New-York tribune., 1879-10-17
EIGHT WlIEEbS LEFT.
HIiT0N, WOODS AND rREUss WITuDRAw-TI:
SCORES AT MIDNIGHT.

hilton, WOODS AND rREUss WITIDRAW-IIH;
SCORES AT MIDNIGHT.
The walking match at Madison Square Gar
Cen opened promptly at 10 "a. n. Yesterday, and t"'
eleven contestants starring But they did not all re-
main the track until the ana OF the day. Prcuss was
ihe nlsi To- retire. lie walked Tor hour aud added
TWO miles aud one la1t his score Woods walked az
tie RATE ol three miles an hour up TO D. His sick
ness had Increased greatly. and he was tired ana foo.
sore lc saw tAat lac would have 30 make great Effort
to accomplish ibe required 22J miles. so he concluded 10
Withdraw, with 1sil9 miles 10 his credit The rest 81
the u,n showed The effects OF tler hali-weeer work
Hughes had on loot bandaged, hut managed 70 keen
the nth place "a fact al the seemed to he salts
ncd VITA retaining their relative positions Vint and
Campuua were PROBABLY the only exceptions. The
former was only four laps behind Fitzgerald at the
close third day. and lie tried hard TO lessen the
distance yesterday, but without success. Campanas
clcanly shsven betrayed the exhaustion he was
suffering. He was only two and half miles behind
Fitzgerald the start the morning. but he lost mile
during the day The bOOknakors stopped betting against
Fitzgerald, ana Offering $ 10 against Vint
The feature Of the afternoon the appearance Of
OLcary on the walking costume. coaching the
men, He siad on the track over hour. aud when he
left Hart took MS place hut the contestants did not
care go bc coached ly man Of another Color
" Blower Brown was among those VINO visited inc
traI VINO CI-spi pointed 80 many great eApccbsnohS'
and who has raised an oppressive thrs Tor Nenscahce
wager money hin. su whncs that hr j. SICK, anu
volunteers TO show his tongue or the plasttis on h,
stomach 10 any dOuDt II. He assumes an injured
air. and talks much about having had poisoned
dust ia Ills face while OH the track. lie declares
thai he Is borne up by the consciousness of Yrue ana
good nteuuOls; says thai hc was accustomed IN EnA-
land drink five plnts oI ale day, but here he mas n"
taken much IN two DAYS. He asserts that Eowc had
also bitter cause OF compliant; that the wicked ana
unfair Americans tried 10 poison tha, mucl-abuscd
Euglsbman and that when Americans 90 to England
TO walk now They would better look out ms coun
Try mas by no m,a's the last OF him. FOR he savs he
will return from Englard IN the spring to make more
" attempts" 80,
Hilton left the track nj Z p. m wth score of 2O-
miles. and did not appear again. His Withdrawal eii
eight men 10 compete Tor nvo prlzcs Nlnt, VINO
was the for TWO days, fell 10 fourth
place I'm the evening Campaua and CustOn passing lm
/ about o'clock. CO!sOn tired Eaid to get ahead ol
/ Campana but the distance between them remained
about the IT was only with "a great enOrt that
Barber covered necessary distance Wednesday
and he Aas compelled walk 55 miles n order to com
pete today. lie made the necessary number of miles
Z2O. iye minutes before midnight IN" appearance o
Har the track the carly part OF the evening served
TO enliven the Garden.
The following Il the score Of the survivors;