The evening world., 1888-11-26
Champion Albert Hopes His
Record Will Be Broken.
A Comfortable Dime Museum
Offer to Queensberry.
SCORE AT 10. 30 A. M.

The dyspeptic who imagines that the six-day.go-
as-you-please has lost Its attraction for the people
OF this town might easily have disabused his mind
OF the nallucination by dropping his half-dollar in
the slot and passing into Madison Square Garden
any time these past twenty-four hours.
Positively the last go-as-you-please in the
famous old pavilion was announced to start
when the miinight bell should cease toliing Iast
night, and, as q prelude, Bayue's Sixty-nintn Reg
iment band played appropriate selections, while
gentlemen and ladies thronged into the building
from 8 O'Clock.
At a little after II O'Clock the house was full to
the doors and the portals were closed against all
later comers. There were at least 0, OCO people in
the Garden at that time.
Al II. 20 q carriage drawn by four horses drew
up before tue Madison avenue entrance with much
phnip. and four gentlemen alighted.
the party comprised His Grace, the Marquis of
don, friends Of the Marquis, and Doc McDonough,
The entry Of the party into the great pavilion
was II me nature OF Q ump march, the i'm
M WSra w aaa'f frSS @ ansenal 70 m aDS aap psat ,as s,ra as the
was the great English patron or manly sports.
The Marquis and ms friends were escorted to
box directly opposite the press and scorers stand,
overlooking the stretch from which the pedestrians
And here the noolemau receiyed calls from
several distinguished Americans and some old
English friends. Among the former were Parson
| SHaIlcs u. DhNlcs, Oh CulCag0, Boston and New
William O,Brien and Tom Gould. of New
YORK Jimmie Alborts (Cathcarth of
Atlantic City, the champion six-day pedestrian Of
the world; Buck Ewing, Col Tom wilkinson,
Evans and Hoey, the comedians; George Morgan,
the two Macs, Manager Harry Spence, OF INDIAN
apolis; Manager John Chapman, OF Buffalo: Man
a9er Charlie Byrne, OF Brooklyn, ana John 3.
Doris.
Then there were Jake Kilraln and Charlie Mitch
ell, who think they can lick Prof John Lawrence
Briton who 10 the protea6 OF the Marquis In this
race.
d.. Ed Plummer, chief scorer Of a thousand
\ races, %sputtered about ike q leaking tea Kettle
| preparing his score Of assistants for the coming
Tray. aud Manager Billy obrien was every where
at once.
fakirs made q d~eafeninR din In their efforts 70 lure
the cash from the pockets of q gullibIe pub
muddy coffee, two-for cigars and other
undesirable commodities one man offered
TO weigh You for nothing IL he failed to guess
within I'VE pounds OF your exact weight; another
plotted your handkerchief with an alleged initial
stamp, and another Informed the thirsty that they
could slake their thirst at an exhausiiess fountain
Of weiss bier In the elephant house.
The weiss was OF the kind made by the Williams
burg Brewing Company, and Detective Powers, OF
Capt Reilly's squad. thought 10 was something
else In dlaguise, and so he took Barkeepers Henry
Welsh and John Monohan under his wing and de-
tanned them at the Thirtieth street station till J. c.
Kennedy had signed their BAN bonds.
About this lime q lean and slippered pantalool,
| Napoleon Bonaparte Campana by name, wandered
| out upon the track and stopped before u post on
which he read this sign: