Year: 1879


present and Mr. C. d. Hess in the chair.
The representatives of the several pedestrians
came together at three O'Clock, and remained
discussing and arranging the details Of the
management of the hall until after five. 1t was de-
cided ntrust the receipts to the Kuntz Brothers.
who to give security for large amount. and by
tine agreement entered into with them the proper
ron of the receipts due the contestants is to be sub
jecs to the control OF Mr.. Atkinson. The engage
ment ands choosing OF employees took up con-
siderable part of the time of the meeting.
good deal of discussion took place
the supervision of business at the entrances. An
unusnal degree OF comment and suspicion was
created by the mystery assumed by the managers,
and their unnecessary secrecy brought down upon
them good deal OF bad feeling. Tents were chosen
for the men live in during the walk. and these
will be situated the north side of the
Garden on the outer edge of the boarded
centre. 1t was no sooner known to the
parties interested III the match what had been done
with this portion of the business than objection
was raised. One OF the most active elements in the
whole question far has been objection. and
large oody of those who have labored to bring
about these have done little else than find
fault with everything that was done.


What do you mean by that?' said pedestrian to
number of the managers VINO had just come out
after the meeting.


You have put these tents around by the side Of
the track. and you're going to pack people in
thousands in the middle Of the ground where that
boarding is going down. said man from the
Garden. How are the people going to see the men
work.?


There will be plenty of room for everybody and
that is the best location in the place for the men,
have selected that and settled on it," answered q
manager.





''There must be another meeting tomorrow. This
won't do at ALL"


"It is not the fair thing to the public" said an
outsider joining in the conversation and warming
with excitement he went THAT floor is
fat When the people and
the walk is going they'll get packed
on it like sardines. Now, then, what
chance viii there be Tor those in the middle of
that mass OF men to what's doing? The outside
all right, but what is to become Of those
in the centre? Suppose man in that crowd wants
to make bet or hedge or change bet. or get out
for no matter what. he won't be able to 60 it,


''fhere Will not be any trouble OF that kind" said
Mr.. Hess 1--WE have taken ample precaution that
good order shall prevail and there will be- sufficient
space for people to move about in."


PRICE ADMISSION.


As there has been d widespread condemnation OF
the 81 entrance fee and several motives limited
its adoption, reporter Of the HERALD spoke to Mr..


The only thing that induced us to put the price
St Sest entrance at that figure was that we thought


.'There has been no outside influence brought to
Inent?'


q cont know of any such pressure. but speaking
for myself there was none. My judgment has been
set at that point from the outset, and think am
right"


Don't you think you win lose in patronage by


III do not; think the contrary we shall GAIN
have found out by experience that when you givo
the public good thing they will pay for it"


"But custom-has 1t nothing to do with the ques-
tion?"


Nothing, so far as we are concerned This is our
FIRST appearance. and tremendously strong.
consequently we shall have crowds coming to
rpsrtor rmances."


.Do you think the masses can afford to pay that
priceT'


''of course or we should not have put 1t at what
have Besides, am Of the opinion that this sub
ject OF walking aud many other athletic
much interesting to the best classes of tho
community now than they used to be. and some
attention ought to be paid to their wants"
Have you set aside a place for ladies'


1--WE have. Those OF seats the north side
VIII be reserved Tor ladies'. We Will keep the smok-
ing the other side OF the house and they will be
comfortable and safe in them if they sit
ting in the orchestra stalls OF opera house We
to have strict order. Captain Williams will
keep sufficient force of police at all times in the
garden TO preserve peace, and they Will be sup
pleinentod by strong corps of own. Now
tel you. any fellow hat tries TO be unruy here will
Iueet a reception. We don't, however, antici-
pate anything OF that kind only II it should occur
VIII be prepared for IT,"


lyon expect, then. there will be q great rushY'


Toward the middle OF the week and the close I
90: How 1t may be at the opening l cant say. !
then, but there II no calculating"


An INSIDE View or CASE.


Il well known trainer, speaking on the subject Of
L.. Walkers are the yainest in the world, unless
actors 1hey wanted the tents houses, which
ever chosen, put on that side because the
ladies will De opposite to 'em. with one last
year up ia Massachusetts, and some OF them would
and Ice cream and such like. OF I'd eat the
iruit and the ice cream and the such like. tell
'em Il was first rate and he liked 'em. occa-
tionaily I'd say drop o. good brandy would
lelp him along aud do him a power o.
service. aud they sent 1t. On. 1 tell you. the
l@iies not backward. Mind you. that
was all done out o Kindness and through me. He
knew nothing whatever of it. and when we got
through weeks work in q town usually had stuff
enough eft TO set up small store. Now with re-
gard to the tents. that In what's the matter and it's
Sny fair. The men can walk tho whole round of the
track. aud it's only dividing things square to put
the houses where they're agoing It's all nonsense
talking about they cant SEQ from the centre Of
the floor They and they will. You
Just make mp your mind when man
pays dollar TO witness viking match
ayers announced week ago that the Twenty seventh
street division OF the Garden would be reserved or
given up to ladies' Now. the walkers knew that.
II you were to go around among them and take
vote for position you'd hnd that side would be the
by his own man In the board. and it's more than
likely each representative knows what his
would like. ehS'


Madison Square Garden wac closed yesterday after
the matinee performance aud workmen TO work
laying the floor and mapping ont the track. Cart
loads OF tan and other material delivered there
aud stored away waiting for the termination of the
flower show to be laid. In addition to the regular
attendance and mixed up among the audience, we're
many of the principal persons connected with
tue walking match. Some measuring
spaces. Others were discussing the light, few
knowing ones were making up betting books and
crowds were following three of tho petlcst rians
Strong boxes bound with iron and secured with
numerous locks were being made TO hold the money,
ahd much time and attention was given to the regu-
lations concerning tickets. IL was arranged at the
nIt citing in the afternoon that each pedestrian
should have private box in the front for his
family. an there was considerable contention
the distribution OF them one man would not
have a box certain other man and the other
would not allow his family to be put in the neigh
borhood OF yet another, and 1t took time, labor.
tax aud great many people to ancably settle these
new difficulties. The placing Of the tents started