, 1870-01-09
ODD RUNS AID WALKH..
FroM 44H the Kexf Roxnd,

= ton11atng 1hs Arabs and lsllahs Of ossfo Ttth
= !p!pos Ionl Lnnngh the bAxssrs xnd atreets
!, y l7a,a n open eaHiaee soneu@es ca9esn aa
: Geng On donkey.baok, but IN. diner cs
Gassalsg.u. 1s sas aDa tss sssontsa s4 ' r. oi
Is hafen-4he vxA preceded py FunpinQ footrnsn IA =
|, me wilde.t aod most picturesque ind: II
ns e asn nxaItsJ. n:he halfnaked Isl!owa nzanda
. screaming out to aokre away: Az md III u
0 might otheFwtse lnpade tbs mne1am oI sho lup
J.. IM asd s!oereZM PsfsonaseL Our puby astemp
: .ina ~ ,a,s a''1ss NAM neen beaten III to not
, And yef the tine x,a when rnnn,Ds.took ne
s 'ionmeo nN N the eatAoiishment OF car tue
, 1ront q ne travelling esrragu, Hheu out on jou
heys o. any oonnoershle otstsnca; parity 70 81
} wfrtehtd roads, tot chiefly 70 mate 3 sbo y 1
! ne eyes ot tho world. A speod Of four Of ~
NJ, m1e. an an hour tns men ccrtd rnatulx1n fos 81
petmitted tpeed od 4tx or sefen mites to b. keo
nh ne lu1LtnE footmeo gradually 'oeaaed +
having aeen tnA staIe.ooacn Of Tie Ran o o
hopstonn ptecedsd = IN thlt way. T1e oil
M mnfs is,s ., 2ssens "a. one ot .ae iast VINO tep
ioo.nen who displayed his agility By ruuntnS ot
WIN ~ draeer Livery vn1e "sno wing hi,
a4ozt Of Light Jockey dres; somesines theJ esr !.
led poe OF stat M laet long or 70, at tho toE
pl Mnsh was hollow bsu containing nard
forty q alty miles n dsJ. fnsT more ceisb1ss. .
When rsisay Gsn: "a eeco 81
werc undrcamed Of On one occasion such mes.
xcEI ran NON aona csa1le to Edinearg and
Right 70 Ieieh doctor; sad there: 1e ". 40 10.
nile. n so,t1o nou,, to .sses sasS se. ssi s9a
10 travel over such roads snd hill .paIhs d vould
staRger m0oetn Mayfair rootman By1he vnY.
tns Kord 1oo:rAn VAS derived from the nir'
-r1fk
ata frtenas. IN Goes Al Of simpl,ur. pabinhsd
70 ne time Of Charles Il, We ara told Ihat, aIl q
!ootnsn tale nag0oxt aud putt into hi shoes
noone, aHd not be 1eay d. IVA TslasSie aae 's9pae mpe:
Moit this; do ous pedestsians Get alone rann.na
fc1tuenl fnox ANYTHING aooutlt7
noise and obtained faue a,Ite tudepepdent Of tns
footlnan word ana the sporting world, There
Eas the ehoredltch trsdesuan, neither young nor
street TO Edmontor, etght miles. IN jiil1 mipuseS
1here was the shepherd who, IN 17tA, Tau On
Aonlsey Hurst fifteen miles In. eghtJ.eght NIL
utes-ht The rate Of full ten miles an hour. or
course theee achievements have been beaten oy
the nio!esbioEa racers, concerning whom II u not
Was once rtee herFeentwo men, one OF whom
waa nniattly Interrupted By au emiasary Of the
| Other: be knocked the rasea1 down, fell over him,
Pa na np azhn and Won ,s1 tn rass IasIe
| uemap !pnnd the sre.le, At Brighton, IN 1895;
9e gentienan 1an vel, bn1 the Lady mn better.
