New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-27
THE PEDESTRIAN FIASCO.

CAMPANA CREEPING ABOUT THE TRACK AND
o'LEARY MAKING VERY POOR TIME-CHARGEs
THAT THE MATCH WAS ARRANGED FOR GATE
MONEY.
The O'Leary- Campana walking match at
mores Garden has apparently lost ali character as
pedestrian contest and has degeperated into an ex-
hibition gate-mOnry The spectacle for which fifty
cents admission is charged, Is that OF two
men-one pacing leisurely around the track
a, rate If about four miles m hour;
the other crawling along painfully and hopelessy At
midnight "Wednesday 1t was apparent that Campans
had no chance OF winning share OF tue
gatem money. and this view hardly needed con-
rmatou by appearance on the track yesterday with
stiff, swollen joints. pOwerless legs and, exhausted
body His ptiable condition would have aroused
more sympathy, were 1t not for the suspl
oion freely expressed. that sumo. bonus In inc
saape of q check for $500. from the receipts "ouiu
repay him for his display OF wretehedness tIeQuou'
charges heard last night that this mateu hao 0
a prearranged scheme 70 draw money ro" '
residents OF New-York. who, as the referee ca
pr, ssed 1t Monday morning. had so often pdiu ae
for seeing very poor exhibitions OF walking some even
went so tar as TO say that Campanas wonderful buse
port performance formed part OF plan for contempF
ed raid pocketsof the sporting men OF Ne" io
His performance then was kept almost asec'e' ""
the last days when tho statement was mauo
that a new running prodigy had been discovered
in Connecticut. The PUBIC was suiPiIs.a' ~ -
this. 1t now declared. was what the men T T6o
supposed To have managed the scheme desiisu 9
match wi h O'Leary made while the wohVel az
Campana's record was fresh, and the terms Wec
that It's promoters, knowing what OLeary cOuu w @
what Campana could not do were sure OF sOou '""''
OF the spUils. 49,, o..
What could be easier" said one man, - than I0r
them to say 10 OLeary We have " dark morse v"
work. He cin'I. Walk and We Will share tue pfuns
We will run the risk OF his walking the 400 mss
and that quarter out OF orr share soni he 90 @ m
Some profess To believe that OLrary Is not piy
any concerted pan hoUdwink the pubic. III the gen
era suspicion that this walk Is altogether tranIa
lent is true, It vii be difficult TO credit TINS,
In this city Ihe two az inst other peI me
trians have been nascos. The other, against un.,
Is opeu TO suspicion. such matches gcn, az
are time not being capable Of looking sharply asS
has been faithfully kept, but O'LcarS mas Ia"
ANTAGONIST he mas gone as he liked, lnd has The
poor exhibition oil his powers oI ihe shdLo ~ ma
large receipts which VIII fall To him N Tue GU abouI
wceA On Christmas alone these amounlet " "
So 500, Judging from the number of admissions
But the question IL asked. what Is CHlhpa, 1h.T he
fOrl Tue figures showed on Wednesday hlkh. , I'm
| could not make the distance 10 eh'l.o ,.sssd
10 any gate-muney, and YET YESTERDAY he sry II
10 believe that b, could still earn IT. Even 70 stlp-
his profits depended CD his walk ne 4oO miles Ia sxaOr-
! binary rf.ss Al 10:f5 last night ne "1 LINE in
| only 2s7 miles, leaving 1853 miles to be ao the
| London, with Vaughan close ut his hee ,r,s1er
last Two DAYS he Ony walked lac miles ne u NV
now and possibly could do the l63 miles But 'vt 40
one pre-; nd that Campana can SIN biahc IL "a
miles seems absurd. Al 0;29 o. M Campana H'" o,,,s
ON THIS and the few pr .edhs miles nc h .I 1hen
| several distressing atteiipts ~ running nS mt
| left the track and his trainer anhOnnceu t.s -
| he would not DO out again unil 4. .,oIlrn 10
| twice ITS normal size anu was only moved ny aseA "
painful efforts.