The New York Herald Newspaper, March 13, 1879, Page 3

“ROWELL - - - - TERRIBLE SCENE AT GHLNORE', Fall of a Gallery and Injury of Several People. O'LEARY COLLAPSES. After Walking 215 Miles on an Empty Stomach the Champion Leaves the Track. CAUSE OF HIS FAILURE. Regarded With Distrust by Some and Pity by Others. ENNIS HOLDING HIS OWN. 283 MILES HARRIMAN - - - 270 MILES ENNIS - - - - - - 250 MILES O’Leory had retired from the track and the great contest in Gilmore’s Garden only a few hours when an accident hap- pened at the Madison avenue end of the building, which caused the greatest excitement and might have ‘been attended by frightful results, which were almost miraculously averted. A gallery fell and several people were hurt. Their names are given below. It was shortly after eight o’clock in the evening when this terrible mishap occurred. There were nearly one hundred people in the frail struc- ture, which collapsed under their weight, and of these, all of whom nearly were pre- cipitated with falling timbers and beams ‘upon the heads of the dense masses of spectators eighteen feet below, not more than five were at all seriously hurt. Of these none were believed to have sustained mortal injuries, 4 THE INJURED. BATES, MARIA, No. 247 East Twenty-fitth street, aged 44; slightly injured. Taken home by friends. DEZENGE, E, E., No. 84 State street, Brooklyn, 42 years of age; severely injured in the back. Sent to Bellevue Hospitel. i . « FOLEY, JOHN, No. 214 East Thirty-fitth street; ‘bruised about the head and face, cut over the left eye. Sent to Bellevue Hospital. ” HARRIGEN, WARREN, No. 301 Lorrimer street, Brooklyn, aged 16; collar bone broken. Sent to Belie- ‘yue Hospital, LEWIB, MARTA, aged 50; injuries slight; residence unknown. Taken home by friends. . MOSEHEN, FRANK, No. 213 East Thirty-cighth street; injured in the back. ‘Taken home by friends. MOHLER, JOHN, residence unkuown, 30 years of age; born in England; leg broken. Sent to Bellevue Hospital. RING, DANIEL, No. 819 First avenue; injured about the head. Sent to Bellevue Hospital. OW THE ACCIDENT occuURRED. Such a scene of wild and indescribable confusion end alarm as followed the accident has rarely been witnessed inside of a public building. It was about s quarter past cight, and the three pedestrians were on the track, cheered by an immense multitude, which must have num- bered fully eight thousand people. Rowell was continuing on his jog trot, rolling up lap after Inp and mile on milo. He was being closely followed by Harriman, who maintained his long, rapid stride. Ennis was plodding along behind, occasionatly spurting into s short run. The large au- @ience had manifested great enthusiasm, while general regret was expressed over O’Leary’s untoward defeat, the band was playing ® lively air, and the vast andience crowded and crushed from all sides and sections of tho building to keep the walkers within sight when the crash came. Tho galleries were particularly crowded, if a distinction can be made in the matter of numbors, seeing that the house was filled to the utmost capa- city. The gallery at the Madison avenue entrance ‘was considered the most cligible site, as it commanded an uninterrupted view of the pedestrian arena below. Here a throng of ladies and gentlemen found lodg- ment, crowding every available inch of the place, some seated and many perched upon chairs and tables. The gallery at this point, particularly that portion of it which gave way—that is, the southeast entrance—was a frail structure, made to serve a tem- porary purpose, It was subdivided into boxes, the being intended to hold but a select few. The » beams and flooring wers held together by the flimsiest materials. Back of the boxes was erected a boarded partition, about eight feet in height. The gallery parted a few fect outside of this partition, carrying with it the laege number of people there assembled. Among”the sightscers tho ladies, who were largely represented, were accorded what was supposed to be the most cligible positions, but which unfortunately proved to bo the most Gangerous. Thero was® large sprinkling of ladies in the front row of seats, and when tho crash camo they were the first to bo precipitated forward, thoso in a less advance’ position being hurled upon them. A Henan reporter was afforded a practical opporti- nity to personally realize the sensations of the un- fortunate multitude which was crushed and bruised in one tangled mass when the gallery gave way. Tho first intimation of the danger was the gradual settling of the flooring; then a lo&d, creaking noise, and away weut a section of fifteon yards of tho gallery, carrying with it over one hundred people. The frail structure broke into smal) pieces in the descent, and the unfortunate people who were precipitated with it were jammed between the débris, several of them being seriously injared. DIAGRAM OF THE GALLERY. Sa, — S "wens ys Aen, Mm Madison A\ . B,C, D, temporary box tier over Madison avenne en- trarice and fustic cotta Ui, D, the portion which fott E. F, two windows twenty foat above the sidewalk which word broken out by frightened occupants of the balconies. THE DANGEROUS GALLERY, The scaffolding that fell was s portion of a tempo- rary box tier that was erected for the accommoda- tion of visitors to tho Arion ball. It was very lightly constructed, as it wae intended to serve for that oc. easion only. The entire gallery oxtended for about one hu: and twenty fect around the western ox- tremity of the garden, stretching over the Madison avenue entrance and tho rustic cottages which abut on the pathway which enclowos the track. It was built at an elevation of about eighteen feet from the ground, was about twenty feet in width, and was continuous at tho rear with the Permanent balcony that runs around the outer wall, Some te feet from the front was a five feet high partition of plank. This was pierced at short intervals with'doors which gave admission to the boxes which lined the'front part of this tempo- rary structure. These were some twenty-five in number, and were designated’ by the letters of the alphabet, beginning at the’ end of the row. Boxes A, B, C, D, E, F, @ and: H.