Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-25
O'Leary's Triumph.
CLOSE OF THE GREAT WALKING MATCH

he International pedestrian contest in Lon
ing. Vaughan completed SO miles at :SS
o'clock, and then retired. O'Leary walked
untll $40 O'Clock, when he had completed so
miles and laps, which is i40 yards further
than the best performance on record. Brown
walked till 8: 80 O'Clock, scoring Az miles and 2
laps. lde also walked till $50, scoring 405
miles and laps. OLeary was then declared
winner amid the playing of national airs and
pOundleSS excitement and enthusiasm.
-, CONDITIONS OF THE GREAT CONTEST.
The great pedestrian contest was begun at
Agricultural Hall, London, at o'clock on the
morning of the 18th inst, and the special con-
dltlOn was that 1t should end at 10 o'clock to-
nlght. Inc contestants were permitted To go
as they pleased, that it is to say, run, trot
walk, or whatever gait they might choose to
ADOPT: The main question to be solved was
that OF endurance, and the object to be
achieved was the getting over the most ground
inside OF the six days. In other words the
pedestrian accomplishing the greatest dis
tance, without assistance, in the specified
world. and to have entrusted to his keeping
belt of the value of $780, and to receive $500
PIE PIE money The entries originally num-
were thrown out as unworthy of considera-
ton as first class pedestrians. PaysOn Weston,
me me american pedestrian, was to compete. but
fell Ill, and was obliged to withdraw. AS the
time drew near many of those named with
drew, and the only starters in the contest
% were Bailey. Brown, Corkey, Groves, Hazel,
lde, George johnson, s. Johnson, Lewis Mar
tyn, Mccartney, McLeary, O'Leary and j.
Smith. Large crowds visited the hall to wit
ness the contest. 1t is estimated that
$:OO,GOO CHANGED HANDS on THE RESULT.
Before the contest began Vaughan was the
favOrite, with OLeary, COrkey and Brown
alternating for second choice. On the 10Th the
betting bet had ehanged somewhat, the odds being
$l25 to $15 against OLeary: $l25 to $50 against
Vaughan; $l25 to $35 against Corkey, and 800
to S2O against the others. Mr.. AlberS Smith,
GGh,Ileago IS sporting port man, who accompanied
odds laid against his man, and has no doubt
won large sum OF money. Mr.. James Gordon
Bennett, Carroll Livingstone and VIM. Steven
son, all OF whom won on OLeary when he beat
Weston last year. are also among his support
erS, and have made some good winnings. Sir
John Ashley accepted the odds against
Vaughan. and stood to win large amount
Captain Wyndham, Lord Fermery and others
Of the nobility were also among the hackers OF
Vaughan, and later on of Brown.
OLEARY S VICTORY.
By O'Clock p. IN. of Wednesday, 2Oth
O'Leary was u miles ahead of Vaughan and
z miles ahead of Corkey, who was the day
0Skea as the
very much exhausted from his running tao
tics, and Brown also suffered from the same
Ss bS on i he pt day SS 0Leay dig
on the 2lst O'Leary had completed 2S8 miles,
Vaughan and Brown 270 each, Corkey 256 and
and lde e 20 o. The others had, so to speak, dis
l5,coo persons were present, and the contest
continued with renewed vigor. Some few of
the bookmakers raised their prices to sl25 to
$50 against OLeary, but the most of them
barred him out of the betting. At p. m.
OLeary had gained three miles since noon
on Vaughan and five on Brown, in spite of
their running. The telegraph board at this
time announced: O'Leary, 353 miles Vaughan.
3S9 miles: Brown, 3l7 miles. O'Leary had now
been walking 81 hours, and had beaten the
best time on record for that distance. At :
O'Clock Friday evening the contest had be
come virtually a contest between O'Leary and
Vaughan, :, all the other competitors being hope
lessly behind. The two leaders maintained
steady average of about four miles an hour
At O'Clock this morning O'Leary had walked
46S miles, Naugl an 450, and Brown 423. At S
O'Clock m. the scores of these three compel
and at II O'Clock 4s7. 465 and ABS miles, At
noon C'Leary had accomplished 4Sl miles at 3
p. IN. he had sol miles, and as Vaughan was
then % miles behind, D 'Leary'S victory became
a certainty. Leary is resident of Chicago,
but was born in Cork, Ireland.
The Great EquinoetiaI Snow Storm.
FRIGHTFUL DIsAsTER-THREE HUNDRED LIVES
About two inches of snow fell at Buffalo, n
Y, Saturday night and Sunday, and it was
Of snow fell yesterday at Watertown, n. Y.
The storm extended over other portions of
New York, and portions of New England,
snow prevailed in London yesterday, Fan and ex. ;
tended throughout England. 1t was particu
!ariy severe at Liverpool. The British naval
fTang fhhP eeapszed on the south
disaster gives the number on board as over
800. Five were picked up by passing schooner
after being In the water over an hour, but all
any others We're saved, as strong ebb tide
was running The Eurydice was under full
sail when she was overtaken by snow storm,
brilliantly shortly afterward, but nothing was
then visible except few boxes floating down
the channel: The survivors say that they saw
the ship suck down many as she sank.
DEAD AMONG STRANGERs.-The Richmond
State says: "ThurSday night, March l4th
train from Washington, via the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad and
stopped at Ford's hotel, where she registered
as Miss Helen A. Miller LOganSpOrt, Ind. She
was rather prepossessing in her manner and
ladY-like in her behavior. She spent most of
her time in her room reading, only leaving it
for her meals and daily stroll in Capitol
square, just after breakfast Thursday morn
ing, 2lst, about IL o'clock, the chambermaid.
alter knocking repeatedly at her door without
reported the fact Mr. Price, one Of the heel clerks, '
went up to the room, and, looking through the
transom over the door, discovered Miss Miller
lying in in her bed dead: Mr.; Ford notified Cor
the door open: He made critical eXamina.
tlOn, but could discover nothing to indicate
that at there M @ had been @ any foul play, or that the
A BANK CASHIER ROBBED OF S,5O0.-In
cashier of the Planet mills was knocked down
and.rObbed of $500. The cashier was on his
way from the bank to the mills, when his four
and wagon on hand, and drove off at break.
neck pace, followed by policeman and a
crowd OF excited citizens. The robbers, how
ever, escaped.
A SHIP BURNT AT SEA.-The steamship
strasburgs which arrived at New York yester-
m, passing an abandoned ship on fire. She
was apparently an American three-maSter,
but whether ship or bark could not be made
out. She had masculine figure-head i'm a
running position, and had hurricane deck
and deck houses abaft the fore and main.
maSts.
THE WIFE OF CONNECTICUT LEGISLATOR
ELOPING WITH FARMER.-LOt X. Brown
Preston township, Conn, sold his farm for
s., 400, with the avOwed intention, as soon as