New-York tribune., 1879-12-23
THE sIXrY-FlvE WALKERS,
LEADERS WITHDRAWING FROM THE RACE.
RECORDS on THE MRS-sURPHY AND MERRITT RE-

RECORDS or TIE MaS--sURPnY AND MERRITT RE-
TIRE-scESEs .AT LATE HOUR.
That the interest in long distance pedestrian
Ism Is si great was yesterday ~ the crowd Of
spectators that visited MadAon Square Garden. The
oor was black with spectators all day and many
seated the gallery The fact that several OF the
walkers successful In former matches
attracted q maBy persons. With few exceptions.
the majority of the walkers have pedes-
frisns. Samuel Merritt. OF Bridgeport. Conn, the
wisnsr OF second prize In the for the Ashley
belt September. having covered 5t5 miles. Nicholas
Murphy. the boy pedestrian OF Haverstraw the
OLeary belt in October with score OF sos miles.
he could have made many miles, appa
reDtly bat he was 10 certain or winning the
10 that ne remained or the track several hours His
victory great surprise. He the favoTe with
the betting the the present Francis
IT, Hart OF Boston Is the darkey who entared BY
OTeary In the sriey belt contest. He made f52 miles
aud took fourth prize. He has frst prize
matches, walking fourteen and sixteen hours
day. Peter j. Paneh0r, Of Buffalo, was letter
carrie. lie won the first psizs I'm the race for
the UnTreds States championship IN April HIS
record 4s012 miles. He started In the Ashley
belt but retired account of sore ankle. his
two brorhers are also I'm the race Henry Howard q
Glen Cove second n the OLeary belt contest and
covered 500 miles. In several other matches be has
made between 400 and $50 miles.
Christian Faber 81 Newark took the third prize In the
OLeary match scoring 4sS miles Frederick Krohne OF
New-Yorx has been entered for nearly every match
that has taken place In the city within the last
year lie generally manages TO make 450 miles
and secures hiss entrance fee ana some
times "a prizc. Samuel =. Russell or Chicago
made 4j2 miles in the OLeary walk and had his en-
trance fee returned Richard Cromwell, tho Indian
scout aud trapper, from California, has no record lie
entered for the OLeary match. bat domestic trouble
compelled the first day. The only record
that w. boasts OF Is that made BY hts wife In
rhe woman's walk last week. Beside Hart, there are
three other colorsd walkers, viz, Molyneanx. H.
Williams. and Pegram. They have no records to speak
Of Pegram has walked in several matches lasting two
or three days C. Murphy is wrestler, and never
walked before Paris is butcher in Washington Mar
ket. spraeue claims that lie wheel barrow weigh
pounds, In which there Is woman OF the same
weight I20 miles in 100 hours He viii make q wager
Of S120 that he accomplish this feat. Nint Is
BROOKLYN shoemaker who took fourth prize in the recent
81 hours contest 10 Madison Square Garden BrOdc Is
the uewshOY who walked In several matches
IN this city ard then went TO California 10 exhibit
himself He arrested about week G. Borden.
of Philadelphia Is really John Horn, OF Haverstraw
lie was entered under the wrong name because his
frgbten the bettng men, Murphy came from the
place The Hayerstraw people were confident that
with the bookmskers freely that the latter
.biged to scratch Berdan's name from Their isl.
Brody covered 450 miles In the 0,Leary match john
claims 10 have record ~ walking 2OOO nail miles
n ~
walked In the recent elghtyour hour contest B Mat
den OF niue brothers who formed base ball club
They tried to become the champion Bine and didn't
and the other eight are supposed 20 be In training
the lepper." have been in number OF the recent
matches ia and near the city. They have not yet won
four hour walk in Baltimore. T. Fitzgerald, Johnny
Wild was in the OLeary walk.
One OF the main things that perpexed the managers |
was e & Sone 5Ppd he an
r.
every eight hours Eaeh one has TO Keep tne score OF
number miles and laps the dials These scorers
also have three walkers 90 watch for. There WAS very
little yesterday with the scere The walkers
each had large number pasted his breast ana back
and could easily be distin Zulshed.
Or the sxtyve men wbo started IN the walS he hrst
10 retire Merritt: He on,y made twenJ-Eine miles
aud shen complained Of havag cramps IN bis stomach
Tie received dspatch that ~ IatneI was tea- ih
the mornt < the CONTESTANTS formed into groups.
In eacn group t mere t b, Vas ,o,st '-iTr anu
Pancbot led the win "a miles and Nicholas Muir
These men all punched together with the ex- |
ceDtion OF Hart. Murphy was the leader and tired
him The c0Oreh walkers remained near Hart |
except when It was Impossible to keen pace with hun
Tne principal point OF interest m the afternoon tue
sfrudele tween P j. Panchot Murphy Hart aud Fa-
br T6ere were only a few miles bet ween them but
the Distance did not change any for several n"uFs
About 3 O'Clock Murphy his and remained
about twenty-five minutes. During tnat time Psnrhot
nld increased mis- Head. Murphy next stayed on the
track for about an hour and was again missed lie was
of the track for hour and his friends became
sarmed aud thOggh that lie had been taken SICK come
of them went 10 has tent ana found him all
dressed. ready TO leave the building. The
trainer was unable 10 account for Murpny's ne
tions. He said that the was In perfect health
aud excellent condition. About m he rushed into
the and said. I'm not gong any further" Wnen
why he said he didn't know. Z" I'm nOt going 10
enter walking matcn he said 10 his trainer
A the Murphy icft track he the f1voTitc In
the betting. He secoud the and was
steadly gaining on Panchot Other retired In the
afternoon O them scnt a notice OF their with
crawal Tooey missed from the track for several
hours when r Curtis. the referee bis tent
1t was vacant. Steel also Withdrew.
In the evening the relative positions Of the
walkers did not change materially. PanehOt
led the score, followed closely By Hart.
Faber and Hughes. PanehOt kept close to Hart
Panchot made 100 niles in II hours and 81 Minutes
Is claimed that IL made in this
Try days walk. Panehot left the track 81 Il:Oi.
covered I2O miles. "A he made Gre1Icst
number of miles the first day he will receive gold
waIch valued at $3.50 Rowelps record the first cay.
in the late Ashley Belt matcn. 127 miles and
Mnruhy's, in the O'Leary match, was ITO miles.
G. G.. Howard gave up the contest after he had
made sevrnty-nve miles. Five nave thus retired.
twenty uf the walkers had made 100 mies De
fore tho expirai ion OF the first tventytour kCurs
The following table shows the az midnight OF
fhar EFF in RAGS