The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-14

paid little attention to Appearances. for his
drawers hung loosely around his ankles, in
crensing the pOndcrOus appearance Of his mus
culur legs and his knit shirt worn outside of
his trunks added not to his good appearance.
But thcre were few there who cared how man
looked II only he could get thar" and this
the Englshman and. Irishman were. doing
while the Yankee was losing ground. He. how
ever, looked to be in better condition than he
had been an hour or two before. and. taking tho
old iO-inch stride. walked up to and for nearly
n lap side by side with Ennis earnestly talking
with him. As the crowd increased. there we're
the usual scenes. Notwithstanding that il had
been rumOrcd that there would be no smoking
allowed. there were the usual number oi weeds
lighted. and blue cloud ascended to the roQt
night before had not been removed. though MR.
Kelly had promised that it should be-; but oiii-
GERS posted ut its entrances did not permit II TO
be occupied. There were the usual number OF
bouquets from admirers OF al! the pedestrians
Hartman receiving tho most. There was little or
no betting, ,an occasional bookmakcr announcing
his willingness to bet Ennis ngninst Hartman,
or visa versa, he cared not which. But no ono
track Tor rest lie deserved it. Tor since :0s
in the morning he had turned AN even forty
miles without rest. and completed his 29Oth
milo. Within throe minutes he was sound
asleep. Rowell was the next To- leave the track,
and he loft 1t amid hurricane " cheers with
no Misses mingled for 1t was upon the compile
tion of his 320th mile. at 1906 Hartman kept
on until 1929. when he completed his 3O0th
mile. and retired for rest. At this time the 9th
WAS slowly falling back. and Ennis was rapidly
creeping up to him, but not making much head
way against the Little TN. The men all ap-
| peared ON the track after Il brief rest-Enuis IN
| one hour and twenty minutes. Rowe in an
| hour and eight minutes, and Hartman after
only thirty-two and onp-haIt minutes. so that at
| O'Clock the three were on the track together,
| and walking in their best form. The stream OF
| people running into the Garden had Increased
! from dribblo TO n falr How. The seats rapidly
nlled: ana much ot the standing room, By :
! people were in the Garden. and well-appcar-
| ing 6OOO they were.
From rustic box. Mr. Augustus Belmont
and party Of ladies watched the walkers with
| interest Near him sat Mr. william Steinway.
| Anna Dickinson stood on n bench to look over
| the heads OF the men in front. aud ch"ered
| Hartman when ho appeared. Judges, clergy
! men, actors. Actresses. and n host Of we'll
band played Where was Moses when tho
Light Went Out2" and she's n Daisy" occa-
| sionally supplcmenting these rollicking tunes
| 10y the performance ot the most lugubrlous airs
possible to imagine. The bookmakers had then
n little business 80 to loo was bet ON Harri-
man. to on Ennis and 10 against Rowell.
4 gentleman bet $50 TO 800 on Ennis against
| Kowell.
ri bet you 800 to SO" said an admrer Of
| Rowell. The Ennis man took the bet ms a trout
| does red hacklc. Barney Aaron, with the air
up to Mr., Atkins Sir John Astl.ys represen-
tative. " can be whispered. place $4,000
for you against $4,000 tnnt your man wont
| make a 'undred miles the last twenty-four
hours" Mr.. Atkinson thought moment " II
would only be taking the mans money" he
| entered into n graphic prophetic description OF
the reception q Kowell when he went back to
Why. ali the hathletic clubs will go down the
Thames and meet him. and the nobility wall
| give him agold belt, al gold, and he'll get moro
! SILVER cups IN week than ga KEY ere IN years.
| VIM HOf course 'cll win. 'Arrlman can't
! stand a six dHys' walk-no man OF is build can {:
| when he goes he goes hall al once. Heunis Is n
| nue built man and good hnthete. only Tor that
| trouble with his stomach. II he hadn't had that
60 start with ed pe surprsin you now. But
'es got hover II pretty we'll, and 'c'il do some
good work yet. But Rowel. he's the lad. \
| fine straight little man. and whom a man like
| MIN gets 10 ROln l8 can Keep rlGnt non Tor "A
MONTH"
Ennis did much running in the afternoon.
| and frequently spurted with Rowell. The most
vigorous spurt was on Rowell's 32Sth and En-.
