New-York tribune., 1882-03-05
The following table shows how many mics each
man Travelled each day of the race:

5a2,5 Ii%s2 5d ~ 3 5S5 5S55 55i 5S5f S35 S@54
RoHrii .......i5ol 2531
l.5Y, ragGao' t..' ......igi % 1928
Viut .......... 10
The track on which the men walked in the race
has been measured bv the City surveyor, y. r. ROD
iuson who certified that IT was GOO icet lhchcS IN
length an excess Of two feet III each mile, Or 700
feet IN 100 miles.
THE MEN, THE CONDITIONS AND TIE PRIZE.
George Hazael was born in London, Marcn ~
1915. His height is feet Gl2 inches, and his
weight 122 pounds His chest measures 81 inches
his thigh 5 and his calf 13 inches, and he wears
No. shoe He has been for some time acknowl-
edged TO be the champion runner of England for
distances of from fifty to sixty miles. His greatest
achievements IN pedcstranisn have been as 1oi-
lows: February p to March ., 1878, at Manches-
ter England a six days walk, III which he de-
featcd p Grassland by completing 239 miles;
March Is to 30 1878, in Agricultural Hal Lon
don the first race for the Ashley belt in when he
stopped at fifty miles a six days go-as-N0upIeaSe
contest in the saire place. NOvember4 to y, 1873 IN
which he beat twenty-threc others, making 4O39i
miles: same place, April u to 26, ISIS, the sec
oud race for the siz-days championship
of England. in which he finished second to
"BIower" Brown, at 1872 miles. In the fifth con-
to.t for the Ashley belt in Madison Squar' Garden,
September 22 TO 2s, 1870, llazael finished third'
making 800 miles. In the contest for the long
distance championship belt Of England in AgrIcul-
tural Hall London, February 10 to u, lNnO, he
again finished second to Blower" Brown, making
this time ISO miles lie has the following scores OF
performances, which are the best on record that
have been made III six days races: hours SO
miles $50 yards; hours 40 miles l,loC yards;
q hours 47 miles l.2lO yards; hours, 81 miles 932
wards: all made on April q, 1879;
and hours, 81 miles $50 yards Q hours, GS miles
$50 wards 10 hours, - niles 4iO yards, all made
on MAY o. 1881. HazaePs appearance when be
rms is very peculiar He stoops forward and to
the side raises his left shoulderand hobbies rather
than runs. with siding gait that looks very aWk-
ward md difficult. but is very rapid. These pecu-
ljaritio, hpomce very much intensified toward the
end Of long race He looked last night very hag-
gard and h. checks were badly sunk"n, but his
color was natural and hc had more elastic step
than any OF his competitors
Patrick j. Fitzgerald was born in Hill oIistuh,
Comfy Lonufori. ireland, December >, 1876 He
stands feet lOaI inches in height and his weight
when in good condition, Is 1G5 pounds. His first
work as a pedestrian was done when he was twelve
,,,rs old in Canada where he wona two-milcs race
AGAINST nine competitors. In the summer OF 1861,
hc ran mile in minu'es ana 81
seconds defeating Butt, OF the lu7leeT Guar"S ana
winning medal. After defeating Dailiebout, the
Indian runner IN a half mile race; Johnston ana
two o hers in the same distance; Sergeant AicheI
Of the 30th Regiment, in mile race and
several others, he came to New-lork and WORKED
f,r time as cattle drover. His first attempt In
.iv.6,y,' cont st was in the Madison square Garden
October Is 10 II. 1876 IN the OLrary American
l,,p,i,ll lip contest and he mad- the best record
fcr tb, first hour then made running
miles il6 yards In hls next contest.
