The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-01
STRUGGLING FOR TIE BELT.
,ur DESPERATE CONTEST or JOHN
urGHES IND DANIEL O'LEfRr.
,,.hc. Running Twenty Miies without n
s,op-O'Icnry Garciy Walking aud Over
,.Llns III. Antagorist Incidents
ofthe Great Match Tor the Championship.


-, the Great Match for the championships.
John Hughes has met with set back
IN his six days run and walk against Daniel
oIeary. The match is being sluarely con-
1rc,el and II determination can win. Hughes
wllbe awarded the champion belt OF the world
D., lcns distance walking. Members of the
Harlem Athletic Club arc keeping the scores in
hree separate books. each lap being called out
S's,lurty for both men. The laps on OLeary's
,,sek are one-cighth OF n mile. instead of ono
ouorter. as enormously printed. Hughcs's
,ro,s which il made inside of OIeary's is
one.nin,h of a mile. The tracks have been
measured and certified by a city surveyor.
Ncssrs W. W. White. Emil Kocstler W. c.
hamilton and ]. u. Riblet. the President of the
u,-efn Club oficiated as judges and time
koepers on sunday night. They wero relieved
Yesterday morning bv Messrs ". J. X. Ken
jrick Isaac Duryce. W. Van Ripper. and T. Ney-
mann. These gentlemen will be relieved in
turn by other members OF the club.
The late hour on Sunday night at which tho
men started on their journey prccluded the
printing u anything more than the time of the
first mile As stated. Hughes started of on a
run, keeping Il up until he had logged around
his track $50 times or 20 miles. O'Leary
walked steadily for 30 miles. when he retired
for few minutes and on returning started on
an easy run for n hundred yards. then settling
down into his steady walking gait. Tho difrcr-
enco in the style Of going Of the men is an in
teresting point in the match. Hughes looks
Ike man who has worked with n shovel all
his lie. He walks with a slightly dragging
step. head and body bent forward. with his
hands nearly down at times at others he holds
them at an angle OF n square moving them
-, ,t.,~ 81 b.
he gldes over the ground easily his head and
BODY leaning forward. the same rs in walking
lie is dressed in n white knit undershirt. blue
trunks reaching TO his knees red strips around
his calves short stockings. and splaying low
Shoes His black hair is cropped short over his
low broad forehead. and his dark moustaches
are trimmed close.
O'LeAry walks straight "a an Indian. head
perfectly erect. He steps out quickly. with his
heels firmly planted in the ground. his toes
curved up. and his forcarms bent nearly on n
line with his elbows. working backward and
forward at each slept with the precision OF
clockwork. When he runs he keeps himself as
erect as when walking. The spectator is re-
lived from tho feeling Of painful sympathy cI-
cited by Weston's style OF walking OIeary lie
dressed in white woollen undershirt. biack vel
yet trunks white tights and stockings and
pliable calfskin shoes. with very low heels
His shoes fit like kid gloves. and are tightly
laced we'll above his ankles.
So far OLeasy has run very little only in
1ulging in spurt occasionally to relieve the
monotony OF his walk. Although the men pass
about once IA minute. they never look at each
other. OIeary keeps his eyes straight ahead
while Hughes is apparently looking for some
thing about ten yards ahead Of him on the track.
Hughes started on with resolve to keep
0Leary behind him throushout the long
entlessiy crept up to his adversary. Hughes
looks to be the heaviest man OF the two but ho
o'Leafy SSfy' brings down the scales a, 100 An
sdmirer shouted 10 him yesterday afternoon.
:. You look like one of the old stock" And he
ioes.
OLeary has not trained for this match. and 1t
Is said that Hughes has hardly recovered from
biz 59o,mile walk n Newark recently; s ,h l., ,.o
first sxty-fve miles. divided into fve-mile
Haeh.s-rive miles. 95m. Ais: ten miles. III.
Ism. l5s.; fifteen miles. III. 5sn.. AS. twenty
miles. 2h 45m. 6s. twenty -hve miles, 3h 35In.
24s.; thirty miles. Al. som. 2ls. thirty five
miles. 5h. 2lm. lis. forty miles. Oh l9m. u.s.
tory-fve miles. IN. 29m. 2os. ffty miles. sh.
