Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-10-02
THIRD EDITION.



Ths 0o- AA. ROu-PIenso
PHIEApRLPHlA, Sept 80, 1883. The
uuocasa OF rtoant DedeatrleR contesta IN
Rhilndalphia and New York has re-
mRWed general interest in this popular
Urano. The big Ro-as you please race,
which 10 70 tahe place in the Whining
eon Riak this week, will demonstrate
how the public appreciates such tests OF
uhySioSl endurance. Preparations Art
beiaR made 20 eclipse anything OF the.
6ind ever held In this section Of
che country, and the large Hat OF en-
6Fios, many Of them being the mosa
DromlRene men In AmeEios, shows that
antdad Ism IL not wanted.
tbs men are now in training In Phila-
delphia, Nav York and Boston. This
Eacs hRE been premedItAtsd fer sens
Gime, but II Was not decided until two
weeks ago whether It shculd be held III
Kew York, Philadelphia Wilmington,
the latter beinR chosen AMI the race bstnR
In the hands OF men OF e1peTisDcs and
cApttAi. The hucctss 10 sure beyond
any 0uaaAlon of . doubt
Ths rAos will start on Wednesday
eveain6, October Sd, at 8 D. M, and
continue for IS hourS, night and day,
ending Saturday evening, IL p. M.
Visit. RpFemao, Hart, Bertey and A.
beTt are ell professional, and are al
cared for and INSTRUCTED by professional
trsiAsEs. Every form OF athletic oon-
teet rtqulrss tIaininR, but the most
employed to bring the men Into oondi.
tion, VII 10 similar In the main thing,
all stit vary In different claHsts.
The prise. fighter, the oniBmAn, the
bAse ball player, the foot ball player,
the walker and ths rubusF all employ
practically the sAme course Of treat
mem 70 prepare them for she ordeal.
huApujAr development IL the chief
elm aHd exercise, and especially ths
stomach must be closely watched and
attended 70. But the old idsA Of Ab
atAtniIG from liQuoTs while In training
have hsen abandoned, aud great many
balieVe that vine and ale In limited
quantities are benefislAl rather than In.
1nrlSus 70 the athlete Professional
pedesttiaAs have different ideas about
training, Just as the puRilish for .
great oaAl depends upon the mans sys
TEN And constitution, and what would
be glod for one might be injurious to
-an0lhsG.
There arc a great many prise fighters
With considerable money, made By
smashing noses, blsokspinR eyes, bat
there n q only Two or three peds, who
have any money 1t all. James AlbsFt
" The liohest Of them, being estimAted
% Do worth something like Hfay thous.
and dollars, but la IL doubtful that there
could b found two other Gsn Who have
made regulations on tbs tan bark, who
can Command 80 much - ten thousand
dollAFA They are net disolute men
sithsr, and there is less diSsipAt on
among pedestrians than many pugtlists
They viii train for o month OF two,
walking and running 80 mics . day 10
order 10 do the same thing continuous
~ night and day for . week, until q
ohAnSo Of receiving all the way from
nve hundred 10 ave thousand dOllRTj
for their work. ,CunIv bal
Ma9aGer Frank F'th6 duty. TSl'+f'
from Hart QBof, Why ths-
City, nv and halls Ell received letei
in tba cou- ~ Saturday, dated AtlAatic
Ensls-, = Sieh read IS follows:
DEAR SIR:-The boys are Just begin
niDg 70 md out that they will have u
train hard If they want 70 90 through
the coming race.
don't care to train In PhiladelpbiH
ss have . system Of training some
what harder than any Of the others
and don't Wish TO poet then;
Another reason is that my Wit
is one Of the best cooks in VII
country; eau gain weight on hArt
work here where I would only be
shadow II / did the same work 4
your rink and had TO board at som
restaurant / am going to bs In frs
class condition for tho WilminRto
rAos. have been training Ia the e.
oursion House and have another day
work on . hard floor to test my veal
spota, and then will be able to satlsi.
myself. Yesterday the weather bsinl
dne was out doors nearly all day.
ran the entire distance Of the ia
land, eighteen miles, In the morning
in the afternoon l oro'sed the meAdCv
on tho IT," nike, ah,ut fourteen mis
more NoEsmAc may be doing fort
hIiIos usy, Uus Tue utssion lr, how /
he doing ilP A man can do ATTY mile
A6A and yet not act into condition 70
q FROS. For Instance, / know plenty Q
men whose work requires them to wal
four miles 81 hour, and work IL hour
per day, year after year, and / thin
could not g. into race and make 7
miles the fiat day. I claim that ma
was etthfr too lazy to take work or e 9
must be blind, when they conside
the way tho ElElltbman trained Will
10 this couutIy, reisT to LitlleEooC
am Eficg 10 do ali In my power TO z,
int0 trim with ut getting s.Bls. don
want to Overd0 II, aud Indeed that
generally my worst fault. lost Il
best race was ever In by oVertFainin
nnd you eau r5al a's1red that II II ls
the wood l will NIX the men hustle
pass me 10 this Fsoe' H,