The New York herald., 1879-08-28
LEGS FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of Weston and Rowell. the
Pedestrians.
BOTH CORDIALLY WELCOMED.
In Good Condition and Ready for the
Next Great Walk.

Next Great Walk.
Mr. f. p. Weston, the worlds champion pedes-
frian reached his native shore yesterday after
proracted sojourn of about three years in Europe.
chiefly in England. and brought with him the cham
pion belt which he won last June in London on
record of $50 miles, the highest ever made iu any
similar six days walk. In accordance with
previous announcements . number OF Mr.. Weston's
friends had chartered vessel for the purpose
Of going down the bay. and. if possible taking him
OF the steamer Nevada. of the Guion line. which
he was passenger. and bringing him back to New
York OH their own boat The craft that had been
chartered for the occasion was the steamer Harlem,
which ought to have been on hand by eight O'CLOCK
At that hour the parties invited to go on her were
gathered together the jetty at pier No. 3S North
River but the expected steamboat put in no appear
Ance The parties waited patiently until two o'clock
In the afternoon amusing themselves as they best
could and indulging occasionally In the luxury Of
sandwich glass of lager beer and an odd lemonade
with 'stick" in it. At quarter to twelve
the Nevada signalled of Fire Island;
and as the long looked for Harlem did not
put in an appearance the William Fletcher
was procured in time for the impatient friends
of the champion and considerable delegation Of
reporters to get afoat shortly after two o'clock.
Among those on board were Messrs. d. G. Hess and
E. L. Mcdonald (both representing the present man
agement Of the Madison Square Garden). L. w. Gro
yer, +. Feitner, DIR. O. K. Snyder. Mr.. Wes-
toms brother-in-law H. Busby and others. Mr..
Rufus 8. Andrews went out to the Nevada on the
Health Officers boat.
Soon after three the Fletcher met the Nevada out
side of the Narrows The great steamer decked
with bunting from bows to taffrail. When the
Fletcher hove alongside handkerchiefs waved hands
were clapped and hearty cheers went up for the
champion. Mr.. Weston was soou discovered stand
ing the quarterback among his fellow passengers.
He speedily recognized his friends and cordially
luted them. While the two vessels were steaming
alongside Of each other the 'belt' brought out
and greeted with cheers
1--WE have seen that before and we'll keep 1t here.'
shouted stalwart friend Of the walkist.
THE PEDESTRIANS VIEWS.
When the Nevada had slowed down and the Health
OfRcer scrambled on board ladder was let down
the iron sides of the great ship and Mr.. Hess
managed to climb deck, followed by
the HERALD reporter and several others.
Some Of the parties on the Fletcher.
not liking the fun of trusting themselves dangling
half in air aud half the ladder preferred to stay
where they were. After the Hrst greetings Mr..
Weston spoke Of his treatment by the English people
generally. He loud in their praise. and in
ferring to the way he received by Americans at
home. he said, in substance that they had treated
him harshly and dealt with him unjusty. adding.
s'They buried me before left home. but have had
. true Yankee resurrection"
Mr.. Weston spoke in the highest terms of Sir
John Ashley the donor OF the champion belt though
he said that before the commencement of the last
match the Bsronet thought he had no chance
against the new system Of running. which had been
tons. when. however. it was found that. for
some reason best known to Mr.. RoweIl
enter enu Ii into the the contest and the exciting
period of the last match had arrived things began to
wear different aspect; Brown: % who up tn then hen
the weight Of Westons speed in his wake. and some
one who had gone large sums on the Engiishmsn
Of it?" I'm tell you what 1t lists damned bad
lay for f.vorites responded the English nobleman.
He never had . trainer. he always trained himself
1t about the middle Of May before he began to
So S b OF s to pye
his opinion about running in the match no re-
piled :-.I don't know how like running. I don't
care to speak much about that. Actions will speak
for Themselves" Referring again to his treatment
in America Mr.. Weston said-"They did not treat
me well in New York, and il had consulted my
own wishes would not have brought the belt over
here.y
Upon inquiry to whose wishes he did consult
In bringing he said those Of Sir John Ashley
Mrs. Weston and few other friends. He believed
some other equally distant part Of the world.
He then remarked that nothing succeeds like
success" things might now be different with his
countrymen at home. There are. he calculated
1900 Americans living in London. and Of the H. 900
people or more who assembled to give MN !est-
from the Americans. his own countrymen. This
fact seemed to lie like lead upon his soul.
With regard to the regulations for the garden.
where the match - to take place in September, Mr.
Weston said that he had only put up f25 of the
entrance fee the reason being that II smoking
to be allowed within the building while the match
In progress he positively would have nothing
to DO with 1t. he repeated his assurances on this
atmosphere 30 charged with tobacco smoke Mr.
Weston thought IL an erroneous idea that man
time than he could in America. OLeary had told
him that he could not make within sixty miles as
much In the match here as he could in England;
but he repeated that his actions would snow for
themselves what he might possibly accomplish. In
this connection he would say that late article in
tho HxRALp ''reAlly got it down to = fino point"
In the late contest. when Mr.. Browns friends heard
that Rowe was out OF the race they thought it was
walk over for their man. They were SO certain Of
his winning that Monday morning they said,
''Oh! some one will challenge us; we'll go to
America; that's the place to win anything"
At this stage of the conversation litsle Maud the
pedestrians seven-ycarold daughter. came In, and
was placed by her father on the marble
table In the cabin. The girl looked around on her
countrymen with an evident desire to be friends
with them. Mrs. Weston. two other children and
his "vslet." ~ he calls him, with the champion.
The report from England. which was published 1T
the time. that the people. while the match was in
progress shouted, "Beat tnat - Yank !" and the
like. Mr.. Weston said was exaggerated. He showed
u beautiful hunting case gold watch that had been
presented to him by his friends In England bearing
this inscription
Presented to E +. WESTON, by some hfty ot his ada
$inirers mark of their appreciation OF mis- greatS
$power Of endurance energy OF character and
;of purpose. LONDON, july D. 1870. I
Newark Is no favorite place with the American
champion; tor, in relating his professional expori-
ences there. he said that he owned house in that
city and one In the Plutonian regions he would
rent the house in Newark.
HOTEL.
All this conversation, aud much more, took place
the way up the bay from tue Narrows to the
steamers berth. which reached about haf-past
i've o'clock. A considerable number Of friends aud
ndiuirerR awaited the champion tho pier.