The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-22

o'LEARx AND wEsroS's sIx DAYS wALK-US-
PARAIIErFD PERFORMANCES.

Ever since Captain X. b. Allardcc. commonly
known as Captain barclay. performed the remarkable
feat OF walking 1000 miles In many consecutive
hours--one single mile in each single hour between
June and July IL. ls00--on Newmarket Heath, no
performances OF equal merit far stamina Is
cerncd has been recorded In the annals OF pedestrian
ism until Daniel O'Leary. OF Chicago H., last week
succeeded IN walking, within s:x days. tho unprece
dcnied distance OF 5l9 miles LOSE yards Prior TO the
appearance OF o'Lcnry as long distance walker Ed
ward Payson Weston held undisputcd sway IN that
line. In November, 1873, they met al Chicago, H.. IN
aweek's walk, and o'leary won by over nifty miles,
having walked in lii hours the hitherto unapproached
distance OF 5ol miles 1852 feet Last week the
men met at Agricultural Hail. lsIington to decide
another match under tho following
ARTICLES or ACHIEVEMENT.
I'd S s o. made ana entered n,S .h
Weston whereby they agree TO engage days
both parties within radius Of i've miles Charns
Monday, "a q Anril SATURDAY.
IN the evening caa. hours the s.nr, Each man
o w Sraa track 70 pc laid .ss,dns 70 his
the psss sem. q the iud;es appointed Inc measure
side border frame. Each must walk lair The judges
e. pc sole judges Of fair ana unfair and
disaowed and cancelled in tho record book Each man
than .wensyass yards a. time with either csmpc,,or,
Tho stakes ard ,woh,rd Of sha gate" money iaes ali
expenses have been dcduc,ed be handed the
Sporting I'VE apponcd stakeholder and tho whole q the
before The ns sS isr @
o. ne race r.o said parties Weston Anil oLsary soap
~ case they in making these appointments
@proa,%s"t, ai.o il tho men eanaos agree in
binding Or round tor the decision Of tho match
where The nee Is Dc decided The Judges % oe four
hs men ,iat the decision Of the majority Of tho judges
A. NJ.
+ VI the bands TO be under the direction Of both
either man l. assent for the purpose q sleep.
may be provided for these ar,ieo. The judges
Sny % have ,a decide such question .Ssi5
N every BE from al ,sspaSsSy
aas s$%py my @ ssssss . iS:,sl S' sss
TsSn Of The stakes Signed Daniel osary rnss
Weston; Wines Is. a j. isserias. Coo Y. Ask,ns;n."
mutually agreed have Judges Instead o. four. as
" JS n L. rSoa. sne raG'0R smn
l. Mathscn January 10, 1877.
Sir John Ashley provided the $500 for Weston, while
Mr.. Sam Hague and a few stanch friends assisted
OLeary in getting together his quota Of tho stakes all
OF the money being duly deposited required by tho
articles The judges selected duties looking
after the performance Messrs. George w. Akin
son and {. Conquest OF tho Sporting LIFE; Mr.. A. j.
Payne OF the Standard Mr.. j. G. Chambers OF Land
and Water, and Mr.. j. Watson, OF Now York, who
represents tho Spirt Of The Times. All on hand
at the appointed hour for the five past
twelve, on Monday morning. April 2, and tho marine
chronometer marked that hour Weston started on
his journey. O'Lcary was unfortunately delayed
through the mistake OF his cab driver taking MIN 10
the wrong door, but ono minute later he was ready
started In pursuit OF Weston who had sone OF at
q very lcisurcly walk. Before q quarter OF a milo
had been covered o'Leary nad passed the leader, and
keeping up rate of speed nearly approaching six
miles hour rapidly lett Weston behind.
The difference In tho style OF tho Two men
was particularly noticeable, oLcary walking very up
rightly. with long, swinging Stride well calculated TO
tell on journey OF this length, while Weston swung
his body about and walked very unevcny and HAT
footed. This difference appearance the OF
much comment and o'I.cary was decidedly the moro
popular account Of tho fairness OF his walking.
