Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-04-26

"A here, he being Il Little
"a II Falls resident, and
u II we expect to see him
aEH Fl bring our city out to
er the trent with
championship honors. Mr.. Smith
has run in all the largest cities in
America and competed forcham2ion-
ship honors since 1856 against such
men as Geo. Littlewood, Geo.
Cartwright, Geo. Corners, Geo.
Mason, James Alberts, Pete Golden.
Peter Hegelman, H. o. Messier, and
has always held his own with the
best OF them. His best records "re'
5O0H miles in 6 days and nights made
in New York city; 376 miles in days
- hours per day; 100 miles 6 days 4
hours per day, best On record; 73A
miles without stop in IL hours,
best on record, made in Waterbury,
Conn.,, in 1883, and POP miles in 30
hours or such a race as the one here
May 9Th to 18th. which is the
Worlds record; it was made In
Negaunee, Mich, April, 1891. Mr..
Smith on being asked his opinion OF
this race says he expects to see this
record beaten as all the men will be
in first-class condition.
James A. Graham of Buffalo, N.Y..
champion OF Canada and the New
England states. HE best records
are $40 miles 6 days, u hours per
day; 1872 miles 6 days of 30 hours;
176 miles 6 days 4Thours 9 day.
Geo. E. Huffman Of DavidCdty, Neb.,
il better known in sporting circles
as. "old hoss," is another good man
his best records are 1876 miles in 6
DAYS and nights, 1863 miles 6 days
- hours per day and 189 miles In
80 hours. sa
H. o. Messier of Denver, Colorado,
champion of the west, has Travelled
further than any man living, in races
in the past seven years and his
records are excelled by none; which
are 526 niles in days and nights;
372 miles s DAYS u hours per day;
1913 miles in 80 hours.
P,J. Doran of Pittstield, Mass, is
also a champion with some good
records, which are, 1863 miles in 6
DAYS, II hours a day, 1873 miles in
80 hours and 10 miles in IS minutes.
Roy johnson Of Cleveland, Ohio,
is young in the business, but has Il
few good records which are, 1859 miles
6days 4 hours day, ISL miles in ~
hours. ten miles in So minutes.
jim Grant of Ogden, Utah. is
champion of the Pacific coast with
good records as follows: 100 miles
in 30 hours, 173 miles in 6 days 4
hours a day, 10 miles in Sc minutes
40 seconds.
w. C. Jones of Green, Iowa, is the
man who defeated Will A. Smith In
Austin last March in a 10 mile race.
his best records are 123 miles in 6
DAYS. 3 hours day, 65 miles in 9
hours and 10 miles in So minutes 81
seconds.
Jim Schellifoo of Grand Forks, N.
D., is champion short distance
sprinter Of the west, records, 81 miles
in 4 hours, Is miles in 2 hours, 10
miles in 81 minutes 4S seconds and
100 yards in 10 3-4 seconds.
Jack Paplo OF Little Falls is train
ing hard and will no doubt make it
very interesting before the end OF the
week.
Frank Schumate of Brainerd is
being fitted by Jim Gotta, the barber,
in this city and will be in fine
condition. The race is being pro-
NOTED by the Mendelsshon orchestra.
and they will give grand concert
every evening during the race, which
will be well worth listening to. The
Harmonic band will also be In
attendance. The management ex-
4. tend an invitation to- the ladies as
they will have special reserved seats
for them. A fine saw-dust track
will be laid and the Madison Square
Garden, N. ". rules Of scoring will
be used.
Eddie Jones of this city will give
exhibitions CT square heel and toe
walking during the big race. Eddie
ia undoubtedly the fastest amateur
walker in the Northwest ami his
record is phenomenal for boy;
which, is 8 minutes q seconds for \
mile and minutes A. seconds for
one .a.ic.