The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-08
BILL DAILY WAS TWINS,
a Denver Sporting Event in Which
Rocky Mountain Sam Was Swindled


a plnk-shirted westeruer at the National
the other evening TO a crowd Of lOungers
60 any OF yOu fellows happen to rcmem-
Der the great siX-day Co-as-You- please
walking match out i'll Denver in 'S0}
That was a real good old walking match.
10 was the hot stun. Let me tell YOU
about it. You see, there had been some
walking matches back east-a big one
had Just been finished up at Madison
square Garden-and the record had been
lowered, or something that way, you
know. So Denver commenced to talk walk
ing match and To howl that thcv had
some peds' out there who could just run
away with all previous records. Wen,
two men out in Denver caught the idea
that there would be money in q good
match there. Mark Thai and J. II. Love
We're the men. You've heard Of them
NO. Well, they're huStlorS | tell YOU
They re in tho theatrical business ont on
coast now and making money right and
lett So these two fellows got up a walk
lug match. Denver was booming then
and the merchants all clipped in on the
purses. Why, inenO time Mark Thai
ana his partner had over 81, 600 raised for
the first prize. Then they built a great
wlgWam, with n track around the inside
edge and raised seats In the middle. On one
end were the bOths. Mark sold the
whisky privilege for that week for Al goo
ana Jumped up that sum for the second
prize. OF inthe other end Of the wig
wan were the tents for the walkers 10
sleep and rest NO in-Xou know how they
fix up those things. Well, the match was
advertised like blalcs, the walkers came
IN town and the business started. About
hiteen or sixteen men started out for the
big purse Rocky Mountain Sam, and
Blacky Davis, and Old Sport Campana,
and Pete Williams and whole lct of
them. There was also n little fellow
named Bill DAILY, but nobody figured him
in 1t because he didn't look very strong
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SANS GREAT EFFORT.
"Well, as | said. the match started 1t
cost money to get in tho door, for Mark
Ihall and his partner were out for the
dust, but every body went. That walking
match was the hit Of the town and "A ten
derIoots money was as good to old Mark
as anybodY's. The pedestrians just hoofcd
1t around that old track, I tell you. Day
and night they kept going trottin' on
the oakum, amt that what the sp"rts
say! OF course, they had to 90 into their
tents TO sleep little and to eat and rest
Rocky Mountain sam took the lead. My I!
what stride that man had lie wore
moccasins, and the way he walked was a
caution. Old Sport Campana hustled
right along, too, but toward the last he
lay down and wasn't in it. All the others
two or three days, and among them was
this young Bill DAILY.
The fourth day DAILY commenced to
pull out and soon passed Rocky Mountain
sam. The latter was getting mighty
stitf, and young Daily was Just as fresh as
could be All that day the two raced
with each other, and about Ii O'Clock
that night they went to their tents, dead
played out, tell you. Well, sir, by gum.
it wasn't more than three hours until
young DAILY was out on the track again,
looking as fresh as a daisy and going like n
race horse. Rocky Mountain Sam $
| trainer saw the young fellow, and so he
gets Sam right out on the track. The pace
had been so swift that day that Sam was
all used up His feet were swelled and
he was sick. But he was the gamest
| man ! ever saw. He Just trots Off on that
oakum and keeps right after Bill DAILY.
| Around they went, lap after lap,
the young fellow trotting along
, like a dog under band wagon
| and Sam right on his trail They
| kept it up all night, and about | O'clock
in the morning Billy DAILY goes into his
| tent Sam was only TOO glad to follow
| suit, you can bet, for his feet were rs
| heavy as lead. All the other fellows in
| the race saw that they were not in IT, and
| commenced dropping out. Two or three
| of them trottcd along slow for the third
money. Nobody thought that Bill and
! Sam would be on the track much the fifth
| day, but after they had been in about
| two hours, Bill comes out and goes skip
| ping around, whistling Yankee Doodle. "
| Everybody remarked how fresh he
| looked. Sans friends gets him right
| out, too, and pushes him along. Poor
| Sam was the worst broken down stage
| horse you ever saw, but game there
never was gamer man All the boys
wanted him to win, because they had
their money on him, so they brought "a
| brass band up that day to march with
| Sam and help him along, and they gave
him whisky in the arm, and all that.
TIE TRELEss DAILY VICTOR
"Jim Daily went into his tent that night
and stayed all night, and Sam did the
same, you can bet your life. Tho next
! day was the sixth and the last day, and
| the match was to come to an end at 10
O'Clock that night. Neither Jim nor Sam
| did much until about 3 o'clock that eve
ming, and then they went on the track
| one to outspurt the other. The whole
town was there, and excitement was hot
Everybody in Denver was for Rocky
Mountain Sam because he looked so dead
tired and was so game. Young paly
didn't want any applause. Allhe wanted
was that big stake so he trots along
easy, looking like Il race horse
Just out for exercise II got down
to the last hour Bill Daily was
running easy and was gaining one lap in
five on poor old Sam. The young fellow
was already forty miles ahead of the
Rockies pride, but Sam was hoping all
along that he could come up and pass the
little follow. But when the last hour
came OLD Sam saw that the jig was up
and he just falls down in the sawdust,
clean gone, played out. The Daly boy
didn't seem to notice that his competitor
was out of IL, but runs right along trying
to beat the worlds record tie didn't
quite 20 under the record, but he Eon the
biz Denver goas-you please, and Mark
Thai and his partner put check for
- 900 in his fist
"When old sam got WELT took him
two weeks he made an investigation.
and il didn't take MIN long to find out
that that was fixed race. You see,
that d. Bill DAILY vas twins Yes,
that's what he was. His twin brother
Jim looked Just like him TO Il dot. SO
when Mark THAI and his partner gets w
the match they goes up IN Oregon and
gets these twins to walk the match for
half the first money Bill would walk
until he got tired and then he would 20
IN the tent, and in an hour or 50 jim
would come out. Neither one Of them
could walk much or they would have beat
the worlds record and set a pace that
wouldn have been touched in six-day