The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-04
0LEARY STILL FAR AHEAD.
ms PLUCKY ANTAGONIST BRE4KING
DOWN UNDER THE STRAIN
O'Lenry Finishing his 3sOih Mic with Hughes
al Miles Behind Him bouquets for Hoth
OF the Men and Encouraging Words.

The excitement in Gllmorc's Garden yes
terday exceeded that OF any previous day since
the conn. cnccmcnt Of tho match. IIughcs's con-
diton has improved wonderfully since his ter
rible collie OF Monday night brought on by
drinking raw milk. At that time his stomach
was so sorc that ho could not bear to have even
tho doctor touch 1t. but lay wrthing In silent
agony on tho floor OF his fctid tent Under tho
good effect OF his warm bath and rubbing
down his appetite began 10 mend las. evening.
He has lost much Of the sunken eye and DEATH
ly look which so shocked strangers on Tuesday
and Wednesday, When 1t is remembered
what he has gone through in tho past eighty
hours. the wonder Is that the man keeps his
feet Mt all.
O'Leary although walking steadily and we'll.
has begun to show signs OF the great strain upon
his system. He had several bleodings Of the
nose yesterday. but they were speedily
s,anchcd without exciting the dismay OF his
hackers. Whenever blood appeared Barney
Aaron advanced with n sponge and stanched
II. Some OF O'Leary's hackers attribute these
slight bcedings to the moderate potations Of
champagne in which he has INDUCED. Better
informed persons say TINT this is untrue. and
that the champions champagne diet does him
vastly more good than all the solid food he has
partaken Of. small plato OF iarina was handed
TO him as he trudgcd along. and Of this he ato
with evident relish. A little mutton broth and
clam stew, with AN occasional sup OF beef tea
and thimbleful Of brandy. completed his nour-
ishmcnt. Aaron says that his man hasn't eaten
IA pound Of solid food in the twcnty-iour hours
ending at @ O'Clock yesterday.
Aaron is very particular about tho quality OF
the wine he gives his principal. allowing him TO
drink nothing but the very finest old extra
dry" and that by the small wineglassful and at
intervals Of from one to several hours. The
champion tried atouch OF claret yesterday morn
ing. but ii didn't agree with him as well Us the
champagne
Hughes has had champagne. too. in moderate
quantities. Early In the morning ho ate a lit
tie chicken broth with little brandy and beef
tea lle drunk less yesterday than any day 80
far. When O'leary returned to the track nj
2.jS Yesterday morning he was on his 2i5th
mile. fully thirty-twO miles ahead OF tho Irish
leUper, who lay in q semi-comatose conii-
ton in his wooden shanty at The east 9t the
aT1g bens @ nyad ~ to m Kim apoI e To an eeD DG an
account Of the pain AMI lieulty cf awakening.
IN adeep sleep following great exhaustion.
rigid that tho torture " awakening and rcsum-
Ing becomes terrible IN the extreme. II was no
easy matter 10 get either Of them up Hughes
6Leary finished his 2joth milo hetwccn and
! o,clork III ! minnies and ~ s.cont-. SO t9r
he had consumed 10 hours and - minutes. He
limbcred w" rapidly. and walked with the
same springing step and undlminished stride
as On Wednesday. His 2buth milo was done in
Ii minutes ~ seconds. and his 27Oth in II min
ut"s and 10 seconds. Tho total time at this
point WAS 50 hours and ~ minutes. The
Champions feet bothered him somewhat ana
III the intervals In his walk he applied the treat
ment wi ich proved so successful in London;
Calous forms and deep bistvrs We're reduced
with sand paper When pun-blister appear
ed. a darnng needle. was inserted IN IT. a
and allowed to remain. His shoes wer. also
looked after II Is said that on the last day in
case u big spuu' IL called for, he will don a
pair OF shoes win rubber herls and double
solrs. hy which he will be- enabled To materially
in rease his speed without injury 10 his feet,
At $40 O'Clock tho champion entered on his
3onth mile amid loud applause. On tho last
lap the band struck up Yankee Doodle and
the cnt MS asm h"'am" overpowering. OIeary
finished the milo while realing another ~ the
countless billet-druN hc has received during the
Hughos's work all day was NJ hill. and hs
realized n. He turned out at o'clock 32 miles
behind u I"ary. During the morning he strug-
minutes II was not n run like the one on We'd.
oSioes iS s5nSS %s' kndh"arcd % iaiIcs '9. Sent The
weared man two iine silk hand dkcrchiefs. whilo
a third gave book tu his little boy Willie.
