The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-04-14

The return for the eighteen who started
is as follows: D. O'Leary 500 miles laps;
H. Vaughan, 500 miles II. Brown, Az
miles . laps; G Ide, 4O5 miles laps J.
miles 2 laps; w. Lewis, 27o miles; P.
McCarty, 264 miles laps; j. McLeavy,
ESQ miles laps w. Gregory, 23l miles
laps; j. Groves, 900 miles 2 laps G..
johnson, 2O5 miles; s. R. johnson, l94
miles 5 laps; w. Smith, 1914 miles; w. II.
Smythe, l75 miles, laps; J. Bailey, 1856
miles laps E. G. Martyr, 65 miles; and
G.. Hazael, 50 miles.
By Friday, the race was left to O'Leary
and Vaughan. On Thursday the latter had
picked up miles-had gained one mile in
that weary trudge of 255 miles, and his
friends had some hope. Next dav (Friday),
O'Leary walked with evident Difficulty and
as if he was anxious to have the match
over Vaughan seeming much the stronger
man and walking or trotting alop gallant!y.
But O'Lesry did not leave tue track 80 fire.
quentiy, and when he did was absent but
few minutes; 80 that when night came
the Englishman had really lost two miles.
AT little after ii O'clock on Friday night
Vaughan retired, O'Leary going on for some
twenty minutes longer 80 as to gain as
much ground as he might AT 2:2O A. NJ
| Vaughan returned to the track, and had
| been walking nearly three quarters OF an
hour when his rival came out, plucky
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on, hobbling painfully at first and with
compressed lips and an occasional sigh that
showed what the effort cost him. Soon,
however he warmed up and fell into his
machine gait of nearly four miles an hour
| Vaughan's action was the more taking and
he looked fresher, and the fact that he
trotted at the corners and often ran LAP
or two gave the impression that he was
gaining rapidly on O'Leary. But O'Leary's
walk was as tireless as the VOLTS Ions
gallop. On the stretches he slowly but
surely won back what little distance kt
lost on the turns. His object was to show
as great speed as he could without riskinG
breakdown-to postpone exhaustion tt
the latest possible moment. Vaughan
spurred desperately up to five, and ever
six miles an hour in the early morning, bu
the effort was only brief and expiring
one, and by o'clock O'LeaTy was stretch
ing away from him. At 10 he was "a mile
ahead, at Vaughan had not gained al
inch. Two hours later the EnglishmaI
began to gain slightly, but the crowd begaI
to pour in and the cheers and music stimu
lated O'Leary like wine. By o'clock th
race was won, O'Leary being twenty mile
ahead, distance Vaughan could hardl.
cover in the four and one-half hours re
naming, but he was walking against hil
own record. By 7:30 fully 200 peopl
had crowded the immense building, ant
the cheering and hubbub were like thun
UeE bIOEM' tAL f.4O duBudbS WIN q AOuu'
500 miles to his credit went to his dressing
room, but O'Leary plodded on relentlessly
A few minutes later the word was passet
that Vaughan would not return to tn
track. AT e:O4 O'Leary completed hi
52Oth mile then, though -his right leg wa
, swollen, and he dragged it painfully alonI
as if it were the dead member of anothe
body, though his eyes were blood shot ant
, his lips chapped and dry, and his face hag
, gard and swollen, the victor made tw,
more laps to eclipse -his own previous feat
then dropping his hands to his sides ant
, relaxing his whole figure with gesture O
, iuexpressible relief, trudged away to hi
tent, the band meanwhile blowing an,
pounding furiously and the mob becoming
uncomfortable with excitement. "The las
, hours of the match, " says the Pail Mai
Gazette. "afforded spectacle sufficiently
painful to satisfy the cravings of thos
I among the spectators who yearned for som
excitement TO relieve the monotonou