—that is to say, those in the southwest corner of the garden—were those that gave way. They occupied a length of forty feet. The space underneath was occupied by two of the rustic cottages, BOW IT WAS BUILT. Tho temporary erection was sustained by beams nailed to the pillars that ran around the building close to the outer walk. Each beam was about twenty feet long, reaching from one pillar to the next. They were about two inches. in thickness by ten in depth, and were attached to the pillars only by stout iron spikes. Ordinary flooring joists were stretched from these beams to the edge of the permanent baleony, ond on this tho planks that formed the floor of tho boxes were laid. The roofs of the rustic cottages below were removed to make room for thisqallery, only the partitions between them and the fronts being left standing. In front of one of tho cottages was the stand of the glass blower. Thecrash made sad havoc with his wares, his table and all it contained being broken to pieces by the falling timber. He himself, howevor, escaped without injury. A bouquet stand was also demolished, A SCRNE OF HORROR, Awallof struggling, groaning, maimed and terri- fied persons of both sexes was piled up in front. They were hurled into all sorts of at- titudes. A gashed face here peepel through the broken tit } an outstretched arm there; feet uppermost in another place; a woman prone face downward, and a man jumping on her Dock, othors struggling forward to a place of se- curity, and in their haste and terror stepping and plunging on and over women und children, and jumping on blanched and bloody faces, presented a scene of indescribable terror and confusion that beggara description, In an instaut panic seized the multitude of spectators. The entire andience was in state of the wildest commotion, a general rush being mado toward the scene of the accident. The pedestrians were forced to halt in their walk and temporarily to retire from the treck. Captain Will- jams and a number of policemen were prompt in rendering eflicient assistance, It was impos- sible, however, to keep the surging . crowd back from trampling forward on the unfortu- nate people who were held. beneath the broken timbers, It was not they alone who occupied the gallery who were injured, but a number of people who wero stationod beneath the broken section were caught in the ruins and fared badly. A cloud of dust ; accompanied the crash and this ciroumstance gave rise in the minds of a few panic stricken people, who viewed the disaster from a distanco, to the belief that the place had taken fire: A PANIO’STRICKEY, AUDIENCE. At this a-loud shout arose that a conflagration was raging and thus intensified the panic. Tho police, after euperhuman efforts and the free uso of clubs, succeeded in clearing a space where they could go to the relief of the injured parties. Theso officials lost no time in rendering assist- ance. The broken chairs, tables, beams, flooring and joists were separated from the struggling and gtoaning mass of humanity beneath. Soon the space around the tracks was strewn with the displaced timbers, and the wounded persons carried to the unoccupied part of the building at the back of the garden. Dotectives Ferris and Handy, of the Central Office, assisted in rescuing a little girl named Flanagan, who had accompanied her aged grandmother to witness the walking match, She was bruised abont the body and her dress was torn. She was assisted home. A .young man named Warren Harrigan, said to be a: relative of Eaward Harrigan, of the Theatre Comique, was next plucked from a dangerous position. He was wodged - tightly “between the pieces of o 6° was seriously: injured: about’ broken eam. ° the chest and his coller bone is supposed to be broken. He was conveyed to the hospital in an ambulance. KH. IL. Desoney, of No. 8 He was unconscious when rescued. He was removed on a stretcher to an ambulanco and thence conveyed to Bellevue Hospital. John Maher, residing at No. 113 Clinton street, had his back and. breast bone badly injured, He too wag taken tothe hospital. Mrs. Josephine Little, of East Fifty-fourth street, had, it is said, her arm dislocated. Several other people suffered wounds and injuries which did not necessitate their removal to the hospital, and as they left hurriedly for home their names could not be ascertained. When tho space had been made clear of the encumbrances which attended the accident the place was strewn with Indies’ hats and shawls, torn coats and fragments of garments gener- aily. Women and children went rushing about al- most delirious with terror looking for their absent friends and relatives, not knowing the fate which had befallen them. The wildest excitement pre- vailed, AWD FOR THE WOUNDED. The arrival of the etrotchers and the ambulances did not by any means servo to allay the commotion, but, on the contrary, intensified it. When the maimed and insensible bodies of the men who were the most seriously injured were being removed to the ambulances in waiting the excitement insite was only rivalled by that which possessed the multi- tude outside on the avenue. QUIET RESTORED. At the cast end of the building a cry of “Water! Water!’ was raised and added to the terror that already prevailed. The track was invaded by the crowd within the inner enclosure, and the clamber- ing over the railings toward the exit on the Madison avenue end was a scene of panic. Men's faces turned pale, their eyes stared vacantly toward where the crash had oceurred. To add to the general alarm a number of stones wero thrown. b some rufians outside, and a8 they crashed throug! the window panes tho sounds were such as firemen make when entering a burning building. THE WAND BEGAN TO PLAY, At the yory moment when there was the greatest danger of a fatal crush the band struck up a lively air, the police cleared the’ track in front of the musieiane and Kunis marcbed through the passayre cleared for him, The fear of the multitude was still great, but lessening by degrees until a cheer and aclapping of hands from the west end of the building brought reassur- ‘ance. Both were heartily re-echoed back, and in a moment all fear was gone. The majority of tho people in the galleries on the sides of the building sat quietly down again, but one thousand at Jeast left the building and remained away. A few moments suf- ficed to help out the entangled bodies from the fallen timbers, and great relief was felt when the word went round that no one had been seriously in- ured, “A miracle’ was the word that camo from many lips when it was ascertainod that no lives wero lost. How many were injured altogether it was impossible to state, for men with crushed hats in their hands and coats covered with a bleeding from slight cuts on their heads and left the place in haste to search for court and liniments, When the excitement ceased an examination of the remains of the fallen gallery excited wonder how so little timber could have sus- tained one halt the number it took to break it down, When tho excitement was at it height it was through the instrumentality of Police Justice Smith, who waa in tho building and near the space allotted to tho musicians, that they played. He rushed to thoi, and in langtaye more persuasive than elegant, cried to them, “Play up! play up! —— —— you, oy * Their fear of the magistrate was yreater han their fear of ola and with the breath