The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-11-05

'.Hiawatha," Nancy Brown" Under
the Bamboo Tree" and other favorite
pieces with as much spirit and force as
he had shown when he began TUESDAY
night. .....
AS night approached Baucia began to
husband his strength and at times he
seemed merely to tickle the piano and
the movements OF his fingers were
hardly perceptible, yet the melodies is
sued forth fully and freely. 1t was an
nounced that, while it had been at first
intended to have Baucia play only until
10 o'clock, his condition was such that
he felt equal to attempting to break his
own record and would continue half an
hour longer. 49,.
A few minutes before 10 O'clock the
italian began playing the national air
Of Italy. He was then told that when
he had finished it he would have been
playing fifty hours. He looked up
quickly with a smile. but said nothing.
When he had finished he rose from the
stool and attempted to bow to the peo-
pie In the orchestra, but tottered weak :
ly DR.. Barranco made a quick exami-
nation Of his condition and reported
that, while his pulse was 140 and his
heart beating very rapidly, his general
condition was good and there was no
reason why he should not continue the
feat,
AT once Baucia resumed his seat on
the piano stool and started off with a
German air, drifting into 1.-THE Red,
White and Blue" and III Trovatore. "
During this last half hour he played
with spirit and dash that aroused the
enthusiasm of everybody in the house.
He bowed his head In time to the music
and smiled almost necessarily. When
at last his manager laid q hand on his
shoulder and told him that his time was
up Baucia rose and bowed. He was led
to chair and sat down, while those on
the stage crowded about to shake his
hand. F'#3 ~
He was presented with a large bou-
quet of white chrysanthemums by lit
tie Rosina v. Pipitone, and volubly ex-
pressed his thanks In italian. Schneider
was called to the platform, and the two
men who had neither slept nor eaten
in fifty hours shook hands. Neither
expressed any desire for food and both
said that the keenness of their hunger
had passed hours before.
DIR. Barranco accompanied Baucia to
the home of Joseph Valenti, one of his
managers, 1876 Dolphin street. He stat
ed that he would not be allowed to go
to sleep for three hours, but would be
compelled to rest quietly. No food
would be given him until tomorrow,
but he would be given three grains of
cafflne and six grains Of "sadii bingoas''
whatever that Is. Every hour before
he was allowed to sleep, the doctor said
he would be given cup of beef tea,
but nothing else. His condition, DR..
Barraneo stated, considering the feat
he had accomplished, was simply phe-
nomenal. While he was generally weak
and excited, he gave 1t as his opinion
that, If necessary, he could have gone
on playing for at least ten hours more.
During the course of the fifty and a
half hours Baucia was examined by the
physicians about five times. Yesterday
he was examined only twice. At 2:25
p. m. his pulse was 124. Between that
time and 1890, when he stopped, 1T
jumped to 40.
During the last three hours Of Bau-
cias efforts the Churchman'S club was
holding It's banquet In another part of
the building, and his ''ragtime" strains
and more classical performances were
plainly audible while bishops and other
distinguished churchmen were speak
ing.-Ba1timore Sum-.