Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-04
ZOE CATIONS LONG WALK.
Her Second Trip Across the Costisent O
Foot.

Miss Zoe Clayton. the champion female pedss-
triAn Of the world. who has undertaken 10 waIk
from New York TO san Francisco BY way Of
New Orleans distance Of nearly s. 400 miles
in l65 days. reached Baltimore last night She
tarried there only long enough TO write isle
gram announcing her arrival at Baltimore. 10
be sent to Mr.. William Harding. sporting edi-
tor Of the New York Police Gdsetfe. Then she
resumed her journey. She said that she In
tended to push on about fifteen miles further
in the direction Of Washington, which city sh.
expects 90 reach tonight
Miss Gayton was nearly four hours behind
her schedule time In reaching Baltimore accord
ing to the Ame,icon; still she made the twenty
three miles which she must cover daily In
order 10 be successful. She walked the greater
part of Tuesday night. and at dinner yesterday
morning she was at Magnolia. Hartford county
She was then suffering with a sick headache,
which troubled her nearly all day So for sew
eral hours she made haste very slowly, and
about $50 pm. found herself at Steamers
run. Here she stopped TO rest, and, falling
asleep, her companion. Mr.. Joseph L. Price,
decided that he would let her remain in that
She remained asleep for more than two hours,
and when she awoke she was entirely relieved
OF the pain in her head
After supper ut q farm house In the vicinity
Miss Clayton resumed her journey and at $50
, ,,, ba!ve~ Junction. on the Philadelphia.
wilmington and Baltimore railroad. Here
quite number OF railroad men, who had heard
OF her coming. had collected and hearty vel
come was extended TO her. She requested 10 he
given glass Of water. which was furnished her.
ana MI. VIM. A. Kuhn presented her with
handsome bouquet OF cut flowers Miss Gayton
was much pleased with the gift and returned
/ the compliment by giving Mr.. Kuhn one OF her
Photographs From Bsyyiew junction 20 Bid
die street station. about three miles, occupied
three-quarters of an hour.
Miss Gayton's usual gait is four miles an hour,
ana she can, she save. keep this mp for twelve
hours, whenever IL becomes necessary 10 do So
Although Miss Clayton has hardly begun her
long journey she is confident Of success.
| III win, she said. Il shall be in nearly
s2oooo and II lose / am out not only my
time. but also 5000. which I have bet on the
result. L follow pedestriAnism not so much
| Tor the money expect TO make TO have
the satisfaction OF knowing that can do some
| thing That no other woman can do. There n
an imprt ssion that am compelled, in order TO
| be successful in the walk l have undertaken
this time, TO keep to the railroad track, even II
have TO walk through tunnels TO do 30. Nov,
while am not afraid OF being killed, am not
going TO walk through any tunnels. I do not
care how many bridges or trestles I have TO
cross. i have often walked over trestles q mile
long. and forty or fifty feet high, and once the
only way had to escape from being run down
by a train was by jumping into the water"
Miss Gayton's daily diet consists Of dark csf-
fee. with piece OF rare beef once a day il she
can get IT, and raw eggs as frequently che
feels like eating them Her usual drink 10 milk
or water. As TO place to sleep, she ID not par
ticular. provided the weather il not stormy, In
which case she tries to reach hotel On other
occasions she often lies on tho grass upon Q rug
which one Of her attendants carries for her,
and no covering. a. she expressed il, but tbs
canopy of heaven"
Miss Gayton said that six wears Of her gid
life were spent in Baltimore and that her parents
lived for long time on Fayette street near
Charles. After reaching San Francisco she viii
| return 70 New York by rail and little later shs
expects to 60 to Europe, TO remain for several
years.