The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-24
ClNpANA SIX MILES AHEAD.
,uE REsULTAT MTDNIGHT. WHEN BOTH
." RETIRED ron NEEDED REST


'..,.r.-Campnun Encouraged by his Bride |
a wager Laid i"r Another Test-Last
rv.rIns's W aIkina-lA Very Queer Mistake. |
A many as 5000 persons were in Gill
.are,s Garden when OLeary and Campana be-
~. ,heir walk ut o'clock on Moudav morning.
az ..rv went to bed At 0 o'clock on Saturday
s..ping. and arose at A. NJ. He had not taken
AZ heat OF care Of himself during the week As
had won all his previous matches without
lining he determined to enter this one fresh
80, every. day life. After attending early mass
a. :, pntrick's Cathedral on Sunday morning
IA returned to the Metropolitan Hotel. and re-
..l,ed his friends until P. NJ. He then walked
a. The Battery and back. accompanied by his
.bo.making friend. Bryan G. McSwyny. To-
w.rl midnight the champion arrayed himself
"a hs walking costume. was wrapped in heavy
oysrcoat. and rode to tho garden. accompanied
h,hls attendants. Gen. Slattery and Prof VIM.
Z Harding.
o'Leary's cabin Is only a step from the track.
neontains three apartments-a kitchen. re-
eeption room, and bedroom. with snowy cot.
spread with white woollen blankets. His food
"a cooked by 4 gas stove. Half an hour before
me time for starting tho champion sat on his
little cot selecting his corn cobs to clench In his
hands while walking. He says they absorb the
held seems to grid up his body. Tho cobs are
very small. He carries them with the thumbs
messed upon the ends. II requires a sharp eye
10 see them while he is walking. The champion
said little He did not underrate his antagonist
Il hardly know how to take him." he said
but time will determine They say he IL full
Of surprises. He's a good fellow. and l like
him" storm OF applause was heard outside
the cabin. Campana had appeared on the track
In walking costume and was enjoying an up
roarious greeting. He made q lap. followed by
his Skye terrier Beauty. and slipped quietly
into his cabin. where his wife and Col. Engle-
harit OF the Turf. Field aud Farm received him.
Campana spent the most OF tho day at the
Glenham Hotel In the society OF his bride. Mrs.
Oampana is white-faced little lady. about 80
Years old. She has steel-gray eyes and classical
features. Her parents are well 10 do. and Il is
said that her mother has promised Campana
house and lot II he wins this match. He mar
RED her 10 Connecticut. and she Is the type OF a
shrewd Yankee girl.
Five minutes before time the contestants were
called from their cabins. Campana expressed
some solieltude concerning his wife. but one Of
bis friends promised 10 pay her every attention
and waving his hand toward her he moved up
thu track toward the judges stand. OLenry
Wis not twenty feet behind him. They met in
front Of tue stand. and cordially shook hands
The contrast was almost ludicrous. Campana
Is built Ike an angle-worm. the same size all
the way down. His sunken cheeks. plnched
features. pale eyes. and wrinkoi forehead
were crowned with a blue skull cap. He wore
white shirt. The word Sport" worked in rcd
silk. ran across its front. and a gold medal
danRed 10 and fro rs he walked. OLeary's
stout shoulders stood out like the shoulders Of
an athlete. and he tApered from his shoulders
TO his toes. Campana's head was craned for
ward and his chest curved inward. OLeary's
head sat erect well back on his shoulders. his
chest was rounded and Arm. and his sunken
eyes cleaned from beneath broad forehead.
Indicating strong mentality.
On the word Cor both mon started on
brskly O'Leary threw his shoulders and head
back. and the little corn cobs began to fly over
his chest. His girdle was drawn tight There
was tho least possible play TO the body above
the hips. 1t was square heel-and-toe step.
forty inches being covered at every planting Of
the foot. Campana walked to the first turn. and
then struck into a dog trot. He has the outside
track. eight laps to a mile. O'Leary chose the
inside track. nine laps to the mile. He says he
did this to avoid M much M possible tobacco
smoke. which has proved injurious to him.
For atty laps Campana kept up his dog trot
making mile and an eighth to every mile GOV.
cred By the champion. His bride took n seat in
one OF the boxes. and chsered him as he passed
BY With such expressions as " Good boy Sport :
and Keep II M. Sportw At the flnieth lar
SGmpanha pp, on sn eN n,h squirt AMI gained
more laps were added TO II. An ungraceful
walker, he ran rs light rs fawn. O'Leary
maintained his gait steadily. each leg moving
With the regularity OF a piston rod His black
hair curved around his forehead. and his
supken eyes were planted upon the track ahead
Of him, He paid no heed to the cheers and ex-
carnations OF the spectators. but settled down
iohis work like horse in treadmill.
His squirting over. Campana relapsed into his
light dog trot. aud kept il up for two hours
Then the crowd became excited over bet
near the southwest corner OF the track; The
suddenly o. Leary broke away and ran around
the curve likea deer. He curbed himself be-
9rs the completion Of the lap and his piston
sounded with cheers. The champion made
halt-a-dozen laps. and then SHE'D himself into
his cabin. His antagonist dropped the dog
tot, and began 10 walk. His gait was awk-
ward, He had increased his lead over mile
and O'Leary again appeared at his forty-ineh
Col. James Kerrigan. Col. Andy sheehan
Zen Zen Thomas + B99prke, C9l De CourGey. the
Haggerty, Alderman Haughton. the Hon. sheri-
dan Shook Kelly, the armlgerent; Patsy MOyn-
ahani Harry Hill Harrison. the pedestrian
As!ley's belt the Hon. Ezokiel Chamberlain
Mr. William Birch. Mr.. Patrick McMullen. and
many other magnates were watching the prdes-
ulans NJ A. VI. BY 5 o'clock the first blister
appeared between the second and third toes Oh
O.Leary's left foot. He softened his toe nails
with sandpaper. and Gen. Slattcry pasted n sir
olporous plaster between the toes. Campana'
action Indicated that he, too. was suffering
from sore feet, He stQpped several times and
adjusted his shoe. McSwyny walked around
NE track with him to ascertain whether the
sloes We're giving him pain. The pedestrian
goggedly kept the track. slapIing his legs with
we palms OF his hands. and occasionally break
ihe lntO his light dog trot. The encouraging
,gonis ana smiles OF his bride sent him around
We course at an increased speed.
,Al about A. NJ. Harry Hi offered TO bet $500
Ma1 he could produce man who would walk
Relen miles in an hour. Failing to secure a
osl he shouted that he would bet tho same
amount that OIeary could not walk six and a
ggai miles an hour within ten days after the end
guns match. Tho bet was promptly taken by
1lan heSwYny. Fifty dollars apiece were pul
vpes forfeit. and the balance was staked at the
nhleirs Theatre in Houston street last even
ting. w.
, We Harry mn and Bryan q Mcswyny sign the fol
W. Jets Mcswyny $500 that Daniel O'Leary cannot
SM w miles and half an hour within ten day, from
w vile o the close Of the walk IN Gillnore's Garden
9s'sh began On Monday, Dec. 20, lS7- At 4. Tho
e," WAX "a 10 he IN Gilmore's Garden; n the garleT
"oaay. HAWr nm
BkYAS o. hCSwrNY.
,Lhls document was signed In the presence Of
several nun ireu Hill I'm his hat al