Year: 1879

moment IN the twentyfOur hours. The three
on the track at one O'Clock were eagerly working up
to their 2OOth mile. with intention Of going to
rest after that Merritt finished his 20oth mile at
halfpast o'clock, and at q little after two Hart
scored the same figures.


AN EXPERTS DESCRIPTION OF THE RACE.
Never since the walk began has the great Garden
looked brighter and more inviting than it did early
yesterday afternoon. The band constantly at
work. the sun cleaning in through all the
top and south side windows ladies' watch
ing the sport from the boxes with tho
deepest interest and talking about tho con-
testants in q fashion most entertaining to hear
plenty Of people all about the house. nearly all the
walkers on the track and the peculiarities of each
coming out palmer every hour. Least changed of
the whole party. going along fresh and
easily that you could scarcely refrain from
urging him to quicken up and put on
more steam, wont the contented. self-reliznt
little man from Boston. One advantage he has over
every other American here. He is SO tractable, so
willing to let others do the thinkiagxor him. and he
| to do the walking. Englehart his trainer. shrewd
| and Of wide experience among first rate athletes
| eyes him like hunter every time he passes
now whispering word Of advice or cheer
next handing out q white spouted cup
full Of something good. then chatting him
and telling him what good boy no is. If his A
miles since he at four this morning are not Just
good his IA at the hour yesterday STILL if
he will finish his day ut his present pace-just four
miles an hour-his tonight will show 19O and
by Saturday. at eleven, he will have covered 49O
miles.


Merritt. who in the first eight hours yesterday had
fallen ten miles to the rear from that hour gradu
ally but surely drew up until. though six
miles behind him at four in the after
noon. he abreast at six, then behind
again until nine. But from that moment the
black boy had met his master and quietly. steadily,
but with fatal certainty. the longlegged. bg[ooted
Bridgeporter continued to leave him moro and
more behind and to challenge the leaders in
He does not look very tired. His eyes are
bright his head up, his feet go easily. and he
swings his long arms over his chest. crampng at
every step just freely he did at the hour
send of. Every little while Ut the very slightest prov
ocation he breaks ntoa run and tears OFT around the
lap as II he were chasing thief. 1t is twenty-five
miles in his favor in hard weeks work like this
n ns Of 'hso Mors oust as to
great reach would prove invaluable to
\ MIN MD. did a,hs he ,.s,, know better how to use
this morning and but seventeen astern of Weston.
he has not only managed to let no one pass him
down all these fourteen hours to-day, but sent
little Panchot four miles astern and the colored lad
u good square eight.


GETTING DANGEROUS.


tie. whog HazAel. How much? one hundred
was his start yesterday to the Nutmeg's 11o.





Briton's is 159. All, six miles out Of tho
ten that looks rather dubious Yes. it does
that and more than dubious. for barring accidents,
that old, seasoned hero OF hundred is likely
before nghtfall tonight. certainly ght
to go up from fourth place to third in this most in
teresting and memorable race. After all its
questionable If ho isn't playing q wiser
game than Rowell. He has tried both plans. the
present moderate one and fast and hard the first day.
faster and harder than any other goer OF modern
times for Ut three o'clock on Tuesday morning.
best best me men Of the day. West Weston. L. Blower Brown s
and Corkey, making the marvellous and
from the start. This time he starts more easily
Who believes for moment that 100 was all he could
do Yesterday ~ Why M & It was hardly more more than
whit. Follow HIM while. il you think So and
he'll lead you a dance that viii wet your brow
in time. And what did he do in the second
day before? 70 miles. But look to-day; why he's
put 60 miles behind him already. and its
up. and only keeping up the pace. at ten tonight
he'll show u good. square eiehty-six. while like
enough in the excitement of the evening. hcil make
it ninety.


But, hear the cheerinal See how old westons
any ways He's as lively as cricket.
crookng his elbow to that laughing and
winking ana cracking Jokes and seemingly brim-
he do something worth while and not iiddlc along in
this fashion, What has he done far? Fifty-h
up to haltpast four. and he's been at IL since four
by midnight2 Not better than 1856. or I9O-
miles to-day. How Is that, good bad tor a
ond dayY Well. it's not bad When he won the
belt from Brown in June his second days
score was only 03 and his first 127,
or thirty-two better; and he may make
will that do y just this 1t will win this race.
Will it? Yes, beyond doubt He says to-day that
the air. which is certainly much clearer than yester
day. makes him feel more like himself. Plainly it
does. for he is acting and 1t would do
| of harm IL he would omit every now and
| then tickling his ribs, brushing his teeth
the track cavortng about like yearing calf and
cutting up hundred other undgnined antics, which
set wondering whether there isn't q small bee
in his bounet and whether this reformer of the
track hasn't still considerable to do where charley
begins. Less buhoonery and more of John Ennis
| earnestness would make him quito as popu-
| lar with his countrymen. but the idea
Is not singular one that his picking up In his work
to-day, for already you hear odds offered that he he