Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-10-28
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
FITZGERALD AHEAD.
Struggling Gamely to Beat
HazaeI's Record.
LOSS OF AN OCEAN STEAMER.
Sunk in Twenty Minutes After COL
DEATH OF A SOCIETY MAN,
Sheppard F. Knapp Drowned
in North River.
NEW YORK

Fitzgerald Holding the LeR6-A Game
Effort to Beat HazaePs Record-Vint
Falls to the Rear.
NEW YORK, Oct 27.-To the present writ
ing the fifth of the twenty-four hour acts of
the pedestrian drama which concludes at -
p. m. tomorrow night has been dreary one
The professional demise of the champions
last evening had in it tragic element in con-
trast with which to-day's performance seems
tame and puerile. The people ask of what
interest is the tournament with the two best
/ known athletes withdrawn. The answer is
that the sextette who still onward plod their
| weary way are better men than the collapsed
| Englishmen, that they have proved them
| selves such in a fair and open contest. But
| the managers themselves well know that thus
| far to-day's performance has been spiritless.
The ungainly bearer of the shamrock has
| held his lead to the present hour and he has
held it with confident prospect that would
seem to proclaim him the victor. To p. M
| he has taken two hours and ten minutes sleep
| since a. m. Looking fresher than at any
/ time since the sun rose on Monday, without
blister or blemish on his person, he has
trotted round and round. "Lepper" Hughes
has slumbered away S hours, 16 minutes and
20 seconds since a.. m.
At 5:25 p. m. the leader had scored 500
miles. After making one gratuitous round
in recognition of the plaudits the leader re-
tired to his cabin, with Noremac's little figure
eighteen miles away and the slender form of
Herty stalking over the ground some four
miles behind the Scotsman. Herty has been
showing himself possessed of energy with
which he has not previously been credited
He is at the present writing a good third,
which in itself is ground for congratulation,
as forty eight hours since his friends had de
SPARED of his getting place at all.
About dusk the garden had all the dreary
and desolate effect that thousands of empty
benches can produce. The few pedestrians
on the track crawled slowly on and Rugged
the picket fencs SO closely that they half es
capped notice. Just across the track from the
press stand in private box sat Charley
Rowell with bright-eyed lady friend He
twirled his slender cane and chatted pleas
antly. He seemed envious of the half thou
sand miles of the Irishman. At GIG p m.
Fitzgerald emerged from his hut and began
again to roll up the laps. Noremac was some
fourteen miles away. If he was to be on
even ground with the Englishman at day
break there were so miles to be traversed.
In the centre of the enclosure there is a
raised platform neatly carpeted with Brus-
set of silk plush parlor furniture, which a
prominent furniture house of this city has
offered to the man covering 625 miles before
~ p. m. Saturday. There is possibility that
Fitzgerald may sit in these Sunday and
call them his own. but at the present outlook
the possibilities are very slim.
Then Noremac's friends gave him bed of
flowers, and Hughes admirers presented him
| with an enormous pyramid of exotics. Ac-
companying the same was greenish plush
covered box enclosing shamrock pin of
| unique and artistic design. On the paired
leaves of the national weed we're poised two
| large diamonds and the upper leaf was
| crested with an merald. With it came q card
l with, "a testimonial to indsmitable pluck p"
A brilliant episode of the evening a
| square heel and toe between the two Boston
] ians. Black Dan resumed his ordinary
form a la O'Leary and stepped out as if
| emerging from a band boz fresh as
| a rose. It was neck and neck for
| few laps and then the pale faced
l bean eater was left in the rear. Hardly had
gave quiet challenge to his dark and an
| Gent enemy of the tanbark. It was readily
| responded to and away they both sped in a
| go as you please. They ran well together
| for few laps and then the gaunt Irishman
took the same road that Herty did and al
lowed the Boston darkey to forge ahead at
will. son of Erin in the audience right
here expressed the true sense of the contest
1 when he humorously remarked: eff that
! id niger was only an 1rishman he could
beat them all YETI
| The sixtette of pedestrians has become a
| quintstte, Vint having withdrawn. Rumors of
his impending withdrawal became rife among
| the knowing ones about 7:3O p M, and at
! precisely $40 p m official notice of his col
| lapse was received at the scorers stand. A
| moment later his name disappeared from the
| lists. At 2:21 D. m. he retired for one hour
1 nj flY no CT fxua tu- n1r
| hours Mrs. Vint and MCGEE, his trainer. have
been very close to the conclusion that he
would not be able to secure place at the
finish. He insisted, however, on making one
more attempt. Therefore he went on the
| sawdust at 1881, but Jolt of three
minutes was sufficient to reveal to him the
hopelessness of his task. After one or two
| rounds he went slowly back to his cabin door
and announced his permanent retirement. The
Irish leader is in a particularly joyous mood
and his face black with a weeks growth OF
stubbe, though still cadaverous, has
we'll nigh lost its expression of pain and he is
| often caught smiling to himself as he passes
l under the bridge. At 8 o'clock after glori
GUS squirt with Hughes and Noremac he was
presented at the turn with bouquet where
4 in was enclosed in bed of roses fifty
| dollar note. Later on a horseshoe of rec
and white flowers with green border Of
smilax was thrust into his hands.
! The score at o'clock showed Fitzgerald
512 miles laps, Hughes 465 miles laps
Noremac 495 miles laps, Hart 461 miles
laps, Herty 4s2 miles 5 laps.
At 10 O'Clock it was Fitzgerald SIG mile
3 laps, Hughes 46s miles 7 laps, Norema
500 miles, Hart 466 miles laps, Herty, 4S'
miles laps.
At II o'clock the score was Fitzgerald
SIG miles laps, Noremac 5o2 miles lap
Herty 400 miles 1 lap, Hughes 47o miles
Hart 469 miles laps.
At ~ o'clock the score stood: Fitzgerald
t5l6 miles laps. Noremac 5O2 miles laps
Herty 492 miles laps, Hart 472 miles laps
Hughes 40.
| The score at 1 a. m. showed: Fitzgeral
$50, Noremac 5o7, Herty 1872, Hart, Ate
Hughes 40.
The score at a. m. recorded Fitzgeral
524, Noremac 5O7, 3; Herty 492, Z; Hal
479, 4; Hughes 40, 4.