New-York tribune., 1882-03-01
HUGHES PRESSING ROWELL
THE THIRD DAY OF THE WALKING MATCH.
TWO MORE MEN GIVE UP THE RACE-THE CoNDI-


TWO MORE MEN GIVE UP THE RACE-THE CoNDI-
TON OF THE MEN-DoGGISG TIE LITTLE ENG
LIsHMAS.
The first forty eight hours Of the walking match
ended last night at IL o'clock. The score for
Rowell the leading man. was 25S miles and z
laps Scott did not return to the track after leaving
it at the end of the first day. Panchot, like Vint,
succumbed to rheumatism about a. m. yesterday,
with score of 1O2 miles and laps, making
the third man who had been forced to leave the
contest before the end of the second day. Six OK
the seven who remained in the race made an inter-
esting struggle. The other, little Noremac, who
held the fifth place at a. m, rapidly fell behind
until his immediate predecessor was q number OF
miles ahead of him. In apparent excellent heath
he travelled all day in good shape and without un-
usual exertion, yet he fell hopelessly in the rear
The most interesting feature Of the contest of tho
day the way in which Hughes exerted himself
to GET first place. At 6 a. m. the "Lepper," who
was third at midnight had passed Hazael and rolled
up score of 161 miles and laps. Rowell was then
13 miles ahead of him. Hart was going at
lively pace II miles behind Hazael. and
his style of running and occasional walking
excited favorable comment. Noremac followed
three miles behind Hart, and one and four miles
ahead of Sullivan and Fitzgerald respectively. At
noon Hughes was still twelve miles behind Rowell,
and was forcing the Englishman to keep up his dog
trot Book-making remained apathetic. One or
two states had resumed the name of Rowell,
offering 1 to against him. The
other quotations at noon were: @ to l against
Hughes and Hazael, Is to against Hart, 20 to l
against NOremac and Sullivan, and 30 TO i against
Fitzgerald. From n. III. until noon Noremac had
fallen from the fifth place TO the last. ~
In the afternoon the Garden was partly filled
with spectators and presented more ani-
m
and the pace which Hughes forced, in.
fused new fife into the race; Little groups of
the betting became somewhat lively. Hughes had
turned the tables on ROwel, and the sturdy Eng,
lishmans face had q worried look as the " Lepper,
followed him, only leaving him to make spur"
by which he gained lap or two. AT times Hughes.
Rowell and Hazael would have spurt for the lead,
and the first mentioned invariably made the pace
too hot for his antagonists lie slowly but surely
crawled up from thirteen miles behind Rowel TO
within seven miles of him. RowelPs unprecedented
feat of covering $50 miles tho first day told unfa-
vorably upon him yesterday. His confident express
sion gave way to an anxious and nervous manner,
which betrayed itself when he studied the score
cards as he passed the stands.
In the evening Hazael started on one of his er-
ratio runs, rapidly lessening the gap between him
self and Hughes two mlles. He now seemed to be
fresher than Hughes or Rowe and had an advan-
tage over Hughes as he took three hours sleep in the
morning. Hughes had rested only one hour and
thirty -four minutes at one time. As the evening
wore on and the race assumed more the character
of sharp contest the spectators who numbered
possibly 1000, frequently appauded the pedestri-
ans. Howell completed 25O miles at 1880 p: n
He was then two miles behind the best previous
record for the first two days; Hughes was
miles Hehnd Rowe @ ac azae, ten bs
had something else to do besides amusing himself
by beating his own record here was much specu-
lation last night to whether or not Hughess des
perate work would unfit him for like service to-day;
His trainers assert that he Is sound and well, and
barring accidents will make tn the wssR sse
w. f. Mcnamara, one of Atkinson's book makers,
made a wager OF $500 to Sl 900 last evening that
Rowel would not win the race This gave the
betting an additional impetus.
The condition of ths men yesterday had much to
do with tho scores made During the III tine ba tRat
he was suffering from acute debility. For three or
four hours it was with difficulty that he could keep
on the track. In the evening he had somewhat re-
covered and was able to maintain his lead He was
oil the track for an hour and eighteen minutes be-
ginning seven minutes after o'clock. Hughes,
G SfsnU Ssna kept sp his ssns in h
effort to overtake Rowell. hazael was suffering
from sore under his left knee, but disregarding
n pain beTnd Tnih is fhe ~o @ k
condition @ is appaTsntly good, his ,ti trainers
urday. During the last days OF the week in past
matches it has been almost impossible to drive him
ssetsd a,Sash by the any seSas da nos H T I
formance yesterday was regarded as some, ne
thing ASTONISHING AI Iuc Gnu Ol tuo
first day he had made III miles and seemed to be
used up; but in the awkward way ne accom-
pshed 100 miles yesterday before he lett the track
at 1904 p. N. He is yet In sound condition and
feels hopeful of good result at the end of the week.
As the close of the second day drew near,
Hughes made final effort to reduce the
lead of Rowell. Running ahead of him at pace
which compelled Rowell 10 quicken his steps, the
Irisnman made lap after lap until it seemed
as if both must slacken their pace from
sheer exhaustion But the be-
tween them continued for time,
and elected tremedous applause from the speeta-
tors The way in which HazaePs trainers " handle"
him became apparent yesterday Frequent rests
after long runs Is the method by which they be-
heye their man can be made to win the The
following table shows the time each man had rested
up to D. H. yesterday. exclusive OF the frequent
short stoDs.