The sun., 1879-03-15

! MS res rye powers. Rpwpll covered the fnie
/ in about the Same time, but he hnl to run to
do IT,
| But In this stretch Of three or four hours
| and kccUing Howrll on the trnrk ali tho while
| The difference bewecn them dccrcasod mile hy
stood Rowc. l2o Ennis 81 Sni S" at this Tt tlmo %
/ the HuOsirr WIS walking along without symp-
tom Of fatigue md Rowcll was following him.
All Interest centres Mt this time upon the en-
paritics ol Ennis f9r coming, out strong in the
| any doubt nhout his covering $50 miles. and
thus being ahle TO- lift the mortgage upon his
| housa. which lie placed there to get the money
| TO enter this mitch. il is generally believed
that Rowell has moro staying power than his
| But Enns hNs not sore feet. no ches nor pains.
& &Has h stay %staylng power M enough to catch unto
| That Ia the great question now. Without 1t all
doubts about tho match must vanish.
HARTMAN SURPRISING EVERY ONE
But here, at 81 o'clock, oorfieA man. who Ia
! than hq has done at any time within The pnst
| torty-eight hours. Hartman swings along on
,ns sTSck pn1 Is rS pulling pp his score hand,
already covered 50 miles since morning. Ills
score stands at S79. He gives every encourage
bed and a viii leave @ hin Vo only 81 p mics F%S 70 DO
on Saturday to get gate money. Everybody has
| plucklly. and n young lady stcps upon the track
| and gives him great basket Of flowers. Hnr-
riman thrust his nose among The roses unl
then passod the basket to Judge Pnmmcr who
AccQmpanied him around the track twice with
At o'clock Ennis had dono eixty miles and
expected to do ten or twelve more before oav-
ing the track. when would put him ni ~ for
| the dny. or n totnl OF 1J6 miles, Rnwe at this
| time Ind d,up 400 miles In all. or 60 miles for
| the day and 4 was not thought by good judges
that he would cover more than Ennis did before
| retiring But his hackers did moi propose to
take him oI while Ennis was walking and re-
Hartman, having finished his 3sist mile Just
| neiore " told the scorers that he WIS going To
leave ne track for little whilc. Then Rowell
paid no attention to him. AT this time the Gar
| den was the fullest There were not less than
! 6,VOO persons IN tho building. There must have
! been as many more outside. They surrounded
! the building, almost blocking the streets on MI
| Tour sides. The only consolation that they had
was tho occasional shouting o. the score from
| some 81 the upper windows. and every time any
| rntcd about the score and the mems condition
| The good work that Ennis was doing speedily
was was n9ised abroad. and there was more inquiry
about him than about knw"ll.
| Between . and 10 O'Clock there was more Of
lull than there had been in the evening. Ennis
| minute gait. with Rowe close to his heela and
they strodp along quietly for half AN hour In
Al length Ennis reached the seventh Inn Of his
| S9sth mile. Then he hraoed his shoulders hack
| aud put n littlp more steam on. The crowd re-
sponded with cherrs. On the eighth lap he open.
| ed the throttle valve wide, and bounded OF
ona run; and be Did It 40 neatly. and seemed
81 fresh that tho ladies waved their handker-
chlefs and the men their hats wildly, Rowell
walked Tor lap or two, after this. but he could
run anything like SO fast as Ennis did Keep
Rave hsd bst Tn tSe Pftf e 9gTn!
rY,Hurrah IN bet on the Hoosierl" 90 in.
got himr Wear him outl'' These and other
encouraging shouts followed Ennis all around
| the track.
| EsNIss POUR HuSDREDrH MILE.
