The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-28
THE waLEIso MATCH.
Edg"s victorious - why dry Tire
I'm The anau0as

Edgns Victorious - why day Threw
~, Up the sponge.
inc SIX days walking match bot wesi
Onarles Gay, OF Fort Worth, and 4. l..
Eigas, of This city, has ended, and victor,
crowns the latter. Gay, who lott tho tract
at iOOI Friday night, with score of $50 nilsi
and ~ laps, never came on again, and her
the walk really ended, though Edgas walked
until last night masking score of 1873 miles
and laps. AS stated In yesterdays HERALD
Gay lett the track with u sprained ankle, and
at that lime Edgas' score stood 344 and ID
laps. He returned at 1852. and came on
the track yesterday morning at7l5 ~ fresh
as morning glory, and with but some no lrs
rest during the day, he walked the number
OF miles above mention :, and when he had
finished he was almost as fresh when he
first start d on his long weary tramp. Dur
ing the day Gay required medical attention,
and Drs. Pace and Harrison attended him.
They furnished him the following certificate:
DALLAS, ley, April 23, 1881.
We, tho undersigned, physicians of the
city OF Dallas, have this morning examined
MIR. Gay, of Fort Worth, and hereby certify
that we found his leg just above the ankle
iDfismed and very tender, and in such condi-
ton as to prevent him from doing any active
walking. j. M. PACE, M. d.
II. II. HARRISON, M d.
Gay says he received his injuries by strik-
ing his leg against the railing of the track
which projected. This occurred Wednesday
night and his leg which gave him but very
little trouble at first continued to grow worse
until he was at last compelled to quit the
TRACK, beng unable to remain longer. After
retiring; his le- began to swell, and he found
that ne could not make his temperance and
so Edgas walked alone. Gay, while he was
on the track, m ie gallant walk, and there
be many who are willing to match him again
against Edgas. His friends said that no re-
lied on making his walk near the close and
had it not been for his mishap he would
have left EdgaS in the lurch. He exhibited
considerable nerve and endurance, and
proved himself during what time he was on
the track to be good pedestrian. Gay is
thirty eight years old and is the father of
fifteen children. AT night there were
number of persons who walked against
Edgas for afew rounds, among them DR. Coch,
ran and Dan White. DR. Cochran walked
him for several miles, and there was some
lively squirting in which he generally got the
best of Edgas. All of these we're the irecipi-
ents of boquets from ladies present. AT 9
o'clock Edgas left the track, choosing not to
walk out all the hours, leaving a score
behind him of 1873 miles. He was warmly
congratulate by his friends. In the absence
of Fir. g. FL. Rintleman, of Fort Worth,
Mr.. Richard Flanagan acted as referee and
awarded the money, 1000, to Edgas. Af-er
this DR.. Cochran made collection, and $25
was raised for Charles Gay. Gay made
speech. He said that he had met with the
utmost kindness here and that Edgss was
hard man to beat. Edgas repli by saying
thst Gay was the hardest man he ever tack
led. Etgas has entered in the O'Leary match
at Chicago.