New-York tribune., 1879-03-12

the stomach the previous day. ana no wa lad o
mean. %s e saxe G"' Mr Atkinson
me would certainly win the contest
SCENES DURING THE EVENING.
After D. rn the crowd increased til about o, and
then another lull occurred In the excltement' iho
scenes OF the previous day repeated Ihere "ero
the occasional spurts on the part of oil the men'
and with the exception OF Harrimans absence Det"oe"
8 and G o'clock there nothing noteworthy 10 Dc
recorded. At GET Rowe left the track, having COW
cred $50 miles. lie then 33 miles In advance Vi
OLeary, 2s in advance Of Ennis aud 13 ahead OF arr
man. It generally reported that his legs MAJ nao
given out and that he was suffering from cramps
He made his Teappearance at $3.50 and seeinen 10
feel well. used his feet nimDy. and although IL Was
sfoenS % appeorSnce was hailed with general applause
II was soon discovered that he was suffering rom
ankle ThougI slightly painful it did not impede his
walking lie ran without n9 but his shoe WnS r,v,rd a
laced and II noticed that he threw hinsel lor"aru
on his iocs. He had sl"pt soundly Tor two hours.
During Rowes absence Hartman dll splcnd'd "3rn, S
seconds and averaging ess than fourteen minutes TO
the milo when ROwe returned he had 0niy tntee
miles OF his lead LETT. Hartman having ~ nles 10 m
credit Hartman has become the popular rdyorle' hlI
his position the at any time can be determines
by the cheering which foows him about tne trncK: AID
o:44 Rowell went of for eight minus INNS ye aml
ng Late in the afternoon Ennis had Increased his eSr
on the chanlpion to Ave miles. Sd ana Fn1r st9cr
o'clock through u, 9Lt?ys Gosk "p''nnS of more "an
eicSt miles. Both Of them retired nt $50, but
took some substantial food about 0c Ocky the nlFt S
had eaten since sunday having subSlsted on hcoul.
Although lie eats something he refuses t. aDandOn nD
use of spirits and at times be VIII pot go on Ihe udA
unless he furnished with ibe~a supply lie saws no
knows what lac about, and that he attaches 10 n-
portance 10 the lead which The others nave srcnrc UP
10 the present About quarter past 10 he DrOke lhto
J, run Kowell was at his heels, and at once
pusl ed him. There a race around the track anna
nefect pandemonium OF yells and Il ended In Roweli
Passing MIN before the scorers stand was reached ana
OTenry setting down 10 brisk walk. Al lo:IO lia-
rman went or for 1S minutes, and during ,n,' ms
aIsruce Rowen gained oD HIM rapidly, ana WHeh
Hartman returned M found himself SIX miles Dehind
the Enclishman. Ennis Oh between $50 ana iOJo'
and OLaary gained three miles Oh hlin before ne re-
tircd at l046. -.
For the tweutyfcur hours ending ut 10 a. M yestcr-
day the management report the receipts as S'JJO as
against 80 700 the previous day. THIS shows an Ht-
tendance OF nearly 1900 persons in the twehty-iour
hours -.
lie betting early in the afternoon was 10 against
Herman, . 10 against OIeary, 30 To 100 against
Howell and - TO / against Ennis. Al 1890 p ID tie
bookmakcrs gave the following rfers B.: to against
R,wel 8 to against Hartman To against Ol'rarF,
ana 10 10 against Ennis. Considerable business WtS
done at figures except IN RowcPs case, not mGJ
cariu. 10 give the heavy odds asked ON him
SUMMARY or THE SCORE.
The following table shows the positions Of the men
during the twentyfour hours ending at o'clock this
morning Where blanks the men were off the
track An astersk signifies rest during the hour;
H., PoWell. O'Ieary, Hartman. Ennis