Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-04
"Foot Race" Ex,raordinary.

The novel foot race between TWO legisss men
which came off at Cincinnati last week was
quite an amusing affair. The contestants,
named z uiilan and Reynolds, are tobacco
nIsts by trade, and lost their legs ny acciden t.
each hav ing them cut off close up 10 the BODY
They swing themselves along by their hands,
with. Quilian is q powerfully built man,
twenty two or three years Of age. His arms
and shoulders display immense muscle. but
he had too much weight TO successfully COM
pete with his more nimble rival Quillan' $
weight at present is l20 pounds. He had
trained down about twenty pounds. Rey-
nolds' weight is but ninety pounds He is OF
lig at build, with small arms rhat m AXE no dis =.
strong and active as a ca'. When he gets out
OF buggy he perches upon the top OF the
wheel, then leaps far ous on the ground, strik.
ing on his hands. He is ready to bet that ne
can go up or down STAIRS faster than any man
with legs Zach of the men have the 10 wer
part OF the body protected by a leather recep-
Straps.
The Times gives the following description
of the race:
The distance around the track is three
fourtbs Of a mile The men were ready at
about five O'Clock, and took their positions,
QniiIan winning the inside on the toss up.
Reynolds wore a scarlet cap, while Q uillan's
''colors'' were blue and while The difference
between the physique OF the two men was
more marked than that between Jones and
McCool. Several beters, inexperienced in
II Ces OI sDdI soTt, reckleSSly pdt tneir mon
ey on the man of the heaviest muscle, forget
ting that in a contest of that sort lightness and
agility have an advantage over muscle with
weight added-the heav est man would be like
ly to weary first.
They started of together at the word, the
band playing an inspiring AR, and q rude boy
who was seeing the show for nothing from the
top Of the fence. shouting, $50 Ii, yeu Grip
plies - All the spectators followed on behind
the men, making comments and bets on the
race, mostly comments. They were compelled
10 walk quite fast to keep up.
q uillan took the lead, throwing his strong
arms forward with long and sturdy strides
The working OF his muscles, hard as iron,
We uld have delighted the trainer OF prize
fghust. Reynolds followed close be hInd him,
his strides being quick and nervous. 1t was
seen that he only intended to keep near his an
tagcnist until the last end of the race. Some
times Quillan would gain several feet on
Reynolds but the latter would close mp the
gap without m uch apparent effort. 1t was ev-
ident that he had powers in reserve that he
could call into play il he chose to do so, pro-
vided his wind did not desert him When
within about forty rods Of the stand, Reynolds
suddenly shot out ahead-let go his right and
left as " might say-and in q flash he left his
opponent ar in the rear. Quillan made a
hopeless leap or two and then stopped, appa-
rently dumbfounded. Reynolds made the cir
cult in eleven minutes and fifteen seconds
equal to going mile in fifteen minutes,
which is good time for man to make In that
way.
He showed very little fatigue when he ar
rived at the stand. Quillan was a good deal
exha usted by his efforts and some W hat aston.
ished. He found that he must train himself
down considerable more to hope to compete
with so nimble an antagonist as Reynolds
He says he has challenged HIM for another
race and will beat him yet. Reynolds offered
to bet that he could make the circuit OF the
track in ten mini utes, but there was no one to
dispute the proposition, not with money
q luillan had counted confidently on beating in
the race, on account Of his superior muscle
He seemed considerably discouraged by the
result. This will be nice news TO tell nv
GIRL he remarked lugubriously 1t is the
first race Of the kind that either of them ever