The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-06

The band would seem to have been harvesting its
wind. for on the minute Of midnight a tremendous
opened The book makers begin to yell in noisy
competition with each other aud the band the peanut
sS a ovs ' that anS set %
who with direful monotony calls out, Books Of
the play" Time flies. and the hands of the clock
scen to have sprung around to half-past twelve.
Mr.. Curtis disappears from the quarterstretch to
warn tho men to get ready the track is cleared.
the appearance Of the men at the scratch
are hero Over In the boxes. among
the bost known theatrical people in New York As
they contemplate the 5000 people in tho Garden, and
think ofbox Office receipts during the coming week.
business is fraud, and should be stopped. There
is stir ut the entrance OF the booths for of the
contestants is coming on the track.
1t is too early yet and the walker who appeared at
the door and caused so much conmotion has gone
back to his quarters The keepers Of the score
of their pasteboard numbers, the police
driving the crowd Off tho track. . six
minute go-as-you please is in progress around the
fountain basin, and the cheering has begun. Bran.
who has just stepped the track. is the cause OF
the applause. Russell. hearing the noise appears
next, and after him comes Grassland. then tho
others in cloud. In such crowd 1t is
almost impossible to distinguish the men. and but
fusion would result. Each he appears is
loudly cheered. AT fvo minutes to one o'clock
rows of i've esch. beginning at No. and nuishng
at No. 35. Nos. to form the first line. no ono
ut the post. No. O. on the second line, ut the
iine.' 49, w.
On the minute of Mr.. Curtis gave the word
&C.," and the men rushed forward. The soldier
like lines in which they started broken before
the men had gone nifty feet: Cromwell. the Indian
the first to finish the lap. followed
BY McLeavy. tho Scotch runner. who placed
Hart. walks with u toothpick in his mouth. came
next. Blower Brown following close ut hand
nns aa Drns nvs
out ahead ana tho race tor the first milo
is between tnem. Fitzgerald is first to finish ms
mile. IN 5m AIS, Costello scoring his milo three
minutes and two seconds later and Brown following.
Fitzgerald improved his pace much that he tin-
ished the second mile in 6m. AIS. leading Hover
Brown half lap. Pierce the negro, followed
Brown the line ut the finish of tho second mile
and the fourth man to score was Harry Howard of
Glen Cove. Fitzgerald continued to load and came
in ahead at the end OF tho third mile followed closely
by McLeary who had again worked to the front.
FITZGkRAI.D RUNNING AHEAD.
The leaders finished the fourth mile follows -
Fitzgerald, Pierce. McLeavy. Perkins. Brown and
mile Fitzgerald was credited with another mile He
had averaged six miles AN hour from the start.
1t being ut this time halt-past one A. M McLeavy
next to score five miles, then Brown, then Per-
kins aud then Edwards. 1t IL PLAN. ut this
early stage of the run. that some OF these
pedestrians have spent their entrance money
are soft and mushy as theological students
Briody, Judge Eiliotts man. looks bad and it sad
he is in good torn. Fitzgerald his third lap
OF his sixth mile catches up with Grassland, who Is
dressed in u crimson suit and looks for all the
world like tho devil with his slrabsmal eyes
They have u race and Fitzgerald gains ground
every step. Grassland thinks better of racing and
slows down. allowing Fitzgerald to 90 the pace
alone. Walker begins to look little tatgued
and 80 does Dushane. Fabcr, in whom
ing things very cody, and while Fitzgerald
has been doing seven miles he has only done four
rho music Of the band. which is twice as
bad az the Mt the Inst walk,
hardly DO heard across the Garden. Nc
for few laps with Fitzgerald. His
run is almost identical with Hazcrs The gods in
the gallery shout to him, 100 IL Hazzo!' Tho
negro Pierce has nothing OF Harris grace about him.
Bchrman looks though he might be the Fcrdcr
meyer of the race. There are two or three chaps
quite ~ good looking MS Guyon aud several who
have caught something of his gait and manner.