Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-04
TEE PEDESTRIAN.

VLeory, Haunt and ssroiso, On
Weary Wins 0e F5r.e Nh.
ssWssossso Cheers -"Nect.
MP and TwcE." va" "eck'--
TAT precisely sos O'Clock L..
the 'wenty-seven hour heeland.toe m.,cs
was commenced with three starters. in NAL,
naii. before full house, WILDER. Of nl;ro,.
oaslng Jailed to appear, and Z. Murphv. the
Oh faui pedestrian, having injured himself IN
training 90 as to completely unfit him for the
race. SidwelPs full brass band furnished az
music. 'no
Mr; A. Craig acts as referee, and the scorars
are . Messrs. e. j. Hurley, NJ. c. Wood and M
At the start o'Leary took the lead An e,sv
Jog was maintained until the end OF The
s,e,en sap ~nsn HUNT pushed forward and
hot contest for q Ian he w, W. Ait s
ed into the rear ~ 'olc-
again. On the thirteenth Ian HINT Aay 81.
successful in his endeayor 10 mass - s %s
positon: AS ne took it cheers went mn from,
5ns audience. Although closely pushed bx
=. LsaIy ne Kept the lead. until the nineteenth
up mnen oLesry slackened up. At the con-
cIus'on OF the twentieth lap O'Learv
dashed past Hunt with astonisb;rs ~ az
scoring the first mile in just eight minutes In
the meantime Straiton continued an easvw WALL
anu was, OF course, several laps in the rear
Upon the seventeenth lap OF the second mile
HUNT again passed to the 'front.' "SpurtIng"
amid tne greatest enthusiasm. was then the
order. The band struck upa yelv tune which
seemed to animate the pedestrians. HINT toot
the second mile in nine minutes, with
O'Leary close In his tracks, and kept
the lead pluckilY until after the fourth
mile had been marked upon the bulletins.
Inc third mile was made thirty four and one.
hall minutes from the start, and nine minutes
added another mile.
BY thus time Straiton had been left over a
mile. but he kept pegging away.
len miles were marked 10 just one hour and
forty-four seconds. 1t Is now that little
straiton wakes up aud falls into the tracks of
hunt, who is second, and although nearly
two miles behind his opponents he holds
| tenaciously into his place, and seems deter
| mined to make a record.
NOW word respecting the personnel of the
pedestralns. The physique OF O'Leary la
symmetrical. He is somewhat below the
average stature, but shapely and powerful.
HIS action Is admirably easy and graceful.
| He glides along the track without effort. His
| step Is short and quick, but steady and strong.
| de evidently has wonderful endurance or
| staying" qualities.
Hunt Is tall, muscular and s'nervy." While
L ~ SO Sooy anu kiaCclul hb is
that of O'Leary. ! it is firm and de-
termined. He is possibly the fastest
| in short contests, but apparently
does not possess the endurance of his contest
ant. His step Is essentially stride. He
| goes swinging around The ring without ap-
parent effort, and will undoubtedly give
O'Lsary plenty of work.
Straiton is mere youth and novice In
| heel-and-toe matches, this being his first VEN
ture. He is powerful, but Ignorant OF sclen-
titic walking and will probably be extremely
fatigued before the close Of the race.
| All the evening the hall was well filled with
| spectators who came and went at their pleas
| ure. All seemed satisfied the race was no.
| hippodrome.
Mr.. Magee, O'Leary's trainer, has unfsg
| ging confidence In his fAvori.e He informed.
| the GLOBE reporter last evening that he had
| been with him in all his big races and he has
| never ''gone back on him." Bets found ready
takers, although odds were offered in favor Of
| O'Leary.
From the tenth to the seventeenth mile
Hunt kept industriously at the heels Of
O'Leary. At IL o'clock the score stood
O'Leary sixteen miles and fourteen laps, with
Hunt the same; Straiton thirteen miles and
seventeen laps.
At midnight the score was Oleary twenty
two miles, six laps; Hunt twenty two miles,
six laps, straiton eighteen miles, six laps.