The New York herald., 1879-09-22

Weston. Weston developed. for the first time
eelent running qualities. and though Brown was
supposed to be much the speedier of the two, he
never led the American by mere than few miles.
| AZ was soon realized that Weston was going well
wi.hh ms powers and on the third day that he had
Que race IN hand, barring accidents. On Wednesday
niUMh was perceptibly breaking up. his
hss lh,srr m,. leg giving him great trouble. While
ne ne was running it seemed all right. but when
., ne slowed 10 q walk he Hmped perceptibly and
@ .iie Nnon LIMB seemed to quiver he rested his
weight on IT. On Thursday his knee became greatly
swoiIen anu he was seriously lame. He managed to
suser 10. miles, though with great difficulty. He
the same distance in the RowelI race heinz on,,s
fresh and strong with the execution of his roht leo
weston, VINO had laid wager OF f5Oo with Sir John
Ashley on doing 500 miles, went on grandly and COM
pleted that distance-it being the best score an
r.corala less than l42 hours and having four min
utes ana nfty seconds spare of the I42 hours
WHY 'BIowEnY'
While speaking of this race in which "Blowcri
rrown was engaged word OF explanation may be-
added az to the extraordinary and possiblv m,sn,
derstood prefx that has been tackled on To Mr.
ne,s nrown naaie hower Is certainly. hardly
one III some localities, America for instance
where II is understood to suggest an exalted opinion
OF ones self as mentioned ones conyersa1ion
As Mr. Brown is one OF the most modest of men and
silent OF pedestrians it is only just to him to stt
that the handle to MS name given to him in the
blacksmith shop in which he worked in Fulhan
near London, and where there several Browns
To distinguish him from the other Browns he Was
dubbed Blower" not because he uttered aattern~
and cxatod opinions of himself but because he
blew the bellows for the smith.
There is marked difference between the attend
ance ut pedestrian matches in England and America
Here genuine match under good auspices draws
large crowd at good price of admission 81
having been pain by thousands OF people to see
the so-called "Rowell walk" A shilling IL the max
imum charge for admission in ENGLAND, and even at
that price all public interest in the matches seems
to have died out In the first races-the OLeary
and Corkey affairs-there fair attendance.
but in the later contests the large building
dreary enough during most OF the week. the small
crowd present being almost lost in the great space
Less than sixteen thousand persons, all told
Agricultural Hall during the entire week when
Weston was doing his $50 miles, being an average
attendance OF less than twenty-seven hundred for
each twenty-four hours. The start was cheerless
one. no one being present but tho press and ocals
as public halls cannot be opened Sunday. aud the
finish was almost as dreary, though from another
staadpont as but fS00 taken at the door during
the entire week.
To be sure. Agricultural Hall is not an easy Of
access as is the Garden here. it being four miles
from Chartng Cross, which is the general cab fare
centre. and no omnibus ''tramway cars' run past
the Hall from that part OF the city, which is crowded
at night. But the real cause OF the '.decline and
fall on. as Mr.. Wegg would say, is due to the lack
OF interest in such affairs.
''These sort of dead in England" said a
well informed Londoner lately. "and that is the
reason the men so to America In a couple OF years
1t may rise from the dead, but it should be abar.
doned absolutely for that time il its revival Is
looked for. 1t cannot draw London crowd now as
it did. Wesons share OF the gate money his
grand performance of $50 miles only fl72. The
sport is dead in England and the OF its awaken
ing is doubtful"