they had left they struck up “St. Patrick's Day in tho Morring.”” THE ALARM OUTSIDE. When tho crash was heard outside a sceno ensued which was hardly less exciting than that within, On Twenty-ninth street the appearance of frightened nu at the windows and the spectacle of several ping to the ground at thoimminent risk of break- ing their limbs gave rise to the wildest tumult, and the most alarming rumors as to the situation inside, While two or threo more practical persons sprang to the assistance of those who dropped to the sidewalk tho majority began to move rapidly away from the building, ‘It’ fire!” some exclais ed, with terror in their voi “The roof is falling Hi was tho theory advanced by others, while sore attention to who had not paid inuch the noise of the fall were filled with horror by tho fear that a panic had arison in the building, perhaps from somo trifling cirenmstance, and that in the rush for the doors a frightful loss of life would take place, ‘Then numbers of the most frightened began to come out i # more accurate idea of what had happened 5] ong the crowd, but accom. panied by the usual exaggerations as to the number and nature of the injuries inflicted, THE AMBULANCES. Shortly the sound of gougs was heard, and tho fire toyived for ® moment, While mou, women aud of the buildin, to street, Brooklyn, was another unfortunate.’ and bors, seized almost with ie, rushed for the sidewalks to be out off ’ the engines which. | snpposed were arriving. Coolness was, hoy » Testored when the ambulances drove up the Madison avenue trance, - and closed in around them @ morbid curiosity, by no means devoid ofsympathy. The ambulances were seven in num- ber-two from the New York Hospital and five from Bellevue; but as there wereonly five so badly injured as to nee! them the latter were selected. The vic- tims were curried out. on stretchers one by one, under, the superintendence of the medical officers, and rapidly ‘driven away. Many persons, who were anxious about friends inside, thronged the street for a long time, endeavoring to obtain admission. The police had’a hard struggle to keep a clear space open, round the entrance, and to effect this object they spared no pains. Men were pushed about, often in such a manner as to endanger their being thrown under the feet of the crowd; clubs the crowd were frequently brandished inthe air, and more | than one ofticer used his fists on the faces and bodies of citizens. A reporter, looking at the scene in Madison avenue from oneot the windows saw an officer, after pushing o number of men about with great violence, walk de- liberately up to a young man who was standing per- fectly quiet and slap him twice with his open hand ross the mouth, and then, grasping him by_ the coat, thrust him back into the thick of the crowd. A number of the more patient spirits formed in a double line in a southerly direction from the entrance. There were enough of them to extend several yards around the corner into Twenty-ninth street. But they represented only a small portion of those waiting’s chance to get in, for around the entire circuit of the Garden the causeways and sidewalks were Set: and groups of excited people dotied the strects for two or three blocks in every direction. tnsparingly = ARTER THE ACCIDENT. Half an hour after the accident no traces were left of it but a tangled mass of woodwork. Strips of red cloth and green baize were twined round backs of chairs and lege of tables. Some of the boards were freely ‘sprinkled with drops of blood. Bottles without necks, green iron rails, rustic seats, gnarled trellis work, sprigs of greenery and champagne corks were found in the medley heap, Here wero scraps of torn lace, here strips of a colored Petticoat, here a battered hat and here the skeleton of an umbrella, The three grotesque ebony figures painted overhead went on unconcerned with their absurd dances, The old-fashioned porch at the side still bloomed with the bouquets. that were being prepared for, . the . pedestrians. The boy who sells oranges was the first to conccive the hoppy idea of utilizing hoger ge 3 Intrenched in thetr midst, he pursued his from a strong coign of van! ‘The crowd was not slow to follow his leed, In less than five minntes the tiers of fallen boards were lined with- spectators, some sup) themselves with the table legs whic! oy mained sound, others re ised tremulously on the square edges, snapped Foam off, of 4 pillar. Tho exchemont of the march soon swopt away all memory of the accident, and few ¢ Sosa imho ere Ler among She ine -znew = our later that an; ‘unusual appens beneath their teat. soi 4 AT BRLIZVUE HOSPITAL, The injured persons had hardly been cared for at Bellevue Hospital when crowds of anxious imauirers’ began ‘to make their appear- ance, and t! old gatekeeper. was interro- ed until he fatrly grew weak from answering their questions. Men were inquiring it their wives were brought there; mothers who knew that their children ‘were at the garden were certain that they had been crushed, children were looking for their parents, Among the crowd were many well dressed lxlics and gentlemen who had been driven there in cabs, They all persisted in going in and interviewing the Warden separately, but were only prevented from doing’so by the vigilance of the gateman. The crowd of questioners increased so Tapidly that finally a list of the injured who'were brought to the hospital was posted up on the door- post andalamp hung close by. Regardless of the notico there were some among the crowd who still questioned the gateman. STATEMENTS OF INJURED PERSONS. Mr. Martin Bates and his wife, Maria Bates, of No. 47 East Twenty-fifth street, were in one of the pri- vate boxes in the gailery, overlooking the track pa 8 the crash came. Mr, Bates said last evening to the sreporter that the first intimation of danger ho had was a sort of low rumbling that was made, Ho said to his wife, wl had noticed the noise, “Wo're going, the thing is giving way.” He then put hy arms about his wife's waist as if. to save her from harm. ‘Then the gallery gavo way. Ho remembered nothing more until he found himself lying on the floor. His wife lay in ‘front of him. He tried to di her from the lumber, and then there ‘was a second crash, and moro woodwork’ camo falling down. Alarge piece of wood caught Mrs. Bates on the shoulder, causing her great pain. Mr. Bates kept in front of. his wife, so’ that he inight the better protect her. A piece of wood fell ‘on his foot and bruised it, and a broken plank struck him in the lett hip. His wife was hurt in the back by the fall'ng pieces of wood. Her dress was caught and torn, and her legs were so held in the fallen wood that she could not extricate herself. Her husband was in trying to treo her when three un- known