The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-07 00:00:00

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PEDESTRIANISM,.
'rho great Foot-race of Ten Miles, between Wiiliatia
Jackson, the American Deer, and Richard Manks, the
Warwickshire Antelope, was decided on Monday, on the
East Surrey Race-course, Peckham, in the presence of
at least 4,000 spectators. The circuit of the ground,
after careful mcasur,ment, proved to be 1,100 yards,
which multiplied by 16, the number of rounds to be run
by the ten, gave the distance, ten miles. At 20 mi-
nutes past four o'clock the course was, with some diffi-
culty, cleared, and the mat started, Manks with a lead
of some four or five yards in the first 200. At the first
turn (of 1,100 yards) Jackson led by four yards, com-
pleting the distance in three minutes. Second tnrn
(2,200 yards) Jackson kd with the like advantage; tiult)
6 min. I 0 sec. Third turn. Jackson (3,300 yards) 9
setks'c.,onst(il4l,4leoaodiiii.agrdbsy) sle2vmeniao.rA sec
yards. 4th
:
Manks 40
y i.ds in the rear. sth. Jackson (5,500 ya. ;
rds) 15 min.
51 see., 1%.1,1nks at this period, which was the crisis of
the race, running slow and " sitiletty" (if we may coin a
worii), anti the 1.).-ier quite cool and self-cent:ao:d ;
Yanlcs 10 we. behind. 6th. Jackson (6,600) 19 min.
10 s c . the Warwi k; lire Ant, " iht;
by 23 see. 7 it .lac on (7,700) 22 min. 2.;s e 2.1.an!r.0
to b tY• J,..er-zson (half the distance, or''
tie iiil .•.) 25 it, n. 44 c. At thus the rzee wt.t7t on,
Jack-4)n ke ring t:e lead, and increasing it, therebj
putting at rtst the questio-i of his sui.eri etidur..nice,
and alai 11; p:Avyr of sustaining pace. L.-st, however,
those curious in time and distances should deem our ac-
count imperfect, we continue the mode of n ,tation where-
with commenced. For the 9th circuit, then (9.900
yards), Jackson showed himself at the Judge'. chair in
29-min. 6 rt c., Manks being thri e quarters of a ;minute
bef,,re hi.; person appeared in Ow tt?.,ue line of view. For
the 100., the winner's tine was 39 mihun:s 30 see.; :or
the 11th. 35 min. 5 tee. ; for the 12th,,39 min. 13 sec. ;
at this dif,tance the Meer WV, I min. 12 sec. behind. The
13th circuit of the course was complett,d in 42 min. 36
sec. ; the 14th, in 46 min. 3 sec. ; the 15th, in 49 min.
32 sec„ Manks being then 1 min. 44 sec. in the rear ;
and finally, the ten miles were run by Jackson in 53
min. 2 sec., his opponent running out in the last 500
yards, after a gallant, but ineffectual, struggle. And
now a word about the men. William Jackson, the
victor in this contest, though called the "American,
Deer," was born in the city of Norwich, and is now in
his 27th year. He is 5 feet 3 inches in height, and weighs
Bst. His earlier triumphs as a runner are not worth
notice. His first recorded races were in 1842, when in
several 200 yards and 440 yards' races he was the victor,
but was by no means " fancied" by the "good judges" of
pedestrianism. In 1843-4 he shone a little, by lowering
the pride of James Byrom in a mile race, and Maxwell
in a ran of three miles, but was beaten by Sheppard,
Robinson, and Smith, at shorter distances. In January,

1845, he proved his lasting quality by running (a feat
unparalleled in the annals of pedestrianism) eleven
miles and forty-three yards within the hour l This
was in his match with Sheppard, of Birmingham.
His trans-Atlantic feats may be briefly told :—On
the 22d of October, 1845, having taken a trip to the
New Worli, he won 501., by beating four others, in a
five miles' race over the. St. Pierre Course. On the same
day, he beat Gildersleeve in a ten-mile race for 1001.,
doing the distance in 59 min. 55 see. At Toronto, on
the 4th of November following, he beat Gildersleeve, in
the hour's match, for 1,000 dollars, the 10 miles being
done in 56 min. 52 sec.; he ran 600 yards on his eleventh
mile and stopped, having then 1 min. 55 sec. to go before
the hour was up. On the 12th of the same month he
again beat Gildersleeve in ten miles over the Bull's Head
Course, near Albany, for a purse of 500 dollars ; time
55 min. 30 sec. Again was he brought into requisition
on the 24th of November, when he undertook to run ten
miles and a half in the hour, over the Canton Course,
Baltimore, which he accomplished in 57 min. 30 sec.
