The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-12 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HERE I*ORD RACES.-TUESDAY.

The Nursery M: dicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft to the fund
with 50 added ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a

mile.

Mr. E -,ayley's Pearl colt, Est 121 b (Ashbee) 1
Mr. E. Griffith's Jeguista, 7st (Drew) 2
Mr. E. Marshall's His Excellency, 7st 81b (J. Holman) 3
The following also ran ..—Kennet, Isoline, Barmaid,
Mountain Doe, The Idea, Liston, and Ma Belle.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Pearl colt, 3to 1 agst Liston, 6to
1 each agst Jesuista, Ma Belle, and The Idea, 7 to 1 agst
Kennett, 10 to 1 agst His Excellency.
Won by three-quarters of a length; a length between
the second and third.

The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added ;
three •yr-olds, list 41b ; Uur, 12st 41b ; five, 12st 101 b ;
six and aged, 13st ; mares and geldings allowed 31b;
selling. allowances, &c. Gentlemen riders; professionals
71b extra. Two miles.

Mr. Parry's Miss Hawthorn, 3 yrs .... (H. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Adams's Northam, 4 yrs
Mr. J. Turner's Weasel, aged (Mr. Calder) 3
The following also ran r—Vesper, Pesmond, Yorkshire
Miss, Violet, and Corcoran.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Violet., 3to 1 agst Wortham, 6to
agst Weasel, 8 to 1 each agst Yorkshire Miss and Des •
mond, 10 to 1 agst Miss Hawthorn.
Won by a head ; two lengths between the second and
third. The winner was sold for 67 guineas.
The Herefordshire Grand Annual Steeplechase of 10 g vs
each, 3 ft, with 100 added ; winners extra ; the second
to save his stake. About three miles and a half.
Mr. James ns. Pineapple, aged, 9st 131 b (Knott) 1
Mr. Golby's Deception, aged, 9st 91b (G. Stevens) 0
Betting-6 to 4on Deception, who fell, seriouslyi ing
George Stevens, and Pineapple came in alone.
The City Selling Plate of 3 soya each, with 20 ded ;
weight for age, with selling allowances, &c, Six fur-
longs.
Mr. R. Sly's Acton, 3 yrs ..........
Mr. Saxon's Formidable, 2 yrs ........... ................ 1
B etting-2 to 1 on Acton, who won by a length.
The Corporation Plate (Handicap) of 3 soya each, ift to the
fund, with 20 added, for all ages. Five furlongs.
Mr. Wadlow's Olive Branch, 3 yrs (J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Brayley's Jack-in •the-Box, 2 yrs ........ (Ashbee) 2
Mr. Lincoln's Gasconade, 2 yrs (Noble) 3
The following also ran :—Dominie Sampson, Southamp-
ton, Vesper, Statesman, Maydew, The Idea, and New-
court.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Maydew, 7to 2 agst Gasconade, 7
to 1 each agst Olive Branch, The Idea, and Jack-in-the-
Box, 10 to 1 agst Dominic) Sampson.
Won by three lengths ; two lengths between the second
and third.

A Handicap Steeplechase Plate of 40 sove ; winners extra.

Two miles and a half.

Mr. Ashwood's Mytton, 9st 101 b (W. White) 1
Mr. Marshall's Comet, aged, 9st 31b (G. Holman) 2
Miller also ran.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Mytton and Comet, 10 to 1 agst
Miller.

Won by three lengths.

THE SPORTING GAZETTE.—A new journal, under the
above heading, has opportunely made its appearance. It
is chiefly devoted to racing, hunting, breeding, coursing,
cricketing, angling, aquatics, &c, The projectors have
secured the best talent for every department; and when we
state that the direction of the paper is in the hands of W.
H. Langley, Esq., who for so many years edited Bell's Life,
the lovers of our national pastimes will find a sufficient
guarantee for the accuracy of its reports.

EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN FEAT.

The following singular and extraordinary performance
will be read with interest. The hero is a young gentleman,
a native of Northumberland, but for many years a resident
in Edinburgh. About the beginning of October, he con-
ceived the notion of walking to London to see the Exhibi-
tion, and notwithstanding the earnest remonstrances of his
friends, he felt so confident of accomplishing his self im-
posed task that he at once prepared for the journey. What
renders the performance all the more extraordinary is that he
is both deaf and dumb. His journey will be best described
in his own words (suppressing names of individuals, how-
ever), which he handed to us yesterday :
" I left Edinburgh at 10 p.m., on Tuesday, October 7
and walked all night to Ancroft, in Northumberland, with-
out halting or rest. I walked seventy-two miles that night.
I stayed all night at Ancroft with my uncle. On leaving
Ancroft the next day I walked to Lucker Hall, where I
dined, and afterwards drunk tea at Newham Hall. I left
Newham Hall at 10 p.m., and walked all night to Durham,
without food, rest, or sleep. I walked eighty-four miles, from
Ancroft to Durham, without going to bed. I stayed all
night at an hotel in Durham, and started on foot the next
day for Yarm. I walked only thirty-one miles that day. I
&ayeel two nights with my friends at Yarm. I left Yarm on
October 13, and walked all day to York. I walked forty-
three miles that day. On leaving Yolk, the day after, I
walked thirty-seven miles to Doncaster, where I put up
for the night. I left Doncaster, and walked to Wentwortl,
where I stayed five days. On October 15 I walked only nine-
teen miles ; on the 16th, four miles; 17th, 18th, and 19th
I rested. 1 left 'Wentworth on Monday, the 20th, and
walked back to Domaster. I walked only twenty-two miles

