The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-10


Of the afternoon, aud for a couple Of
hours maintained his lead. lie fell OFF
again, however, about y. M, aud acted
very groggy. After this Fitzgerald and
Rowcl had frequent spurts, aud often
passed one another. The ex.Alderman
had to take frequent rests during these
spurts, aud II looked rs though he was
running short Of breath. Rowcl stuck
10 the track without lutermlsslon during
the afternoon. Charley Mitchell, the
puglllst, was In his hut aud showed great
interest In his countryman. lie frequent
ly patted llowell on the back and whls-
percd words Of encouragement.
AT i;35 the tired Elson stopped at the
scorers stand for a couple OF minutes,
resting Little vlnt came along and en-
couragcd him TO start again. Panchot
and Herty frequently went off the track
for rests. The latter held TO the track
Notwithstanding he was suffering pains
that would discourage any but an ex-
trcmey plucky man. Many thought he
would withdraw alter making 525 miles,
h,, ho ,,.s d.,.r,,,o.d IA s,ay mil, ,ha
end.
Norcmac went under his roof for long
stay In the afternoon. His right leg had
not held out so well as his friends had
hoped. Little yint walked laborlously
around the track during the afternoon.
Ills right leg also troubled him.
ATOP. M. there were between 5,ooo and
6,ooo people 10 the garden. Fitzgerald
made ms COoth mile AZ D., ~ min. ana
10 Sec, aud u was greeted with the great
est enthusiasm. Cheer alter cheer rent
the air. Caps and hats were hung into
the air ana handkerchieis were waved by
many people. Fitzgerald was then iour
miles aud three laps aheado Howell. lie
TOOK tue uproar very coolly. lie finished
ms ooist milo before retiring. lie had
only oseh out of sisht sta minutes when
howsii pusnsd OUT on tne track. fih-
Reraiu nehru OF ,his ana i'hheaia.siy
went aiter the hnglishinan. Ihis
caused nnother outpurst Oh cneers.
mnen lin1aei inaae ms previous recoru
VI voV niles IN SIX Gays nc completed hia
TASK ABOUT viso O'Clock IN the evening
Fitzgerald beat the record Tor that dis
'ance W over Iour hours' Noreinac was
auu'pg iniies 70 nis score auring ehe AZ
.eInoon. IL was saln that during tne
carry nours OF inc morning fnzgeraid
naa accused hls packer, Tom DAVIS, OF
poisoning hlia. DAVIS anu smith, inc
trainer, however, palu put ittie attentlon
70 tnis, knowing that u came from pain
iunf excited man,
Du,ihe ,nc evening fit.geIhiu was pre-
sen,ca win silver goblet lined with
gold ne carried this 70 howen put DC
paiu n'ue s,'entlon 70 tna GUT. howeii
comp'e'ea Ms slA hunuieo.n iiIie u, oioo'
De.Ilng haheIs record py Two houis,
eign,een minutes hna ,niriy-nve seconds.
re.el DuIyea' ho"ehs packer, gave up
.ns con'cs, y. seven O'CLOCK. ne ~.
u'ou.eu ho"ens ae'ea. 70 = paa'y
spIa,neu iei. Anhie, Iioli winch us man
naa oeen sunsrns wv uass, ana wanted
~ 'nAas ,,, sn"'.vl lnassa r'.u fa1es,aia'
ne VIII vet f,.hgerala name ,he time,
thc amount 10 be over $4,000 aside. Two
,arge no,ai cmp'ems were presented
rl'1se'a,u uu''ns u' ess"as; iney ..
won pvrne IN h0n. =, nun sn,
arounu .hs Iack' rh.sefaia Io''
lowing ana waving 'ne nag oi Erin.
Dunpg tne evening W. sa,u.n wss
pacAsu, ~ W ounuay n'sn'. rn1seia's
remained on 'nr .ravA ahu was ehsersa
,n.oss.n.y. Umon .s.s'sa - aa,
ou. a''sIwa'.s eano ou. snu was Iouu'.
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