The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-28
PEDEsTRIANISM.

CONCLUDING SCENES AT THE aREENHoRks
EFFoRr TO BEAT o'LEARY's TIME OVER
ONE HUNDRED MILES BEHIND.
Hughes, the pIucky "Uuknown." who began on
Sunday evening last the apparently impossible task
OF beating o'Lcary's ID The Ashley contest,
completed his failure yesterday NJ 3h 2snl 33s T. NJ,
Vt which time he had walked $50 miles, 1886 ieet,
while O'Lcary's record Tor the time (lasn. GIN.
10s was $40 miles. 1890 icsr.
The record OF Hughes walk has been given from day
day in the HERALD ana sufficient history OF his all
has been published to make the Of his fall
evident This II may be briefly, was ignorance
ana bad judgment To be sure. Hughes himself laid
The blame ugly little nail that was cutting
his right badly when he began walk but II only
required little more logic than Hughes had 10 de-
monstrale that beginning sucn q walk with such toe
nail evidence OF the ignorance and bad judgment
referred to.
Mr. Harry Hill, who, with two presumptivo
partners WAS backing Hughes to the extent Of 5000
in his match described comb. WITH tho recuc'-
traut Toe nail with characteristic naipee 'Hs ddn's
tell us nothin' about his malta fore started, an
when iound out about 1t scni man TO cut ZEN.
Well, he didn't want 'em CUT but persuaded binA
Diunt 40 much good, though. The feiier was car
penter, IN didn't know much about toe nails as hc
did about single nails. So sent barber up 70 hum
Day, IN be cut 'cm again, but somehow he didn't
get tho right kind OF pattern. SO he INK
cred away Tor day or Two, an' tnen sent up doc
tor. Didn't have much trouble With the other
nails, that blamed little nail TOO UGH for
'em all 80 last nsnt the doctor cut II cean of. HurtY
Well, rather, " hurt called tue fellow doctor, bat
Hughes swore he a nurdereEn
10 aggravate the condition OF TINS Toe. (which was
the source more agony The peestr during
week Than mos, men endure ia a year, ne began by
running the hrst thirty miles OF the space he IN
tended 10 cover with hardly pause. HIS record was
mr. ne Ne
deemed slight at Tho time, was 100 great dratu
alter tne nrst day thee Was oniy Que day One
thiru) wnicn record ut all creditabc ior
p OCCASIONAL Under The articles Of agreement, as IN
the Aslisy contest, he was allowed 10 cover the
ground Ia any way that he could, either running
or walking, and as hs IS good runner and not
good walker Il Was coahdsntiy asserted BY his
hackers mat he would gain ground duiing the latter
par. ot the week, as ne certainly recovered gool
deal Of his strength and lresunoss.
BEHIND
Day by day, however, NE ieI further behind
OLcmry record, until absolutely certain thut
1 nd vi Tue match some sporting VINO were Well
posted athletic records declared that MS failure
one Of Inc worst tbat has ever been made III ms
oOuntry-a staLelne thai met with little favor. HIS
iLdonilaDle pinck tnat mad supported him through
days thai had eapscd alter the Was lrrccov-
erabY lost did not iorsake him, and he oied along,
linpng painfully through the cntiro day yesterday,
stopping frequently for short rests and Adding mile 10
m,ic slowly. His expectation been TO run ul, day
a. the hnisu, but he seemed only barely able
ana though he spoke oraveIy aud conndeLt,y enough
saying that no cuuia Keep anotner week his
patron, A desired, his giant con radiced him. AS ne
walked he hmped bauy, ana wuen he mis-
motion very unlike The long, easy, sprinsing
strides he had shown at tho start Jerking himsoit
along NJ Jog trot, he would mako one or Two or
OF hts short HacN, AID then resume IFS walking.
Al 1h TIN. r. NJ, though ne hau remaining barely
hours oi time y Leary had taken, he rclired
h,s lille tent and rested TILL in. 25n 4. NJ he
came out three minutes remaining OF his time and
resumed tho wink.
Considering his mex pereace and disadvantages his
hackers cain that ne has w means made bad
failure but that he has demonstrated powers OF
duranCe are equal, II not SUPERIOR TO tu0se OF
the professional Walkers Harry Hill processes MN.
perfectly satisfied, and says tnat the walk just
concluded has been excrient Practice for hughes AID
that he (H,li) Judge Coulter aud another man arc
ready wager $1,000 that II dRhes can, SIX months
from now, beat V'Leary's record.
The scenes the Central Park Garden, whore the
walk made, were last evening very amusing Hill
prominent. exuitng over the extraordinary pluck
his proi6ae and experimenting the arrangement OF
all details. Inc audience WAS not large.
TIM MATCH.
Al Oh. On. dos. +. H. The announcement was made
OF the completion o the 400th mile aud a, III. 3lm
S. the 4O5in fnlsned. Tho 407ln finished at
Sn 5m 4Us., and Hughes broke into his run,
which he kept up Tor mile flushing It IN 6m s7=.
THIS practically the hDish as, alter making Inc
necessary doudcon the Short track,
really 40S miles aud o low feet
The following table shows the progress made by
0'Leary and by Hughes day by day during their
Wu.