New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-23
DETAILS OF THE CONTEST.

DETAILS OF THE CONTEST.
After the men were flirly started on their
long Journey yesterday morning, Hazel set the others
a very fast pace which carried him miles In The FIST
hour and sis ia The placing him nearly TWO miles
ahead TAYLOR. had gained several laps on the
third man butcher. Rowcll. who received the most
attention from she sporting and the audience, was
apparently making le effort this stage of the race
his ia 1lia and 81 miles M the three hours
showed speed than la the same nourN In MS VIII
ming last March when he was credited Win Ohy -
Is and 20 in the same time. Weston, after discatdng
ulster which he from the first lap gradually
increased his speed unu II struck siX-ne' an-hour
gait which he kept the first three hours He lost
some time and stance however. by frequently revefs
jug his course around the track.
Guyon II 1T and P,nchoi followed persistently efter
the leaders, the two first making mile after mile with
regularity that promised long score In the hIst twenty
four hours. Taylor kept his place until 3;42 M when
he had made 81 miles This distance Is about rs ar as
he was ever known 10 lie then took DrleI rest
but long enough to let Rowe and Jackson pass m'" AZ
hapast butcher. who had travelled very ast dutiog
the first two hourswas taken with m Of dizziness, snch
as caused his withdrawal from the April match ana ne
bad to DE carried lie returned to ihe track
for a shor me- but tho sickness again oycrpowering
him. wa, peremptJriy ordered by h's physician ana
gyic UP the contest having Only made 2o2
miles. a. h'- withdrawal Was assured D. tAe
removal property from tent No . and the lower
I
Rowelsattendants with their part-ooiord skull caps
removed fion No. IL TO the vacant tent
Ilazad finished his tft eth mile at SAL a. M, ana
Roweu By this time had gained second place, twenty
two nutcs later. Weston was now nearly ten mics
behind the leader and was not making an average OF
five miles At his tent much sohcitude was iet
about the Of his stomach. which was said to be
much disturbed by the moke which, despite tie
placards. was puisd the ground floor Mr. Hess.who
had been scanning with anxious eye the rapidly grow
ing difference bct%ecn ms principals schedule and the
bulletin board said that all Weston wanted
pure air. For several hours alter the start Ennis
retained an easy position the bottom Of the list bat
~ night wore morning. he gradually worked up
through the field until there Ouly ligzacl, R)wci,
/ Guyon and Hart III advance OF him.
MAKING ONE HUNDRED Mills.
The next interesting point in tho race was the
| scoring Of 100 miles by Rowell which he did 90
o'clock Il minutes IL seconds p On l6h. Aim. ISL.
This was done in two hours and ny lees than
took accomplish the feat last March IL fen
less than six niles short OF the best record ever made.
| Guyou was thu next man TO pass the 100 point
which did al :.Js d. M beating Row,Ps time IN last
March by thiry-5Z minutes At SLY ?. va. Ennis also
had the pleasure seeing three figures placed opposite
| ~ his nnme lie was only thirteen minutes behind
KOwePs March time and about nine hours ahead Of his
own pcriormarc CO IN me spring Aier this theo
was race tysen Merritt ana iIll o. roao the lOIsr
mile. i'm which the white man beat The negro by bar
mule. At 1000 p IA. Mrrrtt scored his 100 miie- and
five minutes later Hart was credited WIN Ike de-
! tlucs. AZ 1920 y. Guyon scored 10 miles. aud
passed tie distance with winch Rpwel corcludtl hls
last days in ts third Astey BeIt contest At
! thar hour Weston hud only made ~ miles aha Was
walking very slowly
CONDITION OF THE WALKERS.
The appeals ana protests OF the managers Of the con-
test were alike Intellectual to prevent smoking IN any
part othe garden Some of the pedestrians complaued
bitterly OF tho ltle regard paid their wshcs the
ula.er, IL was not until after long rest IN the a-
noon thar Weston recovered sufficiently from the naas
caused by smoke 20 make any show OF speed. NOtAig
seemed tointerferc with RoweiPs breathing or cond-
ton His trainers paused IN their busy labors Of
| pairing his liquid food 10 say that he " as
| hearty rs a two-y ear-old ana sound bell"
Hazel however. far from being In good order lis
fIs' work u the early part OF me day completely upset
his stomach and his score. Frequent rests ara sku
treatment from bis attendant sullivan, set him on the
track again, uuJ las gait showed ohiy rant INDICATIONS
OF The elastic lOpe wnct had placed him IN the lead
al the start Guyon's manner smith reported ms mans
condition all Tlgnt. AskUWel passed Dy on che rack
Guvon took very during the day. Ennis
through the nsst day without aGy accident to Interfere
was TO his frequent absences from 10 last
March, Unit after /. ~ he hHd not been on Oy I'VE
| minutes ~ q time Ne then retired for half An hour.
A. the day wdned, Hart, who had cluug pcrslen'B 10
| never stayed Of long a u time.
At o'clock, the end OF the first twenty
Guyon, 10 Merritt, no. Itrt' 10; Enn.s,
! lc3: Pancnoi. 100; Hazacl. lOoi Jackson, 30;
Tor ST. KoWe Guy Merritt and Enni. had surpassed
their previous records aud Pdneho mad equaed his.
Weston ana azaei were tens Of miles behind their pre-
The following table shows the distance made by the
several competitors in the first day OF the present
match AS compared with their best twenty -four hour
they have made Ia the nst two days ON former
Occasionsi