St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 3, 1884

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> ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY. {AY 3, 1884.—SIXTEEN PAGES. a. * * — AAUP Kr” TREXKAIA NE — — BSLTABLISHED 1888, ? =) PAPE ; ia 8 i f — DECORATIONS! Our New Designs and Colorings for this season > now open for inspection. L. ISAACS, = 1210 and 1212 Olive Street. EXCELSIOR BUILDING, e HARDWOOD FLOORS.“ — J. H. WEAR, BOOGHER & Cb. Nun’s Veilings, Buntings, Genuine Toile Du Nord, Seersuckers and Ginghams, at Low Prices. Also Jobs in Dress Goods. Scruecs, VANDE DRY ont & BARNey . f * i * GOODS COMPANY. ns „ WE STILL CONTINUE THE SALE OH LAD At those ASTONISHINGLY LOW PRIC to enable you to form an idea of OUR G of our designs, even at the same prices. IES’ MADE. UNDERWEAR! The following cuts are given merely T Bargains---not as répresenting all © Stock is ver) arge, comprising many entirely new designs in arrangement of trimming, and embracing every quality and price. os ges ¥ Wa at 3 * ? > —_~ + n * Laos > „. — reren rern NIGHT DRESSES-- Mother Hubbard styl with yoke of 20 one-ha inch tueks, trim’d Ham- burg embroidery; excel- lent material. FRA WERS -- Embroi- dered Ruffle, two cluster tucks above, fine quality muslin. BC IRISH POPLINS. PIMBROTHERS& Co Irish Poplin Manufacturers, DUBLIN. New York Branch, 103 Franklin Street. The Trade Onl Supplied. ‘Purchasers are arn against Imitations. 8 AB est Goods, Lowest Prices, Universally Used. ‘ . i} 3 f i f Hii te 4 f . 4 ’ ,. N ‘ ith \\ i VA N / 1 hh \ W \ 7 775 igi Y 7 ve \ * | Thi, W. . fit \ \ \ V 7% \ Two fine cam- &. one-half each ruffle above; size and superior quality muslin. 1 CORSETS--Long-waist- ed French Corset, thor- oughly boned, with real whalebone, 3 double side bones on each side; scal- loped top. SKIR 900 H be CHEMISE -- Pointed yoke of French tucks, corded bands and em- broidered front. SKIRT. Deep hem, clusters of wide and nar- row tucks above,full size, good quality muslin, 48 -Punched. Rail Wrought-lron . Fence,- $1 PER FOOT AND UPWARD. THE GREAT PEDESTRIANS. Pictures of the Contestants in the Six-Days’ Contest. —he—K—_! n Go-As-You-Please Champions — Peeu- liarities and Records of the Contest- ants—Their Gait and Characteristics. The event which above all others is attracting the attention of the of Americaand En- gland isthe leg contest which is drawing toa close in the Madison Square Garden, New York. The pedestrian craze is intermittent. It was Violent when Weston provoked ridicule by his absurd proposition that he could walk one hun- dred miles in twenty-four hoars, and made a hero of himself by walking from Portland, Me., to Chi- cago. It came on again in an even more violent form’ when O' Leary. with his phenomenal heel and toe stride, advanced the theory that when it came to endurance the walker could beat the runner—a theory*which has long since gone glimmering. Once more it was revived, when Weston blossomed again in the old world ana beat the record with something like five hundrea and filty miles in six days. Then Hart, the col ored boy, brought about a es- trian revival by distancing all previous records with a score of about 600 miles in six days, or an average which a few years before was thought be- yond the limits of human enaurance for even a single day. The present match, although it opened tamely, bas suddenly elicited an interest hardly second to any in the decade, and hun- dreds of thousands of people watch eagerly for the dally papers to learn how the contest is going. To such extraordinary limits has the sclence of training been carried thata man who cannot cover a hundred and forty miles in twenty-four hours, and five hundred and fifty miles in six days, may as well save himself the trouble of entering in a national match, as he has no show to win. the very gener - al interest which is felt in the match, the Posr-Dispatcn determined to give its readers an idea of the personal apvearance of the men whose names have become so famill ar as possessors of leg genius, and to that end it has broughi from New York the series hereto ap- pended, which can be accented as more than ordinarily correct. Owing to an madventure the portrait of one ot the contestants (Panchot) was omitted, but with this exception tue list is