The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-10-02
THE WALKING MATCH.
Great Britain gets the Belt-ROWell Winning the
Race Easily, Making $50 Niles in the 0 Days.

Great Britain gets the Bslt-ROWell Winning the
Race Easily, Making $50 Miles in the Days.
The following Is the official score Of the days :
Rowell $780, Merritt SIS; Hszlel 5OU1% Hart,
1871; Guyon, AL; Weston, 455; Eunis, 45OL<;
KrOhue 1906 Taylor, 25OM.
New York, September 27.-The great pedestrian
contest ended this evening more tamely than had
been expected, yet amid the greatest enthusiasm
and good feeling All day long great crowds
gathered in the Garden and bigger ones around
the newspaper bulletins outside Merritt had
shown such excellent pluck, and was doing such
good work, that the hope existed that he might
Overtake ROwel but Rowell took good care that
the Conntcllcu lad got no nearer than ten miles
to him. spurt as he might, Merritt could not cut
| down the lead
The day wore wearily away, the crowds In.
| creasing and the Interest gathering. II was
question whether KrOhne and Ennis would make
the 450 miles necessary to win, There was lively
racing between Hart the colored boy and Guyon,
for fourth place Hart got 1t after time, Guyon
was terribly used up. His feet were blistered his
eyes sunken, his cheeks hollow. The negro boy.
Hart, was as fresh as q peach blOssO n, and went
around the track like the drum maj of darkey
giment At five o'clock Weston left the track
He had put his score up To ass miles, and had the
| sixth place In the match. To the end he insisted
that the smoking Of tobacco alone prevented him
from winning the match.
GREAT Excl EMENT TOWARD THE CLOSE.
As evening came on the Garden became filed
to the uttermost There were ten thousand ler.
sons there. They yelled and shouted like demons
ko
brought In all they could do to keep them of the
track, There were no special points Of Interest,
| but the excitement on general PRINCIPLES ran
high and every one was interested. Toward nine
O'CLOCK the Albion Society had great floral trib.
| ute carried around the track. ROwell Hazael
and Merritt locked arms and followed 1t around
the circle. ROwell carrying the American flag
aud Merritt the British cOlOrs. The spectators
yelled Then the trio walked off the track The
| race was over for them,
There remained two who had not yet made
their gate dstauce-KrOhne and Ennis
the crowd cheered and encouraged them, and
lisl before ten O'Clock they made the distance
Hart and GuyOn kept on walking, Hart fresh aud
| In g lOd Spirits aud Guyon walking as though on
needles. The thOusa ds waited TO zee them and
tboweFed them with plaudits.
krOhne and Ennis stalk q on until Ennis I'm.
ished his 9th mile Then Krohne was left alone.
In few minutes he had accomplished his task
ana the great race was ended.
RowELL THE VICTOR.
Rowell won the belt, but tarnished his honor.
He retired from the track, according 10 the official
score at S2, with $50 miles to his credit AT noon
the betting was even that he would make 53l
miles and odds were taken that he would roll up
6S5 Heavy investments were made and those
who bet their money aud pinned their faith OH
his ability to accomplish these distances heartily
cursed him Eve the men who had bet that he
would make over $50 mites lost their money, for
he took not step beyond $50 miles. According
70 the official score he had two hours and thirty.
nVe minutes at his disposal AT the rate At which
he was going he could easily have made SO miles.
and with no extra efOrtBave the money mat his
Friends and admirers had staked upon him.
Judge Nelson OF Brooklyn, granied' Al attach.
ment this afternoon againBt West ma qste money,
IN suit Of David Sanders, Jr.. Of ssl I'm, Mass.
against the pedestrian. Relative 70 this action
Mt. Hess said to night that he knew nothinE mort
Of y ihsn ne had seen in the papers he pre-
sumed SANDERS was the same man who bad been
dOgging Weston. The attachment would be Of no
service, "a Weston was entered aad backed Ior