New-York tribune., 1880-04-11
HART WINS a SECOND BELT

THE TWO NEGROES THE BEST TWO MEN.
END OF THE sIx-DAYs' WALK IN MADISON s9UAhh
GARpEN--HART BEATS THE BEST RECORD, AND
SCORES FIVE HUNDRED AND sIXrY-FlVE MILES
The second six-days' walking match for the
Ieary belt IN Madison Square Garden was OrOughI ID
close night. Hart, who had led IN the race from
the beginning, easy winner, making oOo miles
nearly twelve miles better than the best record The
second place was taken by Pcgram ana the thru py
Howard The attendance was large during Inc aI'e'-
noon, and in the evening the finish was wltnesseu py
10000 persons.
Yesterday morning Dober was the first Of the 'hfee
leaders to upon the last day OF the wax; MS ione
ret vas about two hours Pegram left hi tent at l;24
a H. having rested two hours and thlry-eEht minutes
Tho longest rest WAS taken by Hart-three hours ana
fourteen minutes who did not resume until
o:l5 a. IN. All three tn kept close TO
the course Harris average while on the track
until noon was a little more than four miles an hour;
that f Pecra the same and that Of Dober about three
miles and half At o'clock the score OF the 10ur eau
ing men stood Hart, 502 miles ana seven lapsj re
gram 400; Dobler 479 Howard, ASA The prhclpal
feature during the forenoon was several DrusheS oe
tween Krohue and Williams. in which the latter was
forced to Yield. Hart continued to keep ahead OF
Rrowp's record and at had beaten it by SIX miles,
At this tme hOur OF
race Eve DAYS and half from the start the score was
Hart 52s-5; Pegram, 517; HOward-who had passeo
TO third place little before oclock-oO3-4; DoDer'
5004 Krohne, 1887 Alien, aqua; hhhdms' 1oA1'
Hanawaker. 415.
The attendance during the afternoon little larger
than Friday As the order OF the contestants for rs
second and third place considered pretty well es
tabshed there not much to excite interest Inle
was ripple of applause when brush occurred between
any OF the aside from this there was no
enthusiasm manifested by the spectators Hart
travelled at slower average pace than
on Friday-but now and then showed bim-
self capable Of waking the best style He looked bv
far the freshest the track. Dobler was IN ueh
better form than had been for day or two He had
not only stopped mping but occasionally ran nj goOd
pace Pegram showed signs Of being tired. but Kept
close 10 the course. From i a. until p. In
he reduced his distance behind Hart from nineteen
miles 10 10 miles snd 1 lap. Howard kept up good
speed. but did as much as usual krohne ana
Allen had improved In appearance from Friday night;
Krohne ran more than at any time since the start
The most exhausted man IN the race was Hanawaker
who was only able q portion Of the time 10 crawl
around the track in dAzed condition. His
swollen face and blood-shOt eyes made him a
pitiabe object But Notwithstanding his condition
he occasionally part eta lap At p m Hart ton had
covered b42.6: PegTam, 530.4 and Howard, O2O1
Dobler's score at the same time was 5147.
INCIDENTS OF THE FINISH.
The scenes III the evening repetition OF those
witnessed the closing hours OF the other great pedes
trau contests The garden packed with spectators
every seat being occupied. There were many coored
persons present who had 10 Hart carry away
the belt The first attractive feature OF the evening
was when Hart beat Blower" Browne record OF 5o3
miles and 165 yards Mr. Curtis. the referee, stood on
the track and measured 165 yards and took the
exact time when Hart made the distance.
which was o'clock 33 minutes, 2s seconds
p. m. The i, spectators cheered enthus.astcaly: ally
broom and al American flag around the track. He
walked at lively gait and showed no signs OF weak
he seemed TO be in the best condition.
Pegram. the second man, moved slowly l,5 around d
TO bed Howard was only nine miles behind PegraID,
and the latter could lot afford to remain in his tent
take PeGram, being contented with third place He.
SSy 0OS56 o6r nG miles saVe behind S Both Of the
men we're completely exhausted. Dober limped badly
%es anE aesS of Allen he was Compelled to remain on The
track also. Williams snd Krohne were also suffering
scores tIey we're competed to stoy on the track.
The most amusement OF the evening was Afforded by
OF his GysrcOSE and walked around tho track track
around the track was enough 10 fatigue him He then
left the building. but returned again about He
went on the track then dressed in his walking costume
and for nearly an hour furnished much sport for the
audience: large horseshoe OF flowers was given to
him and he carried II for four or Ve laps lie seemed
to enjoy the Jokes of the crowd and laughed heartily
when the spectators made sport or him: The scorers
kept record of the distance he travelled.
testauts walked until after p; m: peGram retired at
9ol wSms a s;45 H9Tard az 9;Oo Allen a, 9e 9;04
The men had been covering about four miles honr
during the evening. When HanaWaker made bis 450
miles he carried around the track loaf OF bread
S:22 ana the baud played Yankee Doodle" He then
wore the belt while be walked to MS tent Allen won
chair for having made the greatest number OF miles 10
twentyiour hours, for he covered 80 miles and
/ lap.
Two challenges were handed to Hart to walk for the
belt again, One came from Charles E Davis, OF Chi
cagO and the other from Bryan Mcswyny. Neither
OF the men gave the Of the walker he represented
comparison Of the total amount Of rest taken by diff
ferent contestants showed that the least had been
taken by DOber-twentY-three hours apd seven min
utes and greatest by Alen-thrtyfour hours aud
twentyour minutes Harts total time on the
twentythree hours and twenty three minutes. Pegram
rested thirtytwO hours and thirteen minutes; Howard
thrty-one hours and twenty-three minutes; Krohne
tweDty-seven hours and eighteen minutes; Williams
tweny-nine hours ana four minutes aud Hama awaker
| tweDty-seven hours md eleven minutes
The total number OF miles made by the men who were