gentlemen rescued her and bore her away from the scene. Mr. Bates then lost sight of her for some time. Inthe meanwhile he Tost his hat. He had to go‘ home af bareheaded. with Mr. and Mrs. Bette waea third lady, with whom hire Bria not acquainted. Luckily she was not jured, r. and Mrs. Bates both noticed a great many men with cnt and bloodstained countenances, bleeding profusely and mouning with pain. Mr. H. Butlor, a Broadway florist, who also lives at No. 247 Kast Twenty-fifth strect, said the accident occured shortly before half-past eight o'clock. Ho says the reason the gallery foll was because it con- tained too many people and was very frail. ‘He won- dered Hes such a structure should have been allowed to remain. PROGRESS OF THE WALK. Arpund Gilmore's Garden yesterday there were gathered at all hours the same groups of watchers that have kept their vigil sinco the great match commenced. The majority of them were poor per- sons, who, unwilling to pay for their admittance, yet partook of the excitement which bubbled over through the gateway and counted themselves happy even in this degree of proximity to the athletic arena, Small boys were in great force. Several of these had on Tuesday afternoon employed their jackknives industriously in cutting holes through the doors on Twenty-sixth street with the hope of getting » view of the interior. They were disap- pointed, however, and yesterday some of them were still more enterprising, and, climbing up to the small windows, broke the sashes and the panes of glass. Tho police rallied in front of the breach and compelled them to desist. Tho Henatp was demanded by hundreds of voices as soon as the first bundles damp from the presses arrived at the gate, and tho eagerness with which every copy was instantly seized upon was won- derful. Tho scene resembled the distribution of loaves to @ starving army. ‘The impetuosity of the crowd at some moments seemed to threaten any chance obstacles with certain destruction, Once procured, the details of the doings of the previous day were devoured with all speed by those who had been fortunate enough to lay hands upon tho paper. Others crancd their necks over ‘their shoulders in the effort to read, while many sought frantically for small boys whom they could bribe to go into the streets and waylay any fresh supply of Henarps that might be on the way. On entering the Garden the first remarkable thing that struck ove was the numbor of ladies who. occu- pied standing positions along the inner fence of tho ring, with as much patient interest and heroic per sistency as characterizes the average male lover of physical displays. Tho vast amphitheatre was also thickly sprinkled with fair faces and graceful forms, which were attired in elegant fashion, IN THE KARLY MORNING. At two o'clock yesterday morning there was still a multitade of spectators encircling the track, while a small but respectable mob held the middle spaco, and evinced an extravagant excitement at every in- cident of the progress of Rowell and O'Leary, who were then the only two of the walk. ers who were still at work. The latter had walked 170 miles at 2h. 16m. 7s., and 175 at Bb. 44m. 458., when he entered his cottage and stayed there §m. 55s. Just bofore two o'clock Rowell also withdrew for 18m. 45s., having made his 200th mile at ih. 34m, 10s. Tho audience now thinned out very rapidly, yet still hundreds of persons remained. Many of them had not left the building since the moment when the match began, and evidently they were resolved to maintain the stego until the end ‘They made beds upon the seats, and stretched them. selves out in attitudes more or less uncomfortable, with a chearfulnoss and philosophical adaptation to circumstances which perhaps they would be loath to display for better reasons, When the gray dawn shot its slender arrows through the lofty skylights thoy still were there, but the common mortals who were gifted with lese fortitude had gone, At three o'clock the Garden was comparatively qtret. The spectators woro'a subdued look, some of them having theit eyes closed in slumber and others yawning at frequent intervals with might and jaw. Harriman, who had retired on his 187th milo at 17h. 10m, 10s., returned at 3h. 20m. 858., having had about throo hours and twenty minutes of sound and health. ful stumber, At Sh, 48m. 15s. his record was 149 miles, at $h, 12. 128,, 190; at Sh. 15m, 468., 195; at Gh, 21m. 208., 2 at 8h. 9m. 10a,, 205; at 9h. LOM, 210; at 10h, 15m. 108., 290; and at 12h, 27m. 5s. 995. On his 201st mile he rested 42m. 8, and on his 2230 mile 9m. 15s, Horriman’s appearance was somow hat better than it was on the previons day, Ho still looked palo, but there weep fresher tint upon his_ checks, least questioning. and more sparkle in his eye. By the manner in which he took up the thread of his journey it seemed that the friends who had declared that there ‘was much more of vigor in him than was manifest on the surface were likely to be verified before the twenty-four hours had expired. His long stride was full of vigor, and the muscular action less labored than before, DIAGRAM OF THE TRACK. For the beuefit of those who have not bd an op- portunity to be present at the great walk we subjoin acorrected diagram of Gilmore's Garden. It differs in a few details from that given yesterday :—- Madison Avenue Entrance. v0 0 In, GALLERY. e I 3 < a al] . S ° = & a GALLERY. 1 WATERFALL J Fourth Avenue Entrance. HARRIMAN’S CONDITION, During a visit to his cabin, about half-past one in the afternoon, Dr. Chase, his attending physician, said to the Henaip reporter, as Harriman was ap- proaching :-- * «Just sec how he comes along the track! He's a better man to-day than when I puthim on. Why, he’s made forty-five miles already to-day, and he has reduced Rowell’s lead by nine miles.” “Thon Harriman’s looks are not to be received as | an index of his condition?” “No; he's always that way. When he commenced this walk he weighed only 168 pounds. When out of training last year his weight was but 168 pounds. .He's the casiest man im the world to tako care of. Hedoes just what I want him to and without the Wo let him eat anything that he Mikes. Ile takes very little Aayviesiagss Be enough to preserve the tone of the tissnes arffl to prevent their waste. I could not wish him to be in better form. He hasn't an ache or 3 pain about him, and his skin is clear and whole from top to toe. His foot is as white and smooth as if he hadn't walked any at all. He isa wonderful map. Now, look st him. His running gait is not very graceful, but it’s mighty easy and docs not jar him in the least. He gets over the same distance with far less effort than any of the others. Unlike a great many tall persons his circulation is perfect, and thero is ‘not the elightest danger of any troublo with his heart, It’s hard to get him to leave the track when we want him to,”’ continued the doctor. -‘That’s the only point upon which he is fractious, and each time we haye almost a quarte! with him. It I wanted him todo so he would keep going from this time until Saturday night."’ ROWELL'S LITTLE GAME. During the forenoon Rowell amused himself by running five miles close to the heels of Harriman, no faster, no slower than the Bostonian’s camel-like strides, It is asserted by the friends of the latter that Rowell’s motive in doing so, both with him and with O'Leary, has been to annoy and worry them, With O'Leary he succeeded in his purpose, but Harri- man is less nervous, strange as it may seem when the ap; ce of each of the two men is contrasted with that of the other, When asked how he liked it ho exclaimed “Oh! [like it well enongh; it don’t bother me. I heard the Englishman putting pretty hard, that is all.” ? Tiowell's equivocal conduct has not been lost upon the crowd, aud probably to this fact is it due that ho has received less encouragement and appreciation than his magnificent record within the irst forty- eight houra would seem to entitle him to. It is evi- dent that he will get no more plaudits than he earns twice over, Such gibes as these were addressed to him during almost every round:—‘Go it, Roast Beet!" “There's Harriman's bull pup!” “Come here, little doggy!"”, Harriman was advised to “Get a chain and lead him, Charley!” ‘Take him right up in your arms, old feller!” “When Rowoll’s toes fell pit-a-pat too near to Har- ’s heels they shouted in unmistakable de- . “Why don’t you jump up on his shoulder?” iet him to tote you around, little boy!” ENNIS AND ROWELL. Ennis took a nap of 2h. 22m. in the midst of hi 176th smile, and returned to the track in time to com- plete his 180th at 4h. d4m. 30s. The 185th was arded at Sh, 38m, 254. (time 13m. 3is.), the 190th h. dim, 588. (11m. 23s. . 3m. 468, 3m. 258.), tho 200th at Mh. 0 is M1st mile le was in his cabin Sim. ds, When making his 213th mile he ran with Rowell, who was then on his. 238th, They were. then just, twenty-five miles apart, and many People specnl as to ther the steady, business-like perseverance of the Westerner might not fetch him to the goal abead of the flect Briton. During these spurts there were op- portunfties of comparing their style of running, and thé superiority of Rowell’s was very obvious. Koni’ gait expended much more force at every stop. On his 214th mhfle he again overhauled Rowell, who was doing his 29th, and they came in together at 1h, Lim, 108, Ennis’ time being 8m. 35, “During the next milé they were abreast, and made it in 8m. 10s., finishing at 1h. 23m. Rowell ran four laps further and then subsided to a walk, saying, ‘Too much of tnat sort of thing for m ‘A lady sent her card to Ennis. It happened that Rowell and Harriman were just then at his side and he showed it to them. They went some distance together, Joking and laughing in the most friendly manner, At 2h, 26m, Evhis fiaished 20 miles. O'LEARY WEAKENING. O'Leary's 180th milo was recorded at Sh. 22m. 58s. his 185th at Gh. 87m, 12s.; his 190th at 8h. 2im, ds. rin * 38m. ; his 200th at 10h. 521 » b ¥ night, very. slow, except during two spurts, which were like the efforts of a drowning man to surmount the waves, It had been evident fo evry critical spectator that he had broken down was fast weakening. He hardly walked @ single yard without swerving from side to side, his steps hawt nang | & zigzag course. ‘Those who did fot understand his condition ex- pressed the opinion that he was intoxicated; but the majority of the ctowd Were respectfully.silent tow- ard him, remembering his former achievement and mourning the fall of the great jestrian. During his gatlaut efforts to gain alittle upon his average they were prodigal of words of cheer; but ho neither looked to right or teft nor smiled. Some id in # rather loud aside:— Xo you see that look on his face? It’s asif he saw nothing at all that’s about him. “What do you suppose is the matter with him?” “T don’t know, uriless he has crooked his elbow too often.” ‘This ‘kind of talk, however, was very erroneous. In O'Leary's cottage there were sad faces among bh triends and attendants. Every one of them teit acer- tu ty ofthe untoward result of his noble struggle; Dut they spoke with all the cheerfulness they could bring to bear upon the situation. Seid Al. Smith, his Dacker:— “If wo can only keep him on the track we shall by wir; but, I tell you, O'Leary is no O'Leary, He is a broken down man. Why, in’t walked 100 miles before he had gone all to pieces. He don’t step like he nsed to. If you were to seo him you would be surprised, When he went ont to the Hot Springs he was really sick. He had a terrible cold aud 1 feared and so did others that he was goitig into @ rapid and consumptive decline. You must remember. that it ie only three weeks ago that he came back. He wasmot in condition. He is thin. His legs are not half so big as they were, Ho hadn't the flesh to carry him through, let alone the vital force. He hae not hut time to rocruit his or NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. health, which, after an attack like bis, would take at least six weeks or a month.” “Yes,” said one of his trainers, “he looks like = skeleton. Had he been the man that he was once ho would havo léd those other men by twenty miles on the tirs@day.”” “It's an ‘unequal contest,” said Mr. Smith, the public will find this out before it is through. 1 knew that from the beginning and it was through my advice that O'Leary refrained from betting a large suin of money on his own snecess. He had d posited $3,000 in the otlice of Welk Spirit of the Times to be used against $6,000 which was offered on the other side. I went to Mr. Curtis and_ persuaded him not to allow this money to be bet and so I saved Dan a good little sum.” “When did you come to the conclusion that O'Leary was destined to fall away from his old record?” “The moment that I saw him after he got back from the Hot Springs. Ididn’t want to buck him, but we sometimes do things against our judgment for the sake of friendship and a pride in the man who has so long deserved our confidence,” “Do, you think that Mr. O'Leary was ae well trainod as it was possible for him to be? Could any different prepuration have altered this result which you fear?” “Oh, no, Everything has been done that could bo done; "but the man is literally worn out. It was n hour or so ago to-day that he said to me while Bill Curtis was lere:—‘Al.’ says he, ‘my walk- ing days are over. I know that; 89 what's the use.” It has been impossible 'to control him, Since Mon- day—you have observed it yourself—he has left the track at short intervals, and each time