On the Bth of February, 1846, he was beaten by Gilder-
sleeve in a fifteen-mile race ; Jackson gave 600 yards to
start him and two others ; the prize was 1,000 dollars
for the man who accomplished the distance in 1 hour
30 min., which was lost by 2 min. 30 sec., but the pi ize
was divided between Jackson and Gildersleeve. On the
25Lh of the same month he undertook to run eleven
miles in one hour, for a bet of 2,000 dollars, on the
Eclipse Course, New Orleans, which he lost by 10 see.;
but on the 7th of March he won 200 dollars for running
ten miles in 58 min. 30 sec. (one hour being allowed)
at Savannah, beating Gildersleeve. On the 25th of
June following he again undertook, for a bet of
1,000 dollars to 700, to run eleven miles in the hour, at
Phelade Iphia, but he was declared to have lost by two
or three seconds ; he complained of not naving had fair
play. He was defeated by George Seward in a hurdle
race of one mile, 50 leaps, for 500 dollars at Washington,
but was successful in a three-mile race for 300 dollars, at
Montreal, and also in a ten miles and a half spin, for 500
dollars, at Charleston, South Carolina. This brings him
home, where he defeated his present opponent in a ten-
mile race, at Rugby, on the Bth of February in the pre •
sent year, and again, under the circumstances above re-
ported.

Richard Mauks could not have had friends had he not
shown good cause for their favourable opinion ; we may,
therefore, be excused for briefly giving, as a justification
of their confidence, hie bygone deeds:—Bpria; at Knowle
in Warwickshire, on the 3d of May, 1820 ; well-built,
muscular, and with a peculiarly projecting cutwater for
his figure-head, he looked with his five feet seven inches
of stature capable of taking, as brother Jonathan says,
" the stride out o'the little 'un." But we must come to
his past, instead of his present performances. His first
recorded race was running 20 miles, for 251. aside, with
Thomas Birkhead (alias Lammas) of Sheffield, whom
he defeated at Sparke Brook, in February, 1844, doing
the distance in lwo hours 29 min. 15 secs. On the 18th
of March folloairg, he again defeated Birkhead in a ten-
mile race, for 101. aside, at Vauxhall-g:.rdens, Birming-
ham, flanks having three hundred yards' startgiven him,
going over the ground in a few seconds over the
1 hour. In a few days after this victory (March 18),
Manks undertook to run 18i1 miles within 2 hours on the
1 Coventry-road, which he completed, having two minutes
and a half to spare. On the 28th of October, in the
' same year, he beat Mountjoy, in a match of 300 stones,
placed one yard apart, for 151 aside, at Vauxhall-gar-
dens, Birmingham. The distance is 51 miles and 540
yards, and he performed his task in 84 hours. He again
encountered Birkhead on the 27th of December, 1844,
but was defeated in a ten-mile race, at Sheffield, for a
silver cup. In the year 1845 his matches were princi-
pally confined to rural competitions in stone matches and
the like, except his defeats of John Barlow (Tallock)
and Birkhead, of Sheffield. In 1846 he beat T. Green-
halgh, of Bolton, 10 miles, 100/. aside, over Knutaford
race-course, Greenhalgh giving in at the fifth mile, May
26 ; beat C Moseley, of Sheffield, 14 mile, 501. aside,
Hyde-park, Sheffield, time 7min. lOsec., Nov. 2; beaten
by J. Sherdon, Oct. 6 ; beaten by J. Sherdon, June 1 ;
beat Sherdon, Lovitt (50 yards start), Stainsby (100),
and Williams, of Gorton, in a handicap five-mile race
for a cup, value 151., at Hyde-park, Sheffield, Dec. 28.
And this brings us, chronologically, to the last defeat,
and the present one.
