The New York herald., 1879-09-24


use their eyes Before the hour of seven was an
nouneed most of the men had been on and off the
track several times Mr. Weston. as he skips by the
stand, announces to the reporters and time
keepers that he intends to eat fricasee
chicken for his dinner. The confusion of meals i'll
six day go-as-you-please contest be great in
deed. May be he meant for breakfast, and may be
according to his score. allowing three meals to
day, be was right in saying that his next meal at
sometimes impossible to tell what you
srs ss easpshnat ths as ls What rotation aas
may be eating your breakfast. while in point of
time Of day it may be q supper. Dan O'Leary says
OF this kind is tremendous. About nine O'Clock
Ennis reappeared, looking much better than when
he retired, an hour before. Merritt put on pink
silk jockey cap in honor of the completion of his
l39th mile ut Oh. SON.
At ten A. M. the scores stood as follows:-WestOn,
1913; Rowell. 1862; Hazel. 40; Guyon, 14s; Enuis.
11G; Panchot l28; Merritt, 14l Hart. 1888; Krohne,
III; Taylor. S5; Jackson. 124; Ferdemeyer. 100.
Taylor appeared on the track. and just ahead
Of him, loping along. was Hazael. Tay-
but he would not allow him to- A spirited bit Of
running ensued the fastest that has been made since
the first night. when Hazael piled up the laps with
such speed Again and again did Taylor try. but
Hazael did not let him go in advance of him until he
got ready and then he did not squirt poor
no victory was gained. About eleven o'clock
Ferdemeyer stopped in front of his tent and en-
deavored to go in but his trainer stood in the door
and would not let him enter. 1t was said. at the
time, that Ferdemeyer had intentions of withdraw
ing from the race and it was to prevent such action
on his part that the trainer insisted on his reMain
ing the track.
VISITORS AND RuMoRs
Toward haf-past ten the attendance increased con-
siderably large sprnking OF ladies being among
the visitors, and the boxeson both sides of the
house presented gay and brilliant appear
ao oDa The band ho s up and 10 it
from their heavy. sullen lethargy. Rumors of all
kinds were floating around the Garden; some were
intended to influence the betting the races, and
others were started through prejudice. jealousy
and ignorance. Many insisted that the match was
sold and an arrangement had been entered
into ut an early stage OF the proceedings between
Weston, Rowel and their friends A few denied that
any such combination could be made. and the others
the figures on the blackboard. The infer
ence they desired to draw was that he
could Go do great at a,d deal va9 more work
turn had come round to win the belt and the gate
money. When q man attempted to reply to this
in any part of the building he was met with the
question, "Why did he not enter the race
in EnglandY and then the answer was given
as quickly as the question, because there was not
enough money in it," There it Is all in nutshell.
'rhat is good man." said one Of the professional
hackers. ''and he knows his value and he is
going to for
on. Weston only received small sum of money as
that simply because they were not large.
Here. however. the receipts have always
%s It . to more asan s snsy ,ni M
far exceed anything known before All this gives
coloring Of reason to much of what is said about
the belt. He is working hard for it, however, and
apparently honestly, and 1t would take moro than
good d man to deprive ssd him 2,
long at time the course after the COM
menced and that. he complained at the time. was on
account Of the smoke. His absence was ut once
q
while Rowell was running up score.
good deal Of the smoking was stopped
yesterday morning, and the air IN the Garden was
much clearer and brighter. Weston said he felt the
effects of the Improvement. and also that now that
and there little Likelihood Of any coming in
he would begin to show how much work and speed
there in him. He certainly seemed in better spirits
and there was no doubt be felt 80, for he bent
to hic work in sweeping style, and it was
not long before he began to make it tell on the
dial plates The really professional walkers. their
selves admirably. They keep away from the
public. and are either attending to their
watches his pupil with vigila eye. and the young
Haytian responds to the with affectionate
talk was all among the outsiders and they Rossiped
as they looked on over the railings aud from the-
seats.
EXCITEMENT ON THE TRACK.
Weston caused good deal OF amusement as he
went round about eieven O'Clock by hanging tin
cup on the handle of his stick and holding 1t
his shoulder he drove People and roared
at this, and had not time to stop and wonder
why they laughed SO heartily at so trifing circum-
stance whom their amazement challenged by
Ferdemeyer. Weston plays low comedy in the
garb OF heavy walking tragedian and he plays it
for a purpose. though the public does not
always see his object, which is to enliven
or tighten the road for himself rs he travels and
keep his mind engaged on pleasant and entertaining
subjects; but Ferdemeyer looked the low comedian
when he first presented himself before an
dience pedestrian. although he acted the
the heavy tragedian. Yesterday morning he changed
lot hss, ,huvf
his action, too Instead Of the long. DID, blue gray
smock frock he assumed a shirt and tights. like
the others. and whether they inspired him or
not he started on run. leaving the solemn
humdrum walk where he started from for the time
being 1t was good. bold dash. one that brought
him past the single flo line of the others and to the
lead OF Krohne (who was singing along i'll
a pink satin cap in his truly reliable sort
Of way Guyon, Rowell. Jackson. Ennis and
half white pocket handkerchief. and this attracted
the attention OF Weston as he came bowling along
and he played with it with his cane, having left the
tin cup in his tent. again giving the audience a
good hearty laugh. The advent of many
persons persons. to the the garden appeared to o., act on
as a sort of reminder and numbers began to leave
Along the upper tiers of the south side vast gaps
began to be made but the north yet continued to be
well crowded. Fcrdemeyer's extraordinary conduct
had as much if not more effect on the other slowest
man i'll the crowd" Krohne, than it produced
on the public. krohne actually rose to the ex
element OF bogrrot sort OF amble and for several
seconds the audience almost went wild. eli yi's"
rang through the 1lu1ucnSe enclosure, ana 'hccp
upl" "(io in, old mani" "Hao, what's happened to
him? and similar exclamations broke out on every
hand.
THE SECOND DAY.
The sun shone cheeringly through the windows
the chill of the day before had lett the atmosphere
and the bright, clear warm air. as we'll electric
OF the house, tempted the walkers to
renewed efforts. Guyon and Hart we're the ladies'
favo rites Weston, they said. too old. and all
the men were friends of Rowell. Guyon they very
much admired for his handsome, winning face aud
figure and Hart they absolutely adored--
ut the distance Of the trackior his lovely action
naughty carriage. nerve and courage The front
of Harts tent was hung all with
flowers done up in divers shapes and he was contin
ualy receiving bouquets. Jackson. who had been
resting few minutes. returned to work and ate
plate OF oysters the track. He walked several
laps behind Panchot, who labored hard, seeni-
ingy troubled with his fcet. Krohne, who had
Stacked down to his ancient style, burst out into
an Indian run and the audience followed suit
They ut the height of their enthusiastic COM
when Weston again pushed himself
be .orc their notice Ho made paw of his hand aud
his side like "a monkey. The whole side
OF the house opposite which ho did 1t roarod
and for few minutes. and attention altogether
withdrawn from the people on the track. As tho
fun subsidized Hart appeared with enormous
bouquet lie had just had sent to his tent Taylor