St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-13
LITTLEWOOD THE WINNER
The Great Six-Day Walk Ended Last
Night.
ALDER T STILL CHAMPION.
The Walkers Pretty Well Used Up by
Their Long Tramp Hughes 'l2 9
Gets Left. .geo-

Special to the Globe. Tq1S1
New YORK, May 12.-Madison Squarei
garden was packed tonight to witness
the conclusion of the six days go-as-.
you-please contest. Of the forty three
men that started Monday morning only
seven remained on the track. They
were Littlewood. Guerroro, Herty,i
Noremac, Golden, Hughes and
Campana. Early in the MORN
ing it became evident that
Littlewood would not be able to break
the record of CPL miles made by James
Albert in February last. He was trudg-
ing slowly around the track and imped
painfully. He put his right foot down
gingerly, and it was evident that that
member was in bad shape. His trainer,
when asked what the trouble was, said
that for the last three days Littlewood
had been suffering with split toe,
which had become so bad that
THE BARE BONE
struck the bottom of his shoe every time
he stepped on it. At 80 O'Clock force
toned around the garden under COM
mand of Capt. Reilly. Their presence
was hardly necessary, as the crowd was
not disorderly. Champion Albert and
his wife were in the garden all the even
ing. The champion said he came to
see the close and whether the record
would be broken. He appeared rather
anxious, but several times declared that
he would like to see LittlewOod go
further than himself in order to get up
a sweepstake in the fall. At Z o'clock
the odds were to 1 that the record
would not be broken, with no takers.
RntUann fb of hnI1 onA .1O ntalnaly tho
time of his final retirement, LittlewOod
paid frequent visits to his hut, but at
every temperance he was heartily
cheered, while the band played enliven-
ing airs. The enthusiasm of the crowd
was
BEYOND ALL LIMITS,
and it not only cheered the leader, but
his less fortunate companions in the six
days tramp. AT o'clock all the pedes-
trianS retired to freShen up bit for the
benefit of the big crowd. Parton Tilly,
appeared on the track several
times during. the evening, and
cut up number of antics.
for the amusement of the spectators.
At s O'Clock he capped the climax by
pulling from his pocket bottle of beer
and playfully spilling it over More
macs shoulder, much to the latter'S dis
gust. Tilly accompanied his action
with the remark: This is to see you
win." He was hustled off the track a
moment later by big policeman.
Shortly after s o'clock Campana came
on the track wearing
FLAMING RED SHIRT
and fire hat. He ran couple of laps
and the spectators almost went wild with
enthusiasm. Hughes came out about
$50, having been off for several hours.
He was a most pitiable sight. He could
hardly move his feet along the track.
anG was FIVE minutes making one lap.
Guerrero was the recipient of money
prizes from all directions. Between
the hours of and 9 he received S43.
Peter Golden completed his 525th mile
shortly after o'clock and retired. Fit
tlewood surprised everybody shortly be-
fore 9 o'clock by breaking into a run.
He kept up the pace for lap, when he
had to give up. Old Sport Campana re
tired from the race with 3S0l miles to
his credit. Littlewood left the track
few minutes before 9 and reappeared at
$40. He was so badly broken up that
Guerrero helped him around. The win
ner was presented with floral horse
shoe, which Champion Albert carried
around the track by the side of the
Englishman. Then Littlewood left the
lIdch lOF SOoU. GUERRERO carried an
American flag around the track and
Herty an Irish flag. The total
receipts are estimated at S1S,605.50.
Half of this was divided among
the five men who covered the necessary
525 miles. Littlewood got 50 per cent or
S4,673.SS; Guerrero. $l,S69.55: Herty,
81, 402.17 Noremac, S934.7S, and Golden,
$467.O3. The following is the official
distance and time:
Littlewood, Gil miles SO yards III 141
hours A minutes.
Guerrero, $50 miles 1880 yards in 141
hours 40 minutes.
Herty, 573 miles 1.13O yards in 141
hours 10 minutes.
Noremac, 533 miles, 40 yards, in 141
hours, IS minutes.
Golden, 529 miles, a5O yards, in 141
hOuIS. IS minutes.
Hughes, 495 miles, $50 yards, in 14O
hours, o minutes.
At 10 o'clock Referee O'Brien de-
clared the race officially closed. Then
the immense crowd filed out of the
garden and the great match came to an
END.