Daily Republican., 1879-10-01
TTRen YHsTxRDAy's LATE EDITION. !
THE GsRRAT WALK.

Div iding the Gate Money-Enos
nous Expenses-HOw Much Eac1
Man Gets ROweil's Reception
This Evening.
From ii o'clock last night until
O'Clock at night, atMadison Square lar
den, New York, yesterday, the commit
tee OF arrangement Of last weeks walk
ing match struggled with the accounts
against them, and the question as I,
the division Of the net receipts anon,
the eight winners. The thirteen start
ers were each represented in this com
mittee.
Of the total receipts amounting I,
e73,92S, sls,4s0.75 had been retained
by the Kuntz Brothers as their % Del
cent for the use Of the building. Thj!
left $55, ,442.25 TO be divided among tht
winners, after all the expenses attend
ing the contest had been paid.
After nearly all the bills had beer
audited,it was found that the total ex
pense OF the contest amounted as fal
as ascertained to sl5,047. The princi
pal items in this sum we're 81, 500 vo.
ted by the committee Of fifteen to them.
selves as compensation for their SER
vices; s2, 800 to Mr.. Hess as general
manager; about 1900 to attendants
and watchmen; 81, 100 for scorers; $500
to Mr.. Atkinson; 80. so for damages to
the building and s1.00 for tents. The
bill for damages was cut down from
1000.
Deducting the 3l5,o47 of expenses
from the amount in the hands Of the
committee, $40, 1876 still remained t, be
divided. OF this 81 1895 was reserved
as a contingent fund to meet any little
bills which might still he outstanding
reducing the amount to be apportioned
among the winners to $4,000 out Of
s73,923 against s36, 1861 in the March
contest for the Ashley Belt out Of $751;
ga. ~
After a long discussion the following
scale of division was agreed upon:---
Rowell, according to the original agree
ment, receives SO per cent. Merritt Isa,
Hazael lOa, Hart Z, Guyon 5, Weston
81, Ennis y and Krohpe q. This di-
vision gives the several winners the
following amounts
Rowell, $50 miles $40, 800 90; Merritt,
5lj miles 1892 80; Hazael, 500 miles
"a, 1872 SC; Hart, 4s2 miles miles e.
73O 90; Guyon, All miles 81 $50 90;
Weston, 45j miles sl,3G5 90; Ennis,
45, miles l,o72.50; Krohne, 450! miles
sS77,s0.
In March last Rowell received $ls,-
393.30 for walking 500 miles; and now
Hazael only gets "A, 1880 for going the
same distance. Weston obtained $500
for walking $50 mites in England. In
addition to his share OF the gate money
Rowell gets Sc, 900 in entrance fees.
Tonight reception and concert will
be given to Rowell at the Madison
Square Garden. Nearly all the com
petitors in the recent contest will be
present. The following programme has
been arranged:
Hart, one mile ego as you please, /"
wearing the belt won by him in Provi-
dence; Ennis, one mile "go-as-you.
please:" Guyon, one mile "heel and
toe;" Hazel against Taylor, five miles
run for medal--Taylor to have one
eighth Of mile start; Merritt,
one mile, ''go-as- you please" pre-
sentation of the Ashley Belt at 10
o'clock, after which Rowell will give
an exhibition of his champion jog-trot,
wearing the belt. There will also be
exhibited the Champion of America
belts for "heel-and-toe" and "go-as-
you please" for six-day contests,
which are held by Guyon and Panchot.