Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-06-19
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EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE.
7lcc,ly Niss ia one hour my egl, and llT minute


7iecly Mics Ia one ho'ely eiga and hIy minutes
FROM BaLLs LONDON Ltfr, NAY Is.
Perhaps arduoos undertaking. or oae that Gre
a,ed greater sensation III The pedestrian circle vas
never entered into ihan thai winch took place on Friday
Slough. Il vii be rtrsleeled that snn,, months siace
1--WE hmk at The confas NJ The aile wcea the
North Star, The American Deer. and The Nclshman)
an ionurabie captain, stationed Al Spitla Barracks
Windsor, heiied Mr. Bragg. the proprietor Of the Nuuh
Sar Ian, Slough goo 10 flu0 thar he could not " ll
IN ejsen tmh. proJnee maH 10 ran twenty miles IN
twu hours The aSua1 conditions having been entered INTO
Mr.. Bragg fro uae 10 TINE pat lril s0ne ct she
heeios pedestrians ii The DAY. and the rumors unlat
ysraps - lhosa W lad and ihJte who had nat
cone it, /, wasfepufei hat ibe Greenwich CoWbuy IN
airaunir5lned dngly eSsfedd tie lime htec minutes.
while The Nouh saf. who has been generally okrd up
on IS The nan, said to nve done il ihrte seconds
sithn the stipulated imn, but from the tact Of c.e tn
Ais having naturally been kept "da by interested Gar
ties, nu reliance could safely be pBcfd the many re
ports IN circulation. alihpu. h aemp was unce n,ade
by hacker 81 Tine, by saa2rm 10 get possess on at
the secret. The party 10 uhpn allude having been
Put n.y. to tual hat WIS ia AXE pla-c ON certain
morning.. qlicly laestea himself 90 double quickest
where, hoMcytr he Ha3 detected dis s,d IN sinnck
ltock aud wide awake biurr he could gam much by lhe
more. his al cnpt, rs vel ae uthtrs Was consr ent
y nus raltd, aud VIII tie abN ard narri uf nr bet
tiny 10 an almost unlimited i1uJe ionk place tie odds
being generally five aud ia iagt against It's c1mpl,
uoa. In Order thai ihnfe should be- ''sur miles aud
bong minuirs.h tie nrnnnd remrasured under lie
gallant captains nHn spptunendencr. aud Spring aud
Mr.. Dyson. ot Nnastt. app. aIrd iimekcrprrs Il
"onld he alns unneeefsay 10 add tuat such an nnor
tsni affair drew together inmtnee cpnroursc o( mr.
s7s, including nradg ali tue nrled pedestrians q b
tAy a. Wei as iafge number 4 asluefatc sanpurlfr
San wh1nt heaf7nf. aateasta dog the confidence #
the opposite pauy as completion Was nAked an p am
rlier impOs>l'iF. W imfa teaire observed ifai Mr.
B-aEg mol Ned "a any particular man, and was Al
isfY u Withhold hts Declaration nni th, last m1naul.
b. the crs oi ihe ankn1ann having been pii in cir.
raaitn. "a wbe ground. viii blue stns and siuFa IA
We cfnfe, aa4 the isnraal Of twenty miles Ia Two
h"ur'. Nay To- lei5.4 tit doubt Of The man up.n
whom he isd ruafl bs f8eb.
he houf oi Zen a'e3.ek ". named en- ,le star, and
Vie G. fouoUtrfs were 81 eNHc fo that time otha1s
tom snnc hlte delay IN The requisite pr,ImInarles IT
I'D Ho take Plsre mil thirty minutes alter The line
closed was pa" mile II lhe rad between Sahll aud
burhham lame AID question If a better scl,cli,p
could have been made throughout England; il was in
~ hnosi condition. and level as huW Inc rreen-
! b" many tums ayer shHa distance Ia "a hrh The
PEDESTRIAN was subject mighi and did make II appear h
macy as sumtaha Objectionable, Int The Star and b,s
principal baehef evidently considered 1t feature of no
imfrrisnre.
On coming 10 Tho seratch the man had evidently been
trained to nlcety and Menl away nn Good terms win
h'ms'h y, Rewi hslandng lie odds at \ To four were r.
pealedy Waettod against Inn IN his tltscnoe These
odds were, however gadnay reduced al the conclusion
q every Wo piies. until The termination If the ter,b
ME, Which he performed IL - minutes & seconds The
belug was event. 81 The twelfth siN to far WAS i1 nu
hlmi at lhC huroohih TWO 10 one. ard At the ,,,bec,
ioaf 10 one al tbs Period the alia from his sill cas-,
s94e ol running, being reduced Ia certainly, and o
fWenuiug MS Undertaking, Ia lhe great y OF MS back
efs' he lHd one mH NE AID Hif seconds IL snare Thus
accomplishing, Ne Truly betve, lie greatest pedestrian
ea On record lie eNrallana iime n. the conclusion
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