ors Captain otto made curtuus match at
HiiEhton 10 1scA nc undertook 70 clrry On hn
s,er 'ssieeF r. ie,d pot o 4. s,fssds5 0sSss
1un MY yards szatnat the ponyT one hundred aad
,s.t. u vh:sa oito should es1y s. u Gfenadef q @
dred but the Captain was vanqui1hed Dld
.!eafnef" mean ftafner-welsht, or lightweight
y M bR Fss7s m e.
sSors Hssd IN ne old Bailey to ses @ eis1snss III
hours am: one minutes. nc Wou 1isJ pounds b.
acnev;nz ta's CURIOUS feat u lees .nan four nourh
N1. !; III, there aay deficiency Of vainng scnieIe-
Tnss ~ tae asa sfasn q sss eeR aae s'a, Il
nd M Tnos 4o lE haadrsa m,a;
= r. 1eeE Iasss ~ sas = aIoasessessasiss aI ssssss
sho 9s5t.d e1 i9o% 1pnaen 70 re- Rfi.to,' ,'e1oa; e
little 1e91 than twenty hours- 20, et lAatt,
ees ea1 e ans R Il KgqS 1sS
Gentleman !" performed he tssk on which VA
ger xas "a p 17sa q "Walkng lrom London 70
Gags a. q saa a. ens1 .a1a ~ 5s
gumed tnss he did not emulate The feat Of WAX
ing On TIE sea, attributed ~ lyrical aathoriJ to
dsTS 9 Sc r1se " 1no5s g .ss 'lo odd a. vaifs IL
q snleh I'D, caa people, asys a. laeen. may
Hngiy to bsstst: = walk Or run. this, accord
inR 70 condinonA Then thero u tne formidIh.e
task Of waking thousand miles In thoQsaod
Barclay; eioce outdono s. WAX OF ! thoasznd
quarter. miles in q thoukaod successge qusr1er.
1en .eSs moge me wsang 16 anG
time. Thu foolish, 6ealtn-ruiniug work Was once
From men On foot % men on hostasack tne
transition Il nAtuEaL Some OF tnn most rem arkA.
bic examples Of speed on hnr1ebaek have been
performed BY non-profesAonAl Hcerh Cardinal
Wolsey won bls nrgI promotion In life by quick
journey. When chaplain 70 Henry The SeIeatu. he
o1 sas e 70 ns tas
The Journey there and back IN lttle over two
days, tneiudinx TIC seTT low and tedious sea nas-
Wien RobeIt CareJ 1Rs sent from London 10
EdtnhnEgh, 70 announce to King James tue death
Of Queen Elizabeth. he performed the }onrusy of
fouf hundred miles In the daylight OF TIRES
days. Stow relates that one Bernard Calvert
vent u 1c21, from London 10 Calait. aud back, In
back, and the channel voyage in a large by Wn,ch
sn .ankeepei named Tnonh!ll rode ifom sutton.
ard once agaln 70 LONDON, accomplishing tne
Whole TWO hundred and thlrteen nlles in tWeive
9e1a1 o' eose mn1les caae wa good
Achievement u the accounts arc rellAale D.ck
Tulpln1 tide We al know about; and Let NJ never
Of the verify Of which We teem' ii certNn
as Of anything n sto1J. Or the doiags on rsee-
co.. c4nIfss rs Err 1sed only mention t1o,e q which Y
17ea we Ind that the hdies' plate waa RIDDEN ior
BY wonep, IN TIRES hea.s and nnal struggle
Il aat e. @Ss notable pr ss IN W :a' S.