OLeary at the end OF his ortylourth milo had gained
three miles Weston and he then left for 1m Gas
change his clothes partaKc OF somc rcfreshncn
gricvous error was made IN allowing him 10 take
some beer and settler water, and It WONDER
track for nearly an hour before the morning
THIS enabled Weston, who walked without a stop Tor
lost II again, vet OLeary's sickness neccssnated so
many rctlrcmcnts IRON tho track that Weston
Walk s U MIN tho scorc Of lis Of m ss ss S1ys
while OLcary had only completed l13 mics
l35 yards. This state OF affairs not destined TO
last long, for O'Lcary only rested III. 2tm los, and
while ms opponent was soundy sleeping had advanced
his far that he held the lead from that time
until the match terminated on Saturday night. During
the hrst day the attendance very good indeed the
receipts amounting 10 f2l9 los, and on Tuesday
treasurer locking up in his saic s2O1 lis whon tho
building was closed, at twelve O'Clock
The lead that o'leary gained during wcston's alb
Of III 53m. 40s. Tho rst night wns added to
tho day progressed and at such a pace the
Chicago man going that when no reached the l23d
mile he beat NIL previous performances
that distance, and continued TO eclipse all
past records from that milo until he reached tho
10th mile, on Wednesday morning. when he fcll be.
hind previous record OF his own, made the previous
month a Manchester in match with an Engsnman
named Peter eros island Inc close oil tho day
oLeary's at 20s mlics hc having completed
that distance at llh. I'm b4s +. 81 Weston had IN his
~ hours travelled 1874 mics and T9 yards, and upon
tho completion OF the io5lh mile left for his nights
rest. 0'Lcary's rest was again q short OF H.
I'm. 2ls., and rs Weston took 3d. In 45s the
advantage gained BY 0'Lcary was Increased TO
% miles, and although retiring frequently during
tie day, while Weston was only OF twice, he Lett OF
tho leading man, with 20 miles IN hand.
Two hundred and 1fty miles recorded Tor
O'Lcary IN "a. llh. 55m. 26s. from the mo OF
Ing, but Weston took I'd In. 55n lss. 10 accomplish
the same distance, showing that half way the Ameri-
can champion had six hours tho best OF tho struggle
Al The conclusion Of this the lh,rd day Of tho match,
tho distances covered wcrc-O iseary, 29t miles T2l
yards; Weston, IA mules l,J5s yards. Weston had
again TO take sleep OF over inrce hours, while
O'Icarys rcpose was but a brcf OF III Som. 2ls
that Gro tho former had set out again his
journey there was long GAP OF twenty-six miles be-
tween them, and In favor OF y Lcary.
thursday, "a, az 90. I'm z9A A. ~, ULcary
completed 800 miles; but II was not until
IN. IN I3s that weston reached that
point 0leary Thursday did some wonderful
walking keeping closely to tho work from She time he
came on-lh. Am. 46s. A. M.-untii his attendants
had actually TO force HIM from the track nj III. 3m
ISIS r. ~, when he had accomplished $3.50 miles aud
l,2iS yards. At the time Weston had walked
Si3 miles 1885 yards, and that was the greatest dis
tancc that separated them at any time during the
match. O'Leary now took a long rest OF over -four
hours which refreshed hin wonderfully, that al
though Weston had meanwhile reduced the load by
more than hat, the champion got to work
again no walked right away from Weston. O'Icary
never left on until III 25m. 40s A. u. Friday
morning and then only Tor IN 2lm 40s. he had then
walked exactly $50 miles, while wcston's score stood
at 35S miles $50 yards Although Weston reduced the
lead nj times during Friday and Saturdays walk
o'Lcary would always increase II again no
got on the track On The last day o'Lcary suffered
much from his blstcred fecphud wisely RETAINED from
ning ny wi,hin small traction OF ~ miles Weston
stopped NJ 5l0 mics exactly, o'Ieary, DIV miles So