St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-27
TO GO AS YOU PLEASE
First Day Of the Minneap-
oils Pedestrian Tourna-
ment.
Twenty-Five Heel and Toe
Walkers Enter the Saw
dust Lists.
The Contestants Show Up in
Good FOrm--Each Looks
a Winner
A. G. Spalding May Accept
the Chair of the Board
OF Trade.

AS early as II o'clock last night the
people with sporting blood in their
veins began to crowd to Washington
rink. Every car was packed to the
trolly pole, and hundreds walked be-
cause they couldn't get foothold on
the cars and had no money for car fare.
The big rink was ready to
receive them. Stoves were put
up, and the big rink was
at just the right ten perature. Down at
thefar end of the rink, opposite the en-
trance. the score board had been put up.
The whole left side of the rink under
the gallery was given up to the rooms of
the pedestrians. Electric lights made
the rink as bright as the world at noon
day, while calcium light threw flood
of brlliancy down the north stretch of
the track. By IL o'clock there
were nearly 1900 people in the
rink, and many more coming,
showing the interest which is being
taken in this, the biggest race ever
started outside of Madison Square
garden, New York, with larger field
than ever started between the Atlantic
and the Pacific. The appearance of
every man on the track was greeted
with cheers as they lined up for the
start. Not a little betting in
quiet way was INDUCED
in as to who would be the first
to go 10 miles, and who the first to go 80
and 100. Guerrero seemed to be the ia
vorite at all three distances, and Herty,
Moore and Cartewright next.
Promptly at 1905 Sheriff p. F. SWeDsen
shouted go" the band struck up
stirring march, and twenty-five men
and "Old Sport" Campana swung down
the long stretch, all the men anxious
to break record. Every man
entered started, and nearly all
of them are stars of the
the first magnitude, as will be seen from
their names: Moore, Guerrero, Carte
wright, Noremac, Messier, dart. Cox,
Hegelman, Smith, Day. Herty, Golden,
Drake, Koran, Nolan, Campana. Burns,
Loomis, Morse, Hartman, Benson,
Click and Ellsworth. All have records
of considerably better than 500 miles i'll
six days, and are eager to make new
ones. Guerrero, Moore and Cox started
away first, and the others fell
of motion could find no better place for
studying the gaits of men. There were
trotters, PAGERS, leapers. and cross coun-
try runners, but the various gaits were
all alike in one thing, they seemed to
carry their men over ground at a rapid
rate. Guerrero was the first to make
mile and half, and dozen others fol-
lowed so closely that the difference
between them could not be told. The
swift nOiseless, gliding forms of
the racers, the brilliant lights,
the eager spectators, the hoarse cries of
the scorers. the clang of the gong, as
mile after mile was reeied off, the mo-
notonous thud,. tbud4of the running feet
striking the sawdust, all contributed to
a scene new to Minneapolitans and en-
joyable for its novelty. Benson was
the first to stop running. The
flesh on his breast seemed
to hang so low as to interfere
with the action of his knees. Drake, of
st. Paul, then stopped for short walk
and a breath, but started to trot soon
again, and both of these are compare
tive novices. The old-timers could be
picked out by the steady, easy swing
never varying the stride. seemingly UNI
conscious of the other contestants.
The first five men to make five
miles finished the distance in this order:
Geerrero. Moore. Cartewright, Herty,
Hart. There was not a lap between any
one of them. Bets are being offered
that there will be at least fifteen finish
ers, and the offer is not a wild one when
the class of men who have started is
considered