Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-30
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1.avcock against TiIne-- Wonderful feat'
copvwuAaEs GaoUEDs ARAR MAseHEsTER, MARCH
0 : Considering that this afternoon had been hxea
Cor tbe persormsnoe Of task almost 1ereaiean ln
its psture the attendance Of spectators vas ~ ~
means SO large ss might have been expeeleu. az
,vas n Ynaieh in which WA. .Laycock, OF bfe1iolo'
bd boaD bqc;rd "a walk twenty miles in five hours
ena IN throw 90 tons over his head, eaea EeeDs 10
he &c N. in weight, whilst prneee1ieg on Ais "1J'
The hacker of time stalking 20 70 40.
The editor Of this journal was aPPelnlesS s'@te
holder, and the deposits were guy P''S rs. Ca-a
I'D In accordance with the articles Inc Oopen-
49, c,,,rse being 684 yards and : ieet around,
$500 l,ad 10 traverse Il SIS times, IN addition TO
100 vsrds and foot. Mr.. Hayes niiea me emee OF
1000 and The betting at start was and Q 10 on
-. - flere we're but few takers. The Pedestrian
Inc ~ he ebout thirty ave years of age, and
~ otired il light dress; and We beive this was
", g. occasion on which he lad attempted the
-farmsnce Of so severe atGsk
We ray here state that the weights tive togeihsr)
,Tere placed upon wooden ouHets, about 50 yards
nert The iron Of each protesting over the pedestal,
so that Laycoek was enabled to place his hands I'm
dor he ED Of each and thus throw it over his head
with greater ease Whilst doing 50 his legs ex
handed and he then walks over tie supports for the
wsights one foot being either side, followed by
two men, who replsce them in readiness for him
daring the next revolution Of the During
the twenty miles, have stated he had 10 throw
30 tons in this way, and, consequently in each
round be had to dispose OF IA weights of Sc lb. re-
specvely during 81 revolutions of tie ground, thus
leaving bin two throw in the last lisp, including
also the l29 yards u inches left to complete the
distance.
All being in readiness, Lsyeock commenced his
performance at half past oolock, being attended
BY two persons, who supplied him occasionally with
necessary refreshments As he proceeded on his
iournev he had Of course TO stop at each couple of
ortd bp fhreyv than his head
IN the manner above stated, with the most sstonisb-
inc eass-so easy il fact, did it appear that, had
his performance been in pantomime, where the
representatives Of SO ID. weights are composed If
wood. or even Of some lighter material, it would
have been ssspplaudsd 10 the echo" Laycoek went
on with his task, rapidly raversing lap after lap,
and dispatching weight after weight, during the
afternoon, with the most unhagging energy, aud he
successfully accomplished his wonderful uudertak-
ing with IS minutes TO sPare, and appeared little
faiigOed The course vas Ia excellent condition, OF
which fact Layccck subsequently expressed bis high
approval ard the match passed of very satisfacto-
riy. The only cause fer regret was thstso few per
cons were present 10 witness the astonishing feat,
some Of the ''nOt>to-be done" Manchester people
having q cratchet Ia their heads that IL was 'gotN
up affair fer The gate money; and even some OF
them who did witness it, seemed to think that the
weights were fictitious, and entered the ground to
examine them after Laycock had retired, but only TO
discover that they stern reality. For obvious
reasons we Withhold the name OF the packer OF
Tine bat may state that he is gentleman residing
at Obey in Yorkshire. LsycOck deserves every
credit for the admirable manner in which he acqutt
ed himself and the stakes shall be forwarded to
him. as directed, on Tuesday Dext-BelFs Life
WALKIaG MATCH AGAINST TIME-SEvEE MILES
ANDA QUARTER WITHIN THE Hour Joseph Jenns, Of
. Somers Town, who is well known as a pedestrian,
was matched to walk fair heel and toe seven miles
and quarter within the hour. The Whereabouts
appointed for the decisoR of The match was Gunners~
bury lane, Ealing on Tuesday last. Jeuns had been
trained by the Wel-known Harry Woodstock, and
no man could have been brought to the work in bet
ter condition When the proper officials had been
appointed Jeuus came TO the starting mark, atten-
ded bv Woodstock, and having responded in the af>
firmaive 10 the question Of cane you ready :" the
signal was siYeB when eff he dashed st a splendid
race The first mile was accomplished in I min.
~ Gee.
From this period of the stTuggls, Jenns kept on
the eyea tenor Of his way up 10 the completion OF
the fourth mile, accomplished this portion of the
matcn in 81 min. . sec. Thus far Jeuus had main
tanned the struggle without exhibiting anything IN
the share Of fatigue. a., however, he continued
10 rattle along She continued exercise began TO tell
upon him, aud when six miles and a half Of the dis
tance had been completed, he was evidently much
stressed Woodstock, who wei the whole j0ar-
new nurged his msa in The most skiiliul manner, and
the caro- Of his monitor doubtless mainly insru'
mental il enabling the gallant little Jenns 10 bring
the match to q triumphant issue; for, on completion
of the distance, it found time had been beaten
by Il sec-BeTs Life, AITe1 10.