Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-29
GO.AS.YOU.PLEASE MEN.
Arrival of the Cracks Of the Cinder-Path
-Records of the Men.

GUsASs 1UU.fLEASE MEN,
Arrival of the Cracks of the Cinder-Path
Records of the Men. /
A rather quiet quartet, accompanied by
Frank Hail. consisting of Bobby Wint,
Tom Howarth. E. c. Moore and Jerry Tay-
lor, arrived here yesterday from San Fran
cisco. Hall is the manager who was re-
Gently at the head OF the great Eastern /
go-as-you-please matches, and who came !
to this coast and conducted the recent six |
day race at the Mechanics Pavilion, in |
which Hart was the winner.
Halls companions, a jovial set, are all 7
pedestrians of note, who will soon be Joined |
by others from the city and a number who |
have been prominent in the past few |
months before the eyes of the sporting ,
world. They have been training since the |
last race at Central Park at the rooms of the |
California Athletic Club, which were gra-
ciously offered to them by the Directors. To |
give fair idea of the merits of the pedes- |
TRANS, the following brief sketches of their |
careers are appended. Among those VINO |
will start in the four hours per night 60
as-you-please race at the Old Pavilion on |
April I'd, and continuing each evening dur
ing the week ending on Sunday evening, |
April 9TH, is Bobby Vint, the Brooklyn |
shoemaker, who is Al years of age. He is |
a native of Ireland, but has been in Amer
lea since his youth. He started early as |
pedestrian, and has about one hundred |
races to his record. The largest amount be |
ever took out of any one contest was SILL
600, in 1881, when Littlewood, the cham
pion of the world, was defeated, Bobby
covering 5,7SS miles. vint weighs 100
pounds and stands five feet three inches
In the recent big contest in the East Vint
began well enough. but was obliged TO
quit on Wednesday night, owing to an IN
fortunate accident
guess l must have cleared $3.50 900 in
all my career as a pedestrian Bobby
stated, "but have let nearly every dollar
slip away from me. In the past three
months have covered over 678 miles in
walking matches. The first six-day race l
entered l covered $50 miles. The next was
little better, l covered $50 miles, and in
the third l made 57S4 All these matches
were in 1881. won the O'Learv belt with
my best record. and the Police Gazette belt
! captured in 1887, with $50 miles,
Thomas Howarth. of Lancashire Eng
land, is 80 years old, and has been in the
business ever since he was II years of age.
At that age he ran q mile under SIX MN
utes. He has not been long in the pro
tracted races of the present times. His first
race was in May, 1887, dong 346 miles in
three days, when he dropped out He
won twenty-four hour race in New
York that same year, covering 1874 miles
He ran second to Frank Hart the colored
man, in Connecticut in 1888, losing by
mile. He said last night: II broke the
American recorder % miles-two hours
and Al minutes-in 1887, in Phildelphia,
and in 1856, so miles in hours aud 81
minutes. l did 10 miles in sc minutes, 20
miles in two hours in Philadelphia at John
Charks park, 80 miles in four hours in
Massachusetts, IS miles in eight hours in
the same place, and 76 miles in u hours in
Lawrence, Mass: a mile race in 4:32 against
Alexander Miller, the champion, and de-
feated him, and four miles in 21:2S in
Manly Park, Lancashire, England, Jump
ing over so hurdles three foot six
Il. q. Moore, whose proper name is A.
Culbertson. was a former employee of the
Standard Oil Company. He was born in
Philadelphia, and is % years of age. In
his first race in 1881 he covered $50 miles,
and was beaten by Prince" Albert, who
then made the record of 62l miles. In the
last match in which he entered he covered
534 miles. This is the race in which Lit
tlewood carried off the honors with 633
miles.
Jerry Taylor was born in Buffalo, \. Y,
IN 1896. September 15th, served his time as
carpenter and joiner in Chicago, III from
which place he went to Port Huron. Mich;
ran 100 yards against Charles Zeyatis. beat
ing him by one yard. From there he went
TO Petrolla, Canada, and ran five short dis
lance races in one week, winning all of
them; also running one Albert Kelly ten
miles Tor 81 600, beating him in 81 minutes
and SO seconds also ran D. J. Ross in same
town five miles, beating him tor purse of
500 and gate receipts. He next ran col
ored man by the name OF Fowler, who
Travelled with the Georgia Minstrels. a
three mile race for 500 side and gate re-
ceipts. winning in Is minutes and q sec.
onds; also ran Tom Ficholson. of L@ndon.
Ontario, eight-mile race, getting beat 10Y
YARDS, IN matched race for 81 600 q side
| time, Al minutes, 20 seconds From there
he went to Winnipeg Manitoba. and took
part in several long distance races there.
running one kootnai Indian there il. 1884
for purse of 5000, the distance being three
miles, beating him in l6 minutes and 10
seconds. From there he went to Calgary,
Northwestern Territory, and ran one Bos-
well an e;ght-hour race for purse If $500
and gate receipts, making him lump
track the first twenty-one miles He
also ran one Indian named Little
Plume from the Black Foot Reser-
walton, North western Terri.orv. zen
miles for twenty bronco ponies and
purse of 500, beating him. Time, 50 min
utes and 40 seconds. The next race be ran
was IN Vic'oria. b. c. II was nine hour
race in which eleven contestants competed. |
winning easily, coverinf sixty-four miles |
and twelve laps. being thir. cen laps to a
mile. From there he went 10 VI uuver |
b. G., and ran one Tom Lily. f;,i breed, |
two miles for purse of 81 bea,ir 9 him |
IN 10 minutes and So seconds Al Ellen
burgh, w. L., he beat one Lorry kean. of
Boston, two-mile race for $500 side on
heavy sand track, 10 minutes 59l seconds |
and at Seattle, w T.. beat Harry SIsei. one
mile and 100 yards Il $50 yards). straight
away on long trestle bridge. Time, 5 MINUTES
and 10 seconds. From there he went 10
San Diego, Cal. and ran a Mexican a. lis
Juana. beating him for small purse; also
taking part in several Of the purse races at
the san Diego race track, winning 100 and !
700 yard races; also won a twenty-four-
bour-go as vou-please race in the same
town. winning easily, covering 100 miles |
and one lap, the track being twenty eight |
laps TO mile, in large show tent n
rough ground, being considered very g,td |
tor The track; also ran a twenty-four ncur |
race in Bur Garden when there were SIX |
starters, winning easily, making the last |
mile in the extraordinary fast tiuie of |
minutes and So seconds on a bet OF S25
Taylor also carried the mail from Reyel- |
stroke TO Kamloops B. c., one winter in
snowshoes for the Canadian Pacific Rail- |
way, the distance being l47 miles through
the mountains. Taylor's hight is five feet
eight inches, measures thirty eight inches
around the chest, his running weight being
$50 pounds.