The Irish-American, Daniel O'Leary from Chicago leads Edward Payson Weston (the"Wily Wobbler") of Providence, Rhode Island, in a £1,000 sweepstakes at the Agricutural Hall, Islington, London, 1877.
Charlie Rowell (the "Cambridge Wonder") of England leads Charles Harriman (the "Steamboat") of the USA, Daniel O'Leary (the "Plucky Pedestrian") of Ireland and
"Honest" John Ennis, also of Ireland, at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1879.