Hartman at this time appeared again on the
| track and swung out with a good gait. He did
not mind the two runners; They kept no their
Ennis nnished tho tooth mile and stopped run
ming. Rowel looked ior the FIRST timo IA
| trough he WAS glad that the Hoosier had shut
| on steam. When thu scorers put up 400 on the
blackboard opU9ste Ennis's name. there arose y
great shout. md Ennis went to hls cottage. lie
! had mad his 400 mil-s at 10 o'clork, ~ C5
| mil". 80 far in ths day. Rowell as soon as he
| i"und that Enpis was on shot into hi, own cot
| !tE'. and thnt lru Hartman only on the irnck.
| i, was announced on good authority that Row
| eil p,opoS'd at whatever suffering. 10 keep
| end. When Ennis went 10 his cottage nj this
| tlmo ne SAID that he was hungry. aud Cusck
| down.
How do you ieel. .Johnf" he asked.
| First Pate, and think ! can MAKE better time
| irop now 10 thc, end than have yet made"
l. hn1i"p cool. Follow your plan. my boy. and
| don't let how"ll worry you q Bit
Eunis was brtter pleased than his appearance
| Indicated when he had covered his 40Oih mile
| for some Of his friends had placed bets early in
| thr match at long odds. that he would not cover
| 400 miles in six days. nnd ho had done IL in
| lllFtN hours loss tnln ntH.
| Nowel WAS very carefully handled after he
| went 20 his cottage How carefully no ono
| Knows, The only information that could be
cleaned was that he was bcinl looked after. ana
| sporting men who have seen him running with
| with Ennis said That II ever any man needed
Hartman wore a dark-colored iacket in the
;sSyenlng ;S and The palor OF bis face cam, out all
walking with n nervous shop IA though his
muscles were suffering from tho groat strain
ana ne appeared ready to drop down nt any
"A Inrg
AM averaged but little slower mile for mile
For nearly two hours there was n long rest on
| The p9rl Of Ennis and kowrll. There were
i!GGic,r"Ri. plain Indications gom Enpis's cabin
RowrI was being subjected to a tr"at-
0..g., mant thas his us, physisa eoadliioP SadIy
were So hadly chappei thu' they were almost
| rnW; "nd he Las been walking and running tor
| mis- or Hartman have had. re has been in
| po9hlve pam. they only iatlgred.
trn. Si'klrs cnmo into tho reporters pon nj
| railing, h" took N his ovrrcoat and hat and nj
| once began a COMPUTATION Of how much
| llis i50 miles easily. Grn. Sckl,s forci6l said
! that b" could ta.r i've hours sleep. and then
! 1y covering only 81 miirs An hour be in Il, the
! 46qth milo just ul "a" nalsh.
Gen Sicklrs oNrressad gre1t admiration for
Hargman did some o. his best walk ing lust
nniorr IL o'SisnSrS Aiter coming ont oi his cot
rntLgg stinly, the band struck up Yankee
| Doodle aud Hartman rlided into a II ~ mile
IN h 1ur gait. This he KEPT IN for four miles.
AZ the complction Of hi7 39oIh milo ho retired.
and only showed his exhaustion after he l.Ot
into his cabin. There lee almost fell upon tho
bed, but lie was immediately revived 10y two
professional anipulntors from n Turkish
bath estal'ishmcnt and in fifteen minutes said
that he felt confident uf carrying out his sohcd-
ulc. This gives him tours Of oight miles with
hall hour rests, after his long sleep this morn
lng. and brings him in at the finish with 452
M les as his re ord
H0 had been IN his cabin only q few minutes
when Ennis cnme out This was shortly before
l2oclpck, Ennis having rested nm hour and a
half, He started right along at his old-time
ea't ookiug very fresh. He put in three miles
hnl then howcll cam" out ana started of stiflly
Al o'clock both men were on the track and
knwell was 10 siny there as long as Ennis did.
II wns reportej that Ennis would not Lave the
track after his long rest this morning.
Many bets were made on OlHAry after he
had withdrawn by persons who did not know
OF That fact Sporting men say that these bets
hold, as they We're made with that very risk.
OIcnry's ConditIon-IIls BELIEF that RoweN
win Win-HnrdInE's Suspicion.
oIeary sat in his room in the Metropolitan
Hotel last evening, whom a friend brought him
Ia, ,asf. t.t n.f.al O.,