New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-08
THE ENGLIsHMEN AHEAD.
TWO UNEQUAL WALKING CONTESTS.

BFsT RECoRD-YAUGHAN AHEAD OF ALBERT.
The promise made at the opening of the double
pedestrian contest at the Madison Square Garden,
Sunday night was not fulfilled yesterday. The two
Englishmen after the first few hours began to dis
lance their opponents. and as the day advanced
drew further and further away from them. Many
are inclined to think that the results of the race are
already settled, while others are by no means 80 san
guine.
A great part of the large crowd that witnessed
| the start remained long after midnight Sunday
night. The two runners went at pace Of eight
and nine miles an hour. and kept together until 2
a. M, when they had scored II miles and laps At
the same hour Vaughn had covered IL 6 miles, and
had distanced OLeary q quarter of mile.
An hour later there a gap between
Rowell and his antagonist of 81 miles, the scores
| being 25-3 and 1872 miles respectively. The heel
and-tOe walkers kept at average pace Of moro
than five miles al hour without any change in their
relative positions. Up to o'clock Rowell only left
| the track once, and than he remained on only
minute and so seconds; Albert was of twice in the
same time for so minutes and 30 seconds in ALL
Vaughan and 0Leary did not leave the track until
after that hour. The score at o a. m; was: Kowen,
&C miles Albert, who bad been steadily losing from
2 o'clock, 40-1 miles: Vaughan, BIB miles OBeary,
1915 miles. In the of the forenoon 1t became
evident that the condition of both of the American
contestants had changed for the worse Each showed
some signs of distress, and both were frequently
off the track for brief periods It vas reported
easily credited there was slight malt In DIS
gait and he continued to fall back mile after mile
! behind the leader. ~
! lion. IL said that this mshap was looked LOT
| by tho walker and his trainers. He was compelled
| to leave the track frequently. In the meantime ms
lopr-imbed competitor increased his lead of aquar-
| ter of mile to nearly four miles by 10 O'Clock. AT
| noon Rowsll. who had been keeping some distance
behind the best record. had scored $3.50 miles with
| Albert Is miles behind. Vaughan, who led OLeary
/ go miles, had covered at this time 05-6
| miles. Both of the Englishmen appeared TO be In
good condition, although it was plain that Vaughan
would have TO be content with slower rate oil
speed. Some one on the track measured his stride
from the imprints of his shoes IN the saWdust and
fourd that it was feet 2s4 inches. 1t is thought
| by many, however, thOt the waste Of energy oc,
casoned by the violent motion OF his shoulders ana
| end of the secoud or third day. Vaughan at
l o'clock passed the best record in heel-and-toe
| and half At 2:04 p. M Rowell completed 100
mile and loudly cheered by the spectators as he
flushed the last lap He bad beaten tue best reGoT
| had fallen behind 1t again. and az p m. ne was
moro than three miles behind. The gap between
Rowell and Albert had by this timo been increased
| to 23-7 miles and Vaughan had distanced OLeary
12-4 miles and the gap was still being increased.
| Tho bookmakers offered odds against all OF the
| contestants except Rowel. aud also against com,
| bnatIons. In the afternoon to L was offered
against Albert. to l against y Lsary, and $ TO
against Vaughan, AT the T same tune 70 wss
Albert ana OLeary, to | against OLeary making
sos miles to l against Vaughan making the saLne
| distance, and to ! against Albert making o4o
| miles 900
had been covered by Rowell; 9o-7 by Albert VII
| by Vaughan and 76-7 by OLeary. Albert COM
pleted 100 miles at G!56. and at 7:46 he Withdrew
to his retrng-rOom great pain from his LETT loot
Last evening the number of spectators, which did
not exceed 100 In the afternoon was increased 10
| between 5000 and 1000 Notwithstanding the
| great advantage that had been gained by
the Englishmen, considerable interest was
\ uif Vaughan.
| excited great deal of comment, and was
| frequently applauded. ROwen. who has greatly I'M,
proved in form. was niue admired. He has changed
his former short dOgtrOt step TO longer. switter
! and more graceful stride He declared last evening
that he proposed to beaf all previous records, and
| would, furthermore attempt to make distance of
600 miles, without regard TO what was done by his
competitor. OLeary's stomach remained uucon-
| querable, aud he went around the course with q
pale face and unsteady gait His pace hardly aver.
| aged four miles an hour. At IDA O'Clock
vausP1 TeOd aTS 9H aS s'I races 81 az s%
minutes later he passed Albert and began TO leave
him mile after mile behind as he bad his opponent
Albert, whose linn had gradually become worse
eft the track at 7:I6 o'clock aud remained of SOW
| had sprained tendon of his left foot in the
| early part of the day. Howell also went
off the track little after o'clock leaving Vaughan
| to pursue his way without company. Until Howell
| returned at haf-past 10, almost tho only amuse-
ment afforded TO the spectators was the walking Of
the tall Englishman. As # he felt that it
he occasionally made a fae burst Of speed.
| Now and then OLeary came on, walked
a lap or two at moderate pace and retired again.
At halfpast 10 ROwell joined Vaughan, and walked
and ran alternately Ut fair speed. Both U Leary and
| Albert were Invisible Once. between IL aud IL
o'clock, Albert. after having been In his room over
| three hours went mping around at snaPs pace
| for two or three laps and then vanished.
Al 1880 last night Rowell had rested i'll all only
| two hours and one minute Alberfs total time of
the track had been six hours and nine minutes. In
| the same time Vaughan had rested one hour aud
vf,,Ia had
in trying soothe his stomach. The apparent col
lapse OF O'Leary and Albert led the bOOkmakers to
offer heavy odds against the American contestants.
As much as IL to was offered against Albert and
8 to against OLeary. Odds Of to were gwen
that Vaughan would beat Albert, and even money
that Albert would not make 800 miles.
The score at o'clock this morning was Rowel,
147; Albert 1922; OLeary. 95-5; Vaughan, 116.
A well-known sporting man said Yesterday TO n
TRIBUNE reporter, who asked him whether the
match was an honest one: -
at Is nothing more or less than an exhibition
| walk, and every spOrting-man knows or believes
that it ia so. When O'Leary was in England
last year. he made. the arrangements
Each Each GP"' them Tor was 'hS iSSaS%
| a side with The london Sportng LDe This had
to be done, as The Sporting Life is reputable
| paper and would not DC knowing to any fraud
The understanding was, however, that tho stake
money should he returned after the race The gate
| receipts were to be divided between OLeary and
Rowell. ana tls was the way they were TO make
their money. When 0Leary arrived in New
York. Hart met him in response to a telegram.
| OLeary wanted Hart to 40 into the race against
| Howell aud asked him to put up the IS, 900 neces-
sary, telling him that there was more money IN 1t
| than there was in the race for the OLeary
belt. Hart refused saying that he would
not trust his own father with $4,000.
OLeary then approached other pedestrians, and
finally succeeded in getting Albert 20 enter against
Rowell. The $1,000 he obtained FROM another
| source" -
What interest does Vaughan have in the race ~
| "Oh he is simply hired as Albert. is. The fact
that 1t IS hippodrome' is evident on the face Of
| it. You don't suppose that OLeary would be fool
| enough to back comparatively untrled pedestrian
like Albert against Rowe!l particularly after Albert
had come out Of SIX days race only few weeks
| sinceo
| Why isn't the race q close one il It is fraud y
| % We'll. l don't hnliaYn that IL Ia fraud In tho