The evening world., 1888-11-26

Herty logging the footsteps OF the shetield blond
and the otners tagging only slightly. Littlewood
mile slower than the record made by him In 1881,
two laps better than his score at the same hour in
his 6li-mile race, and 4 mile and two laps better
The crowd remained In. the Garden. but there
was little excitement IN the race. The men
ploided on in a dull, logged way, without squirt
fhis Afforded an opportunity to study the men.
Their was some new timber which mikht prove
siaunch IN the end.
81, A PRETTY BOY IN THE RAcE.
A brjght-eyed, round, rosy-cheeked, tow-headed,
smiling youth OF sixteen years, who brought up
the rear Of the procession, attracted much atien-
ton by his good nature and good spirits. lie was
pretty ana became q favorite with the ladies al
most Immediately,
~pleadings Manager OpBrten replied, when on his
recent yisit to England, that he would let him
Yesterday Charlie and his cdnm, Tim Curley, "a
regular Irish CocKney." he calls himself, alighted
from the steamer Celtic.
PLuCKY AS WELL AS PRETTY.
They hadn't the amount OF q car fare between
them, but they shouldered a big trunk and. In
curing the way, piodded mp TO Madison square
Garden, arriving there at nearly : O'Clock.
They hal had nothing 10 eat all day. Ed Plum
mer took pity on the boys and they went home to
dinner with him, Plummer says that the boys ate
up o 1fteen-pound beef roast without stopping.
were picked up piecemeal among the other peds,
and the ads starlel with the others, Smith NJ No.
az and Curley AZ AZ,
Little smith Is not more than sixty inches tall,
and az he had NO shoes, he set out on his tramp In
his stockings only.
nnally he connded to an EVENING WORLD reporter
that he had laid out q schedule TO do i've AMI one
nalf miles an hour TIL the close OF the race. less
three hours out Of any twenty-four for sleep aud
barely enough time Tor meals and rubbing.
TIN BOYS REMARKABLE RECORD.
Smith mas q remarkable record in England. He
covered 290 miles In a seventy two-hour race last
spring anu once travelled through England on
fourteen days. He stopped ut towns here and
there ami was the talk OF the whole Kingdom.
the crowds gathered about HIM where he stopped
I'LL the thrOngs became II Nuisance, and the author
titles OF many towns forbade his entering.
BROWN Is A BLACK.
Brown 10 q tall and very black negro whose regu.
lar business IL that OF vender. He set out with a
broad iope. but ne was as erected n,cSIS at eSery torn WIN
MIN Brown moved his family and household Of
fecis into the hut assigned 10 him at the Garden,
and bis wife and three pickaninnies are keeping
house there.
GOOD WI YES IN ATrEEbAxcK.
Bobby vint and George Noremae are sustained
and encouraged by The preseuce Of their wives at
the Garden. In fact, they enjoy all the comforts
Of q home. .ts.r. ar....
OLD MAN BISON IL TBERE.
'oId Mau" Alfred Elson, who is q Yorkshire
nve years. He Is Axty-three years old, ann what
pront ne can get out OF pedestIlAnisn ~ = c9ngn-
big shoulders clad In a bright green shirt,
on winch u emblazoned me harp OF Erin II
was given him by the Pasiime Athletic Club.
The old MAJ ran a mlles n the inst threo hours,
never once breaking from his canteT, and at I
O'Clock this morning he was seventh in the race,
thirty weary peds having dropped behind him.
oHl THE PIE-KATER.
Norman Taylor, the great Vermont p~ie-eater, is
another old Htager, his stock OF hair being as gray
as q rat; and Parson lilly, hobbling Ike a canal
horse, tramped Tor two houra. covering ten mIles.
Then he retired 10 The ~secluslon OF the soup.
Old Peach WI never again celebrate hi