The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
GERMAN-IRISH TEAM WINS.
Hegiemsn and CaNanagh Cover 55O Miles
4 Laps IN SiN-Day Race.

The six-day go-as-you- please pedestrian
contest ended last night at Madison Square
Garden at 1928 o'clock. There were SON
persons in the building to cheer the athletes
In the final mile. Out Of forty-two teams
that started on Monday morning only twelve
crossed the finish line. HeglemRn and Cav
ansgh, the Gernsn-lrish team, came In first
and earned 1850. shelton and Guerrero.
the second team. pocket 81 90, and Fahey and
hatkus. the Pennsylvania team. get $751.
The other teams are rewarded on a graded
scale as far down as the tenth team. Dean
and Cam pbell, who receive SIPS. The distance
accomplished by the leaders completely
smothered anything ever achieved for a
siX-day pedestrian event. The previous
record for one man travelling az hours was
OPS miles and 1872 yards. by George Little
wood at Madison Square Garden in Decem-
Der. 1855. The present record was the effort
Of two men. and while II Is "A new record viii
not s~upplant the old figures OF Littlewood.
Hesleman and Cavanugh. the winners,
incurred eApen-cs OF 500 during the week.
including trainers. handlers and feeding.
They consumed twenty gallons OF water.
twenty dozen Of eggs, two pounds Of steak.
this was all the meat used. a half pound Of
tea. Ave pounds Of matted MIX In powdered
form half II dozen Of BASS ole, one dozen
sticks Of celery. tour cans Of French peas
and a small quantity OF other vegetables.
Neither llenlcnlau or CaVanagh slept much.
Cavanngh weighed I27 pounds at the finish
Of the race, having lost only three pounds
in the grind. and strangely enough Hegleinan
Many wondered during the week why the
Heer Brothers stuck so persistertly 70 their
side F, c. and desmond and Jones were Ell:
tered by the Atlantic, 4 e. Members ol
both clubs bad waerred $500 on the chances
Desmond and Jones quit on Thursday. there
by losing the wager TO the Seaside A. {.
one OF the earliest visitors at the Garden
was Mrs. Hegleman, mother OF pete" She
IL 10 years OF age and came TO see her son
T TsSish his last 'smi Iir' SroaS Of e, ,Ss ' fsi.E; b In des
Mrs HeGleman we're four sisters and three
brothers Of the runner -.
the Hurst broth rs Quit nj an early hour yes
terdaY mornins a. . o.cloek In the Morn
twenty-four miles behind the German-lrish
pair. but the lead gradually dwindled TO
something more than seventeen miles IN
Fahey and Metku, we're dropping ~rearward.
principally on account Of fahey,s left knee
gradually growing weaker; Golden and
Tracy were not within. hailinR distance OF
third position, but they Kept pounding away.
Click and ito aarth had a long gap between
them ard fourth place. and about the same
distance. twenty miles. separated NorenaJ
and Cartwright from the ScrmSnv xhn
wero huehnnding their strenoth
Fraser and sullivan showed n little strength
And nd TsTe lGTdins T NE , rlgditn wa fSS9'e around %H5S
tho track and for the whole of the afternoon
never once broke into q trot 'lepper
Hughes ard his son. Willie. quit for good
al / o'clock.
In the ISSth hour. concluding AZ % o'clock,
He lemnu and ClVanagh sauntered around
Tor three miles AID eight laps while shelton
and Guerrero made only two miles and seven
laps A little after O'Clock CaNanagh
came out on the track leauiug heavily on q
stick and limpcd srou'd for three laps. Just
a. the spectators were calculating "here
"pat and Pete" would finish the bald beaded
IriShman hung away the cane and dashed
around at a $40 clip for the mile.
four-milc mntch between McClelland
and Hiortharg enlivCned matters toward
the end. HJertberg won IN % minutes
. as seconds. Those no waited for a grand
ANAL burst we're doomed t. q appointment,
for the runners kept up the same funeral
ppce 10 the last second. Each team ran
ono lap In the order in which they finished.
The final score,