The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-11

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asnor.,,on Nth the nresen, ne 10. $500
swav after a cnrcer which had - a.
,ouob with almost everv spor,Ino on,.r,,r,s.
which has aroused international ,n,sre., IN
the p.st sftv years The dace.sod h.rrro,
-as a .h,nino tiobt On the turf ,hor 800,
racca were IN ypQue and his experiepcea were 40
novel and numerous "a 10 furnish material ,or
. volru. ~ reniniscences which ia In uro., 40
m.nd sir John was mt ouits an ,nuch a, h,r,.
IN IN. etbic. ~ modern racing and h,s r.con,
connection with the turf was far from 70
mupcra,ive
He ,vas has, known In Americana In connec.
t,on with the six-day pedestrian matches which
attracted sucb widespread attention about
seventeen years ago Ho waa the arst IN take
nm Edward pavson Weston when The latter
went IN England in 1877. and he promoted the
match between Weston and Daniel o,Iearv FOR
e. 900. o,I,eary won the match. but the snort.
inc haronet was not n whit dIsheartened and be
promptly offered a trophy known "a the "Ast.
Law Pelt" for a six.day eo-as-you. please CONNIE.
tition. omen to any pedestrian in the world. He
a,s
siso unuertoos 10 give purses OF ss'ooU 70 hrst'
$500 to second, and $3.50 TO third. The great
event took place in London March is, 1873, and
13e hours minutes 1s seconds. William
~ ar hi, 90 this co,n,r~ "a -.
on the oet 10 TINS country ana was
,ft.rrard known as "the lepper." oIeary de.
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DOWN nv the donor Of the trophy ana ths match
came OF Sept 30 to Oct. 8, 1878, in this city.
T,'o ,o,,,as, ,.o. ,or tho ho,, ana a. ooo 40
hours, go as you please. O'Leary won, covering
4O3 miles while Hughes only reached 3lO miles
In 1879 sir John Astley backed weston In MS
attempt to walk 1000 miles over country roads.
resting Sundays, in 1000 consecutive hours.
weston Ialleu oy "harro" iiaIkin, MS asereehte
being 1,9TT1S miles Meanwhile o'Leary contin-
uea 70 Vn.eiass an rivals anu s Sonn , looked
around Tor another challenger VINO would give
Charles Rowell and sent over a challenge The
oo,,as, - rI.co In N,d,son S,roro C,ardon
Sept. aa to q. 1870 and the public rushed to see
the strupyle in such numbers that the gate re-
ceipts swciled to enormous proportions. Rowen
money the snug sum Of s1o.soo.
All subsequent races OF an international char
acter were supported by the late baronet until
aSe was also in getting ep
ten-mile race about two years ago for veteran
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Warburton, but the victor was subsequently dis
qualified for being more q juvenile than h he
to train bicycle team, and an English sporting
death. A few days later a letter was received
signed by Warburton. He spoke highly of the
own obituary. Ks he has been frequently heard
from since the probabilities are that he is still
alive.
nearly APPROACHED a counterfeit, physically or
penrance was so well known in the fashionable
sporting resorts OF England, France, and Ger
ihnnyyb as ,n s no man Knew warmer words
of coSmmendation for the irish race horse and
Ss World hs snoS.d a a
round popularity and distinctive prominence,
too Among those who knew him best his most
"Jolly Sir John" Never a very rioh man, he was
a somewhat extensive owner OF race horses. lik-
the ortbodoS fiat or over "iliegitimate stsepie-
chase courses. His turf career never had given
hn bigger nip th the BeecsId 0e @
Scandal" AT a lucky moment, a Scotch settler
in ireland. this Low OF BiStSwn Athy county
than The the mSiShty BarcSidne, who was destined
To plav 80 PROMINENT a part on the Irish and
En9lish turf and Subsequently at the stud.
After clearly sweeping the decks in Ireland
Secided TO let him nv at some big
ENGLISH game. His first attempt in this
direction was, for Low. an exceptionally
Sorthnm berland Plate run at Newcastle, and
Generally dubbed 1.-THE Pitman's Derby" The
moment this was known the public simply went
wild with delight and planked down their
money as though Barcaldine's number had al
re1d y been hoisted Hut there was a big black
ciond ahead that considerably altered this gay
nroUramlne Sir John Ashley was chosen TO not
alone manage" the Irish aspirant In England,
lint nj so To place the stable money as he consd-
cred most advisable
Long before Sir Johns plans had matured the
horse vas brought 10 a rfdculously short price,
and Low almost lost his reason when he con-
templated the already overstocked money mart.