Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-03
The score at midnight was as follows

AsOVOAA 3OV
n Oremac. 392
duSneS.. jSl
Early in the day it was noticed that
Rowell was not as steadily on the track as
is his wont, and although h he did not show
his condition in face, form or gait, as most
pedestrians would, it was remarked that
he was not looking we'll. Although his
trainers had said the night before that he
was regulating his course according to
what the second man in the race did, he
allowed Hazael to gain on him constantly.
A long nap about 8 o'clock did not seem
to refresh him, and while all the others
were putting in their best work of the day
excepting, of course, Hughes, who con-
tinued to be candidate for bed-he made
only average time and his lead over the
best previous record gradually decreased.
Shortly after noon he went to his hut, with
Hazael about six miles behind him. He
did not come out again, and just before 1
o'clock the lank Englishman took his
score beyond the 392d mile and
assumed the lead in the race. This
was something unprecedented in Row
ellis past experience. Many around the
hall said : "That's only game. He's
trying to add zest to the race SO as to
bring big crowd this evening, and then
you will see how he will pull ahead"
Others were anxious about the man, and
as hour after hour passed and he did not
appear, this anxiety increased. None of
ROwell's trainers or attendants were to he
seen. One did appear for a moment; he
would make do reply to inquiries, but only
say, "Rowell's all right. You'll see what
you'll see." OF course there were rumors
that he had been poisoned. One story had
it that his attendants had heated some
liniment to rub his knees with aad then by
mistake gave it to him to drink. 1t was
said that he had been vomiting badly dur
ing the day; that he had an attack Of the
cramps, and again that he was suffering
from dysentery. Later in the day Asplen
and RowelPs physician categorically de-
MED all these statements and said that
there was "nothing amiss" with their
man. "You see," said Asplen, "this is
just about the middle of the race, and
Rowell is getting good long rest, and it
will be to his gain in the end that he has
taken it. There is nothing the matter
with him and there has been nothing. He
is in as good condition in every respect at
this moment as am"
Asplen conceded, however, that a phys
ician had been attending Rowell during
tuO NStys dlO A1I. 4X6U1AGUA DuSOy diil
"Joe' Elliott and others in . position to
had been a very sick man all day, at least
complete. He was plucky, as he always
had been, and fought hard against lis
troubles until noon, when he had to give
in. Rowell finally came on the track at
3:41 p. H.. having been off three hours and
half. His eyeIids were scarcely open,
but when he passed the score
and saw Hazaers record Of 4O6
miles, 6 laps, while his bore the figures
1925, lie scowled for a moment and then
smiled as il thinking how soon and how
easily he could wipe out that difference of
fourteen miles. He walked steadily and
did not appear to be i'll pain. For two OF
three laps he talked with Norenlac and
then followed Hughes, who had just been
presented with floral horseshoe and a
quart bottle filed with-something Dur
ing this time Hazael had gained two
moro laps OH Rowell. Hazael and Fitz-
gerald had been running together nearly
all the afternoon.
Hazael Passes Knwell,
During the day Hazacl looked in better
condition than on Wednesday. His face
and eyes had a far less painful expression.
His steps were stead:er, and there seemed
much less danger than before of the pipe
stems that serve him as limbs being sud
denly snapped of or bringing him upon his
face by getting into tangle: At Ga. m. he
was 1S miles beyond Rowell, but hour by
by hour he gained on tho champion.
"What is the matter with Charley
Rowell?" asked everybody anxiously as
his frequent disappearance and long ab-
sences from the track during the MORN
ing were noticed. Tho answers at his
tent were very vague. He was eating a
little or resting 4 little Or getting little
rubbing. Oh, no nothing the matter
with him. At two minutes after noon
Rowell completed his 392d mile, and ten
minutes later went off the track. Hazael
was then six miles behind him, and Just
before / o'clock passed his fellow Eng
lishmau and became the leader in the
race. When few minutes later the
figures 3?3 were put up on the big board
there was a shout from every quarter of
tho garden.
The Score ut O'Clock. A M.