The Portland daily press., 1879-04-01
The Tramp.
DRIsCOLL MAKES 100 MILE In
~ HOURS.
His Friends Confident that He will Cover
the 500 Miles.

Drisc0ll has so far made a successful walk,
and his friends are confident that he will make
every mile of the proposed 500, in five days.
At the commence of his tenth mile Edward
Levi, an ambitious young walker, took the
track with him, and walked twelve miles,
walking the first ten in hour, Do minutes and
10 seconds. At the twenty-ninth mile May
Belle Sherman Joined him and walked for five
miles. Miss Sherman made remarkably good
time, and Driscoll sho wed that his first excite
ment had not been caused by any lack of ply
steal vigor. Mr.. Driscoll left the track at the
end of the thirty-third mile, and rested for
nineteen minutes, fifteen seconds. "Dsn''
Mccarthy then went on with Driscoll and
bravey bore the test of a fifteen mile tramp,
showing that he has the making of al good
walker in him, and with the ffty-second mile
ga" Haskell went on With him for few
laps.
Driscoll kept up from the start his quick,
active step, and fast told off the miles, from
his dreary five hundred. The time keeper, Mr..
John F. Richmond, remarked, when Driscoll
made the sxty-second mile, that he had never
seen the same distance walked in the same
time with so little pparent bad effect before
To all appearance Driscoll was as fresh as
when he started.
AT the close of the ffiy-fifth mile Driscoll
left the track for thirty-seven minutes. Miss
Sherm an returned to the track with Driscoll
at the sixtieth mile, aud did some lively walk
ing, but not being able to greatly distance
Driscoli who left the track for moment at
the end of the sixty-sgdth mile, and then
buckled down again to his work and rapidly
sent his score up to seventy.
Mr.. Halpin who was the victor in the five
mile walking match at Norway last Saturday
walked several miles with Driscoll in the after
noon, making good time So far all the
prominent walkers of this city with the ex-
ception of Chapman and Gay have visited the
hall, and the most of them taken the track
with Drisc0ll to encourage him. The interest
in the walk increased with Driscoll's success,
and when he left the track after making
seventy-fve miles. the feeling seemed to be
general that he was pretty sure to beat
Rowells best time, even if he should fail to
cover the entire 500 miles.
Driscoll left the track for about half an hour
after walking his S5th mile. and when be re-
turned to 1t Miss Sherman accompanied him,
and lively and exciting walk followed, Dris.
coll seemingly as fresh as when he first COM
menced his walk, and it was only by running
that Miss Sherman could keep the lead which
she assumed when she came on the track with
Driscoll.
1t was evident that Discol had made up his
mind to make more than his first 100 miles in
the first "a hours, and that Miss Sherman twas
equally bent on securing his success. When
walking with others Diiscoll manifested some
thing like uneasiness, as though he felt that
there was rival on the track. Miss Sherman
was evidently decided help to him.
Some had doubted the wisdom of the course
taken by Drscolrs trainers in giving him
warm baths when off the track, bat Diiscolps
appearance certainly demonstrated the wisdom
of it, ard it may be added, and of the not adj
liquor in any form to Driscoll while
on or off the track. On the SSH mile Driscoll,
to the surprise of all. darted ahead and took
and kept the lead, while the musicians in at
tendance struck up, amid laughable applause,
The Girl left Behind Me-
The only evidence that his long walk was
telling on Drisool was his frequent withdraws
from the track, he leaving it again on COM
pleting his ninety first mile. He sgnalized
bis return to the track by tremendous burst
Of speed, completely taking by surprise those
who had expected to have seen him giving
way. The niuety-second mile was M .ds in
this way, and Driscol entered on his ninety
third mile with undiminished vigor. Miss
Sherman again took the track at the ninety.
fifth mile, and kept it when Driscoll left it for
D short time at the end of the ninety -sixth
mile Driscolfs success fairly astonished those
who, in the morning, had been willing to bet
that he would break down before making
seventy-fve miles A man had offered to bet
$500 on his failure to make the above figure, as
late as 10 O'Clock a. N. yesterday.
John B. Boyd is acting as trainer for Dris-
coll with Williams
Drscoll commenced his hundredth mile on
the run and made the first quarter at rate
that was perfectly astonishing, and ended his
hundredth mile amid wild applause.
Dfiscoll walked 100 miles and two laps, and
left the track at twenty minutes past twelve.
Gal" Haskell then done little practice
walking, making one mile in I'm 15s.
Drscol had not returned at half-past 8
o'clock.
Up to the time of of taking his last rest the