The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-04

fEfER GOLDEN. GEoR0K DurRANE.
regarded as a tirst-ciass man at from 10 to SO
made, and his six-day trial is looked upon with
George Dufrane is a Frenchman by birth.
He is short. thick set, and powerful: His gait
asmuch as he boasts a record Of 4s2 miles go
Yards. He has been in more six1day races
'h Emf hn Paul. %np eh IN N shs E Y"rf a Snshie es,e paP Is H foins
to try his first six.day go. He is famous at
short distances up to SO miles No long ago he
entered haven't had their pictures taken.
er AIf ti%e ESP his Of re s5iadSff IS SIS h mii. tri $50 it ta ssy.
Ben Curran of New York is a 'iongshoreman
and old. but as strong as an OK. He has made
p. F. keesho'n Of this city is backed by Nick
Murphy. who won the O'Leary belt in Chicago,
and Koeshon will wear shirt and / .tishts as
rocks. Keeshon comes from Haverstraw. lie
has no record. but great things are promised
Chris Ranhoier is called the Silver Dollar
blyman Charlie Smiths ]coin-paFed saloon on
Essex street. Ranhoier has no siX-day record,
but a6 Re Is an Sy-fphampi amateur:
BridgSnort peddler Hes an old. whitehead !
Il pi in the te face ace f Of ali. od dfs.s' he lie fGS oSs S Sp ni
every race. and once he made the necessary
cog 5a mi Rsr and Il ~ Elmi sna 5ss Of 1t the FGyH IN M9n ney.st
stride Of any one in the race, and his action is
looked upon by experts as about perfect. He
has a record OF 57S miles in 6h days. He is tall,
Gus Guerrero is Steve Brodie's Unknown.
H. ls Is 4 sp q n "a from San Frsnciseo, He ran
James Alberis is q, fhiiadelphian. lie
e %sss e ! SSSrs s q f a1R %I!ss in and SEN IN
the first O'Leary belt race in this city tray
elled 55s miles; He was 0'Leary's partner IN
berts sprained his ankle early in the race and
WA. Hoagland OF Ithaca has no six-day rec
ord. but he has strong backing.
has no six,dsy record. but stands we'll in mid
r'WiI!la% Rarrsllli Of New York, George W;
~ Boston sso n, ere al eolored. Burrell has u record
Dave Bennett Is one of the fastest mon en-
fSFed mi, ae h bawa n.ysr H EHn mere mere than b po Iwen and
steady. and sporting men are looking to him
for q great performance. =,
out tire ree S5nsss VIE VIE h iasnt snte IF ia are G nSn T,ths
unknown has oP not beer been revealed. Tbs ether
J; ". Callahan Of 0i PhIIad HHams n Nat Prt Collins so 81
neY York, George Ttlly Of Canada, A. Graham
James asli. Thomas f. o ma n Hoae s.G John 5ohns =; s I. :.
BBladd. Charles swenk, Johp, Richards. and A.
y. Munson OF New York; M. Koran, A. New
hart, and H.. Williams OF Philadelphia w. !.
Norris and 4. C%arpenteE q Waterfowl; A.
E EHai p4 VIM M1 PlstfPla by ~ D Daa Jerry II cI +, HIoS Of
q Brooklyn. Joseph Wendt OF Virginia. j.. W.
3uirk OF Utica, a. j. Quirk Of Canada. and Jas.
Ray. Gustave A.. Stolpp OF this city entered
The preparations ut Madison Square Garden
are nearly completed. The track, which meas
Mres eight laps to the mile. Is being rolled.
The lap scorers will have, their diuls in double
tiers VI Ghrees on the south sido OF the Garfien.
On the other side OF the track the sheet scorers
Will sit. There, will be ~forty-six lap scorers
and %forty-six sheet scorers, and sixteen men
as they pass. Ed Plummer will have charge Of
the, scoring arrangements j. Nj. McDonough
and Samuel Austin will net as judges, and L. j.
Donohue will be referee. There will be two
bridges over the track. The booths for the
runners will be put up to-day at the eastern
end OF the Garden.
The contestants met Yesterday afternoon and
chose two representatives to look out for thoir
interests In the counting room and elsewhere:
Williamsburgh and Chas. Colvin OF the Clipper.
The terms OF the race ARE these: Tie entrance
money OF $25 each liz to be returned in case the
contestant makes 525 miles. Every runner
making that distance IL entitled 10 q share Of
the gate receipts also. or the half Of tho gate
r~eceipts to be divided thus among the winners,
one-half goes 70 the winner and the rest is di.
Nded pro rata according to the number OF
miles made: A special prae Of 81 900 10 offered
In addition 70 the man who shall beat the six