Year: 1879

py. not only Hart ana HaZist, VINO ara
nine miles ahead and Merritt, who is hf.
teen; but Guyon who is twenty three aud who - nn
the track quite as much as Weston. and matters
90 now there isn't anyone going by him; no,
not even the great Hazael for tho lat
ter has staid i'll his tent altogether too
much this afternoon. lending force to the word
OF yesterday that his stomach was acting unkIndly.
nothing odd TO stranger in strange land, and 1T
will be remembered that even at home in his most
brilliant long distance work his internal economy
Wouiu not stand by him as it ought to, but by its
discoriant workings cut him down badly once or
that score up but he's gained idea or two.
which won't do him bit of harm.


BRITISH DISCOVERIES.


Inc tine to expect to pick up flats American six.
DAY tracks hAsmost emphatically departed. There
are Just as good men here to-day who are home
made rs any England can produce. and there. is no
distinction of race or color either, as the great
tackled that little negro grocery boy why over
and over he brushed mp to him and spurted and
put on all he had in the house. but O'Leary's
was stuck in tho ground, while the old
roof fairy rang again with the huzzaing
done many good bit of work here in these
forty-eight hours but none better than teach
ing Mr.. Rowel and Mir. Hazael that boy
though he be- they cannot oif-hand walk MIN
down. They are great performers in this
are household word at every freside where the
English sports are known; but tor all their worth
and all their fame and fast they have gone this
week. it's certain yet that that belt js
shortly to again cross the water. There came back
this afternoon some of that genuine old enthu-





sand hearts as their owners cheered brave John
Ennis on last March over and over to
The band did it's work far better yesterday than
Monday. and say what you viii, it would not
one to relieve the other (for theirs is hard
work., and 80 keep up the enthusiasm. No
man who has watched these races fail
to have noted that when the band plays up sharp
and lively it quickens up the walkers and arouses
the spectators till the shouting almost lifted the
off their feet. John Ennis would never havo
done what he did in the spring but for same shout
lng and every time it tonight it fairly danced
the men along and most conspicuously Weston. It
is safe say that without band the scene to-day
would not be within twenty miles of what it now is.


WORD TO THE MANAGERS.


And another thing Might it be wen enough
for the managers to consider the propriety of. say
for Thursday, as an experiment making the
Garden last night certainly comfortably ana
delightfully."- filled. and with assembly as
there are many men in New York. and women, too,
to whom dollar is a good Bit of money. hard to
it good While before sap they'll ana
flee it for nights pleasure. But those
same people like stand up. manly contest like this.
between the chosen athletes OF two great natons.
quite well as do those whose pockets and strong
boxes lined with heavy ucre. and it is scarcely
the fair thing to cut them all off from
enjoyable treat. Pack this old house to the
roof trees once moro. even though the crowd is
bit more democratic and the cash boxes out there
bv the door Will show better balance at bed
time than any night this week. while
s1.a 1hs new lungs that TN, viii yen these lightly
shown no day yet this week. Half Of the fun here
is in the crowd itself. and with the
clint on hand with his fifty. or. il need be, hun
dred heavy armed troops. there need be fear
he should have to use one or two of that dozen Of
burial permits he says he has in store for the poor
Macaulays and Froudes Of the press.


EARLY EVENING.


It's eight O'Clock. Let's look around the hall
little For the last half hour steady stream of
pie has been pouring in from the Madison
nue. entrance filling up the side seats,
jostling against each other in their endeavor
to get up near the rail, scattering around the
central arena, running up and down with favorite
racers and shouting them on. They crowd up close
around the many tents. especially those OF the lead
ers, hoping to pick up point or learn how the men


"who is that noble looking man, towering above
his fellows, as, with measured step and slow, he
moves dignifedly down the great central
foor?" 'Why. don't you know that man? That's
Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer." "Indeed!' "Yes,
now notice him minute. On he goes till he breasts
the tempting states of the poolmen. at the lower end
invest little No. but he looks up at the scoring
board to how goes the BATTLE But stop. See the
change came over his face as he notes the different
figures. Why. what's the matter? Oh. nothing,
cept when he Hazael's 172 he must have thought
of the seventy-two famous braves Of Syracuse.
failed to allure sturdy Hugh McLoughlin and
his trusty Brooklyn clansmen from the seats to
which they seemed glued turned and sadly and
silently stole away from the hall Here the keen
eye of Assistant district Attorney Rollins surveys
the with evident relief, after his ardloua
days labor with the cty's criminals. There
goes Sterne Chittenden and on the other side lawyer
Talmadge and many other well known citizens
taking little relaxtion and drinking in the lively
scene with iu-concealed enjoyment, while Justice
Callahan at OLearys tent expects to hand down his
opinion on saturday night. See that tall.
handsome. portly, pleasant spoken man with
dark curly hair and wearing glasses he strolls
track, for that's other than Atkinson. Sir John
Astlcys representative and the referee in this
who are in it. though now and then he
steps over at Harts tent and exchanges courtesies
with o'Leary who. in Kossuth hat and quiet. neat
parental eye. Guyon, Rowell and Hazael phough-
ing along together at good five mile pace reeling off
the miles with great rapidity. Dozens of vigiant
eyes watch the scorers with jealous care, and it
don't do for the latter to make single slip or they
hear it in tones most unmstakeable. Hark! hear
that crash a rock glides gracefully oriel
window over there by the Union Club. The crowd
outside cant stand all these splendid yes and not
have O hand in tho fun, they solace themselves
with now and then making Captain Will
Jams think he's got case and is going to
What's that he has in his hand? soda bottle;
he prescribes little things, just to stay his
stomach. Hes all right enough, but he doesn't go
And, s', sure enough. s he is Utmost most Asim. snsu
lar looking object. as with great Scotch
woSlep sock drawn , clear and over tho
low ugly head pitched far out in front of his body.
his body itself doubled down almost badly M
that of Hughes. the "Lepper," he scuttles along
round the track often at walk oftcner ut his favor
lite run. swelling up his score very noticeably
The next round he is at the battle again, then big
sponge must moistcn his back, head und neck aud .
towel follows shortly after. quiet, sensible
lady sits at her tent door nearby,
like Sarah of Old. devoutly watching her
lAbrahams, rather her Edwards best interests.
For it's Mrs. Weston herself the mother of that
small boy who got his in the papers the other
by sitting up in that apple tree at Stamford and
quietly watching his revered papa reelng OF his 200
laps.


1t is nine O'Clock. and the excitement is at its
height. All parts of the hall crowocd, the
band blazing away with uninterrupted strnins
and the crowd cheering some to the
echo he fits swiftly down the long
race course as fresh as ut one O'Clock Monday
morning. It's the ceanly- made little darkey, and
by steady afternoons work has his score clean
up to III, While Merritt goes him three better.


PRoGRIss BArrLE


And how goes the hght? II Merritt has done lS0
where is Hazel? Only l76. That's all. And Guyon,
Is he still ahead? You may say so, instead of the
poor little four miles Of midday when Aazsoi looked
sure to overhaul him. he has actually opened
the gap wide that he is clean fourteen miles