Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-06-24 | Page 2 | Big Athletic Carnival On

BIG ATHLETIC I CARNIVAL I i : t .Two Thousand New York Po , licemen at Sheephead Bay Speedway in Big Ath- (' letic Events. New York, June 2-1. More than ' 2000 New York policemen, including , some of the most daring horsemen In the world, gathered at the Sheeps- ', ; head Bay Speedway this afternoon for : a great athletic carnival. , Frightened horses harnessed to car- ; rlages and wagons were started on i ( runaway careers along the track to 5 , be stopped by mounted bluecoats. Po- ' lice dogs tripped and captured ? "thieves." Motorcycles pursued speed- 1' ing automobiles. A senes of polo games was begun. Mostof the players are former United States army troopers. f The chief athletic event brought out Jack Eller, Matt McGrath, "Babe" McDonald, Egoil Erickson, Eugene ') ' Jennings, and other well known athletes ath-letes who are now members of "the ', finest" i; A feature of the program was a ; sham battle in which detachments of policemen now under Instruction at the military camp at Fort Wads- s worth appeared. More than 1000 mpa - '; were engaged. t t -- . i