The New York herald., 1879-09-17
THE ASHLEY BELT CONTEST.

ARRIVAL OF MR.. ATKINSON AND MIR. POTTER,
SIR JOHN AsTLEY's REPRESENTATIVES,.
The Guion steamship Wyoming. whion arrived
here yesterday. brought among her passengers Mr..
George W. Atkinson. of the London Sporting LIFE.
who comes the immediate representative of Sir
John Ashley and of the challenger-Chsrles Rowell.
the English champion. Mr.. Atkinson is accompanied
by Mr. William Potter. Sir John Astley's private Sec
retary The tourists met at the vessels pier
by Mr.. Il. L. Mcdonald, of the Madison Square
Garden. and Blower" Brown. who is entered to
take part in the OLeary belt contest. which Is
announced to take place in the Garden in
October. The party took . carriage and
were driven to the Ashland House. After
meeting Rowell and taking lunch the English visit
ors accompanied by Rowel, Mr.. Hamilton Busbey
and Mr.. q. d. Hess. went the scene Of the coming
contest An informal conference was held over some
oil the matters which have been In dispute and the
track, which is 10 be used next week. was laid out
1t Will be somewhat wider than the track used on
the occasion OF tho first international contest Eight
laps. was the case then. viii constitute mile.
After a brief tarry Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Busbey
left town to attend the Brighton Beach races "as
much, as OF the formers intimate friends said,
arranged, as to witness the running and cat good
dinner by the seaside" Mr.. Atkinson returned to
the city early in the evening and attended one OF the
theatres.
MEETING OF THE coNTEsTANTs.
At ten o'clock this morning all those who are to
take part in next weeks contest will meet to sign
the articles OF agreement. All questions in contro-
versy will at that time DO brought forward and re-
ceiyc the attention OF Sir John Astey's representa-
tives. 1t is thought that oil will sign the arti-
ces of agreement, with the possible excep-
ton of Panchot. Mr. Atkinson yesterday
told that there disposition to rule out
such walkers as did not have q six-days
ord. and then asked IL any who had paid
their money at the time dcsgnsted could be
thrown outP Mr.. Atkinson replied :"By no means.
Mr.. Ashley provided that all walkers should COM
pete. no matter whether they ever walked five miles
not, If they paid their entrance fee.
Mr.. John Simpson, well known pedestrian, was
to have been passenger in the Wyoming. having
secured passage and engaged berth. While exer
csing in Dundee, few days previous to the vosses
sailing he sprancd one OF his legs and disabled him.
solf much that he would DO unable to iairly meet
his competitors in the walk. In MIR. Atkinsons
party the steamer was Edwin Bibby, Lanca-
shire wrestler and champion OF England. He has
journcycd huber in the hope of meeting OF the
celebrated wrestlers of this country Bibby born
Ryecroft Ashton nder-Lyne. in 1S48 Hrs height
is tive feet four and half inches, and he usually
wrestles inside OF 1i0 pounds. Bibby has wresticd
thirty-eight matches, or which he has won twenty
1t is understood that the basis OF the compromise
between the O'Leary party and the managers of the
Madison square Garden was the payment OF $4,000
in cash by the Kuntz Brothers. the conditions being
that the september match should 40 prear-
ranged and the bar privileges during the October
walk should be secured to the firm who made the
payment 1t is said that 81 will be charged for ad-
mission to the Garden during the Ashley belt walk.