New-York tribune., 1882-03-09
remove IL within thirty days the engineer Of the Dc
oartment would be instructed to do 80.
WALKERs PAID BUT NOT SATISFIED.

Twenty or thirty men crowded into small roon
in the Astor House yesterday to transact the iss'
business connected with the recent walking ma.cni;
the distribution of the prizes Peter Duryea anu
the three or four men who helped him to manaRes
the were surrounded by roomful of eager anu anu
angry men. Some of them limited strongly that VIZ
managers had not accounted for all of the gaze
money, and said that they had given iialse sta.o
mens to the walkers In regard to tae tp e 10
the race. The total amount received from tn1 oa
of tickets was $780, 139; from the SAFE OF nt t
$6,535; the gross receipts being $49.9|4 vi H. .I9
amount the manager received % @or,tcies Of agree
ment and the other expense, 11V'1 TsI 20 net net
$2O06l 2s These deductions left Sis,a6I o] ho neo
profits for division between the six conestanIs VINO
reached 525 miles The scale of division was was
80, 20 ~. &. and per cent. According to this thu
Hazae received $3.50 81; Fitzgerald, $3' I3Z 81;
Si,I25 70; Sullivan, $3.50 Al. In addition to tins
hazael received $4,000 and Fitzgerald 81 900 or
the $4,000 sweepstakes Among the larger 'ghs ths
Garden, $4,000; advertising. $1,000; repairs.
etc. $1,000; referees, $1,000; music, $2 600 pay
500; Judges, $500. Considerable dissatisfaction
has been expressed among the men ana their
hackers since the amount of the gate lrecepts was
published. They claim that at least S3O,OO0 more
than the figures of the manager show was taken IN
at the doors. similar race was cited where the
admission fee had been only P0 cents, and where
the receipts had amounted to $4,000. 1t was also
stated that the right to see the tickets and money
counted denied the men or their representa-,
tives. thus leaving chance for those VINO hau
pleased. 80,
While the feeling of the men against the mana
gers was bitter yesterday, they said that they couu
not prove what they knew well enough TO oe u
swindle, and would have TO let 1t go. thinking
themselves lucky to get anything from such SET Oh
men. John Richards, NOremac's hacker, sad TO
Duryea as NOremac was signing the receipt: q" ms
thing Is skin game and YOU know IT, ana We
take the money with this protest knowing that ~ IS
all we can DO" All of the walkers, except eulli-
van were present and their expressions OF indlgna,
ton were unanimous at the way in which they sara
the money had been stolen. An attachment was
served on Hazaels money for Sl1S. by creditor;
His backer paid the amount and liazaei received
his check. John w. Luke served an attachment on
Hart's winnings to secure debt of 1913 20. IL
was finally arranged that J. j. GottlOeb, iarts
backer should take 81 900 of the money and leave
$500 to satisfy the attachment. Hart VIII get
nothing for his weeks work ,
The race was originally made between Rowell,
Vint and Panchot, who agreed that the whip should
be paid for ont Of the gross receipts but as they
were not participants in the division OF the money
this was objected to. Mr. Duryea said that rather
than have any trouble in the matter he would pre-
sent the whip personally. 1t is valued at $50.