The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-13

so many miles the hrst three days. because he fol-
was the scoring satisfactory
.sWell during the hrst three days there were some
mistakes made but none OF any consequence.
same laps were not scored for me- but the mistake
was seen by HERALD reporter and rectifed. The
scorers were fair enough and did their work well.
or course in the beginning there some con-
fuson but it came right in the end"
.Did your stomach trouble you during the con-
mot in the least. l was never in better health;
and only for the accident to my ankle would have
Ibid the injury affect you muchY'
'.Certany 1t did. suffered greatly while walk
ing. especially when came out after resting. had
to limp round the track several laps before could
straighten out the stifiened sinews."
PROFESSIONAL TRAINERS DlscREpIrED.
s.What did you eat during the contesty'
..Isoast beef. tried oysters raw oysters; but, to
tell tho truth. ! didn't eat very much. You
when man is walking he wants to eat whatever his
it, But tho professional trainers have ideas of their
own. The. They want nt man IAN to eat what they like
when when he asks for GA drink q water. nor
this the trouble with professional trainers--they
always want to give you what they like think best
tor you. not what you would like to have yourself.
This may appear small thing, but it isn't. 1t
ries man dreadfully and makes him nervous Food
should be ready when he asks for it. II walker
has to wait IN hour after he feels hungry the proba
bility is that his appetite goes away and when food
is brought to him he can't eat it,"
You don't seem to believe much in profes sional
trainers!"
II don't" said Curran. with marked emphasis.
'What pedestrian wants Is Kindness aud attention.
/ don't say that u man should always get exactly
what he wants. but II man asks for q drink of
water he ought to get it. 1t is not necessary to give
him much OF what he asks for but just enough to
satisfy the craving no may have at the moment"
"Do you intend to walk again?"
III do, know / can do very much hotter than
have done in this walk. and unless the in it
can do very much better than they have done can
beat them. You see I'm not the least tired or
fatigued. The only thing the matter with me is my
sprained ankle. II It were well could get up aud
tor the he oIeary belt but will handle myself
don't want to have anything more to do with pro-
fessiona trainers.
"How much money did you make by your six
days walkY
II may say nothing. I got back my entrance
money aud see by the HERALD this morning that
the third prize Of $50 for neatness on the track had
been awarded to me. was offered $25 if would
make another mile in good shape. II this offer had
hno,' made To ma in time while was ON the track
would have accepted it, but 1t was not made
until was undressed. and by the time was ready
to NO the track again my ankle had become stiff,
and it impossible for me to 20 mile without
lmping round the track for a couple OF laps, and
could not comply with the conditions pro-
posed"
$50 you viii only get ssS for your weeks laDorT
PETER cRossLAND's STRONG POINT.
Peter Grassland, the English walker, was found
holding a small and informal levee in modest
chamber in the Libby House. He chatting
quietly with an elderly fellow countrymsn about
the last walk whom the reporter entered. and in
ply to the question how he was replied :-"Oh, ah IN
ali right you know. Ah'vo got that be stly habcess
to y cd. you know. and it's broke only yesterday
.Aro you entered for the walk this week ?'
"No. All wouldn't ave anythink to do wi q four
teen hour walk. You know.
'Ah'm not afraid O. any man in the world in toe
an eel walk o. seventy-fve hours. you loow. All
bed. All can do more in three days nor any man
livin:"
"Well, ali made hundred an twenty-one mile an
over in twenty-fonr hours wi'out break in Man
chester. wtout sittin' down. you know"
..But mean your best six-day record"
sAh never finished six-day walk. All broke
down in one when all was a'ead o. Blower Brown
Corkey. All walking an they runnin' an walkin'."
do you never runf'
"Noa. All don't max anythin' by 1t. ali think
barin 'oppin' around the corners to save breakin'
Have You anything on now? Are you going to
walk somey
AT THE HOME HOWARD.
ode hull towns ben up at dc Swalkin' match
aw de week an deyre takin' rest t-day." said
Jake u colored resident OF Glen Cove yesterday to
reporter Of the HERALD. .-
match commenccd?"
"EmptyY Ben nothin' hcah but coons and dey re
like crows When When, dsy get tsesher dars consider
ben up t sec Henry. He's good un. Wall. to be
sure. 20 can jes bet on dat"
1--WE . realization Of tho Deserted Village
here" said AN old inhabitant "during tho past
week. All our men went up to SEQ how Howard was
family and is we'll known You sec. ut first nothing
much was expected of him. We had come to mis-.
trust him He had failed SO frequently that we had
begun to doubt hs powers It's the old story, you
know. Of the prophet In his own country
..What family has he DoctorY
"a wife and, think, four children He's a.butchcr
by trade and steady, well behaved man. He's
somewhat OF wrestler and boxer. too, and has fol-
He lives the other side OF the creek there upon
the hill. think he has married sister occupy
ing the hT WssuosS %itA cam, his .d family
saw he vas doing good work. and likely
to keep at it. :. We became very much
right live sensation belonging to ourselves. and
when we have 1t gets us up to exploding heat. In
were Kept go here all the time. He lived out
here you know, on the island, where 'Sam" Barlow
s All to be sure what times there used to be in
that housed He was eternally doing something with
the placc-improving 1t or changing IL or something.
And his wife. Miss Hill. that used to be. What
Well. sir we've got from one glory to another in the
public way. We used to have great actor We
have great walker. He will do great things yet.
always said so.'
larry ii be ome to morrow morning." said Mr..
Jones. as he slipped his toddy ut the bar OF the
Snedekor House, 'hand We'll ave to give i'm blow
hout. Ia h'a bought h'a couple o tickets on i'm
mccsclt but for Bill Smith: II says ow hid
better wait. hand so waited"
III I'd thought as how he d won second place"
said Mr. Gould. "Pd bought him myself"
Several loungcrs in the sitting room of the bar
smiled as they heard that speech, drove their hands
into their trowsers' pockets, and looked at one
another in a fashion that meant. "Hesa sensible
man. and IL we. too, had known we would have fol-
lowed his example,"
HUSGEnING For NEWS.
Tho telegraph Office and tho post office. and any
other place that was In communication with tho
Madison square Garden in for large
share Of attention during the week. and thither
hocked all of the population who loft
in the village 1he last bulletin at one
point had no sooner boon read and discussed
and commented on. and tho probabilities 1t gave
rise FULLY estimated. than the crowd hungry for
later news OF their trudging townsman rushed to
the other points to see what had been received at
yesterday the points ut which tho Glen Covers
met and discussed the race and the details OF pub
lie reception TO Howard on his return to the village
''The band will give him sorcnadc," said Mr..
Slasher. "and don't know but what we ought to
20 up for him in steamboat He's good ono and
deserves IL. What ho wanted was good trainer and
1 always told you when he found one he would do
well. The farmers tor miles around here have been
very much Interested III him and whom they went to
New York at night win their produce they found
time to 20 up anu have a look ut him."