From he V. 0. Courier.
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 The foot race, the anticipation ol which has created good deal of excitement ii our city for some time past, came of yesterday on the BLetaric Course. The crowd of spec tators was very large, numbering, as we are told. not less than five thousand.

 Al one o'clock the bell sounded the signal Gorthecompettors tomakctheiraPPeamncc- Of nine who had entered, only four came 10 the scratch. viz John Gildersleeye, John Archer, Thomas EIlwordl, and H. B. the man with the mask.

 At the start. the masked man took the lead, closely followed by GildersIeeve and Archer. Fillmore in the rear Before making the first quarier. GiIdcrsleeye gave the go-by 10 the mask, and came in at the end of the mile ahead in 51 minutes; Archer second, Ell worth third. After running about three quar- ters of mile, the mask bolted and has not been heard of since Eliworth after running three miles, was seized with the cramD and fell prostrate opposite the judges stand, and was immediately borne of to be refreshed.

 Gildcrsleeye was steadily going ahead al an even and uniform speed, and after making his seventh mile passed Archer, who was within quarter of mile of completing his sixth. Archer then gave up the contest as hopeless, leaving the field 10 Gildersleeye, alone, who Finished the g. miles in 56a min- utes-which entitled him 10 the purse of $P500: he continued running, and concluded the ten miles in 59 minutes and 50 seconds, amid the shouts of the spectators.

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