The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-03
AFTER TIRE wALKING-mATCH.
A Decided Sell ON a Large Audience.
New York World

A Decided Sell ON a Large Audience.
New York World.
A good deal of an audience at 80 cents
head gathered at the Madison Square
Garden last night to hear and see a
"grand complimentary concert and pre-
sentation reception to Charles Rowell and
his late gallant competitors" The "con-
cert" was all "Tommy Dodd" and "Lul-
laby" by the same band that made the
walk horrible. The presentation" did
not come off because the belt lay in the
hands of the Sheriff under an attachment
procured by one of Weston's creditors.
Rowell, armed with an order from Ham
ilton Busby, called at Tiffany's yesterday
to get it, and found that it had been at
tached under the impression that Weston
had put up $500 security for it, which
could be got at under the attachment at
the time of transfer. Weston had not,
as it happens and Of course Rowell will
get the attachment vacated at once, Wes-
ton never having been its owner.
1t may be added that Ennis share of
the gate-money came within an ace of an
attachment. Atkinson met Ennis out
side of the hotel and paid him his check,
and when he had got inside found Sher-
ifs officer there.
The programme of the evening prom
ised that Hart would walk mile, Ennis
mile, Merritt mile and Guyon mile,
and that Hazael and Taylor would have
race. Then when Rowell had received
his belt he was to go about the track with
the belt on. Nobody as yet ever put the
belt on. When two thousand people
had gathered and had waited half-hour
or more Hazael came in with his trainer,
Sullivan, and said that he had not known
of the arrangements and was in no condi-
ton to run. Guyon came limping in and
said he had boil as big as his two fists
and would not run mile for million.
Merritt said he had understood it was
to be reception to Rowell and had put
on his store-clothes. Norman Taylor said
somebody had told him there was run
ming to be done and that he had put on
his lucky linen trousers.
Mr.. Kuntz said he had nothing to do
with the alleged show, having sublet the
Garden to Scannell and Davies, the man
ayers for Merritt and Guvon.
Mr.. AL. Smith, of the October manage
ment, said the whole thing was "bilk," :"
calcu ated to injure October business.
Mcdonald, who is the factotum about
the Garden of Kuntz Bros, attempted to
make Mr. Smith believe otherwise and
was knocked down in the bar-room by
MIR. Smith. Captain Williams sent for II
few extra men. and the audience was in
formed that Norman Taylor would run
five miles. "Where's Hazael?'' shouted
back two thousand voices, and Hazae
was dragged from box and shown to the
audience with the remark, "His foot
being so bad, be will no. run" Taylor
ran his five miles in 33m. AIS. A tele-
gram "from Boston" was next received,
saying that Hart was sick in that city. 1t
had been sent from an Office in Broad
way, New York.
Merritt and Guyon walked around the
track twice side by side, and looked like
pall-bearers. butcher ran two miles, and
John Ennis ran mile. Peter Grassland
and John Doble walked two miles, and
then Rowell came out in his tights and
spun over mile in 5m. 27is. 1t was
said to be a mile, but Others there were
besides the referee who declared that it
was Bridgeport mile of 7 laps. When
the mile was over Leonard Grover is said
to have made speech about Rowell
Then the crowd shouted, "Where's the
beltw 1t was proposed to deceive the
public by a pres ntation of the American
belt held by Guyon, but Guyon said this
trophy had been hypothecated. Rowell
slipped into the dressing-room while the
audience slipped out of the garden.