25m. ass; Alty-nve miles. Oh. 45m. 22s. sixty
miles. Ion. AIM. l5s.; sixty-five miles. l2h. I'm.
oLeary-Flve miles. 5sm. las. ten milcs. In.
Sim. S5s. fifteen miles. 2h, 45m 3is. twenty
miles. 3h. som. 29s. twenty-five miles Al 56m.
3ls.; thirty miles. Oh. 5sm; 26s.; thirty-nve
miles, III. I'm. 6s;; forty miles; sh. SIN. ~,
iorty-nNe miles. IN. I'M. bS.. MY miles. lOn.
6m, los, fiiy five miles. llh. 2im dos; sixty
miles l2h. AIM S.; sixty-flve miles. l3h Ann.
After Hughes had run twenty miles around
the track in one direction he reversed. walk Ing
and running alternately, until lO;2j A. NJ,
when he stopped about fifteen minutes for
hreakfast He again left tho track at 40 p. VI.
for refreshments. and at 2:50 he slid into his
ten, for a little nap. He came out in about half
before he could timber himself were slow and
comlral.
o'Leary left the track several times for few
minutes. but he always came on smiling and
1.-THE A. a Comanche. Hughes seemed TO feel
That OLeary was after his scalp. He would
generally break % int M a trot on oLeary's reap.
Hughes like deer before he settled into walk
Hughes kept plodding on. making. seventy
miles in 18Th. 2lm. Ais. His seycnty-hfth mile
wsse WAS n0Shed aaS p I59 4S%; en- Eshtyhve miles
At the conclusion Of his eighty seventh mile
Hughes eft the track. and retired 10 his tent at
~ +. NJ. He was completely used up, and
staggered ike drunken man. 1t Was said that
be was suffering from cramps. caused by drink
inctpo much milk but his long run at the start
n4l np eFSsen hin 9own HIS rgnnng ns and 5ov wa
thesirongest man in New York. The contest was
DOW lke a race between the Duke o. Magenta
ana a bleeckrr street car horse. Tho boys
wanted 10 get Hughes on the track again. Joe
uHoss, among others. appeared NJ the opening OF
i4snssf 4 with his hat cooked on one
slueo NJ head. saving in confident tone. |
IIln get MN up. Then pushing his way TO
nugN"ss cot. he shook him. exclaiming.
h@re, get up. you bloody terrier =! Hughes
ATTEMPTED 10 rise. but his doctor would not per-
MY IL saving he wanted sleep.
-, s4o Hughes staggered on the track again,
sshd Alter plunging around in wild manner
~ iaiS he again stumbled into his tent and
I''l on 20 his cot
- ia The mean time OLeary kept walking like n
tI4Ah. lie covered ~ miles in l4h. 43m. sis.
f@N'AL-ur n l5h. Ann. Is. Eighty IN lon.
9 ~ tigAiy-ve in lSh. Gnl. 25s. Ninety
a. a. i'i 3ln lG- Nlnety-fvr in 9Oh. pom. lbs,
~ ', hnuired miles in 9Th, 39H. 55s., being
u,"H IS Mles aheud Of Hughes. At the CON
uSlll 9i tlr lOJtl mile he walked rs lri5kly
e. ne hai Just started. and went of on n run
'n nls lOls' mile amid tremendous cheers.
tI rt'llus the entrance 10 his room no re-
Hiou al InAS. lie WAS washed and rubbed by
r9 "l.hl lhu's. and returned 70 the trnck on q
" ,w II o'clock. greeted with wild yells.
"Si rs Wl. al This time tumbling uneasily on
"A - Lnary soon settled down INTO ms
,n- eir trlc gait enlvened by the cheers OF
nj 't'Erra
~ .ry retired at II: "A p. NJ, after making
20 ull", uud at midnight was being
fa9i ana rubbed by his attendants Tor Il
nrfM inlor"s' is manifested in tho result oi
~" ra'rh over four thousand people visited
i'n t'l gen -trrlly, and crowds OF men and
c'19 were s,ralnlug their eyes through tht
t,n'" "' NE huudlng all day and night 10 catch
AG1npse Of the mon,