Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-08-26
THE AMATEUR WALK.
Tho Interest Unabatsd THE Attendance Large
and the Performances. .Oreditable.

and the Performances. .Oreditable.
The Pavilion still continues to at.
tract a good audience, the hall be-
ing nearly as full as on the first
night; everybody seeming pleased,
the exercises being made more
pleasant by the music Of Wanga.
mans band. The bright uniforms
Of the band were no mean addition
to the gay and festive character Of
the gathering.
| The manner in which the walk
ers have run up their scores Is ex.
ceedipgIy creditable to them-they
are deserving, of great praise. 1t is
m after for wonder that they have
done so we'll, for it must be remem.
bsred they have not received the
training which Is so essential to
any gymnastic fea., and especially
go TO a continuous walk Of five days.
The climate in this country is not
80 conducive to athletic ach ieve-
ments AS colder climate; and, as
a result, the people are not in the
habit of straining themselves.
For an exhibition of endura nee
we naturally look for the matured
form of man not less than 20
years of age, aud even that is too
young in most CASES. All medical
authorities lay 1t down that q lad is
not fit to undertake great hardship
and surely this is one) until hs has
ut least attained that age. Consid
eriug these facts. we must concpdr
the boys great praise, not only for
their performance, but also
for their lndomitabie pluck. We
regret to see them using oil their
strength aud none OF their brains. |
or course, amateur like, when
they hear words Of encouragement
from their friends, they put on
spurt aud feel confident of not be.
ing any the worse for it. That
may be all very we'll for to-day,
but tO-rnOrr calls for reckoning,
in which they lind themselves de.
ficient. Out Of the thirteen hold.
lug fast yesterday eleven still re-
main, aud apparently In not much
worse caudition. with one or two
exceptions. Heald still keeps his
SLOW and sure gait. He has a long
way to go before he cain hope to
reach his principal adversary,
Fish, who Is ten miles ahead. II
will require q tremendous amount
OF energy to do so, If Fish can keep
up his pace. All the Others are
keeping up to what their first per-
formances promised. Nelson 10
pulling up his record hand over
hand, making some capital run.
ming, though Fish tried very hard
to prevent his gaining on him.
Nelson has moved his score nearer
to Fish 10y about fifteen miles, leav-
Ing only u small di ference, and bids
fair to lead.
AS on the previous evenings the
firemen's champions were closely
watched and cheered succ .ssively.
Mr.. e. Smith, the representative of
the 3Ss, has Withdrawn, his
place having been filed by
Lesdale, who bids fair to be the
winner. K. Smith has done won.
derfuily well, when it is considered
that ne has lately had q severe
sickness, from winch even now he
has not recovered. AS much as he
deserves praise he still ought to be
censured, for 1t was at the best but
u foolhardy undertaking. LesG ale
so far seems to have done better
than Smith, insomuch that, with
all Fred's tenacity. he succeeded in
getting away with him several
times during the two hours. Do
what he might, Fred could not
help the little white chalk mark
from showing an extra tally every
now and again. Fred has done
we'll, and it IL no discredit to him
that his opponent discounted him
last night, as he has had three
nights Of it. 1t is not generally
understood that In the conditions
Of this race 1t Is permitted to
change the men any or every even
ing. 1t would not oe astonishing
If some of the 39, were hoarse to.
day, for they certainly did their
best to drown the music when
their champion made u break and
put on an extr score.
There was no match between the
professionals, but Miss Howard,
Miss Wiley and Mr.. Edwards gave
an exhibition Of their powers for
about An hour, many OF the anna.
teurs vainly endeavOring to keep
up with them. Miss Wiley was
presented with a very handsome
uou Iuet, as was also our strong
man, Sampson.
Mr.. Bush has given handsome
prize to be run for by Miss Wiley
aud Miss Howard in u Two mile
race on Friday night, after the
fiiemen's race. In order that the
contest may be more even, Miss
Howard has handicapped herself
by three laps.
At 1870 P. NJ. the score was as fol-
lows:
| MIIFS LAPS.