The sun., 1880-12-12
THE EXPENSES or PEDEsTRIANIsM.
| Furrishins n smnlI-sised House and Running
| a Restaurant, Among Other Things.

Furri.hinr n smnii-sized House and Runnins
a Restaurant, Among Other Things
"How much am l out 2"
"Ifll figure up about 81 900. won't It, Dan I"
II guess that's about It," O'Leary said. with
q forced laugh.
O'Leary and his partner. Charles e. Davies.
were condoling with each other while lounging
In the ONCE OF Sweenys Hotel yesterday.
"Rowell would rather lose his right hand
than lose that belt but believe Dobler can get
It," 0'Leary continued. He was tickled to
death when we told him We wanted him to walk
for 1t. and he isn't down hearted now. although
he didn't get anything"
It's all right when you win but 1t isn't 30
pleasant when you come away with an empty
pocketbook." Davies said. 1t isn't generally
known how the money goes. Take. for in
stance. this race. We engaged Dobler to walk
and Guyon to attend him. Then the expenses
began to loom up. Dober went into training
here and on the 9Th OF October we started-four
OF us, all first class cabin passengers. We had
everything we wanted on the ship, but IL was a
rough voyage, and Dobler didn't have any ex-
ercise. and he gained sixteen pounds. Alter
ground. and you don't get anything for moth
ing over there. That took day. sunday was
our house in Agricultural Hall. You have no idea
what Is needed. We had to have an Ice box. n gas
stove plates. glasses cups. dishes. a cot blan-
make n raid on cloth ing store and get six pair
OF drawers OF the best flannel, sir shirts. dozen
sets Sets Of racing trunks WeIook % our she shoes rs over over.
Some had three pair and others five. After the
the e ms II bobeF took noton TS to have pears
we went out and got them. even ii we had to get
them in hot house. and the same way with
grapes. There Is no telling what man will
want while he is on the track. III he thinks he
would like to have some jelly. we give 1t to him
i he he Worries s" about out % it. II he thinks % he void
like to have some champagne. say on the last
aay we get t. He viii probably be s,n. satisfied
afterward he may want some more. but the bot
tie has been emptied or is no good. and we have
to get some more. 1t costs on the average s25 a
day to keep one man and three attendants. How
in making beef tea ! Two hundred pounds
soup that we get in restaurant, but you would
be surprised to see how small the quantity was
that we got. We made the tea curse YES
or mad somebody we knew well make it in a
house near by. Besides all these, there are lini-
kept in order. And we had TO tip everybody II
we asked for anything. even the policemen.
and ,afierward he touched his hat and said, Beg
ofcourse had to tip him"
:, Are the men troublesome when In race 2"
As rule they are easily managed. but they
are very notona. and want lots of things done
What is their chief troube?"
That's a secret we keep to ourselves. The
men have their weak points. and we don't tell
II know Weston's weak points," oLeary in
terrupted. and If had him under my training
l could make him do something bigger than
anything that has been done yet"
a trouble S06 is tt to M ke1p tbs mind occupied
Il used to let my thoughts run back to my
boyhood days. when l pitched pennies and
rolled marbles. or course l couldn't help
thinking about the race at times. although L
tried not to. The strain comes when man is
behind you. l used to watch the posts at the
side of the track. II was opposite one post.
and the man behind me was opposite the post
behind me, I'd try to walk TO the post in front OF
me before he could walk to the post l had left.
If was ahead a few steps I'd think WAS gain
ing, and that would urge me on to the next post:
Sometimes man feels like dropping down and
giving up. and 1t takes pluck. more than any
thing else, to keep on the track"
And it's worse when the men walk IN an un-
comfortable place." said Davies. Why, the
fog was so thick over there that Davis said he
was going to cut some out and send 1t over here
in It box Honesty you could almost pick it
You must meet some queer characters In
Well. l should say So, They are queer
ducks over there. About the aueerest OF em
all were the boys and men that met us at Liver
there I'VE Were Sat at least ZOO Of em on the big Stone
dock. They all wore wooden shoes shod with
iron: and when they ran after US it was clap
ofs Whas 2a II iae do S9 miles,
oh, only ther walkn' eoves was the reply;
for Weston and o Leary.' We met a curious
customer in a public house one day. He had
big fat head. short hair, and a stout body.
His short coat buttoned up to his
chin. and his pants were so tight that
you could almost see the veins of his
legs. and the toes OF his shoes looked him in
the face. thought he was prize fighter out
OF training. O'Leary asked everyb to
drink and motioned to the man in the short coat.
,, Well. you know. don't mind II do take
little bitters, you know said he. Then he
turned to O'Leary and said: But il it's the
same to You, I'll take a SlNDence lnSteal.'
90 II YOU can't do as the rest Of us, You needn't
take anything 'Leary grOwled.
" I'm II coachman out OF "A Job. you know.
and I'd rather have the money, you know, than
the drink. you know he said.
"O'Leary got Interested in the man. and be-
fore we went away he had given Dan all the
points about getting lob rs a coachman if he
wanted such JOB. We We're. coves' every
and we couGin't make anybody believe that
Madison Square Garden. you know, is better
than Agricultural Hail. you know"