Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-28
THE EVENING STAR.
Do Z BILE SH EFT.
S.ATs e EBAY December 2S, lSYs.
The Heys S0rk walking vfafc,, "a
Farce.

o. EABY AND CAaPASA STILL CRAWLING AL0yG
Al midnight last night ULeary was over
tVentyfoUr miles ahead Of Campalla O-Lp3ry
: walking wen, while Campana is almost
broken down.
The \. Y. Times of yesterday says: Consider
lng the fact that thus far the six days walk In
progress in Gilmore'S Garden. is one of the
poorest recorded exhibitions of professional Pc
destranism, the. interest taken in it is unac-
countaDle. All day yesterday the vast inclo-
sure was crowded. not with the throngs of
christmas Day, but still with thousands who
despite tue manifold discomfortS to which they
were subjected, found a mysterious fascna-
tiOn IN the place that compelled them to linger
hour aiter hour. gazing at the contestants and
ye1lng themselves hOarSe over the mediocre eX-
hlDHlon TO which they were treated. When
1e1eree curtis started the men on their race last
sunday night be told them that New Workers
had already paid out large sums OF money to
see poor walking in GilmoreS Garden. and that
ne nOped That they were now about to have a
chaiice TO attend match that was worth see
Ing. In this hope he has been so greatly disaD-
pointed mat no man Is more thoroughly dis
gGSted with the whole affair than Mr.. Curtis. to
whom. however, is due great credit for his cap
ta! management of the details or score keeping
ana othef troublesome matters that have come
Ralney Aaron's capital and scientific care of his
man that Sport r(Camnanal not only appeared
b hn, t ,ne Gac6 yesterday b4G showed of to
spirit than on the two preceding days
The one object OF sports hackers now is 10
make him accomplish 40o miles, as they have
make good their inevitable loss of the stakes
aud quarter receipts. If in his present cor
diiIGn sport can be made TO do this. he VII
have Shown himself 10 be possessed of a won
derful amount Of pluck and endurance. The
poor fellow presented a ptiable Sght as he
Shuified around the track yesterday, Sta~gerin :
as he walked, and having man on either side
apparently ready TO catch him If he should fall
Ii could be seen that his LETT knee was terribly
swollen, and the leg OF his brooches that had
been silt up for some distance, Tapped uncom-
TlItrin no d1,r +l,D.
exclamation. '-Whcre is Bergh? Why doesn't
he come ana put stop to this." was frequently
heafd from certain Of the spectators Others
Jeeied at the poor wretch, and tainted him as
he passed with the hope that he might be pro-
Eoked TO "anSWer back or even to Strike at
them. as he had done in one instance the night
Eefofe. During q greater part of the day
sport wore on his head a black silk cap
Turned back side foremost and giving him q
peculiarly Gisreputabe appearance but in the
evening he walked with his bald head uncOy-
cred TO The added amusement OF his tOrmenterS
Twice during the day he essayed to run, and
was net each time with tumultuOuS cheers and
IelS Of delight.
OLeary having left the track at 11:43 O'Clock,
at the completion Of his two hundred and TWEEN
ty-n1th mile did not return to it again until
3:.32:l5 o'clock yesterday morning, when he ap-
reared with great coat on, as he had CON
tracted bad cold during the walk, and the air
in The Garden was chilly. He walked until OIL 2
O'Clock, whcn he went off and rested 30 minutes
He made twelve stops during the day O'Leary
the Garden than sport and he is also suffer
ing considerably from blsterS that have APP
pearcd On both feet and need constant care. lie
Is walking very leisurely, and is making poor
record, merely taking pains to keep well ahead
Of ''SpOTt," and thus insure his chances of
making "big thing" out of the walk lie was
accompanied by somebody on his weary rounds
nearly all day yesterday, hot that he needed en-
enlargement, but to relieve the monotony,
which is the most tTeSOme feature Of the walk
TO him. His most steady, companion was a man
from the Philadelphia TEN, who, Invested ii his
coat, walked so many miles that numbers OF The
spectators imagined him to be walking match
with the champion. Another acc0mpanist OF
O,leafy for short distance was the '.big COM
missioner Thomas Brennan; but the yelIS OF
delight with which he was greeted quickly
proved too much for hir. Brennan'S mOdesty,
and he huIiedly retired to a less conspicuous
position. At 1880 o'clock O'Leary quit the track
for rest and few hours sleep having COM
pleted his 2geth mile or ca during the day.
The following table OF comparison between
the distances made in this match and in that
between Hughes and O'Leary shows thai thus
lar CampanaS record falls short OF that made
by Hughes: