The evening times., 1899-04-08
PEDESTRIANS ON 4
FULL DAYS JOURNEY
Newcomers and 0ld.Timers in
q Match.
Veteran Peter Golden Drops Out in
the Early Dawn.
Together as the Hours Lag
Gn-The Latest Score.

New York. April S.-Thirty- three trained
pedestrians, ranging in age from seventeen
to six,y-eight years. started at 10 o'clock
last night on a sawdust circle in the Grand
Central Palace to run a race that will not
be concluded until 10 o'clock tonight. With
out sleep and without rest the competitors
will battle against nature and against one
another until one will finally stagger
across the line a winner.
As a reward for the strain and labor Of
twenty-four continuous hours Of running
the competitor who covers the greatest
number of miles will be enriched by $500.
If. as is expected, the twenty-four record
OF 152 miles, held by George Cartwright,
be broken. 500 additional will ge given the
winner. The prizes for second, third and
fourth finishers are 500, $50 and s25, re-
spectively.
The track upon which the contest is
taking place measures thirteen laps to the
mile, and is one of the fastest laid for a
similar race in this city. The entry list Is
claimed to have been the largest ever re-
ceived for twenty-four foot race in this
country. OF the entrants only four were
missing when the word TO go was given by
"a" Smith, the starter
The men lined up four abreast, with re-
ter Edwards, New York: George Cart
wright. Syracuse; Charles .Anthoni,
France. and Albert Carlson, Stockholm, In
the first row. Immediately back of them,
in the following order, were E. Kingston,
Texas; J. A. Click. Philadelphia; Gus
Guerrero Minneapolis, and Albert Fels,
Germany. In the closely packed bunch
we're old-time runners like Peter Hegei-
man, Peter Golden, Alfred Elson, James
Dean, James Graham, Gilbert Barnes,
Thomas Cox and Sam Day. Other start
ers were:
W. Ryan, Rutherford, n. j.; Elmer
Barnes. Greenwich Conn; E. J. Touhey.
Brooklyn: J. ]. Skelly, Poughkeepsie,
Oliver Hansen. Norway: H. Rufe, Brook
lyn: NJ. Noonan. New York; A. Petersen,
Denmark; John Craig, Yonkers; A. Shell
ton, John Rogers and Thomas Dunn, New
York: C. W. Demming. Lakewood; T.
Beachwood, Boston; Joseph Endeiin,
Brooklyn; John Wollenschlager. New
York, and W. H. Feeney. Brooklyn.
Side by side started Elmer Barnes, sew
enteen- year-old lad from Greenwich,
Conn. who has a record of 12S miles in
twenty four hours, and Allied Elson, also
from Connecticut who is believed to be
only few years less than seventy. Con-
spicuous in the line was an old soldier
from Pittsburg, Pa, James A. Graham,
whose blue racing costume brass buttons
and C. a. r. peaked hat made him favor
ite with the spectators. The latter at the
start numbered about FIVE hundred.
Edwards and Cartwright led the way at
the pistol shot, but before the first lap was
completed Guerrero and Hegelman had
sprinted to the front and led over the line
IN that order. These two, showing good
form, gradually opened up a gap over the
field. At one mile they had gained lap
Golden, and Edwards by almost an equal
distance. Guerrero, who is Mexican,
with a string of long-distance records,
covered the first mile in 5m. i0s.
AT two miles Guerrero and Hegelman led
she field by two laps, in the order named. |
the time being l3m. 20s AT three miles |
the order was unchanged and the time Ism.
20s. In the fourth mile Hegelman gained
nearly lap on Guerrero, his time being
25m. As
Hegelman continued to gain. and at five !
miles led the Mexican by three laps, in |
32m. Guerrero had settled down to a
swinging gait that he seemed capable OF !
sustaining for an indefinite period. Skelly |
was showing prominently among the lead
ed the Mexican.
Toward morning Guerrero went "a lit 1
tie off his feet" and stopping at the rail I
where Manager Coon was sitting burst into |
tears. IF I'd only had six weeks training |
I'd make funny animals of these fellows"
he said. In another moment he was off |
down the track on trot. He seemed TO be |
a favorite with the crowd, but at $50 he |
was obliged to give up. He WAS carried |
off by his trainers. The weaker men be-
gan 10 drop in the early morning hours. |
Pete Edward and Skelly overdid matters
snd fell in faint on the track. They were !
carried to the trainers quarters where Ed
wards was sufficiently revived to go back |
in the race, but Skelly was too badly |
broken up to continue Peter Golden. one |
of the d-timers in six day races, dropped |
out at $3.50 o'clock with thirty miles
TO his credit. William Ryan followed Col
den. Elmer Barnes quit the race at $50,
having covered thirty-one miles one lap
At O'Clock this morning Hegelman was
slightly in the lead. Cox was pressing
him closely, and Cartwright. Day, and
Click were within striking distance.
The score at o'clock was: Hegelman.
66.S; Cox, &c; Cartwright. G3.6; Day. 50:
Click. Gil; Touhey, 5s.3; Rufie, 533; Dean,
57.6; Noonan. 514; Endelin, So; Kingston.
49.6; Carlson, ~; Hansen. 51.1; G. Barnes,
50.2; WOllenschlager, As; Peterson, i7.3:
Beachmont, 45.1; Craig, 1879; Elson, 43.1;
Rogers, 42.a; Graham, 41.11.
The score at noon today was follows:
Carlson. go miles I laps; Kingston, 80
miles, laps: Click, "a miles. 10 laps:
Hegelman, so miles. 3 laps: Touhey 81
miles. 3 laps: Hansen, 63 miles: Elsen, 80
miles, 10 laps: Rulfe, 60 miles, II laps;
Dean, 60 miles, laps: Moo
nan, CO miles, laps; Graham.
Al miles; Barnes, 81 miles. laps;
Beachmont, 60 miles. laps; Woolenschla-
ger, 40 miles, laps; Cox. 20 miles. laps;
Day. "A miles. 9 laps. Peterson of Den
mark. dropped out at 11:45, with 81 miles
and laps to his credit.