it was monotized almost instantly, as soon as people saw there was some interest in it, promoters jumpedowners of the venues jumped in and really turned it into a money making money. at its height, 1879, 1880, a pedestrian could win and usually, they got a percentage of the gate receipts. there was a guy named charles row who won $20,000 for winning race at madison square garden, which would be about $400,000 today. it was not bad for six days work. it was very lucrative for a very brief period of time. unfortunately, many of the pedestrians died pennyless. again, you don't see that anymore with professional athletes squandering their wealth, so, pedestrianism set a lot of standards, both good and bad. and really, by 1890, pedestrianism was all but dead. it was also killed by baseball. the national league was founded in 1876. it was rag tag operation. teams would quit the season halfway through if they knew they weren't going to win the pennant. so, in the 1880s, the baseball owners got together and decided we need to, we really need to organize this thing and so, the first thing they di