Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-18
EVENING STAR.
friday. November Is, ls7s
Mis- MsrshaIrs Pedes,riantsm.

Last week, for six days ami nlsnIs, Miss
Mrfy MAJ Stall snd Miss Bertha Won Hilleru
Us'eo tnelr abilities as pedestrians ia tnis
city, AID Miss Won HiIlern proved ipe NOR.
encuripg Miss Marshall, however, believing
tosi her ply steal powers hsd not been Lsrei
Ia lnelr utmost, issued a challenge. on Mon.
cay last, TO Mr.. Peter I. Van Ness a po,ia-
dtlPhia pedestrian, OF any other man, 70
Engage with her in q walking matca thai
should continue Tor three nights. Nsn Ness
accepted the challenge, and IL was arranged
that be aid Miss Marshall should wsIk
twenty miles on each night, for $500 a side
and that the winner on two nights should be
the victor in the match. Tbs competitioa
was begun last night Al the Central PARK
Garden. The pedestrians started together
at I.0i O'Clock. Neither appeared DESTROYS
10 make very fast time. After Miss Marshall
bad walked two or three laps Is bee sms eyi-
dent that sbe was lame. As Van Ness walked
after the first two miles it became apparent
also that ne could squirt and MAKE very
last time for short distances, but hal only
kneht powers OF endurance. At the end OF
the eignIh mile ne had 10 retire for refresh
ment. The last time he had made was ten
minutes. Miss MARSHALL walked steadily
on and completed her tenth mile at927 ID
m, two hours and tweuty-tnree minutes
from the Time of beginning. Her best tins
was I5m. los and her average was IAN. b
AS Miss Marsha n com pleted the first haifof
the task Van Ness reappearei on the track
sIter rest OF twelve minutes. He started
on orlskiy' urged forward by his trslner,
spur.ed while maxi the four miles ion ne
diately following, but did not m ,l,a "a
marksole time. At l0l9S O'Clock he aS.ia
LETT the track TO rest. Upon returning ha
walked two miles, aud then went OF f,r a
Third time. Miss Marshall, however con
Cnued TO move steadily, Though slo Wv o.
ward, and had almost finished eigh zen
miles when her competitor came upon The
track To take up his task for the third tinfA
FROM that time she had the assurance OF
victory, aud at l2:l5 crossed the mile goal
line for the last time. Que mile and eIsht
laps in advance OF Van Ness. She won
through her remarkable powers OF endur-
snce FOR I'VE hours aud eleven minutes
she walsed without resting, ana kept no a
remarkaoiy steady pace.-lN. Y. Tines, I7tR.
TIE COLOR LINE IN BsooKLYS
ScHOoL.-The N. Y. correspondence OF the
Phlla. Record says: Alvin White a coIorat
man, residing In Pearl street, Brooklyn, snd
who is wholesale druggist In New YORK
and worth about 100000, was DESTROYS OF
having his children educated in the pablic
school: He applied for their admission 70
the principal OF public school No. I, at the
corner OF Pearl and Adams streets, stating
That there was no colored school within a
mile and half OF his residence. Hlsfa
are refined and cultivated, aud the childrel
are light cream color. The principal re
Jected them, and Mr.. White then hsd the
matter brought up before the board OF e1u-
cation. The body bad the case under discus
sion at their meeting last evening, aud the
debate was quite exciting. Mr. Sherman,
one OF the members, insisted that Mr.
WHITES children were Just as good as his
oiLu enouId oe dumltted. FINALLY the mat
Ter was referred 10 the school committee
win instructions 10 have the children adj
mltted III 1t would not tend 10 injure the In
terests OF the school.
Inc Brooklyn IrgJGs In editorial mention
OF THIS case says: by q curious coiuci-
cence, petition was received AZ the same
meeting OF the board from seventy-two other
colored citizens for the establisame OF A
new colored school In the 1st district The
antithesis is remarkable. Ohe black man
Insists upon placing his children 10 a y1fte
school; seventy-two other black men prefer
AT lnelr children shall gD to cOlOred
schoOl-hOw is the board of educ alton IN a.
c!de IN favor OF one without Odsnse ID the