The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-05-10

Nint ............. .h29-3 Elson. ..........-525-2
Noremac ........3 5i4-7
SIXTH DAY. p. NJ.
Rowell. ........... .G02 Fitzgerald. ........Gl0
Nint.. $50 Noremac. ..........545-5
Herty...........53 1898 Panchot.. .5G6-4
ElsOn. ........,. .J20-3
Fitzgerald braced up in the early part
of the afternoon, and for couple of
hours maintained his lead. lie fell off
again, however, about p. m, and acted
very groggy. After this Fitzgerald and
Rowell had frequent spurts, and often
passed one another. The ex-Alderman
had to take frequent rests during these
spurts, and it looked as though he was
running short of breath. Rowell stuck
to the track without intermission during
the afternoon. Charley Mitchell, the
pugilist, was in his hut and showed great
interest in his countryman. He frequent
ly patted Rowell on the back and whis-
pered words of encouragement.
AT $50 the tired Elson stopped at the
scorers stand for couple of minutes,
resting. Little Vint came along and en-
couraged him to start again. Panchot
and Ierty 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-
tremely plucky man. Many thought he
would withdraw after making 525 miles,
but he was determined to stay until the
end.
Noremac went under his roof for a long
stay in the afternoon. His right leg had
not held out so well as his friends had
hoped. Little Vint walked laboriously
around the track during the afternoon.
His right leg also troubled him.
| At 5 p. III. there were between 5000 ana
5000 people in the garden. Fitzgerald
made his 600th mile at h., 20 min. and
| 10 Sec, and it was greeted with the great
est enthusiasm. Cheer after cheer rent
| the air. Caps and hats were flung into
the air and handkerchiefs were waved by
many people. Fitzgerald was then four
miles and three laps ahead of Rowell. He
took the uproar very coolly. He finished
his 60lst mile before retiring. Tie had
| only been out of sight six minutes when
| Rowell pushed out on the track. Fitz-
gerald heard of this and Immediately
went after the Engishman. This
| CduSeu dnOIueT OuJUuTSI VI CueeTS.
When Hazael made his previous record
of 600 miles in six days he completed his
task about 80 O'Clock in the evening.
Fitzgerald beat the record for that dis
lance by over four hours. NOremac was
adding miles to his score during the af-
ternoon. 1t was said that during the
early hours of the morning Fitzgerald
J had accused his hacker, Tom Davis, of
| poisoning him. Davis and Smith, the
| trainer, however, paid but little attention
to this, knowing that it came from pain
fully excited man.
During the evening Fitzgerald was pre-.
sented with a silver goblet lined with
! gold. He carried this to Rowell but he
| paid little attention to the gift. Rowell
completed his six hundredth mile at :53,
| beating IIazel's record by two hours,
| eighteen minutes and thirty-flve seconds.
Peter Duryea, Rowell's hacker, gave up
the contest at seven o'clock. He at
tributed RowelIs defeat to a badly
! sprained left ankle, from which his man
had been suffering two DAYS, and wanted
to make another match with Fitzgerald.
He will let Fitzgerald name the time,
! the amount to be over $4,000 side. Two
large floral emblems were presented
! Fitzgerald during the evening. They
were borne in front of him
around the track, Fitzgerald fol-
lowing and waving the flag of Erin.
! During the evening the garden was
packed, us on Sunday night. Fitzgerald
remained OH the track and was cheered
! necessarily. Rowell retired at 7:ll,
but afterwards came out and was loudly
applauded. He then retired again and
had his ankle bathed. 1t was swollen
to nearly double its natural size and
was black aud blue. He appeared
again on the track, but did not
limp perceptibly. Noremac and Fitzgerald
| Joined him and they tramped around the
ellipse at rapid pace. The house rose
at them as they were joined by Panchot.
Fitzgerald handed Rowell his Irish flag,
which the latter took courteously. Fitz-
gerald caught up the American flag and
another lap was made. The men then
pulled up to the scorers stand and shook
hands. Three cheers were given for
Fitzgerald and three for Rowell.
The pedestrians then went to
their huts, and at S:45 p. III.
the six-day race of 1884 ended.
Preparations are made in Long Island
City for a reception to Fitzgerald. He
will be received by the Mayor and Alder