The New York herald., 1879-09-25
THE VANISHING BELT.
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l94 shows that he may possibly cover the $50,
he will have to just get down and tear the very life
out of him to do it, He looks far litter for sturdy
German farm hand than fast pedestrian and should
either improve decidedly before he tries this
Kind of work again or drop it. But the
next little fellow On the list, Hiram Jackson.
the youngster from New Bedford, Is really doing
very creditable things considering the great ODDS
ap ainst him. and t is touching to his calico-cad
mother and halffarmer haif-hsberman faced father
devoting their increasing attentions to him. His
hind the champion of the world this very minute.
and half mile ahead or the tall. stolid Teuton,
and will probably do it, but only by the skin of his
teeth The latter is really a good man in many
SSsdant MsSs aDt saS Ba, &c ONE tfns he aess and
that is speed. Had he been taught fast run
ming. and walking when he was was lad he ,,' would
wasn't. and that's the whole of 1t. The little,
smooth faced STRIPPING from the Buzzard's Bay coast
will give him fine of il all the way. and Will
get money enough out of 1t to pay his way through
colege-and his brothers. too. il he has one-and
handsomely at that for he has good head and face.
JOHN ENNIS.
And there's another man here who has mistaken
his calling. reluctant as most people win be to be-
heye it, and that's other than popular, manly.
straightforward John Ennis. What has he ever done
to show that he can at ms pest ao more ,han
dozen racers in a ring and he would NOW them
down. But they have the whip-end or him now.
and gamely and faithfully as he does his work he
does not manage to show much of a footing up.
Two hundred and twenty miles at a quarter OF six
24O for him at bedtime. He is cut out
for heavier work than footwork. Panchots
2O2 even is better, for terrible agony i'll his left
foot last night forced his friends to take him from
his tent to the Putnam House. and there he
bunglinRly allowed to sleep several hours over his
time. But any way, he's cleaner, lighter goer.
aud with his wonderful grit. shown here all day in
the teeth Of downright suffering, has the making
after year twos careful handling and putting OF
little beef his ribs to one day do 525 If not $40
miles.
But there's of the guard-hOW
sbout him Weston. What business has he to be
dawdling and foong along he does? Is he sick?
Is he blistered or lame or foundered or what's the
matter with HIM anyway? Talk to his manager
and he'll tell you about the thick tobacco smoke
accordingly. acc But he admits tina. that wasn't What
other excuse concluded that he must have been
triAe out of his head. WELL that shouldn't make
thy. maes years i'n ago But out Of his
head or in it lie MANAGED in England
bring the belt bacx to this country And why is he
not trying harder to keep it here? His trainer ad-
its that he has been all right to-day. Then what is
he in his tent SO much for? The public have had
about enough of this sort Of shutting. They
had right to believe. if he deserves the
utmost to keep the trophy he has won. and he
simply is not so doing. No man need watch him an.
hour to see that he is almost throwing away his
chances to win. or something mighty like it. He
isn't lame nor blistered. nor. his trainer says,
has ~ he & ANYTHING ig the m matter a. with h him We'll We'll
IS miles on Tuesday in England. and only 7s
miles yesterday? And SO miles on Wednesday
In England down to eight o'clock, and to-day,
down to the same hour. only SO? How came he to
.leep last night not merely three hours, like faith
John Ennis. but seven whole hours. and this
early in the race. at that? Mr.. Weston
way for him to get out of it and expect to hold
up his head again among his countrymen. He has
irGm now no At tn eleven esIock X saturday night Sl
should have cut it down to 800, II not 295. He
talked pretty freely before this began Of his
determination to win it. He has done nothing
Tar this week to take much out of him. He
looked when he finished in England good for at
least thirty miles more had lie been pressed, and
that thirty. put with what he did in those last
three days. tired he from his terrible work Of
the first three would almost certainly win him this
test took much out OF him that he has
not got it back since. for he talked quite
differently from that few days ago. He has too
often shown his almost superhuman endurance. his
ability to do without sleep. his fitness to cut down
the best England could produce, when the latter
was at one time thirteen whole miles ahead of
him. and his abundant pace and pluck as
he. these next three days. score his
clean hundred day. and so come up to his own
work abroad IT he lets that belt 60 back to England
and could have kept it at home then he had better
60 back to England, too. and make his next sojourn
there even Longer thaa m Ia; last, hs conduct now
nothing short of his very uttermost from till
the clock strikes eleven Saturday night will relieve
him from that suspicion.
LIVELY SCENE.
But let turn to pleasanter topics and take look
about the house. A steady human tide has been
flowing in from Madison avenue all the evening,
filing the side seats thickening the black solid
throng. clinging along the fences several deep.
ceaselessly promenading up and down the central
PLATFORM rushing every now and then with the
,nwy run sd sds pace up INTO 10 spur. al
ing the ends out OF its many pipes, people yelling
and cheering and shouting. waters rushing to and
tro, boys crying out the evening papers, and ry
now and then some excited individual, in tones far
above the din, driving on his favorte:-"Go on. my
There's house in Jersey for you!" yels coarse
and bloated Englishman said TO have once been q
heshy woman. from box. betrays her nationality
At :.a every L. by tossing of in heavy tones.
low 'em!" and George. moved by such glorious
Inspiration. scuttles along livelier than ever.
the coiored regiment. and the troops have kept
him busy. Once the grocer boy collared
headed Dan o'Leary. the formers trainer. soon
stopped such folly. Hazael. by the way. has done
good work to-day, "a miles. four better even
Rowelis and lie has gone him but two
better, and it's still only eight o'clock. The
next we hours will give him 2s5 to go bed with
to Merritts probable 800. with the darkey a dozen
miles astern. 1t begins to look little dubious
terribly well seasoned timber in that old British hulk
too stiff. it looks. for this uncommon youngster
scarce turned twenty-one, and now only half way
down the Fresh and lively and iull OF das Ia
he is and has been all along. and there's
runner as Guyon to the rear. He's got q hard battle
in front of him to keep ahead of England's fastest
runner oil the rest CT this trying week He'll do all
he can. you may rely. That's Sam Merritt every
time But his enemy has him at close quarters now,
and he will drive tuat tough old hulk OF his at a
terrific pace all the way now. elated he must be
and by seeing how he Is creeping up on his youth
full antagonist. Weston may possibly have been
running waiting race, but there isn't any doubt
now that Hazael has.
HAzAELs LITTLE GAME.
1t was o clever enough to fling out that he
had had tif with his trainers and grown obstrcp-
erous and defiant hence his slow work early in the
week. Trainers are convenient fellows TO have such
diffculties with, for fortunately else knows
anything about it. But the games coming out
pretty clearly now. IL would have done to
let HazaeI go the front any sooner. People would
nj once have seen that the thing all
cut and dried and the receipts would soon have
dwindled to a nero song. That would do, so
that quiet. homely, but wondrously tough old sar-
dine OF George is quietly held back until tho
week began to get well aong. Then I'D he creepa and