in the Madison Square Garden, Deccnbcr22 to p,
1879 he improved bis former record, finishing ifh
and making sos. miles IN 142 hours - minutes
So seconds He walked 1872 miles and stopped II
q r. hours, a. hours per day walk III IToyGence'
Aurl L. 1850 and vas hI in a race OF TIE same
Kind ot Ruralo on the 2Gth Of the same month
making ;}~G miles F. J. Panchot heng first win a
score OF 3O6 s. miles. Fitzgerald was starter III
The tirt race for the OLeaIy International Cham
ninusbip Belt. at the American Institute HalIi
January - to 20, 1851, hut st"pcd on the eecnhu
| day after making lO3 miles and laps. ftiS laSl
race before this vas the one at the American lnst-
| tutc December 20 to ~, 1881. Tie won TINS race
and exceeded any previous record ms scoir nfins
| So mics aud % yards Fitzgerald 5IooP5 Sh!hLy
! as he walks and goes with llmPihg Gn' iaiS,I2
| one side higher than the other AZ each step. ms
checks not as sunbcn as were the 1iheI' lasl
| uipht but his eyes lacked animation ana III coOr
wa~ unnatural a. the end OF the race, appToachcG
GEORGE II Noremac was born III Edlniure, May
| l.. lsj4: his weight is . feet 3'2
| inches his weight 10 pounds. His first acneVe
mcnt III pedesuanlsm was IN one-lh!' race "a az
| when ne defeated A. Gowans, rnnnlng the miIe IN
/ ; minutes, 13 seconds. lie won the lrNt
| nrlze m a One-mllc handicap race on lHc SdlHo
| grounds, in July, 1876, over twenty contestanls
/ aud also in similar race on the gymnasium
( Grounds, Edinburg, beating nineteen r. com
| petitOrs, in 4 minutes Pa seconds. lie TOOK
| ih, ms prize in three-mlle handicap race. ZOo
yardl start, in Vale 0l ClyGe, IN October leII. In
! a / - hours race III Victoria Hail. Newport; NaleS
! he ra, 10 miles beating " sam Day, Oi IOndOn,
ia August 1850 His best record, 2o6 miles q laps,
! was uiadr in a seventy-two hours race IN bsi5y
tbis tIis'' race he made 3s6 miles, taking
the first prize $50. Noremac came to America n
| Juue lS~l and has taken the irst prize IN >dsl
| II hours race at Conry Island, July s; ne hr7I
| pyize IA a onc-nile at Elm Park August l7 ana
Tn. second pIIze $500 IN Ennlss l1Z h"uIo race ai
| the American lmsttut, December 20 10 ~, cover
| inc 500 miles. NOrcnac walks or runs with
| ight forward movement, raisn- his body
slightly witt each step lils hguie Is very sIlgn'.
time before il hc walked painfully, with his mouth
| open and uis lips swollen ANA diScoored; nm
| The condition of the race were a. follows Inc
winner If the race snail take the whip and all the
stakes. ~houlC Than tVe men enter ana start
| the second man snail receive fl'ooU oul ol @ to
stakes. The gaze receipts. alter Inc expense nave
been paid, shall be divided aS follows: III only one
! man completes 52j miles or more, the WhOle gaze
receipts less expenses, TO be paid over TO hIi
If Two men complete 90 miles more, the winner
to receive tWo-rhIrds o. the gate IecclpiS ana the
! s,cnpd man onc-third II three men mplete 525
miles o. mOIr the WIAncr TO take one-dl, the sec
| ond man thIty per cent, ana me lhiId
/ man twenty per cent o. INC, receipts II
| iour men complete 90 miles or more,
the winner to take onc-hali, the second man twenty
i've, the tAIId man hltceh, and tno IOuilh man zen
pc, cent OF The receipt II hNe men 'o"ploi4 90
| miles OF moIc, tn winner to take one-hal, the
second man to ocnty-Iye, the tnird man twelve, tho
fJur.n man gLt, auu the hlth man uye pr cent OF
! fine receipts. II six men complete 90 miles or
! more iii. ra.c Of division of the receipts shall be
ulty tNcAty, twelve clght, SIX ANA four per cent.
! IL. money taken in al the gate shall be deposited
! rarliday IN the second National Bank OF NcW-lmk
10 t!c credit OF the referee, Peter Duyea, Joseph
| Elliot William B. Curtis and ChuIc- VI. taiYm.
Inr manager of the walk was Peter Dur,ei and the
| r.t.r.e ANA stake-hOldcr wa, Hamilton bnsbcy.
! IIe trophy that WAS gwen 10 uie "luhr !s a
| IL oC.,I rl 4b9Tatr dc-ivu. thiclIy covered with
..I nd t.t. .i4 itt / - t.fl ,,T