New-York tribune., 1885-03-07
THE WEARY MEN ON ROLLERS
SEVENTEEN LEFT AFTER FIVE DAYS.
DONOVAN PROBABLY THE wINNER-BoYsr sEcoND
CARNIVAL LAST NIGHT.

DONOVAN PROBABLY THE WlNNEk-Do'o' o'~
-CARNIvAL LAST NIGHT.
The air in Madison Square Garden yesterday
was and cold. The huge structure always charscu
with moisture, felt like vault The fringe OF humanV
looked the picket fence at the skaters "e
blue in the Men tried TO sink their heads
their shoulders that their ears might get pro'ec.ln
from their top coat collars. Women shivercd On" p'
their wraps closely about them The skaters ao
felt the change In the atmosphere. Maddox looked hko
ghost he salked around in light coloreo uis'ei
tired legs schocks body was encasea
in heavy white knitted jacket Boyst wore snort coat
with the collar turned up Donovan had reu "unoi
about his neck. O'Melia wore his entire WARDROBE "
this fashion they skated through the morning ana
afternoon When the electric light was turned on anu
some hundreds OF gas Jets lighted the air gre"
warmer and the men dofed their extra garments
The attendance during the morning WAS light. tin
creased to couple OF thousand in the afternoon THIS
did equal expectation. and many wondered IL "ood
& Garnet would come ont whole Colonel WOOD says
that $4,000 exT ended before the start was made
This sum- says represents the rent Of the Garden Tor
a week, the floor advertising and hundred other e1-
penses which the managers OF the never dreamed
until the affair under The daily exr enseS are
said TO be i1e 81 800 At the opening OF the race
they were larger. There is small army of employees.
The attendnce Sunday night was small. on Monday
night IL was not much better. on Tuesday Wednesday
and Thursday nights there was money In the crowus,
and II attendance daT and tonight Ia large the
The man who wagered SiOO on Sunday night that the
leader would not cover 900 miles pad the bet yesterday
morning Donovan passed the 500 nile pole at an early
hour and at dashed forward into the 9OO le Dock
OF the second man This was oyst lie passed schocks
at GAO scbock skatcd IN great pam ~ uy
but stuck to the track manully. At midnight he led
Bovst TWENTY-FIVE miles and laps. At o'clock yes
reray morning he nearly thirty eight miles ahead
creased TO seventeen and a half miles. Between mid
night and o'clock in The evening schock was of the
an hour and half longer. The Chicago man
stuck to his work. but could not get his Old speed;
hours work was between II and II o'clock, when ne
covered SIS miles ON Tuesday be sted a. tne rlss TI
exhausted He remained Off only short time and was
loudly checred upon his return but found himself hrd
In the race and with poor prospects OF retaining
Donovan steadily increased lead schock during
the day. At midnight he 80 miles ahead. At
in the morning his lead decreased to % miles:
miles over schock. At / a. m. Donovan was
45a, miles ahead of Boyst, Five hours
his lead was 56a miles. From this hour Boyst
cut 1t down slowly. but steadily. Donovan was of the
tween those hours he skated STA miles, seycn-mies,
anhoar rate Ills fastest work was done betweep and
hours he skated 10 miles. He looks neither
better nor wGT than n0S he Ds DID on TTss pFs
against his nOsirs IL Is generally believed that Don-
ovan viii win the Boyst has friends who
adent that he will reach the goal first lie Is In much
better condition than Donovan, IS fast skater. and
would have good chance II he within twenty-five
Boyst slept 3la hours Yesterday Between IL and I2
o'clock he skated miles but his average including sis
hours sleep from midnight 10 noon was only GA mles
In gained 22ss miles schock and at $50
took second place This position he can retain without
difficulty. schock has taken TO doseing
He made a desperate effort shake oil his follower.
who IS really his leader In the afternoon. but did not
succeed until schocks trainer took him of the track
When he skates schocks head Is just level with the top
OF fourfooi picket fence when he stands siraieh,
position he skates for hours at faster gait
than some OF his comparatively fresh opponents Mad
dor will finish in front Of schock and viii struggle with
O'Melia for third place From midnight until q o'clock
last evening oMea was of the track only two and one
half hours. or half hour less than NaddoI Between
and 10 o'clock IN the morning MADDOX skated
thirty miles. and between 10 aud II o'eee.
eighteen hours OF the day he skA;ed seven miles an
reI a9gT S. naaa n ofes Of o hashe at a. m 10
within miles OF him
.poesaoT are and they et ne mos.
n" @c s Mhen 10 that e eSa saS
straight for a while. TIE crowd cheered ana yelled In a
To sn sa.s ssmSsS SG % s. %
van would win: Win asssS sS9re @f .ao aoo"' eIa5,
on Boyst II the latter works hard he may make
Donovan reel OF l,l5o miles; but n Boyst makes
p his mind he can't wiD DoDoy ans score may not ek
ceed $50 miles Third place will fall To shoook. Mad
dox or oMela, with the chances In favor OF
OF Maddox. who Is an old man at the business, may
push him into third place The others viii probably
The skaters had than che usnal incentive 10 er
er themselves last ght AT o'clock they were aston
isbed 10 see q body Of meD-atarms. not bsled
after the fashion Of the middle but for all
that gorgeous creatures march Into the incosure aud
along its northern aud southern bOun
daries Thoy armed with tin axes pf gigantic size.
They followed by company OF knights and ladies'
soldiers and sailors, pages students, clowns,
harlsquins, flower girls, black. blue and red
devils Yankees OF &c and Cinnamon OF 50 and host OF
other characters never missing from n carnival. The
policeman with tho swelcd head prominent
In the crowd. He handled his club with
ease and deXterty. Ben Butler nodded
condescendingly to tho crowd as he skated around
with the Goddess OF Night The inevitable dude" who
caught the attention Of tho crowd by falling him
self and then rolling the greater past Of the hoor.
OF turned out to I've OF the
best skaers the floor The attendance the largest
OF the week. As consequence the racers
made unusual efforts to distinguish themselves
and win applause At 10 o'clock Maddox cheercd
upon passing Schock small didn't appear the track
or the who started seventeen remain
IL looked late last night Cohen Phillips and Walsh
had left the track for good.
The following table shows the positions OF the Of
a. ni noon, y. and midnight, aud gives the num-
Der of hours each OF them has been oil the track: