Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-16
ANOTHER WALKING MATCH.
O'Leary and weston to Meet Again.
AN OLD TIMERS OPINIONS OF PEDESTRIANS AND
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MADE AND DIS
TANCES COVERED

AN OLD TIMERS OPINIONS OF PEDESTRIANS AND
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MADE AND DIS
TANcEs COVERED.
Daniel O'Leary, the famous pedestrian. is in
Philadelphia for a few days and intends going
To New York to sign articles with Weston, the
father OF pedestrianism, for a six days heel and
toe walk. which will probably take place in
Madison Square garden. OLeary said that he
received $4,000 for his famous walk with
Weston in London several years ago. In an in
terview in the Philadelphia Times about pedes-
trianism and pedestrians, he said:
weston has made three fortunes. / don't
Know whether he's rich, but he has q beautiful
when he walked through England on the tenn
peraiice scheme the tenn perance society of Lon
don gave him a check tor $4,000
"Rowell has made $4,000 walking and he
mas always taken good care of his money. He
doesn't speculate. have made 81 so, 900 since
1874, but I've lost a great deal OF money in
speculation. HuZae. has made over $40, 900 in
TINS country and Hart, the colored man, got
$4,000 for one week at Madison square gar
den, where he Won the O'Leary belt in March,
1850. Vint never made q great deal OF money
and Campana never got great deal of wealth.
hughes got 81 400 out OF one race in New York,
anu whes he walked against me for the Ashley
belt he got $500. NOremac has made good
deal OF money and SO has Fitzgerald. Harri-
man made 5000 in one race ut the Madison
out of one walk. He is now a contractor in
Stamford, Conn. George Guion, OF Chicago,
trian, has made q snug little bundle, too.
SOME GREAT PEDESTRIANS.
II think" continued O'Leary, that Roweu
Is the creates; prominent pedestrian in the
world, and believe he can go $50 miles in six
days; his record now Is COG miles. believe he
and then permanently retire. There was a
man named James Albert, OF this city, who l
think was the greatest pedestrian i'm the world.
L believe he could beat any man who ever
walked. Weston will do some surprising walk
Ing IN his match with me. Frank Hart, the
colored walker, can give Rowell the closest race
Drought Hart ont, but he Is an ungratefu fell
iow Hughes is good man yet, and Vint is q
great little man, and Noremac is another great
work and SO did Ennis George Guion is a pic
tureslue pedestrian: so is Vaughan. Sehmehl
ala some great walking with Ire in San Fran
cisco. Walking has not worn me out have
walked $4,000 miles and expect to beat my
record IN my walk with Weston. ROwell has
walked probably $4,000 or 10000 miles
dazaei has done 10000 OF 10000 miles, Hart
has covered about 10000 miles, and others
have tramped thousands
EXPERIENCE IN A Sundays WALK.
''The first time 1 walked in a six-days' race
the first hundred miles 1 walked walked five
of my toe-nails oil. 1t was very painful. My
1eetsweled fearfully. That was because Wore
high-heeled shoes. | didn't feel the pain so
much, on account of the excitement. It's eX-
he's go. TO have the ply steal stamina. The ex-
element is So great the last two days that it's
not SO hard. Tie hours in the last two days
seem shorter 10 me than in the early part of the
walk. The second day Is always the longest
generally walk one hundred and fifteen miles
the tirs: day and about eighty-five miles the
second day. The hardest part OF the business
is dOin. with little sleep. Alcoholic stinlulantS
don't help iIlIn mach and heel-and-toe walk
ing Is harder and more wearing than the gO-;ls-
you-please style. The interest in pedestrian
ism hasn't died out, and don't think it ever
New York will prove this. don't know what
the limit of human endurance is in q siX-days'
walk. believe, as L have already said, that
Roveil can run and walk $50 miles in six days.
believe he do il, but don't believe it will
ever be De;ltpn.'