Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-25
THE RACERS.
Progress of the Tramp at Madison
Square Garden.
Short Biographical Sketches Of the vaHois'
Observation-Disclosures Still in the
Leadj,Wth Rowell and HazaeI
Nearly Tie.
THE LATEST SCORING LAST MIGHT.

NEW YoRK, October A-Fofigwing will
be found short Biographical sketches and
the records of the nine contestants in the
present six days contest at Madison
Square:
George Haxael,
champion of the world was born i'm London,
March 81, lS45. He IS feet z inches
high, and weighs 140 pounds. He is very
(: heet-footed in short races. and is the ecog-
lniged professional leader in England from
six to Fifty miles. He has probably run
more races than any living pedestrian. In
the championship race OF March lsst he
went to the front on the fourth day, win
ming the greatest race ever anown with 600
miles. His daily records were. First day,
135 miles; second day, 195rniles; third day.
l02 miles: fourth day, 92 miles; fifth day,
100 miles; sixth day, 90 miles. His actual
going time was l07 hours 8 minutes 20 see
onds.
Charles RowefI
was born in ChestertoH, England, August
II, 1885, He is feet 81 inches high and
weighs 40 pounds. He is fine general
athlete and very swift at short races as
we'll sssfast in long ones. Heis also fond
of aquatic contests, several of which he has
won. He gained the apex Of pedestrian
lev belt. representing the l6eg-distance
championship OF the world, for the third
time in succession, making G it his personal
property forever. His bes { record is 566
miles made in Agricultural Hall, London,
November 1r6, $780, In th,, championship
race at the Madison Square Garden in
March last, he retired on theffth day
with AIS miles, having gone $50 miles in
the first . hours, and over 81 miles in the
first three. days This un paralleled feat
cost him the great victory which Hazaei
secured.
Batriek J. Fiszgei rald
was born in county Longf ord, Ireland,
December 5, 1876. He st1ntls feet IL
inches, ana.weighs l65 poun DIS. At the
age OF IL lie won a two-mile race asains.
nine competitors He IS enss yed in many
short RI ces and k:li dozen 81 K day c)d-
tests In December last he stood Oh the
top rouudi with . record o. 5S2 miles His
last appearance was when Hazel downed
ROwell. He cane next to Hazael, with
577 miles to his credit, remarkable pe--
foTma ce after bis great effort Two moaths
previously
Robert vint,
the shortest six-day racer in the world, was
born in County Down, Ireland, November
~, 1S46. He stands feet 211 inches, and
weighs l27 pounds. He pegs away steadily,
his feet. Just clearing the eNsawdust. His besS
race was. in the second contest for the
O'Leary,International Belt, May %, 1881.
He Won the belt and gained the highss.
niche in pedestrianism up to that time,
with a.reoord of 573 miles.
Jehn Hughes
was born in Tipperary. Ireland, June 81,
1850. He is 5 feet inches high, and tips
the scales at $50 pounds. His strength and
endurance while working in Central Park
a few,years ago made him a candidate for
pedestrian honors. He made his first ap.
pearance as q six-day man four years ago.
SINCE then he has engaged in six long
distance races. He is thoroughly game,
sometimes plodding on for days while dis
torted with rheumatism. In January 1881,
Hughes became the champion OF the world
FOR the time by winning the O'Lea-y In.
ternational Belt in the trss contest for the
trophy earning score OF 568 miles.
Frank Ii. Hart
is the only coored man who has achieved
success in long-distGnce races. He was
born in the West Indies i'm 1871. He
stGnds feet y inches, and weighs $50
hour races, and in April 1880, won the
0'Leary belt and championship OF America
with score of 565 miles.
Peter J. Panchot
was born in Buffalo December 10, 1912. He
is 5 feet inches high, and weighs 100
pounds. He has engaged in fo1r six.day
contests. In April 1879, he won the cham
pionship of the United States belt, making
$50 miles. He made his best record in
March 1881. in the race for the O'Leary
belt in Madison Square Garden, travelling
541 miles.
George ID. NGYemac,
the lightest man in the race, was boin in
Edinburgh, Scotland, May lS, 1857. He IS
feet inches high, and weighs ll5 pounds.
Noremao is as plucky and wiry as a Sco,ch
terrier. He wO1 stCOId prize in Ennis
142 hour rs e. in American institute. last
DPcenbcr, making his bess record 5C5
miles. Two months later he flushed third
in The champion race, with ,55S miles.
Daniel J. Harry
is a Boftonan. He is the youngest man in
the racr. having been born in 1859. He is
5 feet So inches high, and weighs l52
pounds. His FIRST attempt in long-dis.
lance lace was in TIE Ennis tournament,
December 26-3i. 1881. He. held second
piece fodr days with lame feet, poor care,
ard insufficient Dourishment He finished
in third place, with score OF $50 miles.
Two years ago it would have been the best
in the world.
Following is a
ReeapisuIaiion Of the Physique
of the men: