Daily globe., 1879-06-23

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542 miles, and Rowell's great feat in New
York few months since when he won the
belt and the championship, by nearly eigh-
teen miles. When it is considered that to
accomplish this distance Weston had to
make 31h miles every, hour of the IA Of
the walking time. the magnitude of the feat
will be better appreciated.
But while the performances is SO truly re-
mArkable, q greater wonder still is that
Weston should be the performer. Before
the people of America and England as
long distance pedestrian ever since in the
6Os-in fact among the first Of the long dis
tance walkers-his record heretofore has
been marked by almost continuous failures.
OLeary and all the leading pedestrians of
both hemispheres have beaten him easily,
and so common had his failures become, that
the Spirit Of the Times, the leading sport
ing paper Of this country, and Belts Life,
occupying the same position in London, had
graded him as an unInitigated fraud, SO COM
plete fraud that neither paper for
years has admitted his name to their
columns. At one time dishonesty,
selling out his matches, was ascribed
to him, but this charge, if it ever had any
foundation, has been dropped. but sefraud''
in reference to his performances has stuck
to him with such persistency that when he
entered for this match, no one on either
side of the ocean had the remotest idea he
would win. And now it will be amusing to
watch what The Spirit and Belts Life
will do in the matter.
But whatever Weston may have been in
the past, he is no longer "fraud,'' hut the
champion pedestrian of the world, and
with record that will probably stand un-
paralleled for some time to come. There is
limit to human performance and endur-
ance, and that limit is nearly or quite
reached in the $50 miles covered by Wes-
ton. And reached by Yankee, too, that is
what makes the performance of special in
terest to Americans, and he is going to
bring his trophy, and the educats'' won,
which can be counted by the thousands
of dollars, home to Yankeeland,
where all desiring to contend for its posses
sion must come to do 80 E5ss .5sz
There is another thought suggested by the
performance that can well be Needed By the
pedestrians. Weston has been Walking
steadily for twelve or fourteen years, during
which time he has engaged IN many very
trying contests, aud to-day is q better man
than ever before. The secret of this is found
in his steady habits and strict observance of
the laws of health. His frame has not been
weakened by social e1cesses, but has been
preserved and built up by sober life and
careful attention. O'Leary and other pro-
fessionals in manly sports may learn lesson
from Weston here.
1zssceIzaneo,es.
Mr.. Charles Littlefeid, who trained for
Mr.. N. h. Sanford, in England, has taken
charge of the Rancocas stud of Mr.. p.
Lorillard.
The Waseca Herald is authority for the
statement that Robert Bonner recently of
fered $4,000 for q horse owned BY Mr..
Charles DeGraf, of the Lake Elysian stock
farm, and that the offer was refused The
GLoBE has not interviewed Mr.. DeGraff as
to this offer, and, therefore, cannot speak of
its own knowledge as to the matter, but
it does know that if Mr.. Bonner made
the offer, for either one of two horses that
Mr.. DeGraf has-Alexander or Railroad he
was undertaking. the horse, and that Mr..
DeGraf was justified in refusing it. Mr..
Rounor has bought good many horses for
round sums of money, but he never yet
bought as good horse for $40. 600 as either
Alexander or Railroad. Unfortunately for the
fame of the first named, Alexander has grown
up and developed in Minnesota, way out in
the frontier, added TO which no systema tic
efforts has been made to advertise him, but
o, esro ok% ho =.
second to no horse in the country, and as
for Railroad, we'll Minnesota is no longer
outside the charmed circle, and be will ad-
vertise himself in the next two years.
tits pity for tho turf and breeding in
Preston, was not located little nearer the
and Minneapolis. He has fine half mile
track on his breeding farm, and is giving
trotting matinees every two or three weeks,
which are largely attended, and bring out
some good exhibitions Of speed. At matt
nee on the 14th there were three events, 3:l5
2:50 and 2:45 classes. The first was one by
Grattan's b. 8. Trample, by Tramp, Laura
B taking the first heat and Tram
pie the three last. Time 3:O2, 2:571155,
1858, 2:57. The 2:5O race
was won by Preston Star, by Star of the
West, in 2:4611, 2:451S, 2:444 The 2:45
race was won by Sleepy Ned in 2:46, 2:45A
So far this season the side-wheelers are
having the best Of it, 2:16 having been made
at East Saginaw, Mich, last week, while the
best square trotting heats yet made this sea.
son were those by Proteine at the same meet
ing, the three being put in between 2:1s and
2:19. This is extra coed work for this sea.
son of the year, and would indicate that the
| stewards of the grand central circuit were
acting wisely when they barred her from th'
general free-for-all and placed her in tn,
same field with Rarus and Hopeful.
THE LOST FOUND.
| Rec overy of the Little Daughter of Mrs
Taylor.
| Yesterday, Mrs. D. Taylor recovered hel
lost child about whom 30 much alarm wa
expressed and the fear that she had beer
kidnaped was hazarded. The little elev