The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-16
4 GREAT TAN BARK RACE
4 $4,000 WALKING MATCH THE
MADISON GARDEN.

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Record VIII Be Broken.
(Cdpyr:ght)
| INV YORK, March IA determined
effort is to be made 70 revive interest in
siI-day walking matches. At one minute
past y o'clock on Sunday, March Is. at
/ least forty and perhaps more walkers viii
start around the tan-bark ellipse in the
/ gorgeous Madison Square Garden for the
purpose Of breaking the record, if possible,
and winning the capital prize Of 5000.
| The prizes indicate that this will
not be the end Of walking matches
/ In America, but will be the beginning Of q
series Of great international contests. An
emblem. in the form Of gold or silver belt.
studded with diamonds or some other de-
| sign, valued at about 81 800, viii be ready
! for presentation TO the winner, with the IN
Outstanding that be shall not compete in the
next race, but if the record is beaten he shall
give it up 70 the coming man.
1t Will be seen that, 50 far as the walkers
are concerned, they have no risk whatever
in this match. They know to q penny what
they will get if they win. In other matches
this was a matter of speculation, since they
raced for the gate rec aipts principally. In
this race they run for stipulated prizes, and
the money has been deposited In the hands
Of Arthur T. Lumley, editor Of the Illus
trdted NetrS, Of which John L. Sullivan
was an editor before he became an
actor. Lumley is now Richard K Fox's
chief rival in New York city, and is cheek
by jowl with all that throag Of sporting
men who followed the banner Of Sullivan
when he Quarreled with Fox
As may be understood, the manner in
which the prizes were offered led to a multi
tude Of entries Of all sorts and conditions of
men, some Of whom the Lord never made to
be runners. There is scarcely one among
them all who does not believe himself foreor-
dained to win. They are Of all colors. ages
and nations, and for several weeks they
have laid siege to the Ashland house until
the hotsl clerks have arisen in wrath and
cried murrain on all walkers and runners.
The terms for entering have been plain
enough, but an ambitious walker is much
more ambitious than an ambitious pugilist,
and that is saying a good deal So the
walkers have ignored all printed notices
and swarmed down npon Manager Albert
just "to talk matters over"
Ten thousand dollars are hung up in prizes
and al the old stars Of the tan bark with
few exceptions will be on hand. The gen
eraI plan of the match is drawn in this way.
The $4,000 in prize money will be divided
50 that IS 900 will go to the winner of the
match, 81 500 to the second man, 81, 600 to
the third $3.50 to fourth, $500 to the fifth
and $3.50 to the sixth.
The special prizes are also offered. Lit
tlewood, the English walker, made 6235S
miles in a six day match. TIE man who
can beat that record in this one Will get
$1,000 in cold cash. Then Charley Rowell,
by means of his funny dog trot, Travelled
over the space of $50 miles in a hours. The
man who can travel any fraction of mile
more than $50 in the match gets $1,000 ex-
ira for his powers Of locomotion. Among
the other attractions will be the rowing
matches in the land boats that have become
so popular of late, aud Wallace Ross, John
Lanyan, Fred Plalsted and O'Connor are to
be among the oarsmen who are to give exhi-
billions Of skill in their line. Then in addi-
ton there will be short distance racing by
professionals only in distances ranging from
one TO twenty-five miles.
There were about fifty Of them there
when l called upon Manager Albert, and
eacn Of them had a trainer. Now, the con-
ditions Of entry are that each man must
put up $500 aud an entrance fee, and must
give evidence that he has been in active
training for at least three weeks.
Then scores of ambitious pedestrians
swooped down on the manager of the walk
my indlCn anu dssuT6u LlhU IuSy QlQ not
need aGy training, and as for their entrance
fee-well, they would pay that out of the
prize money that they would win.
However, here is the full list as passed
upon by the manager and accepted:
l. E. G. Moore; 2. James Albert; g. j. G.
Hughes; 4. William Reid; 3. +. Waldsauer;
6. l. F. Burns; Z. Steve Brodie's I'm
known" 8. Peter Hegelmau; 9. H. o. Mes
sier; 10. Frank A. Hart: II. D. R. Bennett;
Tnb ~ ~
DAILY; IA. st. Louis Policeman; Is. George
Tracey; IS. Leon Fleming; II. John W. Sui
hvan the Bangor Ghost; Is. Tim Curley !;
10. A. n. Johnson; 20. James A. Graham /;
81. w. ii. Burdell; %. Unknown Spaniard;
%. Sam Adams; "a. Happy Jack Smiths
"Cow Boy" 25. William H. TAYLOR; 26.
George Manning; y. George Cartwright;
Nicholson; 3d. George Dufrane; 81. o.
Cough. 50. Tom Walsh; SO. Gus
Guerrero; 81 john A. Click:
35 Peter Golden; 80. George D. Noremac /:
81. G.. E. Hoffman; 49, Jerry Hourihan :
80. 8. s. Wood: &C. George Connors: Al.
Henry Webb; AZ. E. j. Seymour; 43. A
I. Tucker.
There will be many familiar faces on that
track when the word is given for the men
to start. Some of the men named above
will funk at the last moment. but there are
at least q dozen out of the forty odd named
who will be in the race from start to finish.
The man who can't do SIS miles in the six
days had better not start, for he will be
out-classed.
The most confident man of all the band is
the man who has least chance of winning,
He is tho "Bango Ghost" | read his letter
naming himself as a contestant for pedes-
TRAN honors. 1t was frank, free and open.
He assured Manager Albert that he would
startle him and the world in general, and
establish a worlds record of $50 miles in 100
hours.
The Ghost will not walk that fast to be
sure, but he honestly believes that he will.
or course there are men in the list of
entries who can be depended on to make
big records These are old seasoned hands
or perhaps it would be better to say feet
at the business. Some of them have been
walking in matches for more than dozen
years.
There is James Albert, who figured in
probably 100 matches before he won one in
Madison Square Garden. You want to
watch Albert who, by the way, has no con-
nection with the Albert who is managing
the race Albert. the walker, is a clean
built, dapper fellow, with none OF the bad
habits that pugilists and walkers usually
have. He will be ate ded by his wife, will
run according to schedule, md barring
accidents, is a bad man to bet against.
Frank Hart, the colored man whom
O'Leary taught is another walker who will
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