"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.