Show AN EXCITING FOOTRACE FOOT RACE FOR 00 TIME the five live mile mlle foot race for 1000 between the indian deerfoot and two white men named stevens and smith took place on the driving park alilea chicago go course last week it is thus described in the times at half past three turee the contestants appeared on the ground they were arrayed in in close fitting silk tights tl the le colors of deerfoot being purple those of smith red and of stevens being white they were all tall wiry athletic look looking in 7 menan an d a buz bu of or admiration mi ration wen went t through the crowd a they took their places for lor the tnt tant soon the word was given and away they went all close to together ether and neither making at first a any ny very great ex exertions ert ions lons seeing that they had a 1011 loil long iong i ace race before them soon moon ll 11 pace began to in crease and a at L th 1 bt 4 quarter cu arter artur they had fairly settled to thell tinn work I 1 all the way around no ad advantage emtage M was as gained by either ot of the me nic ia and on turning the first mile they the were still all in a heap this was the condition of affairs up the half mile pole oil on the second s mile from which point smith began to 11 lag and soon fell forty lorty yards behind his pace was un mi teady tc ad and nerv nervous pus anni arid seemed iio no mau biath h for tor the long steady strides of the tile other two he fell still further behind 0 pounding rounding the stretch and ano gave out at I 1 aie tie lie lle end 0 ot f the second mile ste en li ile lit I 1 1 assume tile the lead and kept about mur ur pace ahead ail all all ali the tile way wa round the sanle sanie position was maintained ai al the end ot of the fourth mile by jay this tinie time the men meu both manifested signs sips of th arduous labor they had bad undergone and theil their movements hither hitherto tb free and anti active were how hoo made with considerable effort tile the rapid pace at which nich they h had ad gone one and tile the distance they lad had iad traveled t tave fed began to tell upon them and abey they lagged considerably on this mile stevens still kept the le lead a 1 v ith long swinging ing strides but elo clo close e in in ili lil hio hia rear followed the pep pei persistent sistena deerfoot who wiio met every increased effort ot of his opponent to widen the tile gap v with ith a 1 corresponding pon ding increase on his part all the I 1 vr vay y around they continued thus and on rounding the final turn they were still close to together ether the excitement at this point was very great ui and d no one seemed to think that his chance of ni in in mug bug liesbet lits bet was worth any an per As they came in the tile crow erow i c closed up on the track so that gilly with ith difficulty was a path opened for the men nien to bome borne in the Lr ackers backers of each shouted to his mati mari at the top of invoice olce oice to encourage coura e li him iiii to renewed exertion exerts on and ils its they thy neared the file score scare baah summoned ther little energy that lie had to gain ah the e lead breast to breast they canle canic iown uon don the st stretch eadi each ei exerting erting himli to his utmost antl anti ani st straining ani every nee nerve for the lead nearer and nearer they came the spectators standing with illi breathless anxiety nearer and nearer grew the distance from the mile post and still they were even with each other both were using every ent endeavor leavor to win the race and they could auld do no more and thus they rp sed Aed the score making a dead race ip tile the remarkable time of twenty sevell minutes and nine seconds the following is the summary first mile second mile third mile fourth fifth mile f five miles milea 2709 |