com- plete, Patrick J. Fitzger- ald ig a native of County Longford, Ireland, and an Ald- erman of Long 18 land City. Before he became an Alder- man he was known as Johnnie Wild. He wears a No. 19 shoe, and is both speedy and game, as many a competitor has found owt. He has a record of eleven miles in one hour and 582 miles in six He is 38 years ays. roid and weighs 162 When he is he at- do his unter’s pounds. not walkin tends strict business in temper. At the outset he as although the best record ever made, se- lead of his own. Thencefor- race was entirely between theve two. Charles Rowell was born in Chesterton, Eng., and is 32 years old; he is 6 feet (inches tall, and entered the race weighing 140 Ibs. He trained at Wooa’s Grounds, Williamsbur for the contest, an was in excellent conal- been ped He bega running when acting as & janitor for a boat club on the Thames and fle- ured 1 in many short distance 2. races. In 1879 he won the Astiey Beit from Dan O'Leary. The next race took place in New York in tember, 187 and Rowell had as competiti'rs * oiners’ Hazael, Weston, Guyon, Krohne, Hart, Fanchot and Ennis. Rowell won the race and 924.000 b going 530 miles. Merritt was second at 515 miles and Hazael third at miles, Rowell finally won the Astley Belt outright. George D. Noremac — is a Scotchman of the a Cameron clan. He is about 5 feet 2 inches tall aud weighs 129 unds, He was born n Edinburgh made several records there previous to coming to this country. He trained at Williamsburg. His best record is 566% “> Ly was second to gerald. Noremac came prominently be- fore the public some time ago in a tragedy wherein his wife was slain by a worthless fellow whom the destrian had, over and over again, befriend- ed, notwithstanding his unworthingss. 7 ae 7 3221. “tee as 52 C. Thompson ts a gen- tleman of refinement, with a nassion for exhil- arating exercise. Dis tance running is a new pastime to him, and there were some who be- lieved that Mr. Thomp- son would carry off a prize. He often felt the need of Jemonade with a = — 12 him along on his journey. The I for the cinder-path, however, did not prove strong enough to hold this pleasant young man un- tf! Saturday. His frienas promised to give hima medal, but what kind they did not say. Alfred Filson ts & resident of New Brit- ain, Conn., about @ years old, five feet six nches tali and wel 140 pounds. He travelea from Mane fo California, and : participated In mo six day races than any other man im the @on- . He was entered — Harry Um. Hie recor Hi fists and — ups show his deter- minatigh ahead J lentv® iis frif@as anxiously inquire, WI u of hig elt“ John Sullivan is a na- tive of Saratoga, and is large and strong of limb. He 185 feet 10 inches tall, 26 years old and will weigh about 160 looktug, rts his hair tu the mntidle and isa = favorite with the set he showed all the crack pedestrians a No. S shoe as he kicked up the tandark in a lively run around the circle. wan ut un on- trance to the Garden. Had he won a piace in with challen walks from P. Sammnel Day is a native of Kineston-on -Thames, is thirty-one years of age, stands feet 3 inches in hetght aad weighs abont one hun- dr and twenty-eight pounds. This is his first appearance in America, but he has made fair records in walks of 12 and 14 heurs aday. He was third in championship won by Blower own, Hazael second, 1880. 456 miles; second to ©. Hancock at Lincoln, i877, 12 hours per day, walking distance <3 miles; third Noremac at Birmingham, 12 hous per day, 1880, 363 miles; second to Littlewood a Shefie'd, 12 hours per aay, 1883. Frank Hitcheot¢k, better known as Hart, alias Black 5 »” & native of Haytl, W. Was to have been a starter, but at the lastmument be de cheed. 116 harp, coming from County Down. He is the smallest of the contestants, stand- ing but s feeti inch high. at Willianw- |, SIXTH AND ST. CHARLES STS. LAWNS! — ~ LAWNS! Samples in Stock at.811 North Main Street. MAST, FOOS & CO. — 2 B. HOLBROOK, Southwestern Agent. Choice line of Hot Water and Coffee Urn ALSO A FULL LINE OF Cooking Stoves, Ice-Boxes and Ref rigerafor 606 MAREET St. HOTEL BROWN, (Formerly Ives Honse,) Corner Twelfth and Olive sts., St. Louis, Mo., one block from new Exposition Building. New manage. RATES 68 FER DAY. 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