the National Cross Country Association. During the season 1887-8 they had 55 runs, as follows: Preliminary runs, 3; Schwalbach medal competition, 44; and 6 for cups and medals presented by members. E. L. Crabb won the Schwalbach medal with 148 points; J. H. Mellor, second, 128; and H. Growtage, third, 94. The number of starters in the competitions, about 440; miles covered, 230; average time per mile, 7 minutes. The Prospect Harriers also won second place in the National Cross Country Team Championship, J. D. Lloyd winning the gold medal. The Harriers held athletic games in conjunction with Company "I," Fourteenth Regiment, at the Armory, North Portland av., Feb. 1. The events and winners as follows: 50 yards dash, George D. Scott, Jr., Eighth Regt. A. A. (10 feet), first; time, 53 seconds. One mile walk, W. A. Berrian, P. H. (30 seconds), first; time, 7 minutes 36 seconds. 375 yards run, F. S. Greene, B. Y. M. C. A. (16 yards), first; time, 50 seconds. Half mile run, J. S. Logan, S. A. A. C. (35 yards), first; time, 2 minutes 113 seconds. Two mile run, E. Hjertberg, M. A. C. (20 yards), first; time, 12 minutes 32 seconds. Running high jump, W. M. Norris, B. A. A. (6 inches), first, 5 feet 4 inches. Thanksgiving Day games. The winners as follows: 100 yards run, W. H. Struse, 103 seconds. Two mile steeplechase, T. A. Collett, N. Y. A. C. (25 seconds), first; time, 11 minutes 30 seconds. Two mile bicycle race, H. O. King, K. C. W. (75 yards), first; time, 8 minutes. Triangular race, S. Freeth, runner, first; O. E. Paynter, walker, second; J. H. Mellor, bicycle, third; time, 16 minutes 34 seconds.

Best Records in Athletic Sports. Several of the best records in athletic sports were broken during the year 1888, viz.: 250 yards run, of a mile, mile, 14 miles, 14 miles, 14 miles, 14 miles, 24 miles, 24 miles, 3 miles, 31 miles, 3 miles, 34 miles, and 4 mile runs, 1 hour run, 12 mile walk, running hop, step and jump, pole vaulting, weight throwing.