New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-07

FoRTY.ToUR MEN START ON ANOTHER Go.As-
foUPLEAsE RACE IN THE BIO GARDEN.
TO the inspiring strains OF Hsnde,s Halleiujah
ChoruS rendered concert By ,he Goth Regiment
bana foryfour started IL o'clock last night
positively the last" loDg-distznce tramp In Madison
eouse Garden Tho which will DO the last on the
OLD GARDENS sawdust track, Is conducted this tine BY
Trustworthy men, members Of the sporting press Of New
YORK. and the results viii probably be safe depend
Inc track has becn carefully surveyed by City surveyor
morrison and found 10 az the madeleine 600 t.
ls H. 50 that eight laps will Do nine inches over .
mile.
'ohn L. Sullivan expected leave the Hub long
enough TO encourage the starters when they left the
scratch but though the band played Johnny Get Your
Gun with three encores, Johnny didn't appear. Tho
number OF entries for the originally limited 10
orv but by resolution Of the walkers the limit was az
terward extended to fOrty.nve All the principal men
OF the last race are the list with the exception Of
James Albert the champion. The in the
Gen. however and Is expected to keep fathery eye On
the walkers during the week. The complete list Of en-
tries was as follows: d. Herty Hughes the Leppsr."
George Lttewood. Of England; George w. Cartwright
the English splinter f. Hart. the colored champion;
Gus Guerrcio Peter Panchot the Buffalo Post boy
george Noremac, the Flying seotchmsn'; d. Burns,
Peter Golden L. G. Moore, samuel Day, Anton stroke.
the Austrian d. Dillon, Peter Campana, the Old
sport Peter Hegelman, Chris Faber James Saunders
Ihomas Cox, Robert Vint James McEvoy, Norman Tay-
ior' H. Esterlnc e. Albert A. Ncwhar, william Nolan.
Augustus Stcln T. Schroeder T. A. Prater. Sergeant
Chares Russell, O. l. Graves Robert Peach, frsoR
Tilly, A. Kline, w. Morlangcr, James McKenny, w.
Hendg. ]. Sullivan, the Bangor Ghost j. Duhy,
George Howard and ii. Williams
Each OF the entries had TO pay fee Of ESQ., and tho
starers must make 100 mlos in the twenty four
hours TO remain IN the As TO the nnlsh all who
make 525 miles and during the 142 hours will win
place, and share Of the gate receipts The one who
viii break Aberts record OF e21 miles will get special
prize Of 1000
At 10 o'clock there were about 5000 people in the
garden. enjoying the music furnished by Bayne's 6sh
Regiment Bsad Of 100 pieces and the crowd sweied
nuay until midnight having reached at that time
5000 Captain Reilly had thirty officers 81 the Fourth
ave- entrance. fifty the Madson-ave. one and twenty
distributed in tho garden Among the spectators were
Colonel Frank Stevenson, Alderman Pat Diver ex.Al-
derman Pat Farley, Register Reilly Thomas Mccoy,
Bob Hiilrd, James Patterson, David Lynch John
Stack, Maurice Barrymore Professor Harry Umah, Ser
geant Reilly, Inspector Williams, jos" Coburn Bob
Wheeler, Mike" Coburn. Billy" Edwards Jehn J.
o'Nen Gus Tuthill. Jack Dempsey, Captain Michael
Boyle James Cusick, Philip Lynch, James Wakcy,
Charles Johnston and Bryan MsSwyny.
Strokel Faber and Sinclair dropped out before tbs
start while Thomas Coughlan and an unknown were
added, leaving fOr,your actual starters in the race