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.
George Cartwright aka the "Walsall Flyer" and the "Flying Collier"