SMITH AND JENKINSON.—The race of a quarter of a
mile, wherein the Pet of Regent-street and the London
Stag perilled 50 sovereigns of their own money, or that
of their respective backers, to say nothing of the amount
ventured by that good, easy, and everlasting losing (or
gaining) aggregate, the public, took place yesterday,
near the Duke's Head, Bedfont, about a couple of miles
on the farther side of the once famous heath of Houn-
slow. At half-past four Smith and his antagonist
showed at the scratch, and were soon off. Smith looked
well, but did not start in the determined and dashing
style which was his wont on other occasions. Jenkinson
had a trifling lead for 300 yards, with his man close up,
and running well; but from this distance he " forged
ahead," and increasing his advantage, ran in a handiome
winner (we don't mean personally) by at lest 10 yards.
The betting at starting was 7 to 4 oil Jenkinson.
KITCHENER AND WARE, FOR 50 Soya. A SIDE.—MUCK
interest was centered in this struggle by the denizens of
the northern and western parts of the great city. Gannick•
corner was fixed for the locus in quo of their race of 150
yards, for 50 sous. 'aside. The running may be described
in a few words. At a quarter to five the men went off,
Kitchener leading by half a yard; shortly after, at 30 to
40 yards, he was eight to ten feet in advance; of this
position he was never quite dispossessed, and eventually
ran in by a yard and a half. The betting was current
at 6 to 4 upon the losing man.
NEIL AND DAY.—The race of 150 yards, between
these men, for 101., came off on Monday, at Leytonstone,
Essex.
,The start was a fair one, and for 30 %arils the
runners kept a level pace; from that distance Neil led,
and won
onwausfawstornabcey
Tucker,bysixy yards.
THE FOOT ;TEEPLECH LSE AT NOTTING -DALE.--
This hedge and ditch affair was contested yesterday, the
prize being a silver hunting-watch. Rawlings, of Kil-
burn, and T. Laws, of Notting-dale, were the only com-
petitors out of five entries, having, it is presumed, de-
terred others from the contest. Laws went off with the
lead, but at his third jump, a stiff bank and drain, fell
heavily, leaving to Rawlings the last quarter of a mile
without anything like a struggle. The same men are
unraumialseidoen,
on
nthe Monday Surrey
aseidx/of Hammer-
smith-bridge, matchedt,h-b o r
ridt g e , fo
FOOT-RACES AT KILBURN.—The Easter sports at
hurdle the Queen's Head, Kilburn, yesterdracay,e,gfaovre a general
satisfaction. The first was a
ekes, and 5 soya. added by the proprietor of the
sweep-
s
ds,distance 200 yards, over six hurdles, in heats.
flr.oflzunt,
W. Roper, young Saunders, and Redman:started
for the first heat, which was won by Roper, Hunt and
Redman running a dead heat for second place. For the
second, young Saunders got a start, and kept it till the
fourth hurdle, when he fell. Roper, who had been in
close attendance, now came out, and, despite a game
struggle on the part of Saunders, won the prize, by being
first in both heats. The match between C. Hunt, W.
Tucker, Read, and Jackson to pick up fifty stones, a yard
b
), hind when he deposited the last stoening but ton yards be-
e.
to ~.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A POLICE SERGEINT.—Last
night an inquest was held before Mr. Bedford, at the
Red Lion, Princes-street, Westminster, on the body of
Thomas Powell, aged 35, a police sergeant of the A
division of Metropolitan Police. It appeared that about
half-past two o'cleck on Monday morning last deceased
was on duty, apparently in his usual health, when a cab
drove from Wright's Coffee-house, Charing-cross, in which
were four men and a woman, who were creating a great
uproar. Deceased ran after the cab for the purpose, as
was supposed, of taking the number, when, without
uttering a word, he fell back on to the ground as if shot.
Police-constable Eve, A 47, who had followed, found
deceased in a state of insensibility, and took him in a
cab to Westminster Hospital, where he was pronounced
to be dead. Mr. Tebay, house surgeon of the hospital,
said that there were no external marks of injury ; but,
on making a post mortem examination, he found long-
standing disease of the heart, and he had no doubt that
ti.e exertion of running had, in consequence of that
, disease, occasioned deceased's death. A verdict was re-
turned of " Natural death." of
LAMBING EXTRAORDINARY. -- Mr. Burrell, _
Burshill, near Brandsburton, has thirteen ewes vr!ch
have produced forty lambs, most of them sereee h
doing
well, one ewe having had twelve laughs Ix tar ye