, 1870-04-30
WESTON.
He Wallis g. Mile in SteinxFnT Hall
In Nine Minutes md Thirty seconds
The Hon.. Horace Greeley IN
Stnrtcr-The Hon. Thomas C. Acton
Announces tho Time.

|
| Announces tho Time.
I !: Prom tts !Sese Fork Sun, Ap7Is7.
llr. Edward Pnyson Weston delivered his
| 1ong-prpmised lecture On athletic exercise at
| SteinWay Hall last evening. Among those oc-
| cupying seats On the platform were the hon.
Horace Greeley, Colonel Thomas ". Knox,
General sha1er and stat, and BEisadier Gen
Greeley presided, and introduced the speaker
! in tasteful address. The Hnn. Mr. Greeley
| referred to the great Lack OF physical culture
among. Americans. He said that be
had always favored outdoor sports. He
| WAS glad that go much interest had
He was proud to- hear that Walter
Brown, the great American oarsman, had flung
| challenge in the face OF England, and be wss
rejoiced to learn thst one Of tho loading uni
versities in America had engaged llr. Brown
| to teach it's students how to row. He then
| miles within twenty-four hourH aud some min
| utcs. The Hon. Horace Greeley said that he
had been great walker himself in LID day.
He bad once walked q hundred and fifty miles
and back sgain- The Hon AlE. Greeley did
| not give the timo TINT he made during this
walk, hut it must have been very good time,
indeed; else the Hon. Horace Greeley would
not have mentioned it. Mr.. Greeley con-
cluded by Introducing his young friend, Ed
ward PayBou Weston, to tho audience.
MIs Ne5tu0 Wad TecelFe0 H1Ln MuCn aq-
plause. He spoke for nearly an hour. Els
styl0 Of oratory is impasaioned and feryent.
In many respects he e1uals, il be dcea not H.
deed surpass, John 3. Cough and John Gra~
ham. His voice il clear, his gestures are ad-
mirable, aud his language eloquent and highly
pictorial The Hon. Afr. Greeley paid him the
high compliment Of remaining awake for half
m hour. It is said that he has never listened
to DR.. Chaplin more than Is minutes without
dropping asleep. During his discourse, Mr.
Weston offered to walk 100 miles within a
hours ut the rink in this city, or at Jerome
81 600. to be given TO any charitable In
stitutinn in America. He also announced
his intention Of going to Europe this summer,
and Of walking 5000 m1es within hundred
days, and 100 miles within dye days He
would make his frat appearance in France
gentlemen inviting him to Europe, and he
should accept their invitation. At the close Of
his lecture Mr. Weston said that he would now
walk mile within ten minutes, though the
}abo1 required to walk u mile around the seats
OF Steinway Hall was more than thBt required
70 mako nile it was necessary to walk SOW
enteen times around the hall. with the addi-
hon OF ninetJ-HH feet. The speaker then TO
tired to dress.
Tho Hon, Horace then dragged his chair to
the front Of the platform, crossed his legs,
&AA N4GN Wv LIZ k44u HAAG4 alfA q Ec1 uAHtf-
ke!chief, for the purpose Of keeping time.
Brigadier General +. G. Acton, who was fur
nished with stop watch, sat at the Hon Mr.
G.eeley's right band, General shale1 on his
left
Mr. Weston soon made his appearance, clad
IN a black velvet suit, wearing q beautiful
striped hat, and carrying an elegant whip. AZ
ter walking backward through the aisies sev-
eral times to timber himself, ho pulled oil his
coat, and took his position, surrounded, by q
dense knot Of spectators The Hon. Horace
Greeley ho a I'D been been, intsnty saa o6ssrvi1g in
within tEo inches Of his spectaeles Che is naar-
sighted1, and shouted, ..sNow.''
General Acton showed the spring OF his
stop.Matcl., md began counting the seconds,
hrt Weston did not moEe. Tho Hon ffr.
yen pson lead '.effs T. r. loppsd 55
his hand On his kuec-watch, rcd hanaker-
chief and all-1ooked an1iously at the crowd
surrounding the great pedestrian, and aaid:
AIe you ready :" and % added, Eithoutawait-
, General Acton again moved the spring Of
his watch, and both he and tho Hon. Horace
Greeley began counting the seconds. but Wes- |
ton did not hudge. a third time hEr. Greeley |
raised tho gold watch and red handkerchief to
tansp bis spss3se!sss and Ahoutsd in clear shT
The Human yelocipede was or. He went |
around the room Ike high-p1essure steam
MN. Once" thoutetI tho Hon. Mr. Greeley
as the pedestrian completed his frat circuit Of
tic roou- The ladies' becaIua axcitad, sud
spraug upon the seats to get . look at him,
but he passed them Ike a streak of lightning.
General Acton peerea at his watch through
his gold-rimmed glasses, and look OF eager
interest d7rted over the Hon. Horace
Greeley's conntenance as- he shouted
"aix," when nfr. Weston had gone
around six tines. Down, acroes, and
back, the 1.-the pedestrian went Ike hawk On
the wing. Ensp went his whip about Ills legs
az Ills calves became numb. On his
circuit he snatched g. glass |
OF ice-water from. the end of the platform,
swallowing it at one gnlp without diminishing |
his rate Of speed. and tossing the tu1nbler
among Mr. G1eeley'a feet, around which it |
donndcrea for second, and was then dashed |
10 pieces at tho back Of the stage. IA the
handsome athlete made his last round the Hon |
lit. Greeley, whose eager countenance indi-
Gated intense interest, raised his left hand, |
saying, =. :. There, there! Stop, stop! fon've
General Acton ahoyed the catch On his I
Katc1, and caught tie second on the wing He |
md Hon. Horace Greeley then consulted their |
Fatches, and announced that Mr. Weston had |
made his mile in osnctiy nine minutes and |
thirty eecQnds. |