The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-17

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Last Moment. q
VERY SLOW BEGINNING :
Only Four Thousand Spectators
at 11.2O-The Men Getting
Ready.
CARSON CITY, New, March II, lSst-
Dan Stuart slept with his window blind
I'D last night s.St Patrick is with me,
he exclaimed this morning when he was
awakened by a delegation of reporters
and saw the glorious rays Of the rising
sun breaking across the snowclad Sler-
ras. Not a cloud was in sight to mar the
beauty of an almost perfect Italian SKY.
There was not breath of vino sum
| c;entlv strong to disturb the cotton
woods or make the sage brush waver,
| Every one breathed freely and Stuart |
was convinced that the hoodoo which mas
m,rsued him for the past two years was
at last relegated into oblivion. Just al
lxef the SUN llctu ldloC ~ iiA.AA-S~ =
glory over the mo aims, couriers on
i fast horses were despatched to the nedu-
quarters of Shaw's Springs, Cooks
i Ranch. Empire and Genoa and all the
pngilists received the welcome notice 70
be on hand promptly at ten ,ciock' leS'oy
for the FRAY and subject to call there
after. There was bracing eleineil ~
tba air itself. and as the sports COM
| menced to file out every race peaiaeu
with a reflection of the kindness OF the
| weather deities. There was nght - .ne
: | atmosphere and timekeepers ana lililoi
! officials turned out in short oraer'
The sports congregated on the CORNERS,
d spreadeagled into the eating houses am
Q formed themselves into groups IN front
It If tba various hotels. 1t was a good
9 natured mob that filed the streets ana
the police had am easy time of It. Ihe
strong arm of the law was not calieu
upon to exert itself.
y After the first buzz of gratifed excite
noent had subsided the crowds commenced
le to scatter. The gates of the arena were
l. opened promptly at eight o'clock and pc
i- fore half-past eight about one thousano
ee people who had taken f1ve dollar tickets
at filed off for the coliseum They got an
al side the outer barrier and Through lh'
n arena entrances and then good nauuree
p scramble followed for the choice seats
us There was no fracas as there was plent.
is of room for each man to seat himsel
according to his individual tastes IN
H. sports who possessed tickets calling 10
IL numbered seats occupied the interval a
his best suited themselves. They were con
mt fldent of the perfection of arrangement
re and were contented to wait. knowing tina
nj I-ushers were plentiful and that they Woul
art be guided in comfort to their sections an
set seats without any confusion.
art The first precautions against any po
- sible disturbance during the excitemel
~ later on were taken as the spectacle
s passed inside the outer gate. Each ms
tly was carefully tapped with view
ow locating concealed arms. and when the
PIE were found the possessor was turn'
back and politely requested to retu
son without the munitions of war.
ere A line of gaudily attired Piutes a.
hn- washoes fringed the road from Cars
l a street to the arena and cackled ike
| ne af flock of magpies as the happy processl
the filed along Each celebrity was point
tied out and stared at until curiosity W
lVa lVa satisfied and Dan Stuart's Day. "
not hereafter be used by the Red Men to ma
nefr se time.
At the training quarters the watch
the seconds had scarcely caught gliml
ois57 us of Old Sol before everything sprang Il
be- hustle and activity. There was scurry
eign to and fro and preparations for breakf
an an were completed in short order tr
ives of sightseers commenced to arrive shoI
. after seven o'clock to take final \
wi at IN one tne 9n midst pV Of all M the talk and
ment in which everyone took shi
there were two figures on whose coolr
the occasion did not seem to have
by slightest effect. Although three ST
hours only remained before Corbett
own, Fitzsimmons were to commence
Chief struggle on which the future, both a.
in fame and fortune, depended they '
It to- as rnruffled as they were at any
good when the contest was weeks away.
and Corbett retired to his room at e
irive- o'clock last night. He slept soundly
II by REQUIRED no alarm clock to wake MN
and at 5:3A this morning. long line
work vehi Ks occupied every fence rail q
said. shaw's Springs long before the Cal
oners nian had finished his breakfast, ana
the though there is no scarcity OF hltc
posts around the Springs on ordinar,
the cset, - s,ons there were not quarters en-
" will castoiis' 80 -..a,,s,,,1,7,+a tho
{ and this morning 10 eaceoiiaiios eace, -
about her of quadrupeds that were driven
After a short wait the early birds
: !, ,x-irz re gratifed by sight of Corbett as
more came out of the front veranda, dr.
in a light tweed suit, sweater and =
saels sneas can. His father accompanied him
Boule-sI a syratified smile beamed on the old 7
features as he heard the rousing g
IT rnr that greeted his stalwart son. jim
and bowed lis acknowledgements ano
Eighty commenced 80 chat with such Of
crowd as he knew. In this ne had +
st sta 4 difficult task, as every man, Womal
OF the child in the crowd seemed to think
mid did not he ought to know HIM ~
nve minutes elapsed before social amo
ana had to give way to more pressing {
~.iiuy and Charley White took his char
sfrset hand for the last time, not to reieas
until the battle had been won or
= Waph Al Cooks Ranch Martin Julian p'
- his usual line of mountain and me
searetiveness. The visitors who
NJ. ont to wish the lanky Australia
speed before the battle were denied
: Paui the privilege of seeing the Great
ourt o. Yarrum point his ears, or Of heari
Dne SV1n s,spicious bark. Inside the cottage
refuses ,r,. ,4l,o nranaratiorS were not ON