The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-13
O1EARY LEAVES THE TRACK
rOurTL 10 MILES IHEID or H4RRI-
MIN ar I!f.I 4. MAN orr THE
TRICk ar mar HOUR

Meu-Nnme. aud Condition OF the Injured.
Just before 5 o'clock ycstct day afternoon
oIaary made the sixth lap OF his 215th mile
I'm his usual form aud ON the seventh lap went
into his cabin No one outside would have
known from his appearance that there was
ANYTHING tile matter with him. They should
have gone inside the cabin He staggered
against Barney Aaron and would have fallen
hut for support. II II stomach rejected the oat-
meal cracker ON which he had been trying to
yet uourshmrnt enough to carry him through
Eve miles. He WITS helped to his bed and foil
into sort OF dazrd state. Aaron sent at once
for Or. Taylor aud Mr.. Smith. OLeary's
backer. The champion looked wretchedly
when they arrived. The lids Of mis- eyes were
half closed and they seemed CLASSY. Dr. Tay-
lor felt Of his pulse. 1t WIS humping al ss.
His tongue WIS furred and as dry as the saw
dust. His stomach. even to outward touch. was
cill. his face was flushed and the skin as dry
as parchment.
He rannot walk another step" DR. Taylor
said. turning to Mr.. Smith without endanger-
INK his life"
Then he must be withdrawn; we must not
permit him." Mr.. Smith replied.
" He can walk" Mr. Aaron suggested but
It'll do him up"
o'Leary dozed for half an hour. then bright
tullik up u llNllt. ut Tulstu himself IN lnt Dtus
and leaning on his elbow. said 10 Mr. Smith
Al. I'm out of this race I'm gone. l do not
wish to walk another step"
DR.. TAYLOR told him that It would be danger
Gus for him to try it, and that the only thing left
for him to do was to 80 at once to the Metropol-
itan Hotel take to his bed. and submit to med
iea treatment
o'Leary was feeling so badly then that he ex-
pressed no regrets at being obliged to give up
the belt He was too sick to think OF that.
twas a sad assembly that stood about his
bed when it was decided that he must stop.
Barney Aaron was at the foot his eyes half
closed for lack OF sleep. but giving unqualified
approval Of the proposition to withdraw the
champion. DR.. Taylor sat on the bed holding
OLeary's hands while Mr.. Smith stood by.
looking Oh with the expression Of a man who
had lost friend. In she middle compartment
Mrs. O'Leary sat. more than anxlously. II she
had been allowed her way her husband would
have been at the hotel twelve hours ago. The
Rilded horse shoe with which O'Leary was pre-
sented when he started the walk hung over her
head. aud the cabin was like n florists shop.
But the champion lay upon his bed. rolling
back and forth and browsing. Once he started
up. ms DR.. Taylor put his hand on his stomach.
and seemed to be about 10 leave his bed ana 20
to the track. Then he fell back utterly eI-
eye. and then he smiled sadly.
I'm afraid. AL" he said. in hoarse. low
voice. " that my walking days are over"
1t looks II little that way, Dan. When saw
you half AN hour after you had been on the
track. and noticed your shoulders droop in
way that I had never seen before l was fear
ful."
Il shall withdraw" o'Leary at length said
after long silence. " can't make even the
40"
Then turning to the reporter for TIE SuS. he
added / never felt worse in my life than do
at this time. can't eat anything. and I've
walked the whole distance on my reserve
strength I've had no nourishment in the way
Of food. excepting an oatmeat cracker. that my
stomach retained. l would have held out If
there had been any chance There isn't I'm
so sick that don't feel any interest in the
walk"
The reporter asked whether there was any
foundation for the rumor that he had been
misused or drucged
Not the slightest. You may say that never
have had more kind. close and careful atteu-
ton than I've received in this walk. My dear
Old mother. God bless her II she were alive
couldn't have treated me any kinder. All my
attendants have been wrapped W in my sue
cess. There are other reasons why / ought
TO stop now"
Here O'Leary rose up in bed. and rested his
chin on his knees. DR.. Taylor took his hand
and felt the pulse again. while O'Leary went on
TO say: am receiving dispatches every hour
from my friends all over the country urging me
% keep il up. and saying that they have put up
their money on me Now / can't win. I've
known il since Monday afternoon. did think
there might be- "A chunre Of covering 450 miles,
ana getting my SHIRE Of the gate money. That
can't do. and If | stop now that will prevent
my friends from putting upHny more money on
Dir. Taylor found that his pulse was humping
IN n ievcrlsh way ~ more tnan 80. and he said
that even the excitement of this little conversH-
ton had been too much for the champion.
OLeHry fell back on his pillow. and rs the room
WIS being cleared, hr sad:
Il only hop now that the belt will stay in this
country. Rowell IS Il good man hut want tho
either Ems or Hartman IL that would make
either oi them come IN ahead ana Keep tho belt
DR.. Taylor said that OLenry's condition was
due to three troubles. First he has walked too
much within the past year 10 l'e able TO compete
IN such a test OF endurance AS tnis; then, his
stomach was unqurstlonHby IN bad condition
when the walk WAS begun, and this has been
aggravated y the dust and tobacco smoke; and
again, the effects OF the dust and tobacco smoke
breathrd in former trials IS still apparent upon
tho mucous membranes oi the champion 5
throat so that any new irritation Is hard to
overcome. O'Leary had hardly been on the
truck an hour before he found that the irritation
largely dur 10 ihr lust and smoke. DR.. Taylor
added that any prolonged rNrrtlon by O'Leary
~ tlls tllif' M'ihl hf'hh ubNil IiH foNsiluilous
ind there would hr imminent rIsk Of rXhaus-
ti0n. from which hr could NOT recover
Barney Aaron suid tuHt he noticed OLenry's
legs as he st"ppcI uGon the trnck Al O'Clock
Monday morning. It's mere" said Aaron
feeling Of his thigh. that he was gone. His
leg is n third smaller than II was during the
walk with Campuna He's eol twenty pounds
less Of muscle thar hr ought 10 have. 1t WAS
n, 'Ot Springs that killed him." added Mr.
Aaron. " He lrit there too soon, ana ought not
l. have walked for six months"
The champion lay upon ms bed Tor an hour
ana haf ana slept iltte, Then he appeared
ga the trucs for the last tlmr. As he stepped
Out of his cabin and started of. he was cheered
Tremendously. but II WIS noticed that he was
not walking with tue swing oi arms ana legs
That hr Uses when he is making time, The ihct
was the champion was walk NJ his last lap
IerhuIs forever for he now says that i IL
doubtful whether he ever walks again, and ho
Only went tO the scorers stand. In the most
informal way he suld 10 Mr.. Curtis. the chief
h"orrr. that hr was going OF the track Tor good.
iu"n b" turned aud went hHrk 70 his cottage.
Pr. Curtis mad h'rn requested ~ get O'Leary
out pi tlr Gurd"n he ore any one knew II.
II wis Two hours before the spectators knew
taW % Lrary had Withdrawn. II began to be
u-p"rod around. Al iirst no one believed i.
lhr scorers and reporters were piled with
Guest 'uuh, Hnd by night Il WIS known oYery-
NA't" iIN me champion had finished. Harrl-
l.Hu Wis told of IL while resting and na