New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-27
THE WALKING MATCH.
MAKING EXCELLENT SCORES.
MART LEADS WITH 485 MILES ~ MS cREpir-
KpouNE AND FABrn CLOSE At MS HFEIs.

KRouNE AND FABrn CLOSE At MS HFEis.
OF the sixty-iivc mon who rushed around the
track IN Madison Square Garden On Monday Tor an
| other championship belt only twenty-five started
Yesterday to continue IN tho race Three of this
number retired during the day to seek ZANE IN an
other direction They Howard. 20o Han
walker 2Ss. and Brodie. $50 miles. All those VINO
remained Will probably make the heeeS
sarv 40 miles There never has been a
walking match in which 50 many contestants
had made such great records. This fact IS apDie-
ciaea bv those interested N such contests for the
great binding was fairly packed last night with
spectators Including last night 10000 persons had
horplt tickets at the box Office 60 see the match mp
IN that time The managers detected some persons
outside the building selling complimentary tickets
ALI the walkers were furnished with ten tickets
each day. and it ia thought that some of them sold
these AT reduced rates
The struggle between the three leading contest
ants still continues TO be the principal point OF III
terest The largo number Of miles that Hart fabcr
and Krohne are covering. when compared with all
former matches has been great surprise. ~ tunes
Yesterday there were only few laps between these
three nan. Att IN. Yesterday Hat had scored
3s5 miles and Faber 377 miles laps. and both
were sleeping Krohne was on the track. and was
six miles behind Fabor. A. 3 n. m kr0hne took
second place. being six laps ahead of Faber and Jour
miles behind Hart. As cacli hour rolled by the men
kept the same distance apart. AT a. M, while
Hart was of the track, Krohne took the lead with
a score of 4O1 miles laps, Hart and Faber each
being 400 miles l lap. Two hours later
Hart took the hrst place and Krohne third the dis
lance between them beng only seven laps. Krohnc
and Faber exchanged places at midday. At
that time these three men were pressing
each other to the utmost. Hart walked
utn
signs of fatigue than the other. Faber looked COM
pletely exhausted, but he continued TO take his
long stride. and walked with n steady, even gait.
Krohne appeared to be in better cond tion than he
was in the last hours of the Astlev belt race. His
stride on the track measured 80 inches while
Faher's was Sc
In the afternoon the struggle continued to be inst
rs close aud the distance between the three leaders
varied only little. Hart kept first place by about
three miles, and Kr hno altenated Us second.
siaycd OF over an hour. When he returned
ne found thai he was the leader by only Jap.
The scores tucn we're, Hart 40 aud lans, krohne
44O and laps, Faber 40 and lap. The darkcv
seemed rather startled at the scores He started
a dog-trOt and lap after lap. and was
greeted with rounds OF applause In one hour
he had covered over five miles, while hls two com
petitOrs only made three From z 10 p III. he
covered four miles, and from to p. ~ hye miles
lacking two LAPS. Tbs gave I'm, nm o aead
six laps ahead of Faber. All through the
of The evening Hart followed kr0hurs fOotste ps
while Faber fingered III the rear The prob. bility
of Harris making many miles rs Weston
did in London was generally talked Of Large
crowds hung around the stands of the
! bookmakers vino were Offering to l against
| Faber and even money that lao would not
be first or second; TO against krohue, aud to
that Hart would WIN Iney were betting even that
AGAINST $50 niles and 60 against
$40 miles. Hart. had made 400 miles at
| 20:30 p. m. Rowel's record az the end OF the
fifth day IN she last match was $50 miles. but five
miles should he deducted on account OF the short
/ track When OLeary won the AStley belt IN Lon
don with score Of 500 miles he had made 417
miles az the eud 90 the nth day. Wcstou's record
Ill London at the cad of the ffih day 467 miles
and " Bower" Browns. when he made 5il miles,
was $50 miles.
| There was Il close race all day between Hughes
| the "Lepper" and Pegram, another darkey, for
| fourth place. They were separated by only few
miles. Hart went of the track at 1853 p. M,
aud was then only mile aud two laps behind
Weston's score in London. Among the audience
were many colored men and women, ana they were
elated over Harris success They appauded HIN
every time he passed them Following were the
scores at midnight of all those in the race: