Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-06-23
MAN LEADS PHYSICALLY.
No Animal to Compare With Him in Feati
 of Endurance.

No Animal to Compare With Him in Feats
 of Endurance.
 Recently in a bicycle race at London an English rider named Green made the astonishing record of fifty miles in 1:56:45 4-5. His average speed for the entire distance was almost exactly minutes and 20 seconds to the mile, faster rate than any rider had ever at tained for single mile only four years ago.
 Even now the most wonderful feat ure of this great feat of endurance and strength is the slight difference be- tween the average time for each mile of 50, and the fastest mile ridden under like conditions either by the same man or by any other athlete. There has never been a mile ridden in race on a bl- cycle in any country in less than 2:05, It is not probable that the hero of the record breaking ride just reported from London has ever gone mile race in less than 2:10
 It is evident, therefore, that he had ridden 50 miles within about 10 seconds to the mile of the fastest time he ever made in race for single mile, and that the difference between the average time for every mile of 50-lnile race was only about 15 seconds, or about 13 per cent. more than the best record ever made for a single mile by any rider in competition.
 It need hardly be said that any such endurance in speed is entirely un' known among the lower animals, which move on land. It is very doubt full, indeed, whether there is a bird which can fly for two hours at a speed so nearly approaching its greatest pace for two minutes. Horses and dogs are utterly incapable of approximsting such sustained speed. No antelope or deer could live through so tremendous a strain. Neither could any wolf or fox maintain so nearly his best pace for a mile through a steady run of 50 miles. As for many quick and power full beasts of prey, like lions and tigers, they are not able to keep up their swift leaps for more than a short dis tance. The ostrich exhausts itself in a few minutes of running at it highest speed.
 These comparisons are only one more Illustration of the fact that man, al- though much written down as an ani- mai, by thoughtless or ill-informed for, merely in feats of strength and endurance, of all the living world. He is not able to lead in many single tests, but, if great, all round athletic con- test could be arranged for all animals, represented by the best individuals of every species, man would surely win against all competitors. Some would outrun him. Others would beat him in carrying and lifting weights. Stil oth- CTS would outswim him. The monkeys would easily defeat him in ciim ping. None could match him in throwing. None could go so many miles ill week or month. Only the apes could com- pare with him on trapeze bars, and few living creatures could climb rope as he could. The animals which could beat him in high jumping could not keep up in many other con- tests In wrestling and fighting, where man is often considered least able to hold his own against the beasts, Sandow would be more than match for many creatures commonly deemed very formidable, the man be- ing entirely unarmed. The grand av- craze would certainly give man first place.
 The truth is that there are many ani- mals powerful in muscles and able to accomplish many remarkable feats, which are not to be compared to man in the capacity of their hearts and lungs, in proportion to their size. Therefore, the human animal is the most enduring of all and his bodily equipment, merely in matters of strength, skill and prolonged exertion, is the best known in the whole ani- mate world. Leader.