1881–1896. Seventh Regiment. Thirtieth Games. At the Armory, Sixty-Sixth Street and Park Avenue, Saturday Dec. 5, 1896…

Unrecorded program for the regiment’s annual indoor track and field events and athletic games

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Unrecorded 1896 program for New York’s Seventh Regiment’s annual annual athletic games competition held at the regiment’s Park Avenue armory.

The illustrated program comprises a roster of the officers of the Seventh Regiment Athletic Association and the event’s floor committee; an outline of the regiment’s training practices; the order of the 30 track and field events; a floor-plan or map of the armory’s indoor parade floor indicating starting points and finish lines ; record times for each event; and a complete list of the officers and soldiers entered in each event and the regimental company to which each belonged.

Half tone illustrations depict the Seventh Regiment Athletic Association’s officers, the regimental line and its colors, training exercises, the Park Avenue Armory, and the baseball teams of both the regiment and United States Military Academy, West Point.

Competitive events included runs (some handicapped) of various distances (ranging from 75 yards to 1000 yards), hurdle races, an eight-lap relay race, a shot putting event, safety bicycle races, and a running high jump competition. Less formally athletic events included a “Roman Chariot” race (“Four men and driver, the latter to appear in fancy costume”), a sack race, a potato race, and a three-legged race.

New York’s Seventh Regiment was comprised of members of New York’s social élite. The regiment was formed before the American Civil War, assuming its present name in 1847 as the Seventh Regiment of Infantry (National Guard), New York State Militia. The color cover illustration depicts the regiment’s unit insignia comprising a circular blue garter inscribed with the motto “Pro Patria et Gloria” (For Country and Glory), the number “7,” the initials “NG” (National Guard) on a field of red, and a winged helmet hanging below.

Price: $300.00