New-York tribune., 1882-02-28
ROWELL FAR AHEAD.
THE FIRST DAY OF THE WALKING MATCH.
THE BEST SCORE on RECORD MADE-TIIE CONDITION
OF THE MFN-VIyTis WITHDRAWAL.

The first twenty-fOur hours of the walking match
ended last night at II o'clock. At that time nine
men remained in the race. Vint sue
cumbed 10 his rheumatism at 236
a. m. yesterday, after having gone 10 miles.
The score for the first day was remarkable for the
unprec dented record made by Rowell of 80 miles
and l lap, which surpasses the best previous
performance of 14G miles and 1,jO9 yarls made by
himself on November l, 1850. The interest winch
was manifested in the walk at the beginning
lbated considerably yesterday, and contrary TO ex-
pectation. the betting remained stagnant through
out the day. The bookmakers sat at their tables.
apparently endeavoriny to evolve some way of
"hedgingr on the money they had bet against
RoweH before the start At noon. all Of them except
two had taken the Englishman's name from
their states, and these two demanded so much IN
odds az Iiust his winning that few bets were made
The betting against the other men az that time was
Is follows 10 10 1 against Panchot, Norcmac'
Hu-hes, sullivan and Fitzgerald; % TO l against
Hart; to l against Hazael; and 40 to
against Scott. Hughes, who led
at the star. with nearly a nine mile gait, was
passed by Rowel before 3 o'clock in the morning.
From that hour Rowell steadily gained on all OF
his comp. tirors. HlZa,l the only man who forced
him, struggled gauely" through the day TO
lessen the gap between himself and his brother
work and occasional spnrts." distance of about
eleven miles separated them, which was increased
iR the evening 10 sixteen miles. Hughes was mid
way between Hazael and the group comp 'sed OF
sui ivan, Hart and FitZrcrald during the early
morning hours. bur IN the evening he forged
ahead httle to the great delight OF his friends
During the morning few people were IN the var
den besides the attendants. The men moved around
the track YEARLY, although all Of them seemed TO
sa Ss @ d Ta w6 rs 4S 5G2Gn o@%at roea fa0S9o up
by their efforts 10 roll up "A big score on the first
day rs he Foundation of their weeks work. Con-
siderable mpathy felt for NInt whose mis-
fortune took him ont OF the race SD early McGee,
his trainer said Tint n a great disappointment
for him to have to drop out. When he started he
In great pam. rs hs suffering
ke increasing, IL was decided 10 withdraw him
before his health was permanently injured. As Nint
donned MS oil clothes and painfully lmped out OF
the binding he said 20 a friend:
It's pretty hard for poor man 70 put mp $1,000,
and to have TO lose IL without q struggle
In the afternoon the Garden presented a more
animated appearance. The pedestrian, seemed TO
be- stimulated by he music OF GllmOrr's Band and
the increased Attendance. When the music struck
present. number of handsome gifts of flowers was
presented to the men. who carried them
wule they made lap. At tweuty-slX and one-hllt
minutes past / o'clock ROwcl. Completed 100 miles.
This event che"red tremendously rs the brst
performance on record. surprising 10y miles and
AL wards the best previous score ma c by himself
ar Agricultural Hall m London. He remained on
tn track auO her lap t. receive the applause Wmch
drowned The music com lelr.y. When be- had uls-
ZIP cared III his quarters tldLtel began 10 run,
with the b pc OF reducing the lead of about ten
M es Oi hI- opponent, before he should again ap-
pear Hughes, sullivan and Fitzgerald fol-
lowed at lively pace, eight cIeFen and
fourteen miles behind HaZaI respectively.
RONcu rcappeIred on the trar however, al
te, a f.w moments ret and resumed th1t
dOg-trot which has worueI so MANY walkers from
tine track n ,IX days coltesJ-. Hour after hour he
ran around rhc savdust ring slowly but surely
howell had made 10 miles laps; Hazel lib
miles; Ilugle- lOt mics, ! lap; sullivan. 100
miles; FIlgrrald AMI Hart, " 8 mil .s laps; Norc-
mae, - mIie-, laps; Panchot, - miles, laps;
scott - miles, ap-.
The condition of the men 81 night was generally
good. Incy had lakeu mo- rest, cNcrp short stops
of Il few mo ucuts each, since Ia. beginning oil the
race. RoVcl has Shown uy h.s PERI .rlaice so far
that the training which many s-.d had been too
Ins Ha mlse uns jIg tMice @ '5aT' day Of TEN ten
and twelve miles, "a. the rate of tn miles an hour
some of his ueuds feared that be- was doing TOO
would discover too late tnat his strength haI been
wasted IN the training. But his old
tlner', rey RafR1Sy bc ia ana b5%nd. % t5ir 1H in ':
nd his score ycsterla, proved that far. he is in
better l,ru than ever foie. sullivan sur
his condition materially. In the carry
part of tn day. he went around the rack iste,,ly
called hls second wind aud IN thc evening he be-
gan 20 gain on Hughes. Hazao' Is regarded as an
extremely uncertain man IN race. but
he Is In TIE hands of au excellent
trainer. Vaughn. the Lu-lsh runner Scott,
the californian, cra"Ied slowly and painfully
around tlr track Hughes. "tGr lcpper.' Completed
his first day without d.uuutiouo If confidence IN his
own aDIIty 20 win the race: he Oil not -een much
worn. Norcuac was in perfect condition, and was
going 10 the entire satisfaction OF Ills trainers
Not much confidence is placed in lart'- being able
20 make a biz record Early in the day hr was
taken with a chill which his physicians
feared would compel him to withdraw from
the race, but before noon he EaI resumed
his place on the track. An enthusiastic friend made
hIu present of suit, consisting OF light blue
H. al trV
dark b.ue velvet trunks
A. the evening wore on sporadic attempts were
made 10 enlIven the race bv '~purt,,' and there
were many uf.s of flowers 70 the walker. Roweu
completed 100 miles at t0euty-oue and one
hat minutes past 10 o'clock, making
score four miles greater than any
previous record. He made another lap and
was then taken in bv hIs trainers, was given bath
in milk and thoroughly rubbed, anu finally allowed
To 20 to slice lie remained IN hls quarters two
hours an a half At II O'Clock only Hart and
Hughes remained on the track. At midnight che