Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-07

The Relative Chances OF O'Leary,
Hartman, ROweu and Ennis
What the Men have Ac-
cOmpIIshed In their
Previous SiN-DaY
walks.

New York Star: The great pedestrian
contest for the Ashley champion belt and the
long distance championship of the world,
which is to begin at Giimores garden after
midnight on Sunday next is the topic OF con-
veTsatlon IN sporting circles. The contestants
are all noted pedestrians, but neither Rowell,
Ennis nor Hartman have yet made record
equal to O'Leary. Ennis S best record for SIX
days Is four hundred and twenty miles, Row
ellis four hundred and sixty miles, while Har-
man has never attempted a six day contest,
and Is without a record. There is an impress
sion among sporting men that OLeary will
never be able to cover i've hundred miles IN
six days again, and they are backing Harri-
man and Rowell, the former being the favor
lite. 1t Is claimed that In trial In England
Rowell covered five hundred and twenty-sIx
miles in six days. Harrimans hackers also
claim that he has shown a wonderful record
for SIX days. OLeary, 10 his exhibition walks
and his matches with Hughes and Campana,
did not have to make great record, because
his opponents never pushed him. He won
those contests with ease, and was never hur-
ried at any time. He cannot walk as well
against an inferior opponent as he can against
a competitor that can hurry him. la the
tournament IN England he proved that he
could make wonderful record IT necessary
when Vaughan was pushing him, and he will
probably do the same in the coming great
! race. In all his contests, both in this coun-
try and in his races with Weston, and for the
belt IN England, he started untralnt and
unprepared, but he always won. The cham
pion will start in the coming contest in bet
ter condition than he ever was in before, and
no doubt he will roll up an unprecedented
! number OF miles If Rowell or Hartman press
him. The track for the great contest will be
laid out in Gilmore garden in few days. 1t
will be eight laps to the mile and twelve feet
wide. A large builetin-b board will be placed
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will be promptly posted. Portable houses
will be placed in different corners for y Leary
and Hartman, and Ernis and Rowell will be
provided with tents. Rowell will be attended
to during the walk by J. Simpson and j.
Asten, his English trainers. J. LashrOp. of the
Union athletic Club of Boston, and J. Fraser,
of the Scottish American club, will look after
Hartman. Ennis will have the services of
John Gouldipg, of the Manhattan athletic
club; O'Leary will be attended by Matthew
I. Slattery, his cousin, and John Harding.
1t is expected that the struggle between
O'Leary, Rowell and Hartman during the
first twenty. four hours will be one of the
grandest ever witnessed. Rowell can run
one hundred and twenty miles in twenty four
hours; Hartman has already proved that he
can cover the same distance, while O'Leary
in the tournament in which he won the belt
in England, ran and walked one hundred and
seventeen miles. Hartman is confident that
he can cover one hundred and twenty five
miles in twenty-four hours; so there will be
big betting on who will have the lead at the
end of the first twenty-four hours. Rowell
means to force the pace from the start, ard
both Hartman and O'Leary intend to cover
the first one hundred miles without leaving
the track. In the thirty-six- hour tournament
in this city Hartman kept on the track for
the thirtysix hours, and covered one hun
dred and sixty miles, with only rest of sew
enteen minutes. The general betting is 800
to $3.50 against O'LearY, 5000 to 800
against Rowell, $3.50 to $500 against Harri-
man. Mr.. Walton, Harriman's hacker, has
laid several bets even that Hartman will beat
O'Leary. Foster Dewey is backing Rowell
heavily to beat OLearY."