Daily globe., 1879-03-16
O'Leary's BreaE Do,UM.

DR.. Taylor says that O'Learys condition
was due to three troubles. First, he has
walked too much within the past year to be
able to compete in such a test of endurance
as this; then, his stomach was unquestion-
ably in bad condition when the walk was
begun, and this has been aggravated by the
dust and tobacco smoke; and again, the
effects of the dust and tobacco smoke
breathed in former trials is still apparent
upon the mucous membranes of
the champions throat, so that
any new irritation is hard to
overcome. O'Loary had hardly been on the
track an hour before he found that the irri-
tation of the oesophagus had begun, and
this was largely due to the dust and smoke.
DR.. Taylor added that any prolonged exer-
ton by O'Leary at this time would break
down his constitution, and there would be
imminent risk of exhaustion, from which he
could not recover.
Barney Aaron said that he noticed
O'Leary's legs as he stepped upon the track
at o'clock Monday morning. ''Its here"
said Aaron, feeling of his thigh, "that he was
gone. His leg is a third smaller than it was
during the walk with Campana. He's got
twenty pounds less of muscle than he ought
to have. It was the 'Ot Springs that killed
him." added Mr.. Aaron. ''He left there too
soon, and ought not to have walked for six
mOnths.''
At 1920 o'clock Sun reporter was ad-
mitted to Mr.. O'Leary's quarters, and found
him with his three best friends, Messrs
Smith, Kelly and McSweny, and his trainer,
Aaron. The apartment is roomy, and in an
adjoining kitchen Mrs. O. Leary was busiy
engaged in preparing a favorite dish for her
I'm EoS ha
of defeated pedestrian. He was dressed in
a woolen undershirt and drawers, and sat in
a chair tilted back so as to allow his bare
feet to rest on the edge of deal table. His
greeting was CHEEKY, his eye bright, and
there was not sign of fatigue in either his
face or his gestures.
O'Leary anticipated the reporters errand,
and rapidly spoke of his failure and it's
cause. "Well, you see,'' he remarked, ''the
machinerys run down. Constant dropping
will wear away stones, and I've walked one
match too many. I started in sick, and felt
all through that something was going to
happen, but l stuck to the track to the last
moment on account of my friends"
"Do you think that if you had rest you
could at least make 450 miles?'
81 couldn't walk another mile--not another
lap. I am physically played out My mind
is clear, and l do not suffer bodily pain, but
1 would not make show of myself by at
tempting to walk another step: and do not
know if this is not my last walk
"You can understand" interposed Mr..
Smith, "O'Leary's condition when tell you
that since he went on the track he has not
retained one particle of solid food on his
stomach, and has rejected stimulants If
that won't bring man down don't know
what will.''
"Your feet appear to be all right, Mr..
OLeary," said The reporter, glancing at the
symmetrical, clean, pink feet that were not
at all the worse for he 215 miles tramp.
'Never were in better condition. Just a
trifle raw on one heel, but they we're more
better calculated to pull me through"
''Mr. O'Leary, when you started 1t was gen.
orally remarked that you would be better off
if one of your adversaries came in first, as
there was something monotonous in your
record. Is it very unfortunate that you lost
after all?''
'Distressingly unfortunate. I would not
have lost this match for all I have in the
world. Not on personal grounds, but on
account of my many friends, who I know
backed me very heavily. I don't care for
the money failed to pocket, but for the
money my friends lose.''