The sun., 1881-01-30
VOL. YLyHI.--N0 l52.
WORTHY TO MEET R0WELL.
yoBy HrGHEs BEATING THE RECORD
uIyu SIX nouns 10 SPARE

Howard Broken DoWu
s,rvsuie-Pronts OF the Lehd'nk ""'
John Hughes appeared on the track ior MS
10th day'a work In his extraordinary race yeS
.ardav morning at 1888 after a snort res, vi
40 bours. He could not have slept mucn ~,
s.had taken a bath. and otherwise relresneu
s,....lt His time OF sleep for the Six DAYS ac-
sordinp to his trainers account mas NOV "a
ceeded three hours' win
Hughes at once struck Rait OF e,e,eh mn
,,,as to the mile. which rate OF speeu no mann
t.Ined for long distance. Az this ti'ne hom-
vi r0s only 70 miles behind Hughes. while
stu W." ,.ailsd n mile in the rear OF Howard.
NJ scores standing at l O'CLOCK;
,n.n u.n,ss 500 miles; Howard. 4ss. and AL
Nv. ts7 These men now began the
.s, s. desnerate struggle OF the week. Fret
uoword would race Hughes at the top OF his
.s.ad mie after mile. hanging to the tough
sp,.s,,on ,ks shadow. Then Albert took up
A.. ,un in A more nimble manner than the
1S.,,sh,ran and showed more tenacity. 1t was
A.. only nersistent attempt to break Hughes
-. a,,ca the start Some two thousand
e.,,.,ors we're In the hall. remaining through
~, Tho forced race for hours. Their cheers.
s.us and shouts OF encouragement to the walk
40 rolled no In almost unbroken succession.
u,,hes glided ahead on will power alone. max
inc Ian to lap with his rivals. seemingly gaining
yieor instead OF losing ground. as his antae-
onists hoped he would.
This race used UP the Enelishman. Between
Aand6A. NJ he disappeared for an hour. hav-
ing finished 500 miles and himself He had
reached this figure at 4. when Hughes had SIS
miles to his credit. aud Albert 499.
Howard made repeated struggles after this.
INIT his right knee gave out and he was taken
With cramps in his stomach. His trainers and
hackers twisted fifteen additional miles out OF
him by noon when 3 ne Was ; o9lSed PIG 70 Su ths ths
miles; Ulis IT Albert. 5s2 yint 527; Krohnc, 524
Two hours aud a half later Howard lmped
ont Of the building. An old gentleman carried
bis carpet bag and few boys kept at his heels:
: Happy JACK Smith who has had the care OF
TOO late, he said-remarked: Well, there is one
consolation: we all know that every man IN this
rare has made every foot he is credited with
Mr.. James Albert kept the second p2qsition
gamely after Howard went to pieces. he is a
brave young fellow. when the Narragansett
was wrecked oeT Was 1ong Sp ms Wsy 10 en'ef On
that occasion he saved the lives OF several wo-
men. He has since ceived diamond ring
from one Of the women and medal from others.
After iniuring his leg in the wreck. on Saturday
he started in the 12-hour day race winning
the first prize bytravelng 4l2 miles in 2hours.
BE was born in Brooklyn. twenty six years ago
BE never participated in full ak days race
before and his stamina and pluck at the wind
up were wonderful. During the afternoon he
moved with ease compared with Hughes. but he
did not possess the required strength to keep
up the speed.
tea miles in advance OF the tall Prussan, who
marched with long. but slow strides.
At p NJ the scores OF all the men remaining
In the race were: Hughes. 556 miles Albert.
Ai yint, 5s4i d Kr1hne, 527: Campana. 40.
~ fanuarp and "A howl Of hepf tna His N m,
ton ot this article OF food has been enormous.
On Thursday he swallowed forty pounds Of
happened to be in the right condition for this
great race. He worked off his superfluous fat
Without sapping his strength.
brodered blue undershirt. black trunks.
white tights, and slippers, He, moved
and Ind
twitches and his legs worked with quick. up
right Jerks. as though he were tread ng on hot
next round he appeared with a new American
Nag. The stars were tied around his neck and
mes tne sirpes Lt hung down his back: Gampana
trot again. His eyes were bri ght. and. his
cheek bones covered with glazed cardinal red
Half an hour later Daniel oLeary appeared
n front OF IN" scorers stand with the new in
rested In large case lined with purple satin.
