Daily Republican., 1879-09-29
THE GREAT WALK.
The Ashley BsIt Goes Back 20 Eng
Iand-ROweIl the winner-Mer.
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Ino ABulfy bslt GOeb b8ek 10 ENG
Iand-RoweIl the winner-Mer.
ritt Second ivfsion: OF the Gate
Money = Preparations for the
Walk for the O'Leary Beit.
The fifth contest for the Ashley belt
was brought to close on Saturday
evening IN the presence Of fully $1,000
people. The progress of the match was
not marked by any particularly excit-
ing episodes. The different contestants
kept pegging away steadily, with little
rest and cheered by almost continuous
applause. The relative positions OF
the men remained unchanged, although
Weston made much better time Accord
ingly than on any day since Monday.
At 1888 p. M, when Rowell had turned
$50 miles, he with Merritt and Hazael,
approached the scorers stand hand-in
hand and announced that neither Of
the trio would walk any more. Neither
Merritt nor Hazasl could by any posi-
bility change their relative positions
with the champion.
ever continued to walk for some
time, but the interest in the match had
largely died out. Weston went off the
track at 7 p. NJ, with ass miles to his
credit, determined not to come on again
if neither Ennis nor Krohne threatened
to pass his score. Neither of them did,
both men being content to stop as soon
as they had completed 45O miles. 1t Is
said that Taylor stuck to the course SC
persistently because Of wager. The
report is that q gentleman bet $5, 600 tc
81 900 that the old man would not be
on the track at the end Of the six days,
unmindful that the go-as-you. please
tactics also included wal t-as- please
Taylor's backer admits that there was
a wager Of some kind at the bottom Of
the "pio-eater's' action.
The receipts of the walk are about
Sl4 for every mile walked. The total
receipts are about as follows:
Monday at a. m. S., 329: Tuesday, s
a. M, $S,6s5; Wednesday, s a. m. $S,-
7l3; Thurday, a. IN. $40, 100; Friday,
s a. IN. $l0,977; Saturday at a. IN.
81, 7,065; Saturday, S a. m. to IL p. m.
$l5,11l. Total $4,000.
Of this $40, $50 goes to the lessees Of
the Garden, the Kuntz Brothers, leav-
ing $57,750 for the pedestrians. AL
lowing s9,74O for expenses, there
should be $4S, 900 left. Rowell takes
half, or $24, ,OOO-$4, 900 a night. Had
only six men crossed the 45O-mile line
then Merritt would have got S9,6OO;
Hazael, $5,76O; Hart, s3,s4O Guyon,
81, $50 and Weston, 1920.
As eight men have a right to share
these amounts, except Rowell's, will be
diminished by suitable percentage,
according to the distances made by En-
mis- and Krohne, and under the diiec-
tion of Sir John Astley's representa-
tives here. Out Of their sl9, $50 Kuntz
Brothers pay the $s, 900 exacted by Mr..
Kelley for his services in getting Mr..
Vanderbilt's permission to have the
match take place.
Weston's share of the gate money
has been attached by creditors in Brook
lyn.
The first race for the O'Leary belt,
representing the six days pedestrian
championship Of America and $500
in money prizes, will take place at
Madison Square Garden, New York
city, October 6 to II inclusive. One
hundred aud seven paid the ten dol
lars preliminary fee, and thirty-thrse
good the remaining $50. From these
thirty three twenty-five contestant. sand
five substitutes have been selected, in
accordance with the rules of the belt,
as follows: Joseph Allen, Rentrew,
Massachusetts,: John Henry Behrman,
Jersey City; Charles Boyle, Montreal;
Z. Bran, Asbury Park, N. j.; IT. Brody,
Greenpoint, L. l.; John Albert Brond-
gest, Toronto; Henry Brown, Fulham,
England; Michael M. Costello, Fishkill,
N. Y; Richard Cromwell, San Francis
co; Peter Grassland, Sheffield, England;
Benjamin Curran, New York; Edward
Davis, Kerry, Ireland; John J. Dickin.
son, Philadelphia; J. P. Dushane, New
Castle, Pa; Walter Eckersall, Chicago:
Frank Il. Edwards, New York; Alfred
Elson, West Meriden, Ct; Christian
Fabsr, Newark, N. j.; Pat. Fitzgerald,
New York Charles Fox, Austin, III.
Harry Howard, Glen Cove, ILL; Mar
tin Kelnmerer, Lockhaven, Pa; James
Mahoney, New York James McLeary.
Bonhill, Scotland John Perkins, Brook
lyn, L. I. Albert Pierce, New York
Samuel P. Russell, Chicago; Timothy
Spellacy, Millerstown, Pa. ; VIM. TAFT,
New York Cyrenius Walker, Buffalo.