New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-20
PREPARING FOR TWO LONG CONTESTS.

PREPARING FOR TWO LONG CONTESTS
ARRANGEMENTS For THE ASHLEY BELT AND The
ohEARY PEDESTRIAN STRUGGLES.
Amid the display of flowers aud fruit of the New
York Horticultural Society at Madison Square 1ar-
den Yesterday the preparations for the Ashley BELT
contest wcro pushed RAPIDLY forward. The curpihg
for the track was being completed. and the nooI'
which was taken up while the building was used as
a Summer garden, was being relaid. In the aiter-
noon he walkers or their representatives. met "'
the Glenham House, and decided to have ten's' III
stead of wooden huts. for use during the match
ON account of the difference in rental. In the
opinion of Mr. Atkinson this will prove false econ
omy The tents are twelve square of the croquet
lawn PLAN and made of striped colored canvas
These will be arranged around the inside OF the
track. The right Of appointing ticket-scllers was
given TO the Kuntz Brothers. who offered to 1--WE
800 600 security that all the money called Tor by
the tickets would be forthcoming. The Garden
Will be used tonight for the last concert Of the sum
mer season. and Will not be open on Sunday n'gh'
until o'clock when the doors will be open Tor spec
tors Of the pedestrian match which will begin four
hours later. en-
Last night the estimates put on the chances OF the
thirteen competitors rs shown hYthe odds gwen -.
the hookmaE.rs were rs follows: to l AGAINST
either Weston or Rowell, 10 against iiaTHeI; /"
10 against Guy on. - TO l AGAINST Hart OF hIunhe
20 10 | a,siEst Merritt OT Ennis, 20 ITO against
pauchot or Jackson, 80 to against DdicnSI u
Tayior. and 80 20 ! against FedcrmeyeI, OF WnHo-
LoTrow fame The records of their past perform
auces In contests OF six DAYS. ere ~ tOiiows: Nes-
ton. $50 miles Rowell, 500 Hazael, 4eZ; GuSOi'
4sOL; Panchot, 4egis; Merritt, 4n1's LH1.5'
475l6; KrOhne 46l Hart, 40 ana Dutoher, 4l3.
Frdermeyer has never done anything mat can 10
considered proved, except starting from san Fran
cisco with a wheolbarrow with which he arrived
i'm New-Yoik Norman TavlOr is well known
as having ran 20mes IN about two hours, but 10
has never attempted a 10 Journey Jackson ai5o
is novice at Walking ST. gaEs an tuT K icc1iu7
given above, except those Of Guyon and hrohue,
were made in gO-as-y Ou-pieaSe" matches Their
records were made III iair hecl-ahq-tOc WALKING
Hart arrived in New-York OH Wednesday FROM
Providence where he made 800 miles IN g0-as-yOu-
please ma ch OF 10 hours, - 2 hours each day Tor
SIX days. lie entered INTO the contest beheVng
that the Ashley Belt match would he postponed, ana
ms hackers think he will hardly have bad sufficient
time to get the effects OF thls 70 ent perform
suce. BE is a ghi-colored native OF hayti, where
he was born IN lS57, and there was some TAX at one
te of his being barred from the race Oh account OF
O'feary. the pedestrian, was IN the city last
the winner of the Ashley Belt. On saturday last
when the time for pa .ng the 90 lee In the
O'Learv Belt contest for the long distance
championship of America expired, there had been
IO7 entries. But from various causes this number
was reduced before the close TO eo. lie iull
amount tSl0Ol of each mans entrance zee must
he paid on or before Monday. Eight Of the men
who start in the Ashley Belt match next week have
paid thc preliminary fee for this match winch Will
begin TWO WethS iAlcIs On OOtth'4 " az
ell. Guyon. Hlzacl, Krohne, Panchot, Merritt, Hart
and DutcGei. aud Hart has pad the iull TlOO
4" Blower" Brown, VINO had the best record for SIX
days before Weston made 300 miles, Is the most
conspicuous among the other entries. The following
had paid the full entrance Zee OF clOO mp to laSi
nlgnt: H. Biernan, Jersey City J. ID. VeTrault, j.
Dillon J. Donnelly, +. Good, T. Callahan, u. Ham
Ion. L. Nogret, /. LeOnaIdsOn anG y. Latt, New
YORK CITY; C. Fox, Austin, H.; l. II. Hart and J.
Brown. Boston W. Eek, rsall and ; =. Russell.
Chicago; 81. Vi. Costello, fishkll; =. DAVIS, Kerry,
iceland +. Lonas, }rooflyn; ). cLeayy, Scot
land y. Murphy. Iiaver.trstN; Sullvan'S - n
known" AsbuIy Park. y. j.; j. j. Dck"uson Pilill-
deiphia J. Allen. Adams. Mass, aud 7. Fitzgerald.
RayeusWo0d, l.. t. On tuesday neXi a list df twenty
five of the best walkers VII be selected from those
who have paid their fun entrance, and those On
such list VIII be the only ones aliOH ed 10 start.