The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-02

End OF the Great Walking Mateh-Fitz.
gerald Winner.

gerald winner.
NEw York, December Si.-The walking
match which ended here tonight willbe
noteworthy because the record wasbeaten.
When Fitzgerald turned in Friday night at
ll:2O, he had the unprecedented score Of
599 miles to his credit. He started on the
last days jog at l:2O. He ran eighteen
miles from the start, in condition TINT
proved him fully capable Of completing
COO miles within the allotted time.
Alter making his run Of eighteen miles
Fitzgerald laid Off in his room, chatting
awhile with the boys. In the meantime
the struggle between the Scotch lad More
mac and the plucky young man from Bos-
ton, Herty, which had begun on Tuesday
afternoon for second place, continued.
Noremac's weak knee troubled him, and
Herty suffered from very sore and intlam-
ed foot. He was unable to overtake the
Scotch lad after the boy had pissed him al
midnight on Friday. Noremac had tLeu
used up fifty hous in overcoming Herly's
lead Of fifteen miles.
Grenadier krohne marched on grandly
in his effort to walk down the French ca
madam Lacouse, who, at the beginning Of
the third day, was thirteen miles ahead Of
the stalker. The Prussiau passed the
Canadian on his 4SSth mile between / and
2P. VI.
At five o'clock Mr.. Frank Whitaker. the
veteran and well known orator ut athletic
entertainments, mounted chair aud
shouted 50 that his voice could be heard
distinctly in all parts OF the hall: "Gen-
tiemen, MIR. Fitzgerald is four and three
quarter miles ahead OF the greatest record
in the worldat this hour" Fitzgerald had
then gone 577 miles and lap; More
mac, 554 miles and 8 laps; Herty, sos miles
and laps; krohne, COL miles and Ian;
and Lacouse, 497 miles I laps. Twenty
three minutes later Fitzgerald had reached
57S! miles. He was now 100 yards in ad-
vance OF Vint's hitherto uneq laled record
OF 51S miles and COS yards in six days,
MIR: Whitaker again mounted his chair
and made o little speech, saying: "AIr.
Fitzgerald is the Alpha and Omega OF tho
pedestrian world" He then announced
the prizes that the winner would receive,
and ended by saying. Fitzgerald, The Irish.
American, is now the foremost pedestrian
of the civilized world"
During the evening Fitzgerald appeared
at intervals running lap after lap without
the least sign Of stiffness and fatigue. The
glazed skin Of his face and the sharp out
lines OF his cheek bones were the only indi-.
cations thathe had gone through trial Of
endurance unsurpassed in the history Of
long distance races. Krohne finished his
six days work at E02, having made 500
miles and 1885 yards. I.acouse followed
a minute latter with sol miles and 275
yards. Herty drew ogt at GO0, having
gone 556 miles and 275 yards. The Scotch
lad, Noremac, departed at 0:2l. lie had
gone 565 miles and 495 yards, beating
Frank Hart's best record, with which ne
won about $1,000 Noremac will got
about 5000. Mr.. Peter Duryea, Rowell's
hacker, presented Noremac with q big
greenback in the last hour Of the race,
Fitzgerald was the last to leave the truck,
at 9:57, with $50 miles and 55 yards 10 his
credit He had beaten Nint's record about
four miles. The official score.sheet gave
the distances Of this remarkable race as
follows: y
Fitzgerald-5s9 miles, 55 yards.
NoremaC-565 miles, 405 Yards,
Herty-556 miles, 275 yards.
Krchne-503 miles, 1895 yards,
Lacouse-50l miles, 275 yards.