The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-20


if he failed, even his ill-sparcd stake
OF five hundred dollars would be
swept of, and himself left paupcr.
Being the only native American on
the track, he was chccrcd time and
time again by the thousands who
witnessed the dreadful ordeal. Ills
great pluck and courage excited the
greatest enthusiasm. as every step
scnt knife into his blistcrcd feet
Ills competitors actually coached
him along the track, and enabled him
to reach the goal at last. In this con-
dition he actually walked sixty miles
the last day. Rowcll kept The lead
and went like clockwork under the
orders of his English trainers. The
first few days he was the recipient Of
abuse ard jccring, and once came
near being mobbcd by roughs who had
bet against him, but his manly con-
duct towards Hartman silcnccd all
opposition and won him loud plaudi;s.
Ennis spun along tamously after his
bread basket got into good fix, but
nc could not close the gap. IIc finish
eel in the best condition Of all, run
ming his four hundred and tiftieth
and his four hundred and seventy
fifth and closing mile in less than
eight minutes each. Rowcll rolled
OIL his five hundrcdth mile and then,
with an American flag in his hand,
waved his adieu to boistcrous and
enthusiastic mob. The score stood,
Rowcl!, five hundred miles; Ennis.
four hundred and scvcnty-fivc; and
Hartman, four hundred and fifty.
The gate money reached fifty thou
sand dollars, Of which six thousand
went for expenses, one thou
sand apiece to the contestants, in
cluding poor O'Lcary, and Of the re-
maindcr Rowcll pockets the snug
sum OF twenty thousand dollars,
Ennis twelve thousand, and Harri-
man eight thousand. Ennis mort
gagged his house to enter tic race.
lie is row comparatively rich man.
Hartman could also afford almost to
kill himself for what he got. Had
Hartman failed, Rowcll would have
received thirty thousand and Ennis
ten thousand dollars, 50 that the COLI
duct Of The former in urging Hartman
along, knowing that it would cost
himself ten thousand dollars, shows
that there is Il warm heart if the cx-
terror is rough lie has we'll deserved
his honors and his money.
Gilinorc's Garden part of the time
was pandemoniun. AS many as
fifteen thousand people were packed
together at II time, though tickets
were " dollar apiece, and every man
had cigar in his mouth and countless
drinks somewhere else. The Oil
stand, erected for Moody and Sankcv,
was transformed into mammoth bar.
four hundred feet long, behind which
thirty attendants worked for dear
life. Five hundred policemen in
uniform and eight hundred in citizens
dress preserved order. at times the
audience was Of high rcspcctabilitv.
Thousands Of ladies attended, and at
one stage Of the proceedings, Lady
Thornton, the wife Of the British
Minister, approached the track and
presented Rowcll with massive GOLD
medal. The street outside was
iamnlcd by thousands too poor to
gain admittancc, and calcium lights
reflected the score from. number of
bulletin boards. The New York
Herdid filled five columns daily with
its report Of the match. All this
shows that the contest was not q nero
tramp, AS mere financial specula-
ton it paid enormously. Rowell
averaged five miles an hour while
actually walking, and every mile put
in his pocket forty dollars. Let no
one smile at the folly Of these pcdes-
trians. They coin money, if they do
sell their flesh by the five or six
pounds day. And if there be any
reader Of this, not distinguished for
brains but having the stomach of an
ostrich and pair of legs capable Of
standing five hundred miles in six
days, let him wait not on the order Of
going, but hie him in haste to New
York, and there challenge Rowcll for
"the Ashley belt and the championship
| Of tho world" This sort of tlampino
will pay.
Some people say such exhibitions