The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-04 00:00:00

ANOTHER VICTOR )' BY " I) .EERFOOT."

The Seneca Indian again met some of the best
runners of the day on the Victoria ground, Dews-
bury-road, Leeds, on Monday afternoon, and again
proved himself invincible in a stretch of 10 miles.
There were at the very least 15,000 persons present,
several thousands of whom each paid a fee of 2s.
willingly in order to have an opportunity of seeing
the prowess of the matchless Indian. The throng
whom the occasion called together was not by
any means one of the " roughs" merely. The
first prize was a silver vase valued at £3O ; the
second prize, £lO in specie; the third, £5. Besides
Deerfoot there appeared in the lists E. Mills, of
London, the six miles champion ; J. Brighton, of
Norwich, the four miles champion; S. Barker, of
London ; and D. Cliff, the Leeds amateur. It was
understood that Mills did not intend running the
race to the end, as he has been working pretty hard
lately, and was in duty bound to reserve all the
energies of which his small, but compact and lithe
frame are capable for au early day, when he is to
show his fleetness at a pedestrian race to be held at
Cambridge, under the auspices of the Prince of
Wales. From the beginning the result of the con-
test on Monday was never in doubt, and the betting
was any amount of odds on the Indian. He ran in
that peculiar rolling and swinging style which has
been frequently noticed. At the end of the 24th
lap, or atter going over five miles of the ground,
Mills retired, and as some of the bystanders sym-
pathised with him as though he was done up com•
p letely, he assured them, what others knew already,
that he wouldn't have run 10 miles against the In-
dian that day for £lOO, his loyalty to his Prince
being such that he was reserving his energies for
the opportunity he might have of winning a royal
recognition. The Leeds Amateur soon came to
grief, and Barker, in the 27th lap, pulled up in or-
der to remove a pebble, which had got into one of
his shoes; but he afterwards continued in pursuit
of Deeifoot and Brighton, who were far beyond his
reach, and running together, as they had done from
the beginning, at the slow speed of about a mile in
six minutes. Occasionally Deerfoot permittea
Brighton to take the lead for a lap or two, but be
then put on the steam, and again passed his gallant
competitor. These occasional episodes produced a
good deal of excitement and burst of cheering.
The goal was reached at the end of 44 laps, and as
Deerfoot and Brighton came alone into the straight
running home, the former prepared for the finish
by drawing himself together into a more compact
position, so as to be prepared for a rush if neces-
sary ; but he ran in an easy winner by two or
three yards, and proclaimed his own victory by
several whoops and jubilant gesticulations. The
distance was got over in 53 min. 10 secs., which
is the least time yet known. The first five miles
were compassed in 25 min. 43 sec. There cannot be
a doubt that if Deerfoot were matched against time
he would run over the same length of ground in
several minutes less time.

FROlil THE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING.

CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 3.

The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom to constitute John
Mellor, Sergeant-at-Law, one of her Majesty's Justices
assigned to hold Pleas before the Queen herself.