ho has wanted to lie down on his bed and go to sleep.”” . NO HOPE, At this stage of the conversation O'Leary came into his house again and threw himself on his bed, There was despondency in his every movement and he ap- peared more like a sick and petulant child than a great pedestrian, His small eyes were sunken still deeper into his head than on Tuesday night and they were slightly bloodshot, while his cheeks were color. less and waxen in appearance. After a couple of minutes of coaxing on the part of Burney Aaron, his chief trainer, ond Al Smith he stepped back upon the track, but there was no animation in his tace, no hopefulness in his movements. “ said Barney, “we've got him agoing again. That's over with, anyhow, till he comes in once nd ie’s as easily discouraged,” resumed Mr. Smith, “as if he were a child.” flow long did he sleep this morning’ bout forty minutes, At seven o'clock he beat Rowell on a single mile. That shows the pluck in him. The man has been walking on pure courage and nothing else.”” ‘What has he eaten?” le hasn’t taken any nourishment that would stay on his stomach since Monday morning. He has had nothing but beef tea, and very little of that has done him any good.” THE CHAMPION OUT OF-PHE RACE. Indeed the courage of Daniel O'Leary was simply wonderful, The worse became his condition the more desperately he fought to keep:the track. Every once in a while the wish seemed to occur to him to give some evidence to his friends that he was con- sctous of their cheering symputhy and then he would “spurt” manfully for a lap or two amid deaf- ening applause. One of these brilliant efforts came in on his 113th mile about a quarter be- fore three o'clock. His arms swung out in tho old time style and his stride became tremendous, while his eye for the moment acemed to brighten np with a new fire. But it was very brief. During his 216th mile he retired thrice. The first’ time he remained away 15 minutes and the second time 15m. 30:. At 3h. 1m. 20s. he left the track for the last time, saying that he felt very sick. ‘the position of the contestants thon were approximately as follows :— Miles, Miles, 201 Harriman 24 O'Leary... 216 O'Lei prolonged absence gave the crowd an inkling of what was to follow. So when about half- past three an immense basket of magnificent flowers was borne along the track-toward his cottage their sympathy burst forth in the loudest and heartiest applause that ever has becn heard in Gilmore's Garden. Ladies rose in their places and with flushea cheeks and glistening eyes waved handkerchiefs and gloves high in ‘the air, while the men swung their. hats and shouted themselves hoarse. Some one pro- posed “Three checrs for O'Leary,” and they were given in the voice of a mighty multitude. The fallen champion was stretched upon @ couch in his little bedroom, and Barney Aaron and Al Smith were showing him covery attention in their power. He complained of a great coldness in his stomach. A message was immediately sent to an apothecary’s for cortain medicines, and another to Dr. Robert Taylor, who had watched over O'Leary both in this and in the Campana match and wase| physician to Weston during the-performance of hi great walking feat at the Rink in 1874. Soon after- ward the doctor arrived. He found O'Leary's tongue in a condition indicating congestion of the passage to the stomach and of stomach itself. His pulse was eighty beats to the minute. The rer was invited to enter and found the patient with his eyes closed and the doctor seated by his side. Ho had fallen asleep. A few gentle shakes, however, admin- istered by y Aaron, brought him back’ to con- sciousness, but ho did’ not seem immediately to recognize those who were about him. “How do you feel, Dan?! said the = His -votce-was weak and it was pit ine high key. . 3 “Well,” he replied, “I'm pretty delicate. I don’t think Lever felt worse in my life.” “Doctor, what do you think of his condition?” “It could-npt be Worse,” was the response. “The doctor's advice is to determine whether be hall continue to walk,” said Al Smith. He has eaten nothing but beef tea, oatmeal and crackers,” said the doctor, “and his stomach has re- which are by no means the sort of food to put life into a man.” “Is there any chance of lis recovering from. this atiack sufficiently to continuo the walk? What advice do you give to him?” “Ladvise him,” said the doctor, emphatically, “to ight home and take care of himself. if he ho will bea dead man on next Saturday “CROOKEDNES8” DENIED. O'Leary then remarked that he had something to say to the representatives of the press on the sub- ject of the rumors of his having been drugged, which were flying about town on ‘Tuesday. “They are without the slightest foundation,” he declared, “If my own mother were living (the Lord bless her soul!) sho couldn’t have taken better caro of me than the friends to whom I intrusted myrelf. They have been completely wrapped up in my welfare and my success in this match.” “Lhave urged O'Leary,” said Mr. Smith, ‘to do 450 miles if it lay in his power, because he would ‘then bo catitled to a large amount of moncy. But he says he can’t do it if the world should depend upon it. I know, and O'Leary knows, that the man who wins this match will be the richest pedestrian in the world. With such a prizo before our eyes we would not be likely to consent to any irregular proceedings.” “No,” said Dan, “there hasn’t been any misuse of confidence at all. I would have given it up long ago if [had not known that hundreds of my friends believed that Icould yet win the race, and I did not want them to suffer’ any loss. But now, you sec, when I know that [ cannot do it—and that the longer I stay on the track, such is their confidence in me, the more money will they risk on my work—I think it is my duty to withdraw.” “O'Leary's interest and my own,” said Al Smith, “are identical. We both are deeply concerned. himself is convinced that his wall think,” responded O'Leary, 1 walk as I have done.” The whole case 18,” continued the backer, “that he's worn out—ho’s worn out. When he canie in that last time I felt very much like crying.” “Well,” put in the champion, “I had nothing to give me strength.” “Only think,” said the doctor, “of a man walking 216 miles on an empty stomach,’ “And he had 235 miles to_go before ho could claim any of the gate money! He is forty-five miles be- hind now, and he could not have accomplished the reat of it by Saturday nights to wave bis head.” Dr. Taylor recom led the application of a mns- tard plaster to O'Leary's stom Another physi- cian who was present counted his pulse at this time and found it to be eighty-eight. He was much in- clined to talk and scemed a good deal excited. 