The New York herald., 1879-03-15
FOUR DAYS IN THE GARDEN.

1t has been said that among the vast multitude
who attend the great match at Gilmore's Garden
there at least two hundred paying visitors every
day who spend the entire night in the Garden in
preference to going otheir lodging house Some have
been known to remain in the Garden for forty-eight
hours. But case came up yesterday before Justice
Kilbreth, at the Essex Market Police Court that
eclpses everything else of the kind thus far. John
Clute. young man living at No. 400 Tenth avenue.
visited the Garden last Sunday evening. and became
so infatuated that he remained all night. All day
Monday he watched the pedestrians reel of the
laps. He took his meals ut the restaurant and
when tatigued, would take q nap on one OF tho
benches Tuesday morning found him snoring on
one of the back seats and Wednesday night, about
ten o'clock, he again retired and fell asleep.
cred that his watch, OF great value had left his
pocket; but by whose hand he knew not. Guided
by the adage Look for your money where You
Dose it, he did not leave the Garden Thurs-
day night, having then been in the building
four days. he recognized man whom
he had seen sitting close by him ON Wednesday
night when he fell asleep He immediately accused
him of having taken the watch. Hard words fol-
lowed, resulting in blows ciute proved too much
he had taken the watch. but it was then beyond
covery. Clute had him arrested and at the station
house he gave his name Charles ii. Thompson, no
residence. The prisoner afterwards arraigned
an the police court and held for trial, he then fur
nished information by which the property was
recovered.
THE SPORTING PRESS ON o'LEARYs FAILURE.
From the New York sportsman.l
The public excitement attending the contest at
Gimore's Garden is excessive. and the receipts for
admission enormous II does not appear. how
ever. at this time that the performance will be any
thing like good those which have been made
heretofore several times England and in this coun
try. O'Leary walked sol miles at Chicago years ago.
In London he walked $40 miles against Weston and
the latter covered 51O In competing in London for
this belt he covered $40 miles, with Ave hours
Bpare Corkey went 521 miles. with five hours to
spare Now. at one P. NJ. on Thursday. when eighty
four hours had expired, the leading man. Rowen
had only scored 800 miles. Therefore, come to the
conclusion that although Rowcl may win the belt his
performance will be inferior to four of tho like
nature made by OLeary. The reason of this is said
to be smoke and bad atmosphere. The notion that
nobody smoked in London and at Chicago seems to
us to be nonsense, and unless Rowoll is going by
orders well within himself. and not calling upon his
real powers, shall hold that tho three men now
struggling all inferior to what oLeary was in
his four signal performances. The truth is that
these men have not defeated O'Leary. OIeary has
mot been there in his right form, and opinion is
that his trainer. Barney Aaron just about right
when he said "The Hot Springs did iti' Tho
-four great performances made by OLeary
must have made enormous drafts upon
his constitution. and yet believe
they would have lett it unimpaircd If he had not
been invegled by his foolish friends into the two
later contests with Hughes and Campana. II he had
taken nine months rest after his best performance
in London, last March. instead of muddling about,
unframed. with the men in question. he would prob
ably be leading in this walk Before he went to
Arkansas he had two or three acute attacks OF rbeu
ntism. We have heard from who have been
there that though the treatment NJ the Springs ap-
pears palliate the disorders for which used t
does not really effect cure. Now. we have been
bv Of he leetp in,
this country, who treated himself, and
who has. we hope and believe, effected per-
1nanent cure, that rheumatism is so
dangerous when 10 to have been
eradicated by mere palliatives. II is then merely
crouching for spring at the heart and when 1t has
effected lOdgment in the cardiac regions let
the sufferer look out. This is the reason why so
apparently found an infalliblc nostrum tor rheu-
inatism. AS long the man il hobblng about with
ptif knees and swollen ankles roaring blasphcm
Ing in the paruxyems of the gout he is compara-
lively well OF. 1t seems 20 probably that Leary
has become affected by rheumatism in the cardiac
regions and his lamentablc failure was caused
by feeble action OF the heart. As
matter Of course. his professional advisers de-
terminc much better than we can, but this Is our
conjecture. and throw II ont the most probable
suggestion. That he was not Daniel O'Leary, and
fhat he has been defeated by rheumatism or some
pfher infirmity rather than by howell is clear
enough. The invention that he druggcd, and
that the parties who were going TO do IL announced
mean that sort OF work don't discuss IL in bar
rooms. They might wc send the bellman round
90 proclaim it. Their motto is that of the Thane to
his wife:--
Away and mock the time with faircst show:
For false hide what the false heart doth
know.
The other suggestion. that OIcary got drunk, is
nearly absurd and good deal more cowardly.
Our reporter 10 think that the pace ut the be-
uning was too much for him; but the truth is that
he had often gone ut stronger pace and made light
OF IT, The lace does not account for his failure.
If 10 had been the effect pnco and few laps
of running his stoppsges would have made him all
right again. That he took some wine to stimulate
s powers when ho found that he could not go to his
avn satisfaction IL very likely But sickness. bodily
rmty and feeble action in the prime organs alone