The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-06

ties He is probablyNthe best runner in the party
! Tor any distance under 100 miles. Fox. of
illinois. was in his quarters No. 10 pretty
early acco panied by his brother and a couple OF
extra hands Fox has naa @ ars , little ex
is likely to Quake good record lie Is farmer by
profession. but has undergone careful prep
exercise amounting to about one hundred
and fifty miles week. which he has
gradually Increased. so that he feels confident
OF making good performances. His best record is
eighty miles. fair heel and toe walking. in fifteen
hours and he has gone nfty-nine miles in nine
man. weighs about 135 pounds. and is thirty seven
years of age but looking considerably Younger
''BLowER' BROWN AND
At the far end, near the Madison avenue and
Twenty street corner. the apartments of
Blower" Brown. Grassland and Brondgeest. The
latter is sinewy looking man. about l4O pounds.
that gained admirers Immediately he made his
appearance These three men have a private en-
trance to the track. as they located far from
the centre that it would be almost unfair to mako
them travel the entire length of that long PASSAGE
Is located at No 3D. under the fatherly OF Jack
Goulding, one of the best known trainers in
as a rather dangerous man. on account Of
his well known speed. II he can keep any
where near the leading mon up to the last day he
would be very likely to rush the fastest when he
came to the finish. Goulding has been training
Johnny Wild on the Rayenswood track and
One Of the favortes in tho contest is Faber
who has record of 450 miles to his credit.
He is located At No. 81. down toward the Fourth
end OF the 1assage. and Will be looted after
by Jim Smith, Of the bast trainers the country
Smith has handled iuyon i'll all his contests and
took hold OF Parry in Chicago after he had
left the track with only "a miles to his credit
smith fixed him up. and made him win
the OLeary seventy -hve hour belt and 81 .O00
Parry not grateful he skipped from
Chicago without paying Smith for his services The
HERALD representative had talk with Smith about
Faber but all the trainer could say was that Faber
was in excellent condition and would probably do
good performance
blower" Brown in tolerably good humor
last night when called upon by the of
walk.
'.How do you feel Tonight"
~ think am in good fix tonight as !
was
Have you been doing much work?'
'Hardly what you would call severe work. but
enough to keep myself in good condition. don't
think we'll of too much work.
"Are you going to run all the frst twenty-four
hoursi"
s.Well hardly that. but expect to do good deal
OF running in that time"
"what distance do you expect to cover in the FIRST
twenty-four hours?'
..That depends on how feel; q man can never
tell beforehand what he is going to do"
care You satisfied with the arrangements p
"Wcll. yes; everything appears to DO all right
The following is the order OF the men according
to their numbers IL. Allen 2. Behrman; g. Boyle;
Z. Branb; .. Briody; g. Brondgest; Z. brown; g. Cos
II. Davis 49, Dickerson; IA. Dillon: Is. Donaan; IT,
Dushane; II, Eckersail; Is, Edwards; 10, Elson;
no. Faber; II, Fitzgerald: %. Fox; %. Howard;
"a. Kcmmerer; IS. Mckee; 20. McLoan; ~. McLeayy;
49, Mahoney; %. Murphy; 80. Perkins; 81. Pierce;
~, Russell; 80, Spelacy; 81. TAFT; IS. Walker.
BETTING.
Tho bookmakers stand the strain no longer,
and, though the witching hour OF midnight is yet
distance off, they begin to hawk tho odds
which. alter several changes during the evening,
stand fOllOWs:--