Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-25
An Exciting Foot-Rscs in the
Sierras.

Sierras.
The Eureka, Nevada, Sentinel Ct
June l6, gives the following inter.
ssting details of al exciting foot
race By the crack runners Of that
town: Not at all satiated with the
programme of amusements offered
to the public during the past week,
the foot-race on Sunday drew q large
concOurse Of people in the vicinity
Of the corner Of Buel and Clark
streets, to witness the runners IN the
race from the rear of the Corner Sa-
Icon to the summit of the mountlil
and return. The novelty of the race
made it the more attractive, and va
riOus were the speculatiOns among
the witnesses as to who the fortunate
winner Of the race would be. At 4
o'clock, Joe Crapp mounted a dry
goods box, and, surrounded by his
clerks, commenced the sale Of pools.
At the onset the ShoshOne warrior,
q lineal descendant of the abort
gines, was first choice, and held his
position, with but fewexceptions, in
favor of Murphy, throughout.
These two Were great favorites with
the sports, who appeared to have a
sure thing of winning, and many,
taking their judgment, fell eager
victims to misplaced confidence. AT
6 o'clock nearly one-half of the pop
ulation Of the town were on the
grounds, and amidst the yelling
and bowling of the gamins that are
always to be found in force on such
occasions, all of those entered for
the contest appeared on the grounds
save Waters, who for some reason
did not show up. Those ready for
the start, nine In number, were NJ.
G. Murphy, Michael Mclaughlin,
Teddy Smith, = Dunlap, w. Math-
ews, Antonio Ybarra, Indian Pete,
the Shoshone warrior, and the Un-
known-the latter being ALI.
Chartz Of this Office. Some Difficult
ty was experienced in clearing the
road sufficiently to allow the run
ners to pass, but in q short time all
was announced IS being in readi-
ness, and, at the word, the contest
ants started like . pack of scared
wolves in their emulous strife for
superiority-the pet:of the sports, in
a flaming suit Of red, leading the
van at terrific speed. Half way up
he was twenty-five yards ahead Of
all; Charz second, rapidly gaining,
and Matthews third, with the rest
in the rear. Mclaughlin, Murphy
and one other. seeing their efforts to
win were futile, stopped, and the
race was now between the first
three. AS the Indian assembled the
steep bluff and reached the
crest of the mountain top, where
the flag was planted, a deafening
yell arose from below. ChartZ, the
Unknown, was but q second behind,
and turned the flag as the Shoshone
started for the return. Bounding
from rock to rock. like antelOpes fee
ing for life, the two men commenced
the descent, hut as the Indian struck
the shell rock he tripped and fell;
instantly on his feet, he again lost
his balance, this time sustaining in
juries that prevented his further
running, and Pete, another Indian,
passing his PROSTATE form, took sec
ond position in the race. Down the
mountain side, at terrific bounds
came the Unknown, the deafening
cheers of the multitude on the
streets below greeting the con-
queror as he came; and the shrill
echoes, reverberatihg from the
hooks and orevices of the rocks
above, were hurled back in defiant
tones, until the scene presented q
perfect pandemonium. Looking
back and perceiving those in the
rear were too far distant TO reach
him, Chartz sleekened his pace a
little, and reached the home stake
in the remarkable time of six min
utes and q quarter, leaving his near
est adversary 100 yards behind.
The time made Is the more remark
able when the course over which
the race was run is taken into con.
~sideration, being up 8 mountain
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the starting point, and a distance Of
nearly three-quarters Of q mile, over
the greater portion of which the
passage is obstructed by the innu-
merable broken fragments Of the
rocks. Those who had bought the
winner at from two dollars to fifty
cents, reaped q handsome harvest,
the cognOscenti TO a man losing
heavily. 1t was at first supposed
that the Indian, who had fallen in
the descent, had seriously injured
himself, but on coming down the
hill il was ascertained that he was
only stunned, and, as he expressed
it, cheap sick" Afrer the race, a
dispute rose as to the giving up Of
the money, but the judges selected
to arbitrate the matter decided that
Chartz won the first money and In
dian Pete the second, the former
share being two-thirds Of the purse