that day. Ist yed one night at Doncaster, and started on
foot in the morning ror Newark. I walked forty-eight
miles that day. On leaving Newark the next day I walked
thirty-five miles to Stamford, where I remained one night.
I made up my mind not to rest myself at any place on the
road between Stamford and London. I was also determined
to walk more than 100 miles at one time. I left Stamford
at nine o'clock a.m. on Thursday, October 23, and walked,
by very long roads, through Northamptonshire, Hunting-
donshire, Bedfordshire, and entered London at King's-cross
Railway Station, in Middlesex, on Friday, October 24, at
two o'clock p.m. I got my very heavy travelling bag
at King'-cross, which was forwarded from Edinburgh
to London by rail, and, after having paid the carriage of
the bag, I carried it in my hand for seven hours about
the streets of London. I visited a friend at Regent's
Park, at nine o'clock p.m. His family were
very glad to see me after such a very long foot journey. I
resided with them until after the close of the Great Exhi-
bition. From Stamford to London, I walked no less than
130 miles, in 36 hours, without halting, without rest, with-
out food, without sleep, and without going to bed. I was
not in the least knocked-up, and was by no means fatigued.
I could still walk many more miles. I could dance the
highland fling after I had walked 130 miles. My feet and
shoes were both in perfect condition. I was in great health,
and also in high spirits. This is all truth. Truth is
stranger than fiction." When my friends heard that I had
left Edinburgh on a walking expedition to London, they
were very much distressed, because they feared I should
perhaps drop down dead in the middle of my journey. I
arrived in London all right. lam still alive and kicking.
I am bltssed with a powerful digestion and constitution to
enable me to stand so much fatigue, and to bear hunger for
a long time.
" I was never trained. I was only in the habit of walk-
ing between 10 and 30 miles every day in Scotland, for six
months, on a tour of visits to my friends. My physician, of
Edinburgh, who has known me for the last five years, told
me that if I dared to walk all the way to London, it would
perhaps be my death ; but I myself perfectly knew 1 was
quite able to walk all the way from Edinburgh to London
without being wearied. I visited the Great Exhibition for
the first time on Monday, Oct. 27, and continued to visit it
every day until the close of the Exhibition I was very
than much pleased with my six visits. I walked no less 4O
miles within the Great Exhibition building, having visited
isitedl
all parts of the departments and refreshment rooms.days
went by railway to Hampshire, and stayed e
with my uncle, a clergyman. I returned Longdht
London yes-
terday, by rail. I am going back to Edinburgh
to-
night (Tuesday), by rail. I walked five
by moonlight, but I walked only three miles miles an hourts an hour
l an hour in
in a moonless night. I walked four
miles
the daylight. I prefer to walk by moonlight, because I can
walk much better and quicker in the moonlight than in the
daylight. I walked so far from Edinburgh to London for
pure ambition. Ambition goes for nothing' lam a native
of Northumberland, but I have been a
resident in Scotland
nearly all my life. I have no professio
schoolboy a gentleman's scn. lam just like s enjoying my
ortunity to turn my-
holidays, and waiting fcr a proper opp.
of
my
profession, is
self a sheep-farmer. Walking, instead
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affliction,
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born deaf and dumb. Notwithei
I am nowt wenty-three
very happy, cheerful and e
allikvilidays—from Edinburgh to
years of age. I had ninefwsixty
miles a day. I had other
London—at the rate
witho
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eight days to stayfrom Edinburgh to Lon-
quest. I walked 635 r
until October, to
a hurry about walking to
don. I was nevteober, because I knew it was the
London
best time for walking, without the inconvenience of either
too much cold..
heat or
an entered into very minute • gentleman particu-
The Yo
nth writing and illustration, the latter most ener-
getically, ashis
feet in
to the style of walking, and showed us on
feet the identical shoes in which he performed. his feat. He
small box of grease in his pocket for
kept a the purpose of
greasing the uppers every night, and he also carried a flask
of whisky for moistening the inside of his shoes. People
wondered, he said, that he did not consume the "national
spirit" by the mouth instead of pouring it into his sh
which they considered agi eat sacrifice. He totally °es'
ignores
the use of soap for the feet, and backs whisky against any-
thing. At the request of a young f • friend of his, he carried
a small bottle of brandy, in case he might feel faint, but he
never once required its stimulating ai • d the whole of the
journey.—Sporting Life.

MORE SYMPTOMS OF AN EARLY WlNTER.—Yes-
terday, not only in the metropolis, but in the suburbs, and
throughout a great portion of the country, a frost of rather
more than usual severity, accompanied with a wind from
the west and northwest, prevailed from midnight. Several
of the ponds in the neighbourhood of Highgate, Hamp-
stead, &c., were completely frozen over, the ice upon being
broken being above an eighth of an inch in thickness. The
glass at the receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society
was a few degrees below the freezing point.