New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-02
ONLY SEVEN WALKERS LEFT.


DISAPPOIN IMENr IN THE GARDEN
ALLEN. EMS AND LYMAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
HOWARD AND SULLIVAN LEADING-KEoHNE
Nor FAR BEHIND.
Ore # the managers of the walking match said
Mondly morning after ITart's withdrawal: &" We
have been very unfortunate In this match so far
The first night the weather seemed 10 be stormy on
purpose. to keep a large crowd from witnessing the
start. We cllcuiac CT then on having large houses
to witness the struggle between ftari ana ilIRneii
llaTts retirement was another drawback. II VIII
probably lac stormy all day today. which VIII keep
ava a great many spccta'ors| lie manager
looked gloomy ard sad when he spoke, aud yester
dav morning his cOunenauce bore evidences o1
deeper luclaicLoly. Ilughcss withdrawal took
away nearly Nil the interest IN ihe contest
The "ohituary record" showed that up 70
| D. m Yesterday. the thirty -seyenth hour OF the
race. l ! OF the who started IN the struggle had
Withdrawn Af:cr Hughes retired, Burns "ecamc
suddenly sick and withdrew with score OF ITO
miles lie had been regarded rs one of the best men
on the track and had held fourth position until he
gave up Ennis was the tirSJ man TO leave IN" rack
yesterday. Iir retired NJ 1870 u. with 30 miles
10 his credit. lyman followed with score OF 80
miles.
building - til" afternoon: he only "xclteinent OF
the day was the struggle between Panchot. sullivan
and Howard. the leading men. There were only
\ men ~ the race. and OF these Calnpanh. CuIran
and Ilcou,o rXrircd no interest krpnne was
30 mics behind Pauchot. but wa9 walking all the
time while 'ip~c ahead of HIM kept up continual
dog ttoi around the track. -.
Tho cIlAt remaining pedestrians were plOdding
rs brayry around the track at hali-past a5 II
thousands Of spectators had been present TO watch
ih.ir rxcrtions. Howard kept steadily at bis short
tro' putting lap after lap Ia ms credit. SulF"h
kept Just behind hun. with sponge
IN hi, night nand. with winch he kept moIstcnlnV
his forehead lie looked the of tho LEADER
and hs face was slightly flushed as II he had been
taking "A brisk run tor exercise. Panchot keDt
about ten feet behind him. Hts work has
apparently told on HIM. a. Though the men who pre-
tend to he well informed in snch matters claim that
4. lr...l lurtg N l.
steadily NJ work with his regular but un-Inly gait.
Cd "Sport" Campana was hard at work,
and he is apparently confident of winning or at least
of coming IN among TIE Ir1t ms PAID hraa
pli,tcned III the bright light like a billiard ball.
Whenever anyone looked nj him, he would dart
forward with renewed vlgor his arms aud leGs
living in all directions ~ II hing on wires.
/ he rrny-halrrd 'longshOrcman Curran plodded IN
dutriouSiy along. with as sober tace as II ne were
attending his own funeral. The striped SHIRT Of
Allen went past the judges stand regularly but al
comparatively long intervals Llc0uso trottrd
along braycy. IN no way discouraged by hlS Shall
AT o'clock the band struck up a lively air. and
the audience frightened up. Somebody presented
n handsome basket of towrrs 10 sullivan ana lie
broke into brisk trOt, did also Howard and Pan
clo The score of the wa kcTS tncn was rs follows:
Paucho;. 2O7 miles. LAPS; sullivan ZO3 miles. u
laps Howard. 2Dl miles, ilp'; hrolne' iD9 mites
. laps; Currau, lbs miles, > laps; Allen. 10 miles
i laps: Campana. 1913 miles, . laps: Lacoll,e. 100
miles. . aps. There were about 3OepeOple III the
There was a slight bubble Of enthusiasm II few
minutes before q. when Panchot gave n snort eX-
ibIton of his running powers. Is did also SULLIVAN
sullivan, who seems to be more popular tlali ms
rlval from Buffalo. received another BASKET OF How
erS "A reward for his cXertl0hs sport IraVellod
along i'm their wake Tor few laps but n0tw tbstand
ing his efforts to pull himself along with his hands
he was soon distanccd. A few minutes after ninc
ilanlan and Ross visited the garden, aey '0oh
seats in the gallery, where they remained Tor few
minutes. RoweIl and Vaughn came III later aud re-
manned Tor about an hour. .
Allen withdrew at 1880 p. M, with a record of
179 miles and laps lie was completely t: Cd our
but there was nothing else the matter with him.
The hes. American record Tor l0rty-eghC hours Oy
Hughes is 229 miles R0wclPs best record for tho
same time il 2iS y miles. 80 -,
Tho betting was moderate, and ut IL o'clock 1t
was To 4 against Panchot, 10 against sullivan.
| to / against Howard. 10 against krohne, Oo to
] against LacOuse. ~
At a. III. the was rs follows sullivan, ~
Panchot. 235; Krohne 20S-6; Howard. 2lj;
Pampana. lSG-2: Curran. 200; Lacouse, l16-0.