New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
ARRIyAL OF WESTON AND ROWELL.
WHAT Roth THESE PEDESTRIANS SAY.

terdav i'm the steamer Nevada of the Gulon Line A.
9 a m. a number of Weston's friends assembled al
Pier No 49, North River. in answer to an lnVtatior
TO sail down the bay to meet the steamer. u ~
Hess, eston's agent, had engaged steamer iron
e. r. Mills, general ticket agent OF the Sea Beacn
Railroad According to the agreement, Mr.. hess
sa;d the boat WAS 10 have started at o o'clock. All
| the invited guests waited patiently on the pei
until . u. M. but no boat came The Nevada was
| sighted off Fire Island about ~ o'clock, and Mr.
Hess then secured the tug William Fletcher.
| Among those who went on board were Dr. o. f.
Snyder, Weston's brother-in-aw, d. c. Hess Leon
| ard W. Grover, T.. +. Macdonald and L. Feitner
At quarantine the Nevada was met and Weston
was seen standing group of passengers Three
salutes by the whistle of the tug answered by
| the steamer. person on board the tug then
| shouted Three cheers for Weston" which was
joined in by the passengers on the steamer. Ihree
cheers for the champion of the world" was next
| shouted, and met with hearty response AS the
tug and steamer approached, general clapplng OF
| hands and waving of handkerchiefs were INDUCED
| in.
Weston then left the rail. and returned in a few
minutes with a long leather bag. Raising IT in the
air he said "Ths constitutes my luggage" Every
one knew Immediately that it was the Ashley belt
and deafenng cries and cheers were heard for
many minutes When the vessel anchored at quar-
antne, some of those on the tug went on the
steamer aud congratulated the returning pedes-
trian He was then invited to sail up the river on
the tug but afterward said the captain would not
| give him permission. The party was dfterward IN
creased by the arrivalof Rufus Andrews and Hauil-
" have had an excellent journey across the
| ocean, said he, by way OF Introduction. Inc
| voyage has added greatly TO my health" 3,
| He then displayed lOoket which was attached
| TO his watch chain 1t was beautiful gold locket
| perfectly plain on the outside. inside were TWO
! pictures which be showed to all present.
| "Ihere is something | am very proud OF. re-
| celyed this in England. These two pictures repre-
sent two of my dearest friends in England. One IS
| the picture of sir john Ashley, which he sent Inc
inst before left England, aud the other Is COloue
| j. j. Goodlake.' lie tnen handed IA large gold
! watch to his friends TO be inspected. IL speak ks
| for lsef.' sad he, land was presented by SIR
John Ashley" On the back OF the watch was the
! following inscription: " Presented to Edward Pay
son Weston by some htty OF his aamrers rs marx
of the appreciation of his great power of endur-
ance. energy of character aud honesty OF purpose
| London, July D, 1873"
Tins watch Is not the one that was promised by
the people ,of Newark" sarcasucaliy added WeS-
ton. L never received that one"
| "Well, about the match in England. There are
! some very funny things which remember. went 10
! SlrJohu and asked MIN II he would back me for the
| contest. Why, nonsense, my boy, SAID Slr John:
! believe that you can beat any man walking ana
that you last long "a any one but a. l0f run
| ulng-why, not at ALL Then i had TO look Tor the
money elsewhere. And when entered the matGh
| was anything but fayOrite. As one man TeihafNed
lust before the match was fnlshed, th's Is Oau
wear for tayOutes.' Everybody was plying me Tor
some reason otner Some SAID that tn" Others III the
| match were waiting but knew better than that.
| used to make waiting races myself Dut Iouliu 10
| became mOuutOuOus aud didHU pay went IN 10
win and never struggled so hard IN my lie TO ac-
compl.sh feat as did that tIme loA see, running
| was comparatively new To me. never practIced
| running until May, the month preceding the halci'
| ! admire II now, though By some accident got
into a regular natural gait, which became very easy
| .lff "A
! countenaHCe while the match was going on ana
| they thought | would beat Browns time heard
| that some of Browns people SAID, Well. Brown
will win this match, and then he'll 20 over 10 Amer
| lea and take the OLeary belt back with him..
| After the match my stomach was IN excellent con-
dltion, and guess none OF my friends ever saw me
looking better physically than am now.
| al was in England FIVE years. and never had an
| unpleasant word spoken TO me. In my tramp
acIoss the country met by thrdngs OF persons,
VINO at times impcdod my progress Oy Their Oya-
| tions Some of the reports about uuiInd treatment
which | received are untrue. l have only the
pcasantest rccOilect.ODS of the country. Probably
that is more than can say of this country. have
been accused OF fraud so often py some Americans,
! and yet can honestly say that never undertook
any feat of endurance in which did not try my best
to succeed Some persons whom nave considered
friends have not been friends. Why, of ali the
persous here VINO knew me Intimately there was
| only one who sent me kind letter after had won
the belt. IC.uld show you letters from Americans
| threat eniug me with all sorts Of things. Ii had
| had nv choice the present match would not have
taneD place at all only came here because Sir John
|
nv wlfe would like IT. Yes, ii really mad selected
| a place would have chosen Australia. can't for
get what suffered before lstt America. II 1t had
! not been for an EnglishInan never would nave
| had the money 10 enter the contest, and then the
| belt would have been IN England yet.
After an absence Of four years IN strange cOun-
try where received most cordial attention, natu-
| rally recoect al that suffered here. | have tTav-
| eiled a great deal in England and France. but am
firmly convinced that there IS 10 country like
| America. l have walked over o3,OOO miles IN
| twelve years. But some of those who have pre-
| tended friendshlpl Why, one OF them chased me
! for years for some money, and several times OF
| fered hIm as much as | could afford at the tlme
| But he said he would get it all or he would ruin
| me and he Is trying ms best 90 ruin me-"
| But Notwithstanding all these little troubles
am going into this contest with all the energy |
possess certainly Will not walk II smoking Is per-
inIttad IN the Garden. You can't breathe such at
| nospherc aud walk. / want to see "A really great
contest and guess If the weather Is not too warm
| YOU will SEQ scored the biggest records that have
| ever been made. | always had great ambition TO
come to this country and perform the greatest effort
| of my life. l think ii Will have To be done this
| tinir / consider Rowell the best man IN England
for pedestrian. don't care to say anything about
what will be doEe for actions speak louder than
words"
flushed. The wharf was crowded with people,
| who cheered and waved their handkercheis at his
| approach Weston remained a short time on the
| steamer To meet the customs officers, who passed
the belt free of duty The streets near the pier
| were also crowded aud the pedestrian was greeted
| with cheers. Weston was then driven to The Ross
| more Hotel where ne Will remain until Saturday.
lie will then go into the country and begin training
| for the contest.
| RowELEs APPEARANCE AND PLANS.
Charles Rowcll, the English pedestrian, who won
the Ashley belt in Gilmore's Garden last year. and
| who held it until Westons victory in London, ar
rived yesterday also, the steamer Bothna. lie
was accompanied by Charles Barnesley. his private
! trainer and Henry Morgan. On the pier he was
met by two friends but no one else seemed to
recognize him. With his friends he rode in a horse
car 10 the Ashland House. which will be his head
quarters while in New-lork His short. solid frame
| seemed to be In the same condition when he ar