Daily Republican., 1879-09-25
THIRD EDITION.
yBE FAST wALRERs.
RoweiI Away In the Lead-Mer.
riii and Naxaei STRUGGLING for
the second Piace-Weston dis.
appointing HIS Friends.


the second Piace-West0n dts.
appointing His Friends.
The interest in the Madison Square
Garden walking satch steadily in
creases, out the paying attendance is
much less than the managers expected
az this stage OF the contest. Twelve
men are still on the track, bat Norman
Tayi0 virtually out of tGe race, may
withdraw AZ any moment. The bet
ting IL not very spirited, and Roweli g
namr ia not on any of the bookmakers'
book. Iyeston's antics have de-
pressin- effect upon his friends, lie
took sleep Of nearly nine hours last
night. a8
Norman Taylor appeared on the track
like ~ apparition at So minutes past 8
ta.s morning, after sound sleep oi
oytr fourteen hours. The rest diG not
seein to improve him. Ha2ael came on
thp rack near 3 o'clock this morning,
and al once commenced running. Most
vi The men kept on the track steadily
duriu. the forenoon, and their rests in
the afternoon were few and far between.
The Garden was thronged by some
5000 people at seven O'Clock this evv u
ing, and they devoted themselvesener-
getically to cheering the contestants.
A constant clapping Of hands and
stamping cf feet is kept up all over the
Garden. RowelI continues 10 keep up
his dangerous lead, varying from ~ to
rs miles, and the most strenuous efforts
OF his opponents tail TO close the gap.
In fact, 1t is the other way, and the gap
is slowly but surely widening. He is
in splendid form, and the rulnors that
he was breaking up are denied.
Weston is doing some rapid work,
and fits around the track at quick
paos--too quick, in fact, to last. He
seems to care more for gaining applause
for occasional bursts of speed than for
decreasing Rowell's lead. Ennis is
falling behind, owing to his old com
plant Of sick stomach. Hazael seems
lame, but he lopes around the track az
an astonishing gait, which gains him
prolonged applause.
The flower business became decided
ly tiresome duringIthe evening. Hazel,
Howell, Guyon and Hart were presented
with horseshoes and bouquets every
ten or fifteen minutes. Weston and
Hart caused quite a stir by running a
laps at high rate of speed. They kept
side by side the whole time. As Row
ell approached his 3c0th mile be was
almost constantly applauded.
At $50 nearly all the men were on
the track, and most of them We're run
ming. There were then nearly 5000
persons il the Garden. Hazael got one
lap ahead of Guyon at 9.4S p. NJ, and
thus took third place in the race. He
is rapidly overbauling Merritt, who is
second. Rowell turned his Booth mile
at 9.47.37. The applause was terrific
and lasted for several minutes. The
band played "God Save the Queen"
and the whole scene was very exciting.
At eleven o'clock the 10th hour since
the start, Weston was 81 miles behind
his London record when he is said to
have made $50 miles. At the same
hour Rowell was nearly 80 miles ahead
OF his own record at Gilmore's Garden
when he won the Ashley belt. Weston
is now regarded as the clown Of the
shOW.
Guyou retired at 9.55 P. NJ. with a
score of 270 miles, and he was still off
at eleven o'clock. He is gradually fall
ing behind. Hart is doing well, and
has recovered entirely from a slight
sickness which affected him early in the
day.
Tha score at twelve o'clock was -
Weston, 2jl Rowell, 80; Hazael,
27j; Guyon, 20; Ennis, 22O Panchot.
90; ; Merritt, Zs2, Hart, 27l; Krohne,
233 Taylor, $50; Jackson, 230; Fed
meyer, 2lS.
At half past twelve o clock this morn
ing Merritt had the track all to him
self, the others being in their tents.
Weston on completing 25l miles went
to bed. Rowell on completing 300 miles
also retired for long sleep. Hart
came on the track at l2,4j, aud was
very stiff.
The scOr- at ] A. NJ. was; Weston, 2jT;
Rowell, 80: Haza4l, 276; Guyon, 270;
Ennis, 800: Panchot, Dos, Merritt, 2s7:
Hart, 272; Krohne, 233; Tn lor, l50;
Jackson, 23O; Federmeyer, 900. Merit
retired after com pl ting his 2S7tl mile.