The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-05-07
LEG LUNACY.
Four st. Louis Business Mems
Tramp.
The Contest Between O Man and
q Woman in New York.

occupy prominent positions in large
business houses i'm this city. have ere
ated quite fnrore in amateur sporting
circles this week by testing their Pc /
destrian abilities and general physical
endurance in walking contest, the /
starting place being the west end Of
the bridge at Fourth and Washington
aud the terminus Mt. Olive in ST. /
Louis county. The affair was KEPT
very quiet. only 4 few friends beng in
formed; but by some means the mat
ter has been published to a con>idera-
bic extent, and, is result. the gen.
,lemen have suddenly acquired a rep
uta,ion as pedestrians.
The contest grew on. Of various dis
CUSHIONS the four gentlemen have had
at different times since the walking
match ut Armory hall. and was ar
ranged nearly two weeks ago, during
which time the four have sighted
street Gals tOa great extent and pat
ronized the gymnasium much more fire.
quen,lv than they hal heretofore.
Two Of the men were in favor Of hav-
ing the contest last week. but the 9th
ers had given some excuses for 6eierr-
ing i, few dayS'in order that they
might have little more practice. AMI
consequently it was not until Monday
that they reached nm agreement rs to
the day Of the contest.
The time Of starting had been an
nounced for2 o'clock. Monday, but
the weather was rather warm at that
hour. SD the walk was postponed
until 2 o'clock p. m. At that hour
the gentlemen appeared at the start
ing place accompanied by two or three
friends to get them oif in good style.
At 4:2O the four men started out. two
ON each side Of the street, in order not
to attract the attention of the public.
The route was straight out Washing
ton avenue to the Olive street plank
road. and thence to Mount Olive, the
distance by tia; route being eight and
one-half miles. as surveyed by Mr..
Pilzman. Iae parties all wagered
that they could make the trip within
two hours, and the agreement between
them was that the man who reached Nc.
Olive last should nav for a dinner
for the four. \ hack accompanied
the party. The pedestrians reached
Grand avenue in pretty good con-
dition, one Of them leins about one
third Of u block behind the others.
and the only incident that far having
been a little scene with corpuleni
German lady whom one of the party
attempted to run over at the corner ri
Tenth street. When the Olive stree,
road was reached, one of the contest
ants was considerably in the rear Of
the others. who were travelling
at the rate of mile in twelve min
uics, but rhe hackman in attendance
kept along beside the man in the
rear aud cieerei him on his weary
way. But the tagging man did not
90 much further before he called for
the hackman. His companions were
nearly mile ahead in the contest, all
pretty close together. and did not see
their shor, Legged brother until he
drove up alongside of them just be-
fore they reached Mt. Olive.
Precisely at 6:O2 p. m. the leading
man in the race walked into town oi
Mt. Olive. with the second man Just
three steps in his rear, and the third
man four minutes behind, while the
man in the hack brought up the rear.
looking somewhat gloomy after his
defeat. The people a. Mt. Olive were
considerably surprised to see such
good looking tramps invade their
place. but when informed Of the char
ter Of the parties and the cause Of
their appearance in Mt. Olive. they
entertained the strangers to the best
Of their ability. The hack was util-
lied To hiring the pedestrians back
IL the city after short rest. and then
4 Jolly time was had at one Of the best
restaurants in the city.
As an exhibition Of speed in walk
the contest was a very creditable one,
the eight and one-half miles being
walked in one hour and forty-two min
ute>, which is an average Of one mile
in twelve minutes.
WOMAN vs.. MAN.
New York, April 29.-On Friday
morning ut 1915 a walking match
was begun in the wigwam at Patter-
>on. y. j.. between Capt. John II.
Milligan, a local pedestrian of fair rec
ord. and Miss Poulina Van Soubury
Of New York. The match was for one
hundred dollars. The feat was to
walk without stopping to eat or sleep
for thirty-six hours. The Capt. al
lowed the lady ten minutes out Of the
thir,y-six hours for rest; but they took |
their meals. their hot tea and their fire. |
quent whiskeys while walking. On
Friday night they were watched all
all night by an audience. and yester.
day afternoon and last night the inter- J
est was deepened, with big throng
present. and some lively betting. The
contestants were urged by music The
Captain was fresh until the close, a!
though wearing heavy boots in the he
ginning. but the woman began to lag
Yesterday afternoon. and appeared to
feel the want Of a stop. She. howev.
er. kept straight on, partaking Of fire.
quent stimulants, and resting her hand
ON an attendants shoulder. Her first
pair of shoes hurt her feet, and it be.
came necessary to change them for
another pair. She unlOosened and
took of her first pair. and put ON the
others and tied them up without stop.
ping or losing a step. At 1915 last
night the woman fell out and gave up.
Milligan walked I've minutes longer.
and was declared the winner. The