The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-22
A GREAT WALKING MATCH.
II. p. WEsTON,s BEST FINE FAR SUR
PASSED BY AN AMATEUR.
Fourteen Picked Men walking Against the
American Pedertrian's Record-A Terrible
strain Upon the Indcmitable victors.


Fourteen Picked Men walking Against the |
American Pedestrian's Record-A Terrible |
strain Upon the Indomitable victors.
Prom me London Daily 1siseraph, Nay 10.
Weston's claim to be ranked first of liv- |
ing pedestrians has been challenged In a man
Out Of q vast number Of walking men whose
ambition impelled them 70 enter a contest |
sors ~ oroyea Wer by Ise pro
motors OF q. genuine English match, and at9 |
o'clock on Monday night these men started to |
inner area q the ASitcutursl Hail, %sS. ; x:
miles In twenty-four hours. he having started
with the purpose Of doing il5. Out OF the four
this grand effort Of strength, speed. and endur-
snce, three have succeeded and one OF those
snsss nas ~ ~ sss m, bs &
paragon. This disciple Of Walking Stewart Is
year, he comes rom Chester. and he is said to
be an amateur. BY a quarter to 9o'cock lsst
evening, le0 miles. Not only has this never been
done before, but It had never been dresmt OF.
Weston mad been invited to contend, and It was
proposed to double the prizss ~ he assented.
But he did not respond favorEbly, and was not
When our account OF the start on Monday
night broke on. all the fourteen men were in
ey nsrs soes e ON m. foo%
Ing were among the compositions Newman,
Csmdsn Town; Clark Hsesney; Miles, Bril-:
Howse, Hagrerston; simmopds, NOTTINGHAM
Robson, Liyerpooli Ide, woelwch, and Cross:
| or nifty miles ne had accomplished the nrst
| forty In hours end 81 seconds, aud had COM
| p seconds, a rate OF walking which is tremen-
dous. But be very soon afterward began TO
drop out OF the race. ana only At Intervals put
| entered the race merely with the object OF beat
ing the best time on record for atty miles.
Vaughan were now coming on we'll and hav-
ing 80 far allowed Miles to force the pace, BEGAN
| from the first mile or two had shown his inoapt-
b,llty Of continuing the contest, gave up after
fected hts purpose Of doing 50 miles In less time
than ANYTHING se; on record; went on 10 jerkI
when be gave In. just before this Incident,
| Vaughan and Howss had begun to contest the
foremost place, and were alternately passing one
| another Clark had retired after going 3S miles
| and laps-a poor performance. He has been
| usining recently for short distances. simmons
retired at % miles aud laps, aud Ide at d miles
vaughan, who had lost the lead through lsav.
Howse, and went a long way Ia front; and as
Miles had beaten the best time for nfty miles,
so did the Chester amateur do the same for one
hundred. Al few minutes before o clock
last evening, or, to speak eIsctly, In Is hours
minutes % seconds. ne haS psr .,a a sSs
been done bv O'Leary In America In Is hours
SO minutes 40 seconds, the fastest walk OF a hun
Vaughan's completion OF this distance was
hailed with immense oneering from all parts OF
the crowded hall. just after O'Clock Vaughan
surpassed weston's "a hours distance-109 miles
3 rurlonps 1T2 yards--having nearly three hours
In hand. On the fact being made known, such
u burnt OF applause allied the great space of
heated and dusty atmosphere that tne music OF
a baud stationed on the centre platform was
rendered quite inaudible.
Capital performances we're those also OF Howse
and Grassland, the former Of whom nnlshed MS
hundred mies in 10 hours 40 minutes second,
and the latter In 20 hours ~ nutes At three
minutes before seyen-that Is, with two good
hours before him- Howss bad beaten Weston's
distance and at I'VE minutes to eight Grassland
had Accomplished the same great feat. BY eight
o'clock the tbrong inside the nall was very great,
and many hundreds were lettering outside the
doors. Vaughan, Howse, and Grassland were
oi9 seSen,r Snse wsa waking steadily and we'll
He took long rests. and when on the track Kept
great pace, always unattended. and never once
ceHsing to smile IN very CHEEKY and satisfied
Though all doubt as to the result had long
been over. the excitement among the spectators
increased every minute. At eight minutes past
eight Vaughan, having put on a great spurt,
taoie where the Judges sat, when he staggered,
and was caught by two Of them, and prevented
lie miles and eve laps. and the sudden failure
of tbs powers showed too plainly that he had
overtaxed them to n cruel extent. He was borne
Oh on the back OF AN attendant, anu when. after
an interval Of twelve minutes. he came ON the
! track again, his 1.-THE, snewy form WIS enve-
oped IN a loose coat. lie had determiued to
walk the two-sevenths OF a mile In order TO com
plete the score over a hundred. AT PAINFULLY
2 slow pace, aud with labored steps, ne crawled,
Z rather than walked one lap and twenty i've
yards, aud then again stopped from sheer pros
J.. | trition. This time he was carried TO his room
1 | by four men; but he emerged once more In a
dreadfuily feeble state from his retirement, and
literally hoboled aud staggered round the
hall, finishing the seventh lap ana with II the
= l2Qth mile, amid deafeniDe roar.
1t wanted now nfteen minutes Of o'clock,
aud there was still quarter OF an hour TO DC
used by the other connections, before pistol
| shot. Howse was IN state more deplorable
| even than that OF Vaughan, though the smaller
' man showed nts distress In "A less ntfui manoer
, The two or three attendants who walked with
+. | Howse famed him continually, or his failing
, | steps would have yielded altogether. They
were ready TO catch him II he tainted but lac
kept up, deaf. as It seemed, 10 the thunders OF
applause, and wholly insensible to everything
but the bulldog determi nation not 10 give In
4 | Whep the pis' ol was fired At o'clock, Howss
had covered the distance OF ll6 miles, % laps
| and ~ Yards, or very nearly III miles, In the
, | twenty-four hours. Crossls nd, who had walked
/, nsenincently, no sooner heard the pi :,
, He had done ll3 miles and . laps less 81 yard .
, | Thus Vaughan. Howse, and Crosslaod ali did
, far better than Weston for the space OF night
\ | and a day.
I Newman walked iOl miles and 8 laps less 81
| yards, and Will certainly not be allowed TO gt
unrswarded The INST prize Is the sum In mons,
' addition Rl0 was promised TO head suoscrip
= | tiun Tor the man or men beating Westons dis
: | lance In the time, and a further prize W 1,
have neeu given to any man completing thu
: task in 20 hours. As there was no chance OF New
= mans d ding this the match was over at9o'ciock
The judges In this contest are the same that Ger
n | tified the triumph of Weston.
. AT the close OF the walking Vaughan, VIII
y | had recovered to some extent, was chaired b
2 his friends, and went IN triumph round the hail
meanwhile the crowd had found another her
A | among tho spectators, THIS being Capt Webb
the swimmer OF the English Cnannel, aud b.
narrowly escaped being also chaired.
n sHOOTIyG CLUHS 4srOSIsHED