The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-05-13
sIx-DAxs Go-As-You-PLEAsE.
Unfrained Men and Boys Must Leave
the Glory to Those With Records.

From the New York Morning Journal.
mo entry was permitted for the
six-day championship on roller
skates" said Mr.. Busky, yesterday,
Except to trained and seasoned ath-
Ietes. There will be no boys or un-
trained men among them. Out of
over fifty applications for admission"
he continued, "only sixteen were
allowed to enter. These are Kenneth
A.. Skinner, Charles A. Hartman,
Eugene Msddocks, Charles Walton,
John O'Melia, Alexander Snowden,
Charles N. Emery, Oliver Lyons, J.
A. Small, James NJ. Reynolds, Will
liam Boyst, Jr.. George Claxton,
Leonard Saunders, Albert Schock
and an unknown. Of these, Boyst,
Madd0cks, O'Melia, Walton and Ly-
ons participated in the last contest at
the Madison Square Garden, Boyst
winning the second prize, covering
more than 1,O45 miles. His brother,
Alfred Boyst, who has q record of
125 miles in Ill hours, will compete
with him this time.
Ofthe others, Kenneth A. Skinner
of Boston, is said to be the fastest
roller-skater in the world. Charles
A. Hartman is the champion long dis
tance skater and pedestrian of the
Pacific Coast. He is expected to ar
rive from San Francisco on Monday
or Tuesday.
Alexander Snowden has been doing
some very rapid work on rollers in
Boston and he has a record of 236
miles in "a hours. Emery is an
athlete from Norristown, Penn, and
is champion Of New Jersey Lyons,
of Penn Yam, New York, is winner
of several IL and 24-hour races in
Northern New York ; Reynolds is
champion long-distance skater of
Montana and backed by citizens of
that Territory. He is now on his
way to New York.
Claxton is Saratoga's champion !;
Saunders is from st. John, New
Brunswick; Schock from Chicago
and the unknown from Lockpolt.
The match Is for sweepstake of
$1OO each and a silver belt (said to be
worth $4OO) labeled 1.-The Champion
ship of the World" offered by Peter
Duryea. In addition to these Wallace
Ross and Thomas Davis have each
put up 81 900 as private prize to be
contested for by Skinner and Harri-
man.
The winner of the sweepstakes takes
the belt and 70 per cent. of the stakes,
the second man 20, third man 10
per cent, and the gate receipts after
expenses, among those who cover
more than 800 miles as follows: Fifty
per cent. to the first. 20 to the Sec
ond, IL to the third, to the fourth,
6 to the fifth, to the sixth. In case
six DO not cover 800 miles the referee
will divide the receipts in accordance
with the terms oberved in the six
day pedestrian races at Madison
Square Garden.
The race will commence five min
utes after mid night next Sunday at
Madison Square Garden and termi-
nate at 10 p. m. on the following Sat-
urday night, May 10Th. -~
"All the contestants" said Name
ger Busby, twill have sleeping
apartments in the Garden and good
trainers provided for them, so that
better results may be expected from
this race"
Attendants will not be allowed to
accompany q contestant for greater
distance than thirty-five yards at
any time, and then only for the pur-
pose Of providing food and restora-
tives. No contestant shall interfere
in any way with another, nor re-
verse his direction Of travelling ex-
cept on due notice to the lap scorer
at the end of mile.
Gilmore's band has been engaged
for the whole week.