ten at night
Throughout the second hundred miles he observed signs in himself , and gritted his teeth and kept up . And ever Daylight flew on and on , running at the gee-pole or resting his spell on top the flying sled . The last day , clearer and colder than ever , gave perfect going , and they covered seventy miles . It was ten at night when they pulled up the earth-bank and flew along the main street of Circle City ; and the young Indian , though it was his spell to ride , leaped off and ran behind the sled . It was honorable braggadocio , and despite the fact that he had found his limitations and was pressing desperately against them , he ran gamely on . A crowd filled the Tivoli -- the old crowd that had seen Daylight depart two months before ; for this was the night of the sixtieth day , and opinion was divided as ever as to whether or not he would compass the achievement . At ten o'clock bets were still being made , though the odds rose , bet by bet , against his success .