The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-27

0'''''ns Round the s.-a..<
The Score at Midnight.
All night long the toilers for ,.,
an fame, principally, r,.x... suet
money, pegged away at the ,,n s To-
Cap'ice Hall. Thursday ni.h, ts ID
passed through quite easiiy' 81" ., 'tey
pest two o'clock yesterday n.orn;". .n'a
eral gentlemen who had l.sn ....' ~.
with sick men At John Gropper,.' s'p
over to the walking match. and Went
happened, found just ut that tiny. ~ Il
no one of the three pedestrians w.. ''a'
the track. This excited some co~ No. %
because many people supposed th.. ' I.
rules OF the match requires, 49,. ''e
Adams or Waid, who are x. .".'ef
against Wilcox, to he constant,v ="
track. Mr.. Ellis states, however ," ,s .ne
this is not the case, and that tho 10y ala'
ton on this score l. that neither Ad" a'c
nor Waid is permitted to wall n'''
than twenty miles at time ns'
one of them can walk against W;,,-
once, AZ u matter Of course. In, h
long either one of them is to wall ~" .
fore giving way to the other is m., %
for them to determine, since what ,h.'
have to do is pile up jointly d Liv":.
scorce than Wilcox singIy, within . . s;s
e" number Of hours. Tie judges ~.
George Leford and Col. Ha<s.ny, "
At twelve o'clock Yesterday w.,
and Wilcox were on the track M, nv
score stood: "
WilcOx-72 miles, q lap, off,
Adams-45 miles, i. laps off,
Waid-37 miles, Il la - off:
In interpreting the score the nsd..
must remember that a. each man /.
gins his twenty-sixth circui, Of thptr,..
he Is credited with an additicra, mil.
the track being one twenty.fifth If ,
mile in length. Ii, for instance. VII
cox has made ten miles at ten O'Clock
as he steps in front Of the scorer on hi
twenty-sixth lap he is credited Or Ia.
blackb0a with eleven miles. \.
makes, say, two laps a minute. and b;.
score ut two minutes past ten would b.
actually eleven miles, four :.a,s of
though standing as eleven miles.
NOTES.
Adams made his first ten miles in Or,
hour and ten minutes.
Adams and Valid made their ls
miles in III hours and ~ ,minut.>: tin,
on the track ii hours and ~ minutes.
Wilcox made his lNy mile, in - hour
and - minutes; time OH the track, Is
hours and = minutes.
At SIS Wilcox'> nose was bleeding
and he lost fifteen minutes Oti'thr track
Adams cOlOrs were blue stockings.
v hite trunks and brown handkerchief
WilcOx's cOlOrs were blue jacket and
white trunks.
At 9:4j the score was:
WiicOx-11l miles, ; laps, ,"tY"l...
Wade-t;3 miles, ! lap, off H:i4.i
Adams-C3 miles, Is laps. on ::S.l
The mems costumes were on star'!M
neat and attractive. OF course The
longer they walk the dingier and dri,
the costume, the external man undergo
ing q corr esponding change. Waid
wears a white knit shirt. blue trunk'
and well-fitting red stockings.
At 30 O'clock ye~tcf,la: aftern"h
the score was as follows:
Adans-45 miles, : laps.
Waid-4S miles, - lap.
Total, So miles, l. laps.
Wi cOx-8l miles. II LAPS.
Adams and Valid were thus L.: mi'e'
and 4 laps ahead at that lime: -,
At 6p. M. the score was: Wilcox, "
miles; Adams ~ miles: Waid. ~ miles.
This match will he over 1T eleven
O'Clock Monday night, lasting nlnrty
six instead Of <evcnty-two hours, a' VII
stated
At eleven o'clock last night. iwt"'!
four hours after the start. the score VIZ
as fellows:
Adams-tS miles, ; laps.
Waid SO miles, lap.
Wilcex-1l9 miles. IL laps.
Wilcox made his llth mile IN HH
and in that mile he walker
laps. His 18th mile was made III
and 40 seconds.
4 tape-line measurement, made ny
citizen Of The distan~
around the track gave the following ~
suits: Distance around outer r'll
feet, inner rim, LIS feet. average =.
feet, which multiplied Ivy > gives ~.
feet, or 3O5 feet less than the n'''n'*' "
feet in mile, which in l"' miles HIM
! discrepancy Ofsix miles.
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