The New York herald., 1879-09-23

The first twenty-four hours Of the fifth Ashley Belt
contest has not been marked by any breaking of the
already established rscords and, in fact has been
only noticeable for the upsettng Of favortes and of
general predictions. Full details Of the incidents Of
the day. of the score by hours and a comparison of
the score being made with the best
record. will be found in the following columns.
Briefly. the doings of the day these:-
Immediately the start Hazael led. and started
of as though he would eclipse his famous London
record Of ls3X miles. For eight hours he held
lead which at time formidable in proper
ton to the distance gone, but at this time, when
Rowell had done forty mine miles, Guyon forty-eight
miles, and Hart fortyseven Hazael began to weaken.
and shortly sfterward Rowell passed him and took
. lead which he increased throughout the
day and night. Hazael gradually dropping
back behind Guyon. Ennis, Panchot, Merritt
and Hart, each Of whom one after the other passed
him by during the day and evening. This early de-
feat Of Hazael complete surprise. Another
surprise had Weston for its cause. It expected
that he would at least place good to his
record but he failed utterly keep tho track and
his many and long absences sent him far back
among the second ratio mon. ROwell's performance,
while good In comparison with many another rec
ord. did not break the record at 116 miles, as it
hoped early In the afternoon that it would.
After Rowel took the lead early in the morning
he followed at few miles distance throughout
the day and night by Guyon Hazael. Ennis. Pan
chot. Merritt and Hart following at consider
able distance in the rear In the afternoon Rowell
still continued good lead. with Guyon a good
second and the others keeping company at about
the same proportionate distances in the
rear. The end of the hrst days work. tax
ing the appearance of the
guide, pointed to Rowell q winner. with Guyon as
second man. but the race was too young to posi-
lively count Saturday night places. Tomorrow
and tomorrow night should more surely point to
the result Weston's great recuperative powers
known and feared. and Hazaei's speed is able to
bring him forward quickly II he does not drop be-
hind too far.
look into the mems tents and q chat with their
trainers gave the following the result of the days
work and its experiences:-
westonswas made very i'll an hour after he started
by nausea arising from tobacco smoke. He refused
to eat and grew weak. fretful and This in
turn increased the trouble, aud ut one time, when
he left the track for long time in the afternoon.
looked though it would be impossible for him to
keep OH.
Rowell has been in superb condition and spirits,
and has eaten with good appetizer is without blis-
ters or trouble of any kind.
Hazoel has gone back on his trainer completely,
refusing TO follow his directions In any way; ate
the patience Of good . coach therc 10 In the
Garden.
Guyon IL in ine order. Early in the day he
feared he would be troubled with q blistor but his
6eet remained in good condition. He eats and works
we'll.
Ennis has been greatly annoyed by drowsiness.
but hts stomach-usually q bete no,r on these occa-
sions to him-is all right.
panchot has suffered intensely from his foot. but
has gone on In game fashion
track. Merritt. badly built for such under
taking. IL doing nicely. though he very sleepy
ct time. but is in good trim generally Hart is
doing admirably and is we'll with the exception OF
sCht swelling in the knee and pain in his thigh.
Jackson has been great sufferer from Tay-
lor became greatly discouraged early In tho day and
wanted to quit but went on.
Tho one serious circumstance has been the falling
OF butcher In spasm on his twenty-fourth mile
and his forced retirement from the contest. Tho
crowds were not equal to those of Sunday night
and Monday morning. but were abundantly salts
factory to those at the box office.
AT WORK.
The enthusiasm created at the start and the hrst
spirited dash of the pedestrians we'll sustained
up to three o'clock yesterday morning Contestants
and audience were both fresh, and each seemed to
derive ~ much pleasure from the exercise as the
other But for the stern looking. time marking dial
plates and the presence Of the busy scorers. the
Judges. the trainers the managers and the police.
one might DO easily led to suppose the wero
just cantering around the course for amusement.
With two exceptions they were
In good spirits. and thoy spun along
over tho so;t brown track in q jaunty
FREQ and easy way that seemed indicate IT was tho
simplest thing in the world to trot at the rate OF six
miles hour. and to keep it up. too. long
may fool inclined. The exceptions serious
moth hodical who had gono on the track to win
and were determined to do their utmost to accom-
plish that object. They got plenty of encourage
ment from an audience generous of its cheers and
applause, aud under the impulse of this spur tho
earliest hours of the great race passed merrly.
Occasional dashes took place between the contest
ants to the intense delight Of the multitude. Every
little splurge show Of pluck or mettle brought
the house, the vast crowd being only too glad to