Just as Daniel was about to place It on the
snnt stand Campana ma came anne by at brisk trot,. He
deer. O'Leary gave chase, while the crowd
Eemed with apparrnt delight. Daniel ran two
Mbs before he recovered the belt.
Hughes started on bis 566th mile at 5:43. on a
lively trot. One lap beyond this mile would
place him on the pinnacle Of pedestrian tri-
umphs. several hundred feet higher than Row
eIs percb. Hughes threw this mile behind
n,e, MIN IN n sieyrn minutes. In less than two min
This occurred al 5:56 20 nearly four minutes
inside OF lSS hours. Howell had used up l44
hours IL reaching his score of 566 miles SO
yards; Hughes wore Il jockey cap of red, white
and blue silk while he was passing over the ast
Two laps He ran nimhly. the crowd cheering
ITeeby 81 y When he passed the scorers stand, Mr.
" b. Curtis shouted: Go it. John; you have
,At6P ~ when Hughes retired for a while
NE blackboard showed $50 miles for Huphes
Albert, SAT: Vint. $50; Krohne, 52s: Howard
Bslween 8 and the Rink filed up. Atthe
latter hour there must have been nearly OOC
persons Watching Tor the reappearance OF the
sturdy walker who had beaten the best record
" y. O'clock and who was now in his cabin
he was not threatened. and there was no reA
necessity for ms coming out again. But o
course it would not do for him to skulk aftel
piooH at and applaud him. He came flashing
g the scorers dials ut 90 minutes before g. III,
wore wore blue jumper and trunks in one. He wal
lightly R,rded. and his whole apparel was fresh
snn spotless. jockey cap. with red white, anC
Se S%ue qNartrrlngs. rested upon his head and len
9TH@or Taa to his serions Hiberniap countenance
uuhle uuhe walker himself was as fresh as his attire
MS spring ing step had borne him a quarter
way around the track before the applause go
under way. Then the Rink echoed with crIe,
sa snu ratified with hand ciapping. The banC
. ttIucE uD lively AIR. and the Lepper hrok,
sn.o sa n,nhle run. He ran mile making hii
s'ute 5Gf mud mp. nni again retired.
kht"hhe. the Prussian. was also off. He haC
ueu pumping along while the successfu
Il III uShcs was slumi,-riug. II. wore tho delicate
N thu pretty shirt which he had introduced OF
e wS preceding evening, and It was hard to eay
neS. n"nner rn ms energetc stride or his unRainli
"T5f We Nas the more striking.
him in'TIt ~ walked with Albert and conversed with
Y L,,i L,h III friendly spirit. His head reach ed 1
rsn ~ d'oVe the belt Ot the second man in the
80, VINO WAS eight miles in the lead of Vint
4 G,n Nm turn led Krohne by fifteen miles.
4 anuhna WAS brought out by the applaus,
~ tmrn greeted Hughes He wore disreputablt
tsn ""l' ana seemed rs happy as though the
rac' c" nad h~"n iald un ths plan OF donke 9,
. sytr. VI VI Wulrh the htnd"rmOst beast wins. Hi
yneuaNHgNh'lN pustnr"ii and gnyly ambled pro
n,a., p"fi"rmHnr" tnai hnh provoked merri
In th nv ~ ~ llit n'lernoun. O'LrRry was walk inl
bn%siHaok 80 Haok with ia" priz- belt when Campana
'tha Ing, S"H ii II aud ran. OLeary pursued
n rWoSt p"h's rlHn, and quickly recOy
"KEn ~" shning trnuhv
In ~" ull not r"apDeHr. At 1920 Urappet
srommll ulSl"r. he maize his way through th,
NHHWn, 10 walked hom~.
vaorr' Nint ant CumpRna we're the onl,
man' mts l"ll !" rnt"rthln the people. The i'm
Imns uIoWh. that hnd been steadily swelling
IA th themselves list essly with listen inl
Itriti uahl aud watching Campana and tht
'ukDhg machine.
dressso oeork Hughes came out again. He Wal
Rns'"i Va tue numn costume Ha kaf