Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-06
HUNT WINS

In the Match against O'Leary, Who With
drascs after Scoring 1913 Miles Owing to
SicI;ness-He Challenges Hunt to Another
Contest and Rmnt accepts.
THE SCORE.
The pedestrian match between Daniel
O'Leary, the ex. champion of the world, and
s. K. Hunt, of this city, ended at $50 last
evening, and which was won by Hunt, the
score at that time standing Hunt 106 miles and
s laps and O'Leary an even 1903
miles. Straiton withdrew early in the
morning, having made 81 miles and 70 laps.
o'LEARY INDIsPosED.
At two O'Clock yesterday morning. Mr..
O)Lary was taken quite sick with disentery.
AT that time, he was laps ahead of Hunt,
with excellent prospects OF winning the race.
His illness compelled him to abandon The
track quile frequently, and during those in
tervals Hunt pushed ahead until he led him
two miles. O'Leary then having sufficiently
recovered, although still weak from excessive
hemorhage OF the bowels, he worked plVckily
away until he had reduced the laps between
himself and his contestant to one mile and
half. Hunt then struck out and up to 7
o. clock the difference in the scores remained
the same. O'Leary not being in physical con-
dition to crowd Hunt the number OF miles
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case had MIR. O'Lesry continued in good health.
100 MILES IN TwENTY-FoUR HOURS.
At O'Clock Hunt began to exert himself,
and the large audience which begun
to file in, wondered why he should
hurry when he had the lead, but il
was soon whispered that he was endeavoring
to make his 100 miles in twenty-four hours
from the time of starting. In the endeavor
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time he passed the audience made an effort to
enthuse O'Leary into squirt but to no
avail. BE kept his steady gait. At just 8
O'Clock Hunt withdrew from the track for q
rubbing down" by his trainer, put he gained
his point and the bulletin indicated 100 miles
in large, bold figures, with O'Leary over three
miles IN the rear. The hall echoed with the
went around in slow '
easy pace. O'Leary was now walking with
much more vivacIty. He stood up firm and
erect, and walked with an easy, graceful and
elastic step. In comparatively short time
he had passed Hunt three times. The applause
with which each pass was greeted gave proof
of the large number of sympathizsrs and ad.
mlrers which he had among the audience
After O'Leary had scored 100 miles with Hunt
luz an interesting contest ensued. Several
brilliant spurts were made. The au-
dlence arose TO their feet throughout the
hall, and the greatest enthusiasm and
excitement prevailed. Everybody either
cheered Justify or applauded vigorously The
squirting, however, unfortunately reduced
O'Leary to his former condition and COM
PEELED him again to withdraw from the track.
Twenty minutes later and he appeared and
completed his I03d mile. when he
again withdrew and Dr.. Collins,
who was in attendance, was summoned to the
dressing rooms. A moment elapsed and DR.,
Collins appeared, and stepping upon the stage,
announced that Mr.. O'Leary had been again
attacked with the complaint with which he
had been suffering for six hours, and was
obliged to withdraw from the race The doc
tor stated that IN his opinion no other pedes-
trian upon the track would have had the
hardihoOd to continue the match so long I'M
der the circumstances. On behalf of the ex-
champion he wished to announce to the au-
dience that he
CHALLENGED Mr.. HUNT
to another match of tweuty.seven hours, or
longer, heel-and- toe, for $3.50 q side, making
the purse $500.
As the speaker announced the fact of the
veterans withdrawal from the race, all was
silence, but no sooner had he given ut.
terance to the challenge to another meeting