The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-17
"MME. 1NDERsON. rEDEsrRIAx"
A Woman Of Wonderful Endurance To Walk
n Month In HrOokiyn.

At IS last O. ening six women and about
one hundred men including half dozen Al
dermon and ottor moral sporting gentlemen ~
brooklyn. assembled in Mozart Garden. At ten
minutes b. 5 th" orchestra struck up "a pleasing
medley. consisting of " A. lrctiy a- q Picture
Way Down on the Swancc River" and " Don't
Get Weary" At five minutes TO Mr.. Samucls
stepped on the stage. lending str0ugly-built
roay-chochcd. hcarty-looking English woman.
dressed in a neat. tightly-lltting Turkish habit
Of rod and blue silk reaching 10 the knee. flesh
colorcd tixhts. displaying very muscular and
shapcly limbs from tho knee down Snug
and plahle cailskin CATERS encascd hor
we'll formed feet and trim ankes. whilo neat
Turkish cap of rcd silk and white laco
rested Iauutlly on her crown over mass oi
dark brown hair. Mr.. Samuels Introduced
the womnn rs Nine. Anderson. lately arrived
from England. whore she had accompllshed
some wonderful fonts IN pelostrinnism. Nine.
Anderson. IN "a clcnr voice with pleasant Eng
li~h accent. said she would undertake To- walk
2.tpl quarter miles IN rs many eohsecutly"
plish the task. and felt confident that she would.
NhN invited the gentlemen present 10 bring
their wives. mothers. sisters. and daughters al
any time ~ day or night. tn see that she was
fairly accomplishing her walk. and 10 lend her
their moral support aud eneourugemcnt. Her
speech mud manner won for her the sympathy
Of the audience AT once.
Atthrcc minutes to tho hcl struck for her
10 prepare i1r the start and at precisely she
began her first quarter on well built tln bark
track with seven laps 10 the quarter 81 milo.
She walked on with n free ousy stop. swinging
a little whip In her hands. Tho first quarter
was walkod I'm minutes the second in 3:2u.
the third in minutes. the fourth and nfth in
minutes also. and tie sixth ia 2:iG. Nine. An
drrson said that as the walk went ON and the
tan bark bcrnmc pressed down sh" would make
q great deal better time. Col. Edward Fox who
has seen many female pedestrians in their
trinl- of endurance. says Mmo Anderson Is the
best and most graceful oi an.
Mr.. Frederick II. Coles. architect, 63 Pine
street acted as Judge last night, with N'Ssrs. &.
Is. HaI"lton and George W. Han ns tmo keep
worthy men were to follow these gchtlomen as
liners, each ons signing tho record as lar as Ac
kcrI- 10.
English ncwspapors give tho following as
. In september. 1871. IN tanrinn Gardens,
Wales, sho wnkcd 1000 half miles In
1000 half hours. beginning each hnil
milo at the commencement Of each hnlt
hour. IN Plymouth. England, ehe walked
$50 milos I'm 600 hours, doing "a milos
ishcd tho losl milo IN l3s minutes. After
this she attempted TO walk loo miles in *
hours in q circus ring 40 the close ot the S7ih
milo she nint al. Nellcnl mon told her that It
M Lceds she walked ,jlOmucs In LOCO hours.
Her la-t milo and lnlf after waking six
Weoks. WAS gone over in ~ minutes. After
hulf AN hours rest sue wa kct n quarter
the last quarter iu two minutes. Her last az
peurunce in England wHs NJ Peterborough.
whore. It is claimed. She walked 2. .GsS quarter
miles IN the same number Of quarter hours.
She WIS pupil Of Gn'e, tho champion long
distance walker Of England.
II was the opinion OF several old sports last
night that she would accomplish her great feat
OF endurance