, 1879-03-15
Continuance Of sceningly-Disiu-
genuous Talk About Ennis
Winning.
discovery that a Ring Of Specu-
lators VIII 1sake in tho
Money.
Scenes Of the Most Exciting
Character All the After
Score at / a. M, Friday: Rowell,
428; Ennis. 407; Harri-
man, $50.

EXCITEMENT.
sr'7a' oisoatea tn "a: Tribune.
"A" foaK' aasch H.-Noth|ng seems to
a"Aso u.n "'ucs!sca" p1ollc anterest IN Tic COLI
ses. A' o'tu,ofee s'alaeh' Inc town has gone
""u osSs IL. Dcsp'se the circumstance that
"ou'a . '.a'asali' haVc lesse'lea lte enthusiasm,
NV o'''nus''"' nah 'ucleascu, ahd to'uay waa
u"'e M"hnes' sna" ever. Tue pFsco of atlnlIs'
a'ou "aa 'a'oea ~ e'' o"t 'ne eto"as today
WY q",'o 10 'af:c 10 pscs'oahls' Eminent
,...s navy .,'foi'ea themselves AMONG thu
r 'a'ss' ~ "nu tu'9 a'ac'"ooA scha'or Blame,
, usu' n',' nw"E, M" oena'oF zones ot Nevada,
apoea.e" III ilas1'man's po1' as the b'e faukeo
.au :" nv "as Fa'o1' ec1'eu upon 70 Keep Tic bclt
III 'h's eoo"ees' was norm IN Maine, .
SENATOR atAfNr
nao = oasHet o. llo"ers 1oF him, ont WORN
oue H"FllmAn WAS asleep, md tic hon.
osap1e Vlsl1o1s dla hoe wait h!s walk
!ne' leaving the flowers to DO presented
4aleF py Hettv h'lss. IL Is estimated
tllat ss0,ooo were received at tho door today.
This. with $4,000 taken In Thursdny, AMI
1900 on the first tllreo days, brings tire re-
ceipts trosn cntrancs money alone to OYER
s6oooo ns'ds from tho last days probabilities.
According to
THE oENznAl. nEL1Er,
tint the gate-.uoney was 10 bo divided rs agreed
uuon between tie pedestrians, this would nukc
something like Sa5000 fur tile winner, $15,UO0
for the seconti nun, unl Sl0,000 for sho third,
a{ter paying cxponsrs. In case tic third falls to
cover $50 miles, the winner would pocket three
fourths OF the whole amount. This
was tho public understandings for
once, the walkers wesc running their own n,atch,
and would reap tho reward. But now 1t aoocars
that this contest is o,lc more gatao Of
THE spEoukA1oHs,
Tho Times eays, at leust. tint there Ia cxcet1crt
authority for saving that neither mnu will re-
ing nra laugh at tho idea, It
ia elaimcd tl!ut an army Of speculators
entered futo IN arrangement with tic pcdes.
trim to furnish the necessary capital, bcar all
tic expenses, and guarantee to each man who
<shluld cover $50 miles ccrtotll suu,, said to la
$1,000. Iu case OF failure to nnko 450 m,}es
something was still to bc paid Tbs spceu!ators
we're
TO POCKET ALL THE REST.
In this case they havo been highly successful,
aa,d will raattxe handsomely from the wonderful
cxcitability Of our public. Had these
fncts been known earlier, possibly the receipts
would not hare been SO enormous. II
theae charges ure true, 1t was very
neat bIt Of by. .p!ay, thisattcruoon, wllun Rowell
offered, In caso l,o won, to give the third mau
$500 II llo lailcd to score i50 miles, and when
Ennis duplicated the oiTer.
From q N. till 10 this morning
HOWELL
made 25 miles, Ennis 81, and Hartman 2o,
lowell loft tic track Ut =. oil the completion Of
bis 3s4sh mile. Ilc wna sufferlng severely from
hal chafc. Ills b1lstesru feet wero also Ut.
tended 10. md be nte a hearty meal. After q
rest ot over an hour hn rrappcarad, looking
much frcshensu, al'tt resumed bis tntcrmiuablo
trut
zxs1s
stopped for breakfast at 0, nutl returned TO tho
truck n few u,in,,tea buforo The Eugl;sl,tnan. uo
looked ftnst, as daisy, i,u.t steppeI on witt,
quick, sprinuy quit that drew fortl, n stortu ot
applause 1rotn all around tho ampht,hcatre.
Meantime.
HARTMAN
had bccn plodaing ut n worry fair pace, looking
much fess slfstrcsseI tl'an OIL Tl,uraday. Ills
cyo was brighter. md h,s color hellrr. At this
time tho score stood: Howell, 3s5; Ennis, :p1s;
al|l Hartman, 8t7 At Hartman leIt tho
truck for an lloar's rest. When ho ro~
turned hsa gait was slow aud pa,n.
fMl, aud hta genera! appearance murh
Distressed, Ennis left tta track for a rast OF
twsnty.eight u,nlltek, Howell snatched al
orange from the 'IA,Iils Ut his trainer n.i bFoko
into run. Witch he kept up until ho tlntshul
hts 40)th mile, Ut :1l u.s. amid au widest ou.
thussasm. Having thus tlrty.ouc miles bctwcon
hIs kcore anil that Of Ennis, DO retjgpd fpr
dinner. Hardly haa Rowcll disappeared
when Eunls appeared, and was followed
by Iiar, ,,tan, wllo again liu,petl painfully fur
few roun,is be:osc rcsu,nng bis machine ]ke
alrlae. Eunta was apparently as lresh as when