The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-30

mhTIIeu ullu HOHGu dIUeI. AQQ-Ol,
the marvellous progress toward perfect
womanhood in this wonderful twentieth
century, although they have been man
and wife for some twenty years, she
has never once said to him, "That
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O'Leary's Account of His Great Pedes-
trian Exploit in London.
New York Correspondence of Boston Herald
Daniel O'Leary's championship belt
is on exhibition in a Broadway window
this morning. The sidewalk is jammed
with spectators, and the police keep
passage cleared with difficulty. The
belt is massive affair, at least five
inches wide, and as long as surcingle.
Seven rectangular silver clasps are
Joined to huge disk of gold, bearing on
bright blue enamel the following in
scription in raised letters: "Long Dis
tance Champion of the World"
O'Leary arrived from England yes
terday, and starts for Chicago to-day
"Before we started" says O'Leary,
"Sir John Ashley made speech, saying
it had been said that according to the
rules forentries, l ought not to be allowed
to walk. He thought different. Any
man who would come three thousand
miles in good faith, supposing his entry
was all right, should be welcomed to a
tournament, and as his entrance money
was up before the whole amount was
raised, he could not see that the rules
had really been violated, and he had
decided that the American could enter
the lists. He hoped that an English
man would win; but, if the American
was successful, he would see he got the
belt and money. Eighteen of us started.
I had eaten hearty dinner and got up
from light supper of tea and toast.
Just before the walking began I tight
ened my belt, gripped my corn cobs
firmly, and opened the ball. This cob
business is a habit. A firm grip ON
them seems to gird me up and absorbs
same two cobs in my trunk now at the
hotel and always carry some with me.
You couldn't get such thing in Eng
land. I ran and walked the first fifty
miles, running around the corners and
walking the stretches, and quickly felt
the effects of the running in the tendons
of my legs, and stopped it. 1t also in
jured my feet, for in running you spring
from the ball of the foot, while in walk
ing the heel comes in play. l walked
20S miles before resting, making III
miles in the first twenty-four hours, and
changing my shoes twice day. On the
2O9t6 mile 1 rested an hour and a half,
but only slept twenty-five minutes; in
fact, 1 couldn't sleep, my mind was so
excited and my body SO sore that l lay
moaning, groaning and mumbling, and
could get no real rest; SO got TO my
feet and kept on walking until they told
me I was twenty-six miles ahead of
every body. Then at the earnest solicit
tation of my friend AL. Smith, of Chi
cago, 1 left the track for three hours.
l didn't think that it was hardly safe
for me to do so, for didn't feel like
sleep, and / was afraid of getting stiff
and sore, and it turned out Just as 1
thought. 1 got little sleep on the last
hour, and that was all. When l again
came ON the track my nose began to
bleed, and 1 found myself very sore and
stiff. The bleeding at the nose, how
ever, did me good. 1t seemed to re-
Iieye my head. Then anxiety of the
mind came up. l found that Vaughan
had gained on me considerably. He was
only ten miles behind, and Blower
Brown was within fifteen miles. Grad
ually the soreness and stiffness wore
away and my legs got timber; but the
right one began to show signs of swell
ing. Slowly 1 pulled away from
Vaughan, and at twelve o'clock on
Thursday night was fifteen miles ahead
of him."
/" Vaughan" continues O'Leary, "is
gallant walker and good, square fell
low. We watched each other like
enemies, but there was no feeling of
envy or anger. When they handed him
bouquets, he would pass them over to
me to smell. To inspire him, Vaughan's s
friends placed the glittering belt under
his nose, Look at it, boy. Don't lose it.
Five hundred pounds with it if you
win it, and FL 900 more on top of that.
On Friday Vaughan was very close to
me, and my swollen leg began to trouble
me. 1t was hard struggle, but after
that Vaughan never got within twelve
miles of me. When he left the track on
Friday night he was fifteen miles be.
hind me. I put in two more miles, and
was rubbed down and put to bed. ]
slept for some time, but Vaughan was
ever before me. 1 told Smith to wake
me the instant he came on the track
and he did so. All the other English
men had given way to Vaughan. They
| had given him the inside of the track
and he was putting in his best licks
: Before could get fairly going he hat
gained two miles, but from that time hi
slowly fell away. My leg was swolleI
double its usual size, but l felt no pain
; 1t was very stiff, however, and bothered
me considerably in walking. l knew
, that if took another rest with so per
,, sistent man as Vaughan behind me,
. would become stiff and might lose tn
y match; so 1 ended the long agony b.
e walking eighteen hours without leaving
y the track, and that's-how came to ge
the belt. If he had won he would hav
: been the richest pedestrian that eve
i stood in shoe leather"
SIMON CAMERON says that be ha
I never heard any good of John Morri
: sey, and regarded him as merely To-
prize fighter and a gambler, until
> went to Washington as Congressman
g nust confess that WAS NOT favora hi