1'd give $500,” cried he, “to any of Rowell's rivals to keep the belt in this country.” His sunken cyes, which now had a filmy look, brightened up, and be made an earnest gesture. “Doctor,” said the reporter, “to what do you at- tribute O'Leary's present stato of health ?”* “I think that ho was not suffictently recuperated ater his sicxness and the fatigue of his previous match, Since he won the Astley belt O'Leary has walked cleven matches. His trip to the Hot Springs Was a mistake, When i heard of It Imai immediate injure him, You soo tt took the flesh rightoff of him. Then thestmosphere in this Garden is so execrable that that alone would make an ordi- nary man sick. It is simply rank poison—as bad as arsenic. At every breath he got a mouthful of dust, smoke and stale During the Campana walk he ts of blood.” ron lifted up somo of the dedclothing and revealed a red stain on the wall, showing whero O'Leary had expectorated. “Do you think, doctor, that he will ever be able to walk as he has done heretofore?” “He says himeelt,"” said Barney Aaron, “that no's worn out.” “It he will take tho best of care of himself,” re- turned Dr. Taylor, “until the Ist of October, T think that ho can go to Europe again and bring back the belt with him. You know Weston got old, and the older he was the better he became, When he was at O'Loary’s age he couldn't do one-quarter of what he can now Barney Aaron's last words 40 the reporter on his leaving the cottage were:— “The Hot Springs has killed him!” About two hours after the above conversation O'Leary approached the scorers’ tables and informed them that he had withdrawn from the match. He dl many sincere expressions of regret upon all bd) THN TRLAGRAM'S EXTRA. The Evening Telegram came out last night, after the nowsboys invaded every part of the cit the hot the squares, and even tho im street. Whatever was wanting in the excitement at- tendant upon the contest was here supplied to a superabundant degree. The ex-champion's mishap was chronicled from the Battery to Harlem by a thousand sturdy voices, while calciuma, bulletin boards, and the electric light in every prominent corner drew around them all who were out of doors Inet night. ROWELL'S PROGRESS, A singular incident of O'Leary's work xosterday 3 cceurred about half-past three in the m: O'Leary was then alone on the track. man came out he overtook him and | him on the shoulder. They then chatted confident for a'while, and jested and laughed as they strolled dowa the righthand stretch toward the stand. Soon atterward there was some bustle in Rowell’s quarter, his trainer having espied his most formid- able competitor at work. A gain of a dovep miles or more could not have been afforded at thas So lowell soon bounded out, but stage of the game. , Harriman no sooner saw him than he fell into bis terrific tive-mile pace and sped round the ring at a lively rate. He did not relax his rate until it was broad daylight and the rays of the Mareh sun began to glint through the little windows over the gallery. Howell had made Lis 205th mile at four o’el . M., having rested Th. Sm. 25s. On the third lap of the 204th mile he had reversed his direction, but on the fifth lap had tw <t again. His 210th mile was completed at Sb 4s.: his 216th at Gh. 9m. : ‘230th at Oh, mn 1m, 8.; his 225th at 9h, Om, 408, 240th at Th. 28m. 20s.; his 245th at Qh. 38m. 10s; his his 235th at 11h. Om. 1 250th at 3h, dim. 45s., aud his 255th at Gh. 21m. 15s, On his 219th mile he was off 3m, 278.; on his 220th, 46m, on his 231st, on his 237th, Ih, 16m., and on his 235th, 11m. called at Rowell’s pavilion A Hrnaup report , and was mot at the'door by ond anring the afternoc of his trainers, “What's Mr. Rowell’s condition to-day?,” was asked. “Ho! ‘es hall right,’ replied the trainer, “Nothing the matter with hin at ali?’ “Nothing.” “What, nothing?” “Well—we are not giving out any information to the press just now.” “Is there a blister on his left h “We shan't gratify your curiosit A well informed physician said of Rowell :—Judg- ing by his ‘appearauce ouly I should say he is in bad condition, If I had charge of him I should feel very anxious indeed. I think that his blood is too thick, and at the same time he is feverish. You see his legs have swollen # good deal, too; at least, they look as if they were swollen.” A rumor was abroad that Rowell had injured the cord of one of his legs by slipping when he stepped upon the track, and that his knee was puffing up. The moat frequent exclamation in regard to him wi ll, the little feliow’s tough, anyhow!" “But,” said Harriman’s trainer, who was at the elbow of the speaker, “if he thinks he has a big enough lead now to trail us and stay with us, he will find himself to be damnably mistaken,”” Harriman at 'm. 8, had. scored 225 miles; at Ib. 52m. 358., 230 miles; at 2h. 59m. 35¢, 235 miles, and at 42. 29m.’ 15s, 240 miles, Ou his 227th mile be rested 2im. 10s, and on his 239th 23m, 358. A Douquet was sent to him during his 223d mile, Ennis did not make his 225th mile until 4h. 18m, 40s. He started on a run on the fifth lap and kept ié up ‘Until half through the next mile, passing Harri; man, who was also running, opposite the judges’ stand. On the seventh lap of the 227th mile he ran _ again. AN IMMENSE THRONG. Thick as the crowd has been every ni hae never yet come up to that of yeste: evon, much more of last night. held their meeting here a yoar the houso was full, But it wasn't a circumstance to last night. One thing is plain—if there are three or even two men on this track on Saturday night the Garden, vast as itis, will not hold the who want to ace the finish; indeed. it scarcely held them last night. The next time they have such acontest: the main floor except within fifteen feet of the track should be raised two or three feet, for al so solid are the lines, three and four feet deep, al ‘the fences that it is practically impossible to get a look at the walkere. Ladies not only filled the boxes last night, but on every chair, table, corner and point of vantage—theregwere they perched, old and young, all intent on the fray. The crowd at a great boat race is it so far it lay afternoon When the police people thought full of glow and excitement for minute's spasm at the finish, but here the in- terest in sustaincd " all day long. Now eoine sprig of a fellow hailing from near Cork yells: at the top of his lungs, “Go in, Innis, me by; hooroo,” till the last classical term rings round and round the roof. The buzz all along ‘the lines every nowand then gives way to a “Hey! Hey! Hey-y-y! off at the other end of the room, and, as the sound comes nearer, one of the tired fellows is doing some- thing unusual. Once, at about five o’cluck, this mighty yell went up, till the whole vast multitude joined in the thunders of applause. THE YANKEE BOY DECORATED. Harriman, striding off around the