FOUNDERS' DAY AT ADAMS ACADEMY.

"Founders' Day" was celebrated at Adams Academy in Quincy yesterday by athletic sports, under the auspices of the Adams Academy Athletic Association. The sports took place on the foot-ball ground, beginning at about eleven o'clock, and were witnessed by a goodly number of friends of the students. The judges were Messrs. Barrett Wendell, Augustus H. Vogel, George Morison and W. R. Tyler; John O. Holden acted as timekeeper. The prizes were silver medals and pewter cups. The following-named were the successful competitors: One-hundred yard dash, A. A. Heard - time, 11 3/4 sec.; base-ball throw, H. F. McIntire, 272 feet; mile run, C. F. Ayer, 5 min. 38 sec.; long jump, W. S. Allen, 16 feet 7 1/2 inches; 220-yard dash, E. T. Hoyt, Jr., 29 sec.; foot-ball kick, G. T. Westland, 119 feet; quarter-mile run, C. F. Ayer, 1 min. 3 3/4 sec.; hurdle race, 120 yards, ten hurdles, H. F. McIntire, 21 1/4 sec.; half-mile run, A. A. Heard, 2 min. 43 1/2 sec.; three-legged race, Allen and Carroll; potato race, ten apples placed at intervals of six feet and brought separately to the starting point, H. F. McIntire, 1 min. 30 sec.