Madison Square Garden, New York, 
(27 Feb., -- 4 Mar., 1882). 
Scenes from the start, and in-running, 
in a race which saw  
GEORGE HAZAEL 
winning with a new world record and the 
FIRST man EVER 
to run 600 miles in six days! 
Patrick ​Fitzgerald; Frank Hart; George Hazael; John Hughes; George Noremac; Peter Panchot
THE DIAMOND-ENCRUSTED WHIP 
Charles Rowell; W.H. Scott; (THE START); John Sullivan; Robert Vint
GEORGE HAZAEL 

Jimmy Albert
Henry  Brown
Patk. Fitzgerald
Frank Hart
George Hazael
George Littlewood
Daniel O'Leary
Charles Rowell
Edward P. Weston
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