track, had sud- denly had thrown over his shoulders a handsome sash of rich red, white and blue silk, and as the pretty tricolor fiutterad in the breeze as he sped along few Americans, or old country people eithor, could refrain from giving utterance to their hopes and feelings in one io! splendid cheer. He was in his house a little while about six o’clock, and came out evidently the better for his nap, and as he shot along, the flowing sash now having given way to a beautiful little kerchief of stars and stripes, ‘tucked first half into his pocket and then into the neck of his shirt, he certainly did step out beauti- fully and swing his arms as as man could wish. If Friday noon, at the latest, is the time some fix for his breaking down, no man could questiog: that most of that vast throng felt that, imspite of gbstacles and risits, he would somehow still beon ‘track all right on Saturday. “The Yankee is my a tall lawyer and we'l known politician, “Beans is going to wi,” and like his grit you had to, whatever you thought of his judgment. WEIGHING THE CUANCE. If O'Leary's retirement may have helped Harr man’s chances somewhat, stili both the men agains¢ him have, from the start, looked tougher than O'Leary, One man who claimed to know said that privately, not long ago in Boston, Harriman covered over 500 miles in the week. But whether he did or of, he is not likely todo 89 here. Barney Auron, O'Leary’s trainer, says that no man can do 500 miles ‘on this track and in this climate; that 400 used up O'Leary here before; that no man this week do over 475, unless ibly Rowell may ran it up to 480, and he had nobody decont against him. Me's got “pre= destians,” now, he said, and itstands to reason that soolda man as he has got no business trying 69 inany of those races so close together. One ot them a year is enough for any man. He said O'Leary's fitst day's work showed his friends that he couldn't win—that he had quit it now and forever. That he (Aaron) had bet $400 on him against $700 and lost it, PERTINENT QUERTRR, It seems a little singular that #o old a hand in thie Dusiness as Mr. B. Aaron should have wasted his money at 4to 2 when at any time betore the race ho could have readily placed itat 3 to2. How was it this little knot ot old sporting men, who haye been handling O'Leary, knew by Monday that he was no good, but ddn’t know it a day or two betore?’ Aaron said the Hot Springs trip had hurt O'Leary rather then done him.good. How was it tney found this out so late? It he wasn’t fit to win whose fault was it? Wha trained O'Leary? Mr. Aaron’s name was cortainty prominently mentioned among the parties who that important charge. Are these skilled tramers unfit to tell beforehand whether their man is in de- cent trim—fit, for instance, to walk fast enongh ever to keep a respectable last place in thie race? When he raced with “Sport” he was publicly announced to have gone into the fight with httle or no training, and yet the work didn't seem to trouble him any. Several of these fellows closest to O'Leary are well knowa betting men of this city and Chicago. Suppose, for instance, that one-tenth of the stories floating around the garden last night are correct, and that the late champion has, and very recently, ‘too, been indulging in excesses, did not these nien know it? Does not the fashion in which he has been handled here since the race began—allowed to drink hard on at when O'lsery did his 400 Monday night, for instance—give color, and highj ‘color, ‘to the conclusion that ‘these men knew, and full well, too, _—_ that this game, good man was not to win this race? Of course it's easy cnough to make a few prominent bets, and if Mr. Aaron's description ot his own wager is correct, exceedingly foolish bets as well, and so mislead the public. But is it not hard to resist the conclusion that all things taken together strongly to the conclusion that a little knot of men who wore ‘tia it” were so arranging matters a4 to scoop in no mean pile? O'Leary nesd have known nothing of their machinations. Indeéd, it might have upset their gane, Poolsellors and prize fighters are certainly not always troubled with conscientious scruples, and such a course would not only not be wide of what they sometimes cither do or at least boast loudly that they do. And if this favored cabal did know that O'Leary was not fit for his work, why did they keep 1t beforehand so studiously from the public? Awron spoke of the magnificent thighs O'Leary had when he came {rom Europe and how ehrivelled and poor they looked last Mond Weil, if they looked so Monday didn't they look so Sature day? “And how came he to bet that $400 to $200—if he did? THE OTHER MEN, But what are the facts about O'Leary? The other three men in this fight are ail good ones, Watch them a little while and see how they work, Here is Enuts walking song: at a good busivesrs-like co-ot nearly four miles an hour. Harriman is and Tan been for come time two hundred fect ahead, Snde dently, without noti nis quickens intoa brisk trot and, collnring Harriman when half-way down the track, goes ahead and finishes the lap 200 feet ahead of him amid tremendous cheers. He keeps on trot ting a while, and now he has a brush with the little “Cockney Pony.” He qtickens and quickens, and tries to tempt him out of his jog-trot, but all to no avail. So off he goes, all by himeelt, and after running half a mile or more slowt down again, apparently feeling better for the effort. Once, early in the evening, Harriman kept decreasing the gap, not, as on the previous evening, till within four miles of England, but within loss than eight, and all faces grew hopeful. But when tho sweet sleep of the Briton’s dog watch in yonder little house was over, and he came out fresh for his work, up wont his figures again, and the old regulation tem miles oF mote Were soon anew in order, THAT INCESSANT “TROT.” For as the week rolls along it grows plainer than ever that this quaint, od fashioned little follow will fight every inch of his way, ‘He's got lines about his face and upper lip that look like the First Napo. loon’s,” says a well known downtown lawyer, For twenty miles and more last evoning be never walked, but, pick him up where you would, it was trot, trot, trot. As he overhauled Harriman the long, good stride of the Maino man stood ont ingmarked contrast with his little Shetiand lope, and it wae astonishing how close that walk kept him to his antagonist; eight re to the bed eee a ‘eon Gap was the difference agains! he Yankee. the back of Rowoll’s left heel is hated by his boot, and the story lest might was that his ankle is also swollen, But while he did favot his left foot a@. litte and not pick it a as high as his right, still he kept right along and (CONTINUED ON TENTH PaGhi .. milo—thie -