New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-12
GLIDING AROUND THE GARDEN TRACK.
FEW sPEcTAToRs-Two MEN DROP OUTFLOW THE
CONTESTANTS LOOK AND SKATE.

re" sfECIA1ORs-TWO MEN DROP OUTFLOW THE
CONTESTANTS LOOK AND SKATE.
The merry go-roUnd at the Madison Square
Garden kept up its ceaseess swing all day yesterday
The crowd which came to the start stayed till well
toward tho morning. At 1I9 a. m. Noremac.
hnding that roller skating wasn't the easy job
that he had imagined 1t to be. retired to
private life after doing his sixteenth mile. Between
. ana O'Clock In the morning there WA some lively
spurting' Small aud Walton skimming around the
eghthof-amie track in 20 seconds. Some excitement
was Occa'oned by specimen OF the genus tramp, whO
having tired OF Bpwery lodging houses had evidently
intended to camp out In the Garden for the week. He
roied his coat up for pillow and went to sleep
In quiet corner, but while dreaming OF the land
where bulldogs not free lunch counters abound
somebody stole his and hat and he awoke to misery
ana the ieers OF an unsympathotc world.
Al 6:3s small. the hger who had entered FOR one day
only hopug to break the 2lhonrs record also retired
thus reducing the number OF contestants a bakers
dozen The attendluco was light In inc morning barely
40 persons beng scattered about the bndng an this
number was not greatly increased in the afternoon
At noon Maddox leading. aud the first three men
had averaged twelve miles hour. Snowden and
schock came out Of their booths where they had been
taking few minutes rest at 2:3O aud found Maddox,
W. Boyst aud Walton squirting around the track In good
shape Snowden, with his dark complexion, black cap
ana SUIT Joined the and flew along close upon their
heels Then the ten or dozen men on the track all
Huhchti lOStthfr, except Hartman, VINO
eating his dinner lie skates with the supple grace of
fcnce-post on wheels and falls about once in so
often with commcuoaue regularity
little before Gilmore began grinding ont popular
melodies again and everybody spurted urGer the IN
nuencc OF The music except the imprrturbaDlr Harr
man. Even SchOrk cerate his busnesslike stride,
AMI Walton th fancy skater put all the steam no
could carry The gar.ns oil man now nut in an az
pearaHcc. after having taken down the sign which for
serious prcoccuped air as though he considered roller
~katlNg tO bc the whole duty AFTER MN
the Montana champion. chewing toOthplck ana going
a little II NV AT hrst after his rest. lie sixties with
short studc bur good deal Of ground with little
effort aud cuts IN well around the ncrs SchOck PROM
,es to be weu among those VINO come IN at the death
lie Is a roushloOEiug customer and skates bare
headed but with regular swinging gait that
Ing low aud strong and the doctors say that he has
large reserve of wind and endurance Claxon seems 10
bc the worst u-edup man ON Tue track ahi mas occupied
the post o honor and dan the since yrstery
noon. Emery. the jersey champion be,ins TO look
Utle has-atd, ana skates along WIN upHltI eye;
studying the Taucrs. o. Aclia has n round and
occupants Of the north side Of the house.
ana hc doesn't seem to worry himself at ali over MS
Francis the negro f. light n bird his feet and
gets around the CORNERS easily. lie rolls along 40 an I'M
who will accept lie challenge Of his dying nccls. then
lettering Ia the rear absorbing untold quantities OF mig
paudrd by the spectators, who make No distinctions ~
A. 4 o'clock i6 minutes and 20 seconds Maddox I'm
ished his 2OOth mile Hartman took decided brace
about O'clock AMI aut the laughter OF thr spectators
up 90 the bead oi the procession.
ia the evening the Boy-t brothers and SnDwden wore
shades their eyes. winch gave them an
unusually smlous ASPECT. The Montana cow
boy -ill .wupg around with In, broad
back and biz elbows held out Graham. the skating all
vcrii-rmcut, went oil the track little after 5 ana
stayed oil, refusing 10 say whether he was ever
coming back. ClINtou did the same OF
.. O'NeHa Walton and Emery al'o
took vacations after 10 o'clock Maddox aud
Suowdeu duggrd each other Tor an hour or 50,
the latter taking sum Of his smelling SAT-,
at in cryll.. As the darkey was skmming alotg
Ofl ~ m "A maiden leaned the fence,
a. the imminent danger Of impaing herself
the ptk'ts and held out a Horil
horseshoe Of gigantic proportions The darkcy scOoped
u 90 on tue next lap aud bore it OF tn triumph.
The records OF previous siNdays' races
have been reatcn from the tart Maddox
beng thirty miles ahead or NaiiouS pre-
yiUus record fur the first tWcuty-iOur hours.
4 few minutes before - Emery aud Walton came out,
skating slowly until their joints were lmbeIed, while
Frances went on the retired list
OAfrlia rrHpptarcd at midnight after n three hours
resi- looking fresh Snuwden was speeding away
al hi. PSI mile. reeling of the laps IN twenty-five
...snda when fell at the eastern turn ana Delhg
helped bis booth hid not rcIpprarcd AT o'clock
Tue hours Of the day and Night was as
follows: