First Annual Spring Meeting of the Brooklyn Athletic Association, to take place at the Grounds, De Kalb and Classon Aves. and Graham St. Monday, May 31st, at 3 p.m. [Title from cover].
[New York: Hendricks & Furlong, Publishers, 115 Nassau St, 1886].
Price: $250.00
About the item
20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers printed in blue with a large winged B printed in gilt at center. Exterior soiling, else fine. OCLC 49948278 (NYPL only).
Item #228269
Includes a brief account of the Association, which leased the grounds of the former Williamsburg Athletic Club on De Kalb Avenue, with a list of officers and board members, and the stewards for the Spring meeting.
Details of scheduled participants are given for the 125-yard run, running broad jump, 880-yard run, putting the shot, 2-mile walk, 220-yard run, running high jump, 440-yard race, and 120-yard hurdle run, obstacle race, and a 2-mile bicycle race. Each event lists the professional and amateur records, often with notices of the British and amateur records.