The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-12
4 LONG Walk.
The Beginning Of n Tramp which 10 to Last
for Elk Days and Five Nights.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. lin Athen-
eum Hail. at II o'clock this morning, George +.
Avery began an attempt 10 walk for l.a consecu-
tive hours without siecg. Stated In hours the
time does not seem Imposing. hut wien It Is
considered that there are only lGs Lours Ia a
week. and that to walk Tor L. hours the uedes.
trian must Keep constantly on his feet and CON
tinuatly moving for SIX days and 1--WE nishts II is
easy to that lie has set for himself terri. ls
task. He takes 1--WE minutes Il each hour for
refrestment. waking say Eve hours continu-
ously and taking the twenty Eve minutes to-
gether; or be NAV walk TWO hours End take ten
minutes, or eight hours and take fuftY minutes.
and - On, though be- IL not allowed 10 sleep.
Usually he walks To- four OF i've hours without
a break, aud t.kts tNch twenty Or TWEEN five
minutes. Avery once wicked without cess ition
Tor ~ n .nrs' ana hc saws tuat ttis hes never
been Go aten cNctp' 10y Cushing, VINO walked at
Syracuse for 49, hours.
Avery cones II lOug-lecgcd stock. His father
w. farmer aud caruenter. Wien hving near
Cleveland the elder Avery frequently walked To-
that city. twenty-siX miles, and back the same
day, making rny-two miles in Twelve hours.
Young Avery says ihnt his ther always hked
to ue ~ home NIGHTS" and II was not Unusual
for him when working Il dis nee Of ten uiics
or so 10 walk home Mt night r.thcr than stay
away from his own house. lie son worked on
his fathers farm few years Ind then weLt
Into machine shup, and when he Is not walk
Ing he follows his tfsde, sometimes travelling AS
salesman Tor mauufi curing n acninists. In
size, weight, and build Avery Is slmewhAt siini-
lar to Weston. Avery dOee not pretend to be
QUICK walker OF shOfl distances, though he
claims 10 have walked 100 mes In less time
than an otner man. Iis slrOuR hold Is en-
durancc. He trains NrIv little. relyiug n rinly
on good constitution. hne he ltn, regular
HABITS, and tenoerance. lie takes netAer malt
nor sUfituous llquorS wti.f walNing, EXCEPT IN
the last DAY or two, curing So hcb he consumes
about hslf 4 plat 81 brandy IN smoll doses. In
private lie ne taxes occasionally a glass OF ale
only, so that n "a ieeto alet n 10 DER cent tenn
pefa, % avery prob by rates uoout $780, In
dou lt51is III slfirt ttial france contributes
larg eiy 10 ha pOvc - s'.dul.rce.
When ANft> apIH.fr1 on tIe stage this morn
Ing the audience Ia the n Tas not large; in
fact q, sides Av,iS aud Lis attendants. there
was onl' one uau tAers-ths iLN rep orter; but
others came IA soon atierwaid. and later the
attendance Wa more nunler fug. Avery has a
frauk face and Il pleasant voice, and IL is said
that hls long time Walking fcats nave been hOu-
estly performed. He walks here ou the staee Of
tue hal la a spaCs OF perhaps twenty Ave Ieet.
Over whore tho fo0tllEnts were l. stretched. al
an elevation OF about three let and h-lf. a
stOut cord for TIE walkers aid. Avery W
dressed ~ the couyen ioual costume 81 uedes-
trlaLs. N'bting unt hahd lightly on the cord lie
st"uped Slowly rn~3 the stage ANA rttuiued
back ard. Sometimes he faces EO ut ana again
he makes many trips witnOur turning. doing
whichever d, Gus less tXhIustiug g. hi- muscles.
Tonight be Is WalNing BACK aud forth, WITH i've
dsls and I've nights Of Il stu before MIN.