The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-05-14
GREAT MAKING MATCH.
One thousand Nils in One thousand
Hours.
From the New York Post.

An Interesting pedestrian exhibition
IS now going on at a billiard saloon in
Chatham street, for the purpose of test
Ing the endurance of two sporting men.
I've Englishmen. John Goulding. aged
thirty five, and James Miles, aged twenty
one years. are each endeayoring, to walk
a thousand miles In thousand hours.
Their field of action is a billiard room,
containing three tables, at the back of a
drinking saloon. Forty walks around
tnese tables complete the mile. A begin
ping was made last Saturday afternoon.
In orderto perform the feat, it will be
necessary to walk for SIX weeks less eight
hours A state of complete physical cx-
haustion may be expected on the part OF
ooI IN contestants long before that time.
The only man who has vet accomnlisb.
ed the feat was Captain Barclay. in Eng
land. about twenty years ago. He show
ed signs OF great fatigue before his five
hundreth mile had elapsed. He would
tall while walking, and frequently had to
be raised. Severe castigations with
Whips were administered, to excite and
thoroughly arouse him. He was pricked
also with needles. and pistols were fired
near his ear. Doctors were also constant
Y present to administer stib,ulants
Profound sleep would ensue at each mo-
ment OF rest. and at the close of the feat
1t was long and enduring His nerves
ana muscles, however, from constant
previous habit, impelled him to rise at
the. usual intervals, for at least furtniqnt
and walk while sleeping, TO prevent
this he was forciby held until his system
returned to Its normal condition.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE MEN. o.s.
Barclay had an advantage over the
present contestants in walking in the
open air. He had beds immediately
within the outer doors of two cottages.
! ana iald In them alternately. -Goulding
ana Miles are IN an atmosphere, some
| what yltlated by constant crow 4, though
draft rusheS through, and, at the close
OF each walk, are compelled to ascend a
| par or stairs to their bedrooms, But are
light, bony men.
Gouldlng is five feet five inches in
| height He was apprenticed to butch
er during boyhood, in England, but
adopted the profession of s'hurdle and
jumping II the age of seventeen. In
later years he combined with it walking
and running. Hurdle jumping is per-
formed by leapng succession Of twenty
hye hurdles, each three feet six inches
high, placed In circle, ten yards apart.
1t Is necessary to Jump this circle twenty
times, equalllng five hundred hurdles.
Gouldlng, In running contest, was beat
en- some years ago by Jackson, the
American deer His best running
was nine miles In one hour and a quarter.
During the present contest, Goulding
wears thick flannel shirt under a thin
wooden elastic shirt. His legs are cover
ed by loose WOODEN drawers, and round
his neck is silk handkerchief He
wears, also a light cap. -.-- --.~ 81
Miles is similar dressed He has tight
cotton drawers upon his legs, like "a circus
rider. He. wears neither cap nor hand
derchlef. The socks worn are cotton, and
the shoes have low heels.
Both men take a long breath at the
close OF each circuit of the tables which
lasts them nearly to their return They
look at no one IN passing. Their eyes
! are vacant and indicate mental absorb
ton IN their work. Their elbows are
curved and hands brought to level with
| the center OF their chests Each shout
| der is elevated and depressed in turn. as
steps are taken This materially aids
motion and stays fatigue.
They perform their mile, usually, in
FROM nine to thirteen minutes. Each
mas once performed it in eight minutes
and torryone seconds They take
morning shower bath of salt water, and
are rubbed from time to time with oil.
Their feet are often bathed in beef brine
or forge water, in which blacksmths
have dipped hot irons This is mingled
with IA lIttle carbonate of ammonia
| HOW PEDESTRIANS ARE, TRAINED.
| Training for this race began, on the
! part of both, two weeks ago. The men
rose daily at five, took cold shower bath,
and drank a glass of choice sherry, in
which an egg was beat up. They then
| p acuced twenty minutes with light
dlsnb bells, and subsequently walked
three miles IN the open air at a moderate
pace. Breakfast took place at seven.
Leisure to read or converse was allowed
until dinner at one, with the expectation
OF the time required for an open air walk
OF ten miles at an ordinary rate. A rest
OF forty minutes followed dinner, and
quiet walk of ten to fifteen miles was
| the accomplished. 7 @
Miles weighs I42 pounds and Goulding
40 pounds, but neither was required to
reduce his weight When this is exact. d,
men follow the same diet and training,
but wear three additional flannel shirts
on their daily walks, and run violently at
each return home On arriving they
throw off their moist clothing, take a
salt water bath and are well rubbed
AT iile present moment Of racing their
diet Is the same as when training, with
the exception of the ale, which is replac-
| ed by tea. water, arrow-root, egg and
sherry or lemonade. No pastry or broths
are taken The admission is fifteen cents,
and, during the day. they walk every
hour, in order to exhibit themselves fire.
quently.t After'midnight they walk two
miles at time, and are thus enabled to
| sleep about forty-fve minutes at the
/ close of each hour, and an equal time at
the beginning Of the next Its noticeable
that their greatest drowsiness is from two
to six in the morning. The air has then
less buoyancy than at other times
| Deaths are more apt to occur during
these hours than at other periods.
As the completion of the thousand
miles approaches great exhaustion may
| be expected, and the sight will be an IN
teresting physiological study. Atpresent
both men are quite fresh No one as yet
except Barclay, has exceeded three hun
| dred miles. One of the most successful
of these candidates in England was a
| woman.
| Goulding has lately arrived from Eng
land Miles has been several years in
! Australia and California. He claims to
have outwalked George Moore, the Aus
tralian champion, and Dan Driscoll, the
champion of the Pacific coast He was
invited here by sporting men three
months ago, to walk Weston, but that
pedestrian had no disposition for further
feats. The present match is for 81, 900.
If both accomplish the feat, they will
continue walking until one of the two is
| unable to continue