Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
ATLANTA'S FLEETSCRIBES
CHESHIRE WINS, WITH CARTER
ACLOSE SECOND.

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Forty eight MiIeS and enc Lap Covered
by the Victor and Carter but Half a
Lap Behind-Brufey, Byington, CLAY
ton, Small, Ramsdell and Logan Fin
ish in the Order NameG-Carter and
Ramsden Very Ill.
ATLANTA, May 10, 1145 pm. Atlanta's
quintette of fleet-fOoted scrlbes tested their
mettIe in the much talked of 12hour go
as-you-please foot race to-day under
most auspicious circumstances. An hour
before 10 O'Clock, the time selected for
making the start, the warehouse
selected as the scene of the race
became the Mecca toward which
hundreds of spectators turned their foot
steps. A gOOdly number of ladies lent
their presence to the throng, and the
scene within the building was
one of extreme animation.
The band struck up a lively tune, and
under Its inspiring influence the con-
testants started off at lively gait as they
got the word ''go" promptly at the click
Of 10.
THE CONTESTANTS.
The list of entries, all Atlanta newspa-
per men, and none of whom failed to toe
the mark when the appointed hour ar
rived, was as follows: r. NJ. Cheshire Of
the Journal, Josiah Carter of the COnStt-
tuition, E. G. Bruffey of the Constitution,
A. I. Byington of the Journal, A.
South, S. w. Small of the Con,
stitation, lido Ramsdell of the GeOrqfd
Cracker, and G. Il. Logan of the COnStlt1-
ion.
Ramsdell, of the Cracker, took the lead
easily. He was first choice in the pools,
and scored 10 miles in the first two hours,
but later in the evening trouble arose
from an old wound in his lungs.
and at 7:4O g O'Clock he, by
order OF his physicians, retired
from the track, with a score of 80 miles
and laps, he having had two severe
hemorrhages. He was taken home in a
carriage and tonight is seriously ill.
Logan had recently risen from a sick
bed and gave out shortly after noon, but
returned to the track at intervals, and did
some pretty walking between 8 and 10
O'Clock tonight.
Bruffey, the shOrt-legged reporter Of the
constitution, surprised every one by his
endurance, and many thought, until late
III the evening, that he would come out
the winner.
Smith Clayton took things leisurely and
disappointed his friends and hackers,
who expected, from his reputation as an
athlete, that he would make one of the
best scores ever made by an amateur.
Samuel Small took a swinging, steady
gait and was probably the most graceful
walker on the track. His long legs failed,
however, to put him even with Clayton.
CARTER'S HARD WORK.
Carter worked heroically for irstplace,
and, during the last half hour of the race.
was in an almost cOmatOse condition,
his walking being merely mechanical.
At O'Clock there was little
difference between Cheshire and Carter
and they stuck together until the last
quarter of an hour, when Cheshire made q
sudden squirt and finished a half lap
ahead. Carter tried to run also but failed,
and was taken from the track in a faint
ing condition and is now deliriOus, but
the doctors say that he will be all right
when thoroughly rested.
At the close of the race the crowd seized
Cheshire and carried him from the hall on
their hands amid intense enthusiasm and
cheering. Four thousand people wit
messed the match.