In the afternoon hoth men buckled down 70
their work in friElNul earnest. Hughes's
hands worked from side t. side rs though i'm
ration and the color Of his skin was u tawny
yellow. Al every stew his shoulders swayel
tho muscles On lis arms aii legs stood out like
Whip,orl. Hi- Intense sun was visible
in the twit.'hing of the lines about his mouth
ai,I the har,l I'm wny IN Which he sct his h"ad
over on ono side and clruchcA his teeth Even
then hr smiled with shasiY sort e cheerful.
moss IT, some unIunluiAncr sung ont aWprd ~
cn 'puragemcnt His wife and children st'pl"d
watching him hocause the sight was too pain
An & a1HsT s w5n g KIM KIM bosi .S Il feFf cTf. 5&h & If
he survives the contest he may he sure Of future
| support 1t is said on good authority that one
| half ~ the door money goes 10 Gilmore, three
elghths to . l."ary. and onr-eighth u Hughes.
| The lntt"r- share Is already computed AT more
Hughes concluded his 2ioth mile in tho cx-
traordnary time Of lOi7-sO hours and -
| minutes from the start.
A. live minutes past 5 Hughes entered his
| hut. where he lay for twn hours. \ crowd ot
fully one hundred persons gathered under the
caves OF the little STRUCTURE, taking, laughing.
! and cheering on OLeary. who remained Nt
work Mt content with breaking Hughes :
| crcNlrcS IN the W!nd ws anu doors through
! which they could wnt'h the exhausted man =
slumhcrs. II was with difficulty that ne police
! could persuade these gentry 10 qut. hut by dint
| Of nuurl-hing hatous and using strong lan-
| gungr. they managed 10 ke"p a cleared space OF
| twn yards around the shHnty.
! O'lrary left the track at G.3G and cane back
at ~. having made stay OF 81 minutes. Tie
| wNs then un lis lnGih milo. which h" mad" in
| u min. 81 500. Hughes also came hack and pul
! in some tlll walk lng, making hlS 2'sth mile IN
| hours rest the former had added 1 miles to the
| Is and WIS hourly widening tho distance be-
] lMfN'i ilt''iN
| In the carly evening thousands poured into
/ the am ihllh"utrn. illlng W the lrOud terracr $
of sotts ON either hnndMud hlof king upthe aisir-
! until the crowd recalled the circus crusho- iu
! Hruuh's time Between and O'Clock huth
/ contestants rNrrtrd Themselves tn the utmost
O'Inary GOING over the lust in i'm lcnse
/ STRIDES. which never -luokoned, whilc poor cN-
! hlu-ird Hughes. with his head screwed on one
! side. kept up a toriuuus and terrific pace be-
/ side him. In the lWt"rs rest his physician
/ nr Pray, made a thorough examination ol
/ him. AMI reported his limbs feet. and stomach
! in better condition than NJ any time since the
| opcnlng day. an opinion that dil not pass with
! ont comment. II oyer "A man suffered the pnngs
! of "A tortured aud tlrod frame, Hughes did last
| evening.
Al . O'Clock Hughes put on an extra spurt.
! which used up every pounl Of force he had In
reserve. Two minutes Inter he disappeared in
/ the door Of his cabin which WAS surroanduI
rs helore by the same gaping and pDinE
/ crowd. At l2:2u 4. VI. he had not yrt emerged
J II was reported that he could not be- reused.
/ O'LealY went fl At II oclock. while on his
/ 32lst mile the third lap Of which WAS run amI
/ loud nppiuusr. AT midnight the miles stood
| Oloary 32O; Hughes. 279 All sorts ~ rumur'
| worr current Us 10 ilughos's condition, but tht
hul,of among his hackers Is that ho will las
! another day a. least
During tho carly evening. bouquets wer,
given 10 both the men. Hughes returne,
/ . laary's compliment of Wednesday night b,
| handing the champion his. and OIrarY re-