The sun., 1879-03-15
VOL. XLVl.--N0. 1876.
EOWELL KEEPING THE LEAD
TUyNTY-TWO MILES IHFiD or ENNIS
arr O'CLOCk rms MOKNING.

Hu.st of speed In the Ivening HnrrI-
mnu showing sixus of BreAkinw bows.
All O'Clock this morning Rowell hadhom.
ole,ed l27 miles, Ennis 4O5 and Hartman 800.
All of the men showed signs OF fatigue Ennis
the least Of any OF them. 1t Ia expected that
pnnis will cover seventy-hv miles to-day. and
Hartman elNig-two. There ia little probability
uatthe winners record will DO better than 500
uilcs.
The excitement over the international strug-
r.s for the Ashley belt yesterday-the fth day
Of tho contest-wds fierce and tumunuous at
times. The trotting Fnglshnan doggcdly held
the lead OF from Is to n miles. which Ennis.
who was gradually forging ahead OF Hartman
WAS unable to reduce. The Engishmnn hung
tc him like pursuing shadow II Ennis
struck up lively walk the Englshman
ld out link after link. 30 as not to slip
behind. and when the pnce became too
fast he struck into his bohbng trot. keep
irg up steam until Ennis slnckened his pace
or retired 1t was patent to every one that
Eovol would clutch tbs glittering prize. never
heless Enns's friends yelled with frenzy at
eyory attempt TO escape from hls cllnglng
shadow " Shake him of. john. you've got hin
now came in share encouraging tones from
lnnis's friends. who lined the rails Gs Ennis
few around tho track. The go, him was a
good deal like the bear and tho dog story. The
doG kept ahead.
Early In the evening while Rowell was OF tho
track Ennis covered the sawdust with the quick
steps Of sprintrr In n single mile walk. lie
made his 1921 mile in eight minutes and three
seconds 1t was the quickest mile Of the walk.
The cheering was wild and prolonged. This
boon brought the Engishman from his
cabin. He started in again. apparently
fresh. His eyes were much clearer
than on the fourth day. whilo
lack OF confidence. such ns spreads over the
face oi poker PLAYER when he holds straight
flush on Il big blind spread over his red face
R0wcll had been presented with a silk cap from
hyoung woman In the morning. md had re-
cciyed frequent applause in the day. This
gave his face an castor expression than
It had worn before during the contest He
looked as though he began to feel at homo. In
the warmth OF his heart he announced that IL
the third man failed to cover the stipulated 45O
miles he would return him hs entrance money.
Ennis also said that II he came in first or SEQ
ond he would present him with 5000.
Hartman truged around with haggnrd
weary face. and tagging limbs. The hectic
spots had gone from his cheeks. his eyes were
sunken deep in their sockets. As he turned to
the scorers at intervals with the words ' Gen.
tlemeD. I'm going on" II was evident that
the track his eyes. from the lack OF required
rest looked as though he had been weeping.
His friends chcered him generously. but IL
failed 10 timber and quicken his almost par
Alyzed limbs. The question with his hackers
was. Will Charley make $50 miles2" The
majority feared that he would not be able to do
It. As was intImated In The sun AZ the time OF
the meeting Of the pedestrians. on the arrival Of
Rowell. he had trained too fine. In the winter
he had walked on nearly all the exhibition
tracks In the vicinity Of New YORK. besides
going through'a six days trial in Boston.
Once in the evening all three were on tho
track in line. Ennis first Hartman second
with the Enelshman at the tail. There was not
moro than ive feet between them. They kept
this position tor n number OF laps. the specta-
tors filling the garden with ccaseess sounds OF
cheers. Ennis then began 10 pull away from
the head Of the line. Hartman brayely en-
doayored to respond. and walked lap at rat
ting gait. but exhausted nature assorted itself
end the Yankee boy fell behind watching a
long spurt between Ennis and the Eugllshman.
In which the latter held his own.
As Ennis finished his 4O0ih mile in 9:2s. Just
before 10 ?. NJ. the building shook with cheers.
The Engishman was twenty-five miles ahead
Of him at this time. going fresh as n daisy.
Hartman. who had taken a rest then reap
peared and began walking like a reyiving
ghost There were hopes that he would ac-
complish his 450 milca. and clutch the 10000
prize which will fall to the third man.
Starting the FInh Day-The Condition or the
Msn-Messages OF fneoursEem mt.
Hartman rcappeared on the track at 8 min
utes before 3 o'clock yesterday morning. after
his long rest" Of little more than az hours.
He slept like a knot all the tinc he was on and
la mt la 10
ireshed. but WAS very stiff. A lank man with
general stiffness about his joints can appear
good 100 per cent. SITTER :hnn sawed on
man like Rowol But the stffuess Of his salt
wore OF: then he dropped into n movement
very nearly like his old stride in the
earlier stages Of the match. The hol-
lows under his high cheek bones were
much deeper at tho beginning OF this new
day than they were when he began the pre-
ceding twcnty-four hours. Tho rings around
his eyes were b'acker. and his eyes told more
plainly the story Of the terrible strain he was
enduring He wore dark close jacket. blue
velvet trunks and white stock inss-a costume
which nc retained until late in the day. In tho
last hours Of the night and the early hours Of
ihs morning he was or tho track al rarer inter-
walls than In the prev Gus afternoon. Between
o'clock in the afternoon and the next morn
Ing he had quilted the track 1--WE times the
Shortest time of the track WAS nearly II min
uus, tho longest two hours and three-quartcrs,
aud the total timo IN in the ~ hours was
hours, 35 minutes and 81 seconds. After going
on the track at . o'clock yesterday morning he
walked steadily until o.. and then he went in
and remained 27 minutes. His next stop was
at about7s he took 4 minutes ofI, and at the
completion Of the next mile-hls Si2d-he took
q rest Of nearly m hour and u half
When Hartman returned 10 the track. after
his midnight resi-. his showed B2J miles
10 his credit. Neither Rowell nor Ennis had
come on tine track their scores stoul-36O
miles for Rowell and 1886 for Ennis. Iarri-
man was 10 miles behind the ChicAgnan Hnd the
EngshmAn led him by 80 miles. When Ennis
skipped out at o'clock aud So minutes HRrrl-
man hnd made up 4 OF the 10 miles he lacked OF
being up with him.
MESSAGES TO HARTMAN.
Early In the forenoon Dr. Chase. Trainers
Iathr0p md Splitter passed the time by running
through the bundle Of messages that have come
10 Hartman since he entered the contest Hero
IS one from New York, beginning:
You will win this match I have special reasons,
which prefer not now TO disclose for giving 20 conn
a'nt an opinion.
Another is from n New England city, asking
Tor phssrS u the match. ana another rom me
same region Expresses confidence in his ability