New-York tribune., 1879-12-24
NINE MORE MEN WIIHDRAW.
INTEREST IN THE wALKING-MATcH DECREASING AS
THE BEST MIN GIVE UP IHE RAcE-HARr LEAD

INTEREST IN THE wALKTNG-MATcH DECREASING AS
THE BEST MIN GIVE UP The RAcE-HART LEAD
ING.
There was considerably less public interest
shown yesterday aud evening III the pedestrian cou
test at Madison Square Garden than during the pre-
cedIng twenty hours. During the morning the at
tendance very small, aud at s o'clock last
evening there were not 1000 people In the
building. The most noteworthy feature Of the
day was the sudden withdrawal OF r. j. Panchot aud
the advance Of the colored boy Hart TO the
lend Panchot made 100 miles in tic first twcnty-four
hours and gold watch offered prize TO the
man who covered the greatest distance IN that tme Hc
left the track at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. with
score OF miles and three laps to his credit aud did
not return again After several hours had passed the
persons interested in his success began to grow
uneasy at his unexplained absence, and
finally the rumor began to be circulated that
he had withdrawn from the race At 10 o'clock his with
drawai was announced. The assigned was that
his lett foot of condition. and that he had over
exerted himself 1t freely asserted In aud about
the Garden that been Improperly influenced and
I'm consequence OF such belef many persons ost n-
terest in the race altogether
After Panchots disappearance from the track the
struggle for the lead very severe between Hart
aud Faber. During the time the former was absent III
his tent iu the early morning hours Faber passed from
a position five miles in his rear TO one five
miles in the lead Upon his temperance Hart broke
nj
held dogzedy hour after hour gaining slowly but surely
nnon Faber, until about O'Clock, when he
took the lead. From this hour on he gained
Iap after lap and mile after mile, and at
10 o'clock had gone to tne non, ny ,oHr e ns score
So5 niles, Krohne was third WITH lg3 miles les
sSore to s' Dsns lIs ioS anu miles The betting at this ho%r
was to against Hart to win, TO against faber.
against Fzparck The odds against the others ranged
from 40 TO to 100 10 l. ,,or, -, ,,o ho,,,nohooL
and his lead on yshcets many predictions were
made that Faber would prove the winner Of the race
considered in forming this opinion.
There were few incidents OF interest during the even
ing and the spectators had little whercwith TO
i%s Become excited. For this reason many left
The place carly and by II & O'clock there was
of those who remained occasionally amused them
lselyes by shouting sarcastic and nsntng remarks at
contestants Campana and Hughes especially
coming for large snare OF such comment Awretcled
be to cheer up the WALKERS Thathey needed nspr
iting influence was the immediate CONCLUSION OF any
one snn0'eS sroups a. or sinsy. Some walked slowly
auu with great effort. while WEAKNESS ana suffering
couuenances Many had resigned contest which they
found too much for ther Powers of endgr-
s,Ity.nve s'D who started in the race twenty-five
had Withdrawn. OF this number Merritt n Murphy
BTnnders, Cromwell, A. Panchot, G. Murphy, .sprague
and German s the r"cx npn on Mo"dsy ana p9ss
Wilton, Weaver, Tompkins ana B. Madden, withdrew
The besI en Of the forty three left in the race did
some good work shortly after IL O'clock, and
for few minutes actually aroused some
enthusiasm. BrOGIe applause at this time by
pretty and fast running aud general interest was
excited by the report that Hart trying 70 equal
EovoI's last record Tor forty-eight hours. Tue
Englisninan made 2l5 mics, while Weston, IN
FnSland. made 225 miles IN the ntst two days.
iI;I5 O'Clock Hart had inlshed the last lap OF his
9i5n mile. and, ,fed wifh this achieyenelIie the
rack hs wing made 0S miles the second day. faber fo
lowed Hart from the track, with score OF 20S miles 10
ms credit The example of the leaders wss catching.
.Ir,rf far m d
had retired. , - - 49, o.,