New-York tribune., 1879-03-13
A REVIEW OF The DAYS RECORD.

! STEADY WORK BY ROWEIL AND HARTMAN
o'LEAHY's POOR WALKING AND FINAL WITH
DRAwAL-ENNIs MAKES GOOD TIME-THE CROWD
Kissing RowELL LATE AT NIGHT.
The morning of the third day was ushered
! IN with nttle excitement. AT daybreak came many
fresh arrivals. Il is estimated that Of those who paid
for admission Sunday night over3 300 still remain In
build sleeping on benches at night and subs-t-
Ing food obtained at the rereshment counter The
ruwd outside up Of the worst classes, and az
times an ungOvernabc desire secmu to take possession
of IT TO gain admission. About midnight on Tuesday
several desperate impToviscd bitering ram out
Of heavy iost ana with forced in the FOuithavc.
door detachment of police before the intruders had
passed nto the body OF the building, drove them out
Yesterday an additional force OF police put duty.
Duling the morning there was a rlmor that RowePS
leg was swelling that eeches had been applied 10
it. This was denied by his trainer as well as by Mr..
Atkinson The latter said the blister which troubled
| him on Tuesday had been cared for. lie
| added: "H nothing happens he will win
the race. and win it ca-ily, though Of course
we can't tell when any man will give ont" Hartman
looked tired, but careworn expression is natural to
him. He Is pale. and although walking with great
steodiness he scoring his miles rapidly he
did on Tuesday Sti his trainer prOnounces HIM Ia be-
IN good copdIiOn lie has became the popular avOritc
| beyond all question Inc iolIoWins uHpatoh vas re-
crivcd at his house yesterday morning from Boston:
| NeT-EnGand now looks to Charlie to save the belt
All admire his pluck and hope for his success Assure
hHl that his friends confident aud VISA HIN good
| luck.
Ennis continued to perform his work during the
ing with ease and steadness neither hurrylng nor lag
! cing aud think he may yet prove " the dark
! horse" lie decidedly the freshest man Oh the
course during the noIhihs. prominent sporting ia
from West sent him the following dispatch yesterday
| morning: c.,,
| by them. | VIII be with you on Thursday"
! kowrl hsS now taken To keeping close cotnpany with
Irman in the same way mat o oGwSG a Ueay ,@ sry
/ he little EnGllshman tr0ttiug behind the tall New
Englander II not unlike terrier IN the wake OF
Mr. Kelly reported that the receipts for the twenty
four hOuIs ending at 10 u. yesterday were s9,30O
making totai Of $4,000 since tnG openlng !he great
crowd Is to be fcund IN The building about 10 p me-
! but there are never less than 1000 present
Down town the interest Is undated, and the crowds
in front Of the newspaper Offices are 30 great as TO OD
mn bulletin advertisements and these also at
tract great numbers.
now THE MEN WALKED
At O'Clock yesterday morning the second days work
was finished and that hour Rowell had covered 1877
miles, Hartman 1885, Ennis l73 and OLeary 16i. Row
ellis performance was equal to OLearys record at
ihe International Tournament III England year ago,
when at the conclusion of fortycigh hours be had 300
miles TO his credit II also fell short Of COrkeys record
! in the November tournament Ill London The crowd
thnned considerable alter the third days work mad
opened. Three on the track, Harrim IN being
in his lent Ennis was the first TO drop out at 1:16.
Rowe left al 1:39 aud tor twenty minutes O'Leary was
tbe only contestant WALKING. Then howell reappeared,
seven uinUtcs OLeary and Rowell had the track TO
Themselves for almost an hour, when Hartman came
out and by O'Clock completed his 1So,h
mile. Ennis joined the others ut 1888, haV,
and o'ciock, While on his 2o4th nile, IoweI re-
versed hs order Oi proceeding and made two laps WIN
MS right hand 20 the rail- In doing this lie obliged
to turn out all comers he found out it did not
pay. lie abandoned his plan without completing the
and kept until oj9. when he rested for three min
%"e r.na e ns a1Vs n ne un rsSeT ios aS
After another rest be out at about ana he
2s9G milc. and he made it in Sn As His 24otn mite
he made in Sm. los aud his 24lst mile In sm. 4O-.
Mug his Il I'm mile. ana he concluded 1t In sm bos'
His 2l5ih scored in Sm. l6, and his 2lG;h mile IN
ON JOs. The squirt watched with wonderful inter
est and during It's progress tue 1000 spectators made
the building rcsound wltn their applause Both me-
following mile, Rowell In l5m 5Os ana Ennis In l4ln-
SOS.
having reured at 12:l0. He was allowed to remain on
until $40 a iu when he resumed, aIter absence OF
his iong swinging gat unli 6:22, he retired ioT
AZ minutes .0r breakfast Teen ne did 20 Cf again
r rested u minutes, and after tna took long interval
of work, covering average mile In trnc more
Ennis Went of AZ 1:16 a m when on his 10th mile
and stayed out until 33s, ali absence OF 70 22n. al
ij he stopped 10 minutes ana after completing Ul-
2UOth mi at COS he rested Tor 81 minutes. by l25
for , nIuuteS IL shortly after his return tbal ht
had the brush with the EnsllsDnHn.
o'LEARY's WANING PRESTIGE.
OLeary absent from the track during the first ha
of the third twentyour in all III 3im lss and
| this time was divided up into eight occasions His
longest rest was taken at 400, when he was away fo
"a minutes He was on the track constantly from
until 10 but with that exception he aDsented hiirsel
once or more every hour Although possessed OF grea
pluch It was easy that he knew he was beateI
man His face bore expression Of dissatisfaction
aud lis legs did not move with their accustomed lfe
His friends cOmored themselves with the hope thit ~
rrit would carry INN through. His personal frend
were very retIcent nut one OF them corroDora,ed h
f,Cs M olshed in yesterdays Tribune IN regard 10 h
| dttnking and ADDED that during the morning, wheI
refused liquor, OLeary threatened " 20 10 the pubh
bar and obtain II there.
Tnrre was great rush OF visitors after o'clock. aDe
| the excitement and enthusiasm were unb0unded
OIearys erratic conduct caused much comment, and
was evident all tDat he out OF the contest III
went OF the track several times without giving th'
scorers notice. and II impossible 10 secure Ills pre-
-. IIa on track the lAsl ilme