Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-08-28
BEATING 1Ax-BAak.
Tho Attendance Still Large md the Interest
Unabated Scores.

Tho Attendance Htill Large nnd the lnteresl
Unabated-Ths Scores.
The crowd at the walking match
last night was larger than any that
has attended since the opening ol
the Pavilion for pedestrian pur
poses, owing, no doubt, to the fact
that the fireman's and five-day
contests are drawing to a close
The interest will reach white
heat Tonight, as all the races close
at 10 o'clock, and the walkers ap.
pear to be SO we'll pitted against
one another, there being no great
disparity of scores. Five names
still continue on the board and as
mauy are pamed as the winner.
Eldridge Withdrew early yesterday,
with a score Of 1S1 miles. 4 laps.
Also, McGehee, with 159 miles. He
has gotten up another project, hav-
ing made bet that he would sleep
for As hours consecutively. He has
been asleep Is hours already, and
has not yet been heard from. Both
he and Eldridge could have kept
on; but, as there was no chance for
the former, and Eldridge did not
want anything but fret place, they
concluded 1t was no use trying.
Fish still bravely holds the lead,
having drawn away one mile on
his nearest follower, Nelson, who
still keeps up a good pace, looks
fresh and is entirely free from stiff
ness. They both made about 81
miles In "a hours. Sampson keeps
up we'll, aud although he Is begin.
ming to shows signs Of weakness, he
intends, "when de Gospel chimes
are ringing, tO be thar" He has
ordered his coffin for Tonight.
McGarvin is doing wonders
Since his start yesterday morning
he has added 73 miles to his total.
He has been on the track for 81
consecutive hours and intended to
remain until IL last night; when,
after couple of hours
sleep, he will resume his
tramp. His gait is light and
springy and he walks with the
best sly le of any on the track. His
pace has not lesseued since he first
came on.
As usual, the fireman's race
drew the unab Ated attention OF the
whole house during its progress,
which was much more uniform
than previously. Lee Perez ran
again for M "a, and Ed. Smith
resumed the championship of the
38,. In the first fivs miles both
kept well together; during the fifth
mile Smith tried to lead several
times, but Perez stayed with him
until the seventh mile, when,
amidst the uproarious cheers of the
whole audience, he put one lap be.
tween himself and Smith. This
was followed by gaining two extra
laps on the tenth mile, the fire
boys cheering vociferously, and on
the last two miles by three
aud a half more. Smith repeat.
edly made attempts to distance
Perez. but unsuccessful The
total scores nut the No 2, ahead nv
one mile, 81 laps. viz: No. 2. 63
miles, II laps; Thirty-Eights, 81
miles, IL laps. The score last night
was:
MILES LAPS
l.. Perez, for No. 2'......l2 liz
K Smith, for 38s. 5
II. j. Prieur, for Ii. " LII u
Miss Wiley and Miss Amy How
ard were started about 10:i5 P NJ
for their match of two miles, less
three laps in Miss Wiley's favor,
but owing to her making break
on the first lap, Miss Howard de.
cIared the race off. Miss Wiley
continued to walk for exhibitions;
and Miss Howard, to prevent any
Disappointment, volunteered to
walk Two miles against time, which
she accomplished in splendid form
AS follows: First mile, l0m., 5s
second mile. 10m., sos.
Col. Morgan made few remarks
In apology to the audience In de.
fault of the race, saying he WAS ell
tirely unacqusInted with the man-
agement OF anything in the line. so
could not decide the difficulty. The
Colonel has done his utmost and
spared nothing to make the enter
taiument attractive, and he de.
serves encouragement. The finish
ing Of the races to night will be u
highly interesting spectacle, and
Will probably last until IL O'Clock.
Mr.. Edwards and Guerrero flu.
ished the short races by a five mite
walk against q seven mile run,
which was won by Edwards in ~
minutes and 81 seconds, Guerrero
running only 10 laps over in the
me time.
The score at 104 o'clock last night
stood:
MILES. LAPS.