Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-07 00:00:00

A THOUSAND MILES IN A TaOUSAND HOURS.

The American newspapers say that James Lambert, the
English " pedestrian," completed the unnatural feat of
walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 consecutive hours for
wager, at Stewart's Gymnasium, in Boston. The feat was
begun on Tuesday, July 28, at 10 a.m., and since that
time Mr. Lambert has not failed to walk one mile is
every hour that has elapsed. At first it was an easy
matter, and he was in the habit of walking two miles con-
secutively, beginning at the latter part of one hour and
walking for a part of the next, thus obtaining an inter-
m'ssion of about an hour and .e half. But after awhile,
tired Nature began to require rest, and he was fain to
yield to her demands at the end of each mle. As he went
on he became more and more tired, his musc'es began to
swell and give him pain, ha slept very soun-ily in the
intervals of his task, and the belief became prevalent that
he could not endure to the end. It was necessary to use
a great drum and other very loud noises to awake him,
and his walk was more like the insensible actions of a
machine than the inspired movements of a human being.
Daring the last few hours he requircd sone assistance in
turning the corners of his path, and whe eat at the first
he would accomplish a mile in twelve or fifteen minutes,
it now to k him half an hour or more. The hall was filled
wish people on the last nigh-, anxicus to witness the con-
clusion of the task. A brass band was in attendance to
cheer the spirits of the pedestrian, and to enliven the
spectators. At two o'clock "n Tuesday morning Lambert
was called, and began his last mile in such good spirits
that two men who followed, to fan or support him if
ueeessaes, were obliged to run to keep pace with him.
The excitement of the spectators was intense, but he kept
on without flagging, until at the expiration of " fourteen
minutes and ten seconds," the time-keeper announced that
the mile was finished and the task completed. To show
that he had some strength still remaining, Lambert ran
round the course, 190 feet, two or three timer, amid the
cheers of the spectators and the music of the baud, which
now played " Yankee Doodle," and other inspirating airs.
Several ladies, of either colons, who had b'en interested
witnesses of the scene, waved their handkerchiefs in
sympathetic liaison with the applause of the gentlemen.
An ump:re mounted a chair, and announced that, " James
Lambert having completed the task of walking one
thousand miles in one thounn I hours, is the winner of
one thousand dollars." Lambert also ascended a ladder,
and said that he had promise I at the outset never to
leave the hall until he had acaomplished the feat, and also
thanked the crowd for their sympathy. H 3 then retired
to his ante-room, where he was to be allowed to sleep
until about noon that dty, when he would be aroused and
conveyed to his lodgings. Great care was exercised to
prevent his getting too much eleeo, which would be as
injurious as sniffing a farnishei man with f earl. There
w: uld be danger, if he were unmolested, that he would
never wake Mr. Lambert, says the Boston Advertiser,
has nnw prayed' that a man of iron constitution can walk
one thousand miles in one thousand hours, but his ex-
perience has shown that the experiment is a most
dangerous and almost suicidal one, and for the sake of
humanity and civilisation we hope it will never be
attempted again.