Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-03
SPORTING: MATTERS.

fhE GEEAr WALKING MATCH The CLOSING
soESEs-EowELL FIRsr-lEERITT SECOND,
HAzAEL THIRD.
Ne" oRE, Sept 2s--The score at nine
was weston As, Rowell $50 IIazael 800,
1uyon so, Ennis AS, Merritt sis, Hart
4Sl, hrohne 446, TAYLOR PAT. Ouite rinnle
of enthusiasm was caused when near nine
o'clock ROwell walked around Carrying the
American flag and Merritt ran around way
ing the Union Jack in his hand The band
played alternately Yankee Doodle" and
God save the Queen, and the dense crowd
cheered, whistled and clapped hands with
might and main The scene beggared de
scription. The cheering was renewed
when grand floral piece representing
shield, surmounted by waving corn was
presented to Rowell II bore the inscription,
10 Charles Rowellby the Albion Society"
1t was borne around in front of him for several
laps and the greatest applause ensued. In
few minutes tine uproar continued with re-
doubled vigOr when Hazael, Merritt and
Rowell came along the track hand-in-hand
with Merritt in the middle The uproar was
terrific and the building shook with applause.
They stopped opposite the time-keepers
stand and Rowell acting as spokesman said
.-Gentlemen, thank you. | am through.
The three then retired for good at s:25.
Their scores being Rowell $50, Merritt
SIS, Hazael 500. They went to their tents
and soon after left the building. Hazael
having made 500 miles did not think it worth
while to continue the race any further. Hart
being 20 miles behind He, however, came
out of his tent to take part in the
ovation that was rendered ROwcll by the
Albion Society in which also Merritt partici-
pated- Guyon, Krohne, Ennis. TART and
Taylor were left on the track At o:1O
Weston was in the tent waiting to sec if
Ennis or KRONE came up to his score, when
he intended to reappear. The great excite
ment and interest in the walk departed with
the departure of Rowell, Merritt and Hazael,
but there were 10000 person vet in the
garden, and Ennis received great applause as
he went toward his 450th mile. Taylor was
also cheered as he flew along but no one
knew why he persisted in keeping the track.
Ennis finished his 450th mile at 9.54 on the
run and was greeted with storms of applause
as he ran round the track. TAYLOR finished
his 25Oth mile at 9:25 at a most tremendous
speed and was presented with pie Guyon
left the track at 9:15 and soon afterwards it
was announced that he would not again ap-
pear His score on retiring was Al Guyon
was conveyed to hotel where he was given
a hot bath and but to bed He was very
lame and suffered terribly from his legs and
feet. krohne finished his 470th mile at $50
in rafting style.
ANOTHER Sundays WALKING MATCH.
NV YORK, Sept. 27-The first race for
the O'Leary belt, representing the six-day
pedestrian championship of America and
$, 500 in money prizes, takes place at Madi-
son Square Garden, October 9Th to 18th in
elusive A hundred and seven men have
paid the ten-dollar preliminary fee and fifty
three have made good the remaining ninety
dollars. From these fifty-three, twenty-five
contestants and five substitutes have been
selected in accordance with the rules of the
belt. Cyrenus Walker, of Buffalo is one Of
the chosen contestants