The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-03-27
How Far Can a Man Go on Foot In
 Six DaysF -,

Hazael's performance of 600 miles in six days, says the New York Sun, was clearly not the limit of his abil- ity. Before the close of the race he had his packer to bet on his going 625 miles. No one could be found to take this bet, so he contented him. self with COG miles, though there is not the slightest doubt that he could have made the greater distance if there had been a special inducemcnt. His packer thinks he could have gore 649 miles in the six days. For six day race, as in all protracted strug- gles, of course the quality of muscu- lar endurance is the first requisite. But that will be found use 'ess unless there goes with it d strong digestion. John Ennis was certainly man of extraordinary natural endurance and pluck, but he had to abandon his eff. forts to make fortune through go- as you-please races, simply because his stomach would not go with him. After endurance and digestion-good condition being always understood comes gait. Horses win with good and bad gaits; and so also of the men who have rolled up great scores; some travel with ease and no appar.. ent muscular exertion except what is directly employed in locomotion; and some go laborious y, with the ex- pense of great dea. of muscular effort that can be of no service in really driving the body forward.
 If the man that clearly wastes power can keep up with the man that goes with no such waste, it is evidently because he can generate more force to waste, which implies d better digestive apparatus; and it must be remembered that the un- gainly Fitzgerald, in scoring 5S2 miles in the previous match, showed his undeniable ability to go over GOO miles. Also a man should be able to go well both walking and running
 OLcary, in condition, easily walk cd away from his competitors; but when runner came against him he was hopelessly beaten. He could walk, but could not run. 30 the old grenadier Krohne possessed enor- nous endurance, but could not reach the runners. See, now, what sort of man has just gone his GOO miles with ease. Hazael always has been known as a great runner for any dis tance from five to twenty miles; but te was never celebrated as a walker. Any one seeing him coming down the stretch at speed might well be- lieve he saw ghost. When run ming, in spite of his bowed, misshap- en figure, Hazael travels with such an evenhess of gait, and such ease and grace of motion, that he almost seems to get over the ground with. out any movement at all. Yet, when he slows down to walk, he moves with great labor and only moderate speed. Hazael is nearly 40 years old, long past the prime of strength, and has probably led life very different ftom what would be marked as the best for man to preserve his vitality to the fullest extent. He is sufferer from hernla, and is a poor walker, and, judging from his previous performances, it is not at all likely that his digestion IS of remark able strength, or that he is gifted with such wonderful powers of recu. peratlon as was the case with Wes- ton. Yet, such as he is, he has shown his ability to go not far from $50 miles m the 142 hours. His present score may never be beat en, for the reason that six-dsy match es may go out. of fashion; but it does not seem improbable that the ideal