MSS 299th mile. These two men. who had
| been walking four days, raced twice around the
track like fresh runners. the plucky little Eng
lishman astonishing every one 10y keeping
| tense excitement Men rushed from side TO
| side of the track and shouted themselves hoar~e
dust They turned IN" track twice IN TINS man
nrr and then Roweli's trainer. evidently not
lancylnG, tn prri3rmhnrr stopped IN" niue
3OOth mile IN sos, the fnstest time yet. Rowrli =
time was :35. Then Ennis adopted the Eng
ishmau's tactics, and logged steadily r.ght AZ
his heels. milo after mile Meanwhile Hurri-
man Wns strlllng along; losing ground al every
man was only four miles ahead of him; this was
~ :O5. Rowell was 29 miles ahead Of Ennis.
At 5:lG Ennis made hls 3lOth mile and "A. tho
hlg white ilgurrs went NJ on the bulletin board.
the crowd cheercd Justify. for opposite llarri-
mans name were the same figures 3lo.' But
|
came down and | went up showing that En-
mis- was sill nearly mile behind. He had
made W. with Harrlman 10y trottng and when
Hartman quit the track, ms h" did NJ II for
twenty three minutes. and again M Al tor ten
minutes. Hartman made his 3liih mi le two
laps ahead OF Ennis. who was running; but on
the fourth lap Ennis troued 10y the Down
Easter. and Tor the first time in the race was
not the last man. Th're was another big cheer
when the figures " 3l5 " went up opposite En-
mis- name while 3l4 still remained 10 Har-
riman. Thelatter seemed To realize that he was
bad There HuNlOus Mrlnk leg n
his forehead, but he strobe along, looking
neither 10 right nor to left
Ii WAS Just before o'clock that Ennis took
second place. He passed by Harriman's cot
tage while the pine tree shoemaker was inside.
OF tho shoemakers hackers stood bv the door
in John6 he sHd fnDs E. Ennis , Pssed
backer; Then no nodded and smiled.
,Mtlis moment Mr. Theo Walton. who is Har-
riman's principal hacker, went TO the cottage
and entered It with some excitement in his
manner, Presently he, came out and caught a
man and Whispered in his ear then the two got
out pencils and paper and went to figuring.
How is your man. Mr.. Walton r. the reporter
Well. he isn't feeling frst rate"
Pretty soon Hartman came out His eyos were
sunkep. and the lids were dark and heavy. He
walked at first ~ though every Joint needed oil
ing and for the first lap his gait reminded peo-
ble. OF some Of Campanhs ungainly, motions.
into his usual gait. and, catching up
with Ennis, the two walked around tho
uhfk hltlN ny hlhf lbI "a zap anu cuAl'l
like Broadway promenaders. Each. in the
event ~ hls own failure. wants the other to win.
So that the belt may be kept in this country.
But Hartman stock, like his name on the black %
board fell in the afternoon. and he did nothing
10 restore confidence. The purple lines about
his eyes. extending back to the temples, lndi-
Gated deficient circulation That Is something
tnat rest will cure, but while he rests
there Is danger that Rowcll. whose circulation
seems 70 be- tolerably good yet and Ennis.
whose clear complexion and bright eyes show
that he is feeling first rate will get so far ahead
that there Will be no recovery for Hartman.
The crowd asserted with great posityeness all
the evening until II O'Clock that there
was no chance for anybody to bent the little
Engllshman. and certainly Rlwel's appearance
aud score appeared 10 Justify those assertions.
| Yet there were critical persons. who closely
watched ROwells running, and claimed 10 OBJ
serve that his feet were LITE Hs he logged along
| Ms If there were weights attat bed to them. Har-
rlman. at the end OF his 320tn mile and when
he seemed to DO walking in tolrrably fair
form. went to his cabin again. From
that cabin as a focus there radated
all sorts of stories. 1t WAS even asserted with
pOsitveness that he was going to withdraw.
| The most probable story told was that he was
aiming now tor tho 45Omile-stone and the
go 900 that lay on it, To do this he and his
trainers have limited his walk for the day To
$3.50 miles and this would leave him only 100 to
20 70 get the purse and fair record. He wns