The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-26
Twelve Thousand Visitors Witness the
Great Pedestrian Contest.
OLD SPORT FRIGHTENING UP
A Hundred and twenty-five Mile Squirt
Promised To-Day.

and condition applauded him literally. At 3h. 11m
M. there l57 miles to his credit and when All
Dam. ASS. was marked on the clock l61 miles were
hung upon the notice board. AT 5 09m. 05s. he had
gone 1G5 miles, and when the first light of Christmas
morning was struggling into the Garden 1863 miles
80. .. -. g.. 49,,
was the champions record. Just 2om were noted
for two stops from the time Of his temperance on
the truck To this point
can,,,.,,. ~
Sa"pana' WILL iearess heart' out sun anu sore'
was Strengthened up shortly after two O'Clock A. NJ
Wednesday. and twelve minutes later he was on the
49,, w. -a'e, :. !" 40 - .n'
TRACK nc looAeu at the nouce poaro Win the ueep-
eet interest and breathed freely so it said when
he saw that his comnetitor was only sx mi,es ahead
-, -
OF MIN. sport was shortly addressed by a stran
ger regarding his condition, and among the points
toucbed uron was bis syoyer troo
'o"rmeu upon was ms swonen Knee
Wnat the matter with the knee, sport z! the gen
tleman asked
.fiuess it's old are een+ert;ons,v re,,iod tho
..u,ssa o-1 So ''osiS iop''eu 'no
WONDER
Sleeping under the watchful care Of his wife,
.Snort,s rest aroonn+ed IN Oh Aor, oos and tbonob
20 49, s.., - - -. -. 80 80 ,,o.e
him back ga man." the reverse seemed to be the
faet
i'''' rsnrn n,rv,cr, r,rs
waking was painfuI. HIS DOG trot was out OF
the question, and running was simply impossible
sin be SLOWLY neooad awav ana With .ha s.,ens.
40 500 r.sseu ""Ay "nu WIN me s'iness
leaving ms joints his pace increased AT 3h O6m Ols
A. NJ the return was l52 miles against his name; at
Al o1n "a. ha bad addod forr ,r,,as - 49,. $50.
~ 1n' JOS NC nau a''ueu iour mics 70 'nat score
and l59 miles were hung up at Oh. 11m When oLeary
Ill. a,.a %. ,eos 49,, 49,. ap o. was so w.
He Ies.I ;n;i o a uos uo - -, .. .o on. an oos
nearly The same t;me a. ~ hon t Sos am
CHAMPION had cone i75 niles and the s ae
Inc haaN al h hndra ~ ae nay
r. ;t III oo an % ~ was 81 uuy ci a
t;t 81 go ALL % nsl snc gu nan o. con
midday the exact time being 1ah 9sm 3os p M
,os , SI.1 AI H.; ,aus' "na =. ~. OH us
IT. ~ - n,.s., ~ vas as piisn1 anu
the ionrpev perhsns Ynnre sn 90 - i; oonasna
"a that tn 1i 81 s !. =
itai form IN he 1oad ~ ia Nv 1870 tL , Sp
of his COTTAGE and reImainad ar tI 3n e
minntes an old friend vonrd bi,n 90 III; 81. h ~ t
snn ~ ,vas tha,s aani,- 49, ,i, ~ Mo oaoA lcs'
come ret mn nan saiI bs v;sitor ..nd 90 ort
% nous men OUTSIDE shat want to see you
Bridaeport friend" = iooA'ns a. oui oiu
:" ..Ifai p ~ 1917. ~, ., 80
"Au r;aIt rarort ~ - tSSa - 4hnrsana e..
conino ara tI,o ,nr,tas os. 10 . .ias az. am
4ract 1aro;n, Irn., $3.50 49,; NC s'op ;p, ~ .lo III,
stride he foraed merrlv ahead and a. ~ h is gu
closure was now randiy filling mn the anthus;.sn
~ t;n,as ras ;ntonsa 1872 e " 'Ao on'nusiasl1
.S,,ort. ,,.s ~ ,,,;.ho,,. eu,a
him kindly Observation-Disclosures and ast.r = LIT ~ snro
40s on his ls3d mileit heinz Oh Iom Aos a o1h h
Ell NJ h; 1J ~. e poin .? ~. aol 4os r M.-ne
ina ont Nv sinu,v cove oif ~ "P, II, i inper
ainn Rarncv Aaron ac5comnan;ad hi,, - th us ..