Ion, The w'fc Of coioiel ThoSnton. TIE CoIo
mel cnaiiensed Nj. Flint, in lso4, that ME
race.cou1se, for Eve hundred guineaa = stdr. Tho
Colcnel ieadng the ladys horse TO the starttnK
the nrst three InileA When her horse fAlloi, ana
hel coupe;ttof won. 6ae altersaros Mrute 70
eno eo. q ne t. GO tp.4 1nss
hardly betu that Of gentleman. "turf row "
arlaog ont Of ths event, Mr. Flint saser1ed that
ase2s esoas ns ss
md csais q as. aps 1ssssz Bsassz .ieIe Gae
ss1el1 lr1eF taa1 the1e wss some,hinF TFour asosn
Colonel Tnornson. Hs equestrian VIE, ho1cve4.
IN III ~ nos s.da az se qd fos
the Newmarket Jockey. Mn. Thnrason appeared
outhe ooul1a. Asttted n purple cap aud lack.
stockinRA. she wa 1nounted On heT maSo
"Inuisa." She rods nine none az peunds,
aaa,rst Buet1s1 thirteen stone III, Aad won By
Of regna. houeraces and rsoeno.ses
then U, Of courae, much TO tell; bat We
t. for tnslance Ii about the famous horsa Eclipse,
Who could cover t~entJ.nve feet Mn one au.de,
and mate seven zach strides IN three seco1d1;
hls Unprecedented Enncefs ~ Iacsr VA (onnd to
DC due mainly 70 hts magn1ncsnt hea1t {coTpaeai,
not poetlcal) which Weighed thirteen pound1 Un.
fscnily % chicane,1. Wisnsss ia srisi .hta toor
place II Kngstau Ats1xsa in byRuae Jea11 Ooe
Ean betsed WIN anolneE thas be Voald po1lde
nour1. Tne thing eeemed incredible, aud 70 the
PEI wa1 ta9en = yeE Fae one. But how VIA
r. tns - mater maoagsd7 Tbs person Who
than hores1, brought forward three horses that
Ill started together: each borse did tn1tty miles
masfsble; and, .; a;1 our a1isausao opols s.
that three tines thirty make ninety, tho kus7e
shou2ht he had dooe legal I. wes! IA . au,srt
q tn'ns Ptsoe1s MSs G9i'e however for. ,u5 refused
onee. 10. and then, tnese hxse been qusdrupe-
dA1 1ea pi1nned. ia which sutmals Of q non:ra-
1arkes. London htsss 10 the lime OF George tho
F1l1t Al Northampton, II holiday seaaon, ,wn
6u.!s' re cow and cSa wefe sIAted 70 run .
ealf By / boy. Fuur OF the Jockeys came TO ms.
fortune; ne th1ne COWS ~ thros theis riders; the
sn o5 ln5aeled az co.n H!sn h I'd one Of tss nu!ls
Psaaea S1 4 g; S1 s& sss8ssa szs
sheta4 Il aeephiis c.,De poaI :na % 4 naa; M
& If5SSs; q. ;., sSs j q 9 . ai.ousa'on ns:
enss e ns aoy Ga 2 ~ s1sonsn1 70 u hs u.a
e&leea taat he can ahntlc along At the pAee OF 4
nne 1ogeheL Ihn os.<ich Il = runner OF amaze
lnR tE1faeas, almo4t clstsnctn2 the cfcyhonnd |
and N 0eetess Arsaisn co1rseI. And MA tpeFe |
not tAmooa naturalist who mounted = caJmsn
Of alligator IN tha aNAmps o1 South Amefica 1
ana nd nA ne AlllRator zeal veg nanch aston |
precedented burden On hls hAeks And woaid Ve |
not rRiber Aee It dnua than ott7
Among Giving achevenensa waa tho rslnoos |
one BY the Earl Of March IN 1Ica He undertook
70 provide fouI.Mhsclsd carriage that would b |
driven nineteen mlle2 in pns hour by one single
team Of four har5eS. II waA Z fouf vhee.eY. but |
one Of narrelloosly uRnt construction. Wrp and /
cords were used wherever pftcucahle lnxtead OF
heavier mAte1tAs; the h2ruehS Ws6 OF tue leAthef
covered With dix the seat for the driver loo other