The New York herald., 1879-09-28
will enrich the winner and pay well those who
finished.


Two O'Clock the morning of the last day of the
great for the Ashley belt found Rowel, Merritt
Hart, Guyon Ennis and Weston all on the track,
each having taken from one to two hours rest. 1t
make the host Of the time left them. They all felt
that this was their last chance aud II they
the the next best place 1t was to be q long.
hard day with little time for resting spells,
and most of them laid out their work accordingly.
about four mile and halt gait irst. and later
settling down to steady four miles an hour.
Rowell. Hart ana Guyon fell in behind i'll the order
named. Somtmes the Others Joined the process
sion. and in this way they Wen: round and round
adding mile to mile IN their weary march. OCCASION
ally the line would be broken by a spurt, just
enough to vary the monotony and give the spectators
own company and whenever he found himself in
the crowd Ia turned and went the other way For
this he was greeted with cries from the gallery
such as 600 it. ola Ionesomei There goes The lost
Charlie Ross!' 'Shake her up. old iceberg!" and
much more Of the same sort. Once during the
morning hours Merritt started into o trot and held
1t for lap or two and the others in line followed
suit. In fact most Of them were content to follow
him. No one cared 10 force the pace; they seemed
to be afraid of each other.
PLUcKY HART
Hart frequently broke the line OF march and
pushed ahead at a sharp trot. ecitng for his pluck
and determination long and hearty applause from
the ever appreciative audience. and then he would
fall back ana walk side by side with Merritt until he
could see good opening to step i'll between Merritt
and Rowell. thereby disconcertng the latter
to extent. Rowell finished his 46Oth mile
at forty minutes past two and Merritt finished
his 450th mile at forty-seven minutes past two. the
crowd giving him regular ovuion. Handkerchiefs
were waved and hats went up from the vast assem-
bly, which showed If one could judge from the
noise they made, that they, least were satisfied
with the score lie was making The main interest
up to four O'Clock centred Hart and Guyon
who were both fighting hard for fourth place.
Guyon striving his utmost to cut down the
slight lead Hart had gained aud Hart just de-
termned that he should not, and SO it was contin-
uous fight between the two. First would force
the pace to q and then the other This was just
what people enjoyed aud they did what they
how fast they went. Neither Of them gained
or until late in the morning. when Hart got
advantage while Guyon was in his tent and began
lead which crept to three miles at nine o'clock.
At twenty minutes to four A. NJ. Merritt. Gulon,
Hart and Rowel were still in line. walking at the
Rowell once vary it until after four O'Clock. When
they started at two O'Clock they were ten and half
miles apart at four o'clock they were ten and half
miles apart, and 80 they kept on through the morn
ing. always between ten and eleven miles apart.
As early dawn approaches the great enthusiasm
which prevailed i'll the earlier part of the night
gradually dies away, though at four O'Clock the
house is well filled. A large proportion of them
have quietly settled back in their and
are enjoying . sweet morning nap. dream
| ties will win in the great six days walk for
the Ashley Belt. or perchance they are dreaming
the money they may win with the ending OF another
day. They not allowed to sleep for any length
time undisturbed. for often the competitors make
little squirt, which brings forth such shout from
men could sleep through it. When this happens all
up suddenly and begin to clap their hands and
at they know not whAt Dut they sure that
some grand feat has been performed and they feel
little guilty to think they had far forgotten their
| duty to allow themselves to become drowsy. For
u while all is hustle. Cheer cheer is given with
q will for anything and anybody, until ut last
haustion gets the better of them and they again sink
into quiet fcrgetfulness Thus the morning hours
passed. Why it is that many people prefer to
give up good nights rest at home tor the sake Of
sitting on hard benches and seeing two three men
! walk around track would puzzle philosopher to
! tell.
JocKEYINo WITH HAzAE1.
mn cOn tn hnDi w
! tramp until four O'Clock. He seemed to have some
difficulty when he first started. He had rested long
enough to have his limbs get stifened. but he soon
got warmed up and went to work in good earnest to
/ come up with Merritt Merritt was not to be
taken 80 easily, and although Hazael more
| Less for hour, he did not reduce Merritt's
! lead moro than n mile and half up to
between Hazael and Hart, for the plucSy boy, al
though he had been the track since halfpast one,
would tackle the fleet English runner and follow
him lap after lap until he tired of it. He would
walk lap ana then pick him up again. and they
would go flying around the track as though it
the last. che line OF w,arch which started
at two o'clock was kept intact until five. when it
was broken up and the contestants paired off, the
immediate rivals for any one position coming to-
gether, with the exception OF Hazae. who was left
no one cared TO follow him. At six O'Clock all were
on the track but Weston and Guyon, and were work.
ing quietly Their relative positions were about the
I same when they started. The most any OF them
were able to do was to hold their positions.
RowELL's APPEARANCE.
! upon the track in the morning The effects of his
long walk. together with his sickness Friday, had
to whether he would be able to keep upon track
long enough to insure his victory. AS events
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but he improved very much after he had started.
At six O'Clock he was looking decidedly better. and
his step. though not as steady rs in the earlier
part OF the race. yet much
could be expected There was thing very
ticeabe about his work. and that his failure to
run much as usual. His strong point has been
that he able to keep up his dog trot for almost
any length of time. but yesterday he refrained from
it almost entirely. All he cared to do was to walk
fast enough to keep up with Merritt and not allow
his lead to be reduced. Only once or twice did he
/ break into q up to twelve o'clock. Rowell
seemed feel quite badly that thing should have
happened to him to keep him from the track so long
\ and to almost totally unit HIM from proceeding.
He had been intending to make big score by eleven
o'clock Saturday night; but when he found that it
/ would be impossible for him to mako the
desired he wisely concluded that it best
/ for him. not to do much moro than to win. At
twelve minutes past seven Ennis MS completed % ms ms
/ building at this hour-most OF the people having
gone for their breakfasls--those few msde them
selves heard All in the building sincerely
glad Ennis score running up. On all sides IL
hoped he could finish 450 miles and thus secure
THE 1RRspnEssIpLE TAYLOR.
At forty-hve minutes past seven people wero sur
prised to sec Taylor appear upon the track. 1t
supposed that he had made his last appearance, AZ
ho had not been out for some time and rs he only
had score of al3 miles it was impossible for him
go enough to entitle him to any share of tho
receipts, but regardless of this he went to work
with will and ran in one stretch Ave miles
at seven-inile gait, and he ran 1t
in fine sye, and he ought to. for he has had plenty
of rest this week. without much work, and there is
excuse for his being tireds Ho did not have the
cheers of the crowd to spur him ON, but it
continual jcer and calling of nickuames all sides.
He did NOS content himself with i've miles. but kept
ut it later in the day. At Atty minutes past
Krohne completed his 4Ooth mie. lie and Ennis have
kept very together ali day and IN the part
the day they walked almost continually together
After one OF Harts spurts some one handed him
small American flag. which he shouldered and
marched around the track amid applause. few mo-
ments after handed to Rowell, and no like
wise shouidered and marched around with it. This
called forth long aud continued cheer
ing. About eleven o'clock, when the band
was playing "Yankue Doodle Merritt set into
brisk and kept II up louger than he had at any
time before during the day At the time Hart
ran the better part OF two miles and completed hIs
45O. IA mile. Tne audience not very large up to
ten o'clock. but from this hour on 1t gradually in
creased until noon, when the house was well hllcd