sauii barney aalo accoMPanieu nlnl 20 the Track
nainstran IN honJ and n I 4, az. au .aAet a.io
char@c Of him .snort 4; ,ns 'ny snr Ia lay y;
careful that every Ian Il marned nn tbo hnard t,a s
makes and is somewbat nartcuIar i, sraaL;nn ~
sranssr anu Said ~ IN speaking 70
aIIeIlo snort old nard. - ha.y ara rnrsu
youth from head To foot and then slnyy,v drau,,a5
ont A '-o"-' N'1"N
.Well Young fellow. don't know Won,
i yUs co"wns yIS,r nm nm" y yu
About three o'clock tbe r,sb ovar,wha,mod ~
ticket seller and ticket taLers rbe ,;s;. ny i
streams and in a short time threa ~ fnur thanSand
said ere srnn Rrideennt ana % tne y
We're Iron, nriusepo ana came down 20 see
Iia;ns. tha traot a,,d s,1;,, az ~ @ s ~.
streams Of humanity CONTINUED 70 nonr thronoh the
doora Terrible nnroar ansued Sdmahod,- said ,Lat
subscrhed for 70 he nrcsent IN him no onp s.;a at
the comnIetion of his 45oth mile WAC j., th ac,t
of prominent bridgeport ofiicial then in the build
inc. $500 - '-'e 'a"
well If they wait until ..Old Stag. makes 40
miles why, they'll wait a long time yentured
another : 40 ~ As1
Al fonr O'Clock vesterdav afternoop 4 ooo neon,e
were In the Garden and IL vas innoss;h,e az maI ~
% th it IF rn o. Siha sou q. TINES 70
oe 'n S ma m oa ~ '9 an mites eos al 9.
cheers we're deafoning when the notice hoard arl ad
that distance AT this hour or rather at h Ohm Sos
IN he eract "snort - Mas AZ tha cnd ~ bis 1871
mile ar inst aftaan m;las heh;rd - = 80 ~
ON bis ooIst mile OTeary ahsentod b;mse,g from
tho ,racL ann one AMI T.,1n.na ne .,na,1 - "a;
work c,n ss. On the 1s5th ,,ile anJ 1S, i -, -,
,.iss mil, ' Th on ..t s ,atod i1i' , on n,s
Oh. ION. 42s. The champion had gone 2oi miles at
An aim H. and a. Xxx oon, 10 was ~ n,;,as
q ians ahead Tbe difference between Tho cnndi
ton Of the men could not have been greater tbomah
Sport was then moving with little more ease than
he did in the mornina "-- --'''o -'o'' '"'0 man
- - " 80 caprnINs rur prnpsrpr.xs
Tho cothorn n, t,o a,a,,,r.r ,ras - tuo,,onao,s
charsct.r th ho ~ i,r a s 81 t,a a ,u
eisven nv tureva Thousand ro,nna,,a $50 80! "a ,
rod flannel shirt and was erected With ,nea.ad o5
lond cheers To saw ~" nc6nie saar,nd si,a, nestle
fbemseIves win not IN, far from the trufii hoars
and crics If cncouragen,ent yera hnrod -, t 49,
TRANS Inv tho Hundreds " ~ P
Vows YOUR time. Old Bridpeportp
..C,rack Il nm Won ancient mariner of Fu,ton Nrar
ket," ~ = 1.'oA '.ai'
..f;ive a 70 'em Snorti,
..You re the lad o,Iearyi"
send her In lust once for CHICAGO Dan viii verp"
..I,ruco nm old Staoi - -" go
"Wnke mn .SpcrtTn
These were Soma of tho MANY oxprosviona that
caused much laught.r Whom The cba,ppnio, ,asur,nJ
TO the track after rest a, III O7m d,ring which no
had eaten his sumner n h.ndsnmo hn1,ouot ,,as
handed him by a lady IL was the Brxt aoral tribute
OF the walk s.sport" was more fortunate perhaps.
When he was dragging himself YEARLY ajnm,
so,na ,,outo,no, tnolo go IT.. "a ".s. Us