Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-08-09
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srdinary Peat.
Tho m~ueh-talked OF f~oot-raoe. from
the corner Of Union and @ streets. vir.
ginia, to the summit OF Mount Davidson
and back. came OF last evening. John
son. the noted Virginia fo~ot-racer, Brsn.
nan and Gilpin were the only ones en-
tsrsd. The conditions Of the race were
that Gilpin should carry q weight Of 20
pounds. and have a start Of thirty
minutes. At half.past 5P. n. Gilpin
put in an appearance with the stipulated
weight. consisting OF two sacks OF shot.
weighing twenty-five pounds each. at
tached together and sluug over his
shoulders. Gilpin. accompanied by q
large crowd. started of on q brisk walk.
Tho crowd stayed by him till no got to
the Water Company iume. above town.
when the ascent growing very difficult
most oontented themselves by looking
al the disappearing form OF the racer.
The Direction Taken
Was almost q bee line up the mountain
from about opposite Odd Fellows hall.
Brennan and johnson started out after
tho expiration Of the thirty minutes,
taking exactly the same course N Oil
pin. They first ran mp Union to b,
Brennan taking the lead, on quito q
brisk trot, johnson following mp about
forty feet behind; they ran along u to
Taylor. mp Taylor to A and along A to
the ridge nearly abreast Of Odd Fellows
hall, which, q before stated. they rs.
cended 10 the summit. Some people.
having
telescope vinisn,
Said they could sec Gilpin an he made
his way rather laboriously up the hill.
and such ordinations rs, "See. that's
him In white. just climbing over yon big
rock to the left OF the stovepipe; there
he goes, now see! don't You nee him?"
"Now he's right between them two big
rocks q little further TO the left, and
there's four or Ave men along with him;
one tall fellow you sees just leading
him about twenty feet" johnson and
Brennan made such quick time going
up the mountain that people did not get
impatient for them to make their APP
pearancs above town a. was the case
with Gilpin. II was not i've minutes
after they left the corner Of G and Union
streets till they hove In sight ON ths
ridge, Brennan. as at the start. still
keeping FROM fifty to apparently a hun.
deed feet ahead. After johnson and
Brennan had.made about two-thirds OF
the ascent. the
Istsrsss In she Nevsasats or 0iipin
Began to DO intense. and the telescope
eyed we're In their glory detailing his
slightest motions, such m stumbling
over q rock. wiping the sweat from his
face. when he was making good head.
way and when not, when no struck the
foot Of the last pitch. and when he was
=. Just about twenty-feet from the fing-
POLE" Right within twenty feet Of the
fiag.pole Is where the keen.sighted lett
Giipin. and for all they did to take him
away, he might be there yet. Parties
had been sent in advance with a flag to
run up when each man touched tho pole.
The Istsssess Exeitemess
prevailed when II wa announced that
Giipin was no close to tho pole, for
Johnson and Brennan were al the foot
Of the last ledge Of rocks ut the same
time. and the race must now lie n decid-
edly close ono. Just when everybody
was going wild over Gilpin being the
first 10 reach tho summit. and tho flag
WAS m~omentarily expected 10 appear.
Giipin quietly turned tho corner Of II
and Union streets,
In ruii View
OF those who had but q moment before
saw him on the summit. just about
touching the iiag pole. The tables wsro
now turned, and those who could not
SEE Gilpiu In his exciting ascent, but
had TO depend on the telescope-eyed
ones had the tables turned In their
favor. Right here We wish to remark
that II does beat all how s%upernatur.
ally keen.sightsd some people pretend
to be. We always had o lurking suspi-
cion that they wcro bilks Of the frst
magnitude, and were gratified yesterday
at finding that W had not, no not even
in thought. wronged M innocent fellow
mortal. The reason that Gilpin did not
go through with the raco was, that his
sacks were not properly sewcd, and a
portion OF the shot leaked out. Bren-
nan and johnson made the ascent
In rwssty.aiae Miaatss,
The former getting in first. II was but
n moment after the hag was full.masted
for Brennan that II was h~alt-masted for
johnson. those being tho signals agreed
upon. II people were excited when the
men were going up, they were perfectly
wild when they made their Appearance
coming down, amidst o cloud OF dust
that looked a. u il were raised BY q
couple OF buffaloes. Brennan, when
ini seen. was still ahead. When II was
expected that the men would turn the
corner and appear on c street, some
men went mad, ut least We don't know
how else TO account for q couple OF
idiots, rushing up, ono to q Chinawoman.
the other 10 q big Indian and embracing
them. Certainly IL was not customary
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