Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27

Arrangements have been made for grand
72-hour go-as-you-please contest to take
place in this city during Christmas week.
There is probability of battle being ar
ranged between Pat Farrell and the Marine
this week. Hammond won $500, 900 on his
horse Laureate. The Lexington fall race
meeting finished successfully.
The sporting public in and about Pitts
burg may expect another big six-day pedes-
trian contest here shortly. Manager Harry
Davis has made definite arrangements for
72-hour race to take place in this city dur
ing Christmas week. Prizes aggregating
81. 900 will be given, and new track will
be prepared for the event.
Mr.. Davis has been figuring for some time
on holding 142-hour race, but at the last
moment he has changed his mind, and the
contest will be as above stated. 1t will take
place in the London Theater, but that place
will be entirely renovated for the occasion.
The bar and all the partitions in
the interior will be taken out and a
track laid right around the building.
This will be somewhat costly but Mr.. Davis
means to have it done. The track will be
about 25 laps to the mile, and track of that
size is satisfactory to the leading pedestrians
particularly for a 72 hour race, at the rate of
II hours per day.
SOME BIG PRIZES.
The 81, 200 will be divided into prizes, as fol-
lows. First, $3.50; second, $3.50; third, $50;
fourth, 500: fifth. $50 Beside these prizes
gold medal worth 500 will be given to any con-
testant who breaks a record. In addition to
these two conditions. opportunity will be Of
fered the contestants to make Q sweepstake
contest that is a number of them can put up
$50 or 500 each, and the winner of the party
OF contestants in the sweep to take all or part
OF the stakes, the balance to go to the second,
third, etc. Noremac, Moore, Day and others
favor this idea strongly, and they claim that
at least six or seven of the contestants
will be able to put up. $50
OF 500 each. OF course any
contestant not putting up stake will not have
any claim to share the money, even though he
should win the race. The stakes will only be
contested for by those who put them up. The
entrance fee to the race will be SIS. and it is
desired to limit the starters to about 90 A
limit will be fixed and no prize will be paid to
a contestant who does not get over it in the 72
hours.
ALL THE LEADING PEDs.
Mr.. Davis has already heard from the leading
long distance pedestrians in the country, and
it is expected that the following list will be
sure starters: George Connors, g. D. More
mac, D. Herty P. Golden, William Smith, the
Cowboy; NJ. Horan. ]. Adams, Gus Guerrero,
E. G. Moore G. Howeartb, T. Cox, ]. Ray Sam
Day, Andy Siebert, j. Hughes, P. Hegel-
man, Norman Taylor, and Hart, the
colored champion. This lot probably
includes the best 12'hour-a-day pedestrians
in the country. Hegelman, Cartwright,
Noremac Moore and Guerrero are all extra
ordinary 2-hour-a-day men, to say nothing of
Golden. There is considerable rivalry among
almost all Of them, and it seems certain that
there will be good sweepstake put up. Cart
wright has many admirers here, and they are
ready to back him. Noremac has backing in
PHILADELPHIA, and it is likely that he will be
backed against Cartwright in very spirited
way. Hegelman, too, has many supporters
who think he can defeat anybody on q reason
able track in a 12hour-a-day race for six days.
At any rate, the proposed match will give them
all a chance, and doubtless it will be a great
event.