Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-11
HE TRAMPS 1000
MILES ON WAGER
TRUNDLES A WHEELBARR0W
ACROSS COUNTRY
.. P. Evans Of Cleveland and His
Faithful Bulldog King COM
panions on a Novel
Journey

To trundle wheelbarrow around the
United states. starting at Cleveland
and finishing there within twenty-one
months is the proposition d. p. Evans
of that city has undertaken on bet
of $4,000.
Evans arrived in Los Angeles with
his odd vehicle yesterday afternoon and
is now at the Nadeau hotel. having
come down the coast from San Fran
cisco by way of San Jose, Salinas and
Santa Barbara.
He is club man of Cleveland and
last spring some Of the sportsmen of
that city were discussing how long it
would take a man to walk around this
country, and finally Evans offered to
bet that he could do the trick in twen-
ty-one months. He stood by his as
sertion and at last several men offered
to bet him $4,000 that he could not
make the trip in the time specified and
the bet was taken.
On the second day of May, 1904, the
start was made and quite a number of
his friends accompanied him in auto
mobiles and carriages over the first few
miles of his journey, ridiculing him the
while.
On Long Tramp :.
Not one of them had any idea that
the slender young student would ever
get 100 miles from home with his bar
row. but Evans was not that kind, and
besides he was determined to do or
die and he tramped steadily through
the middle western states, across the
Rocky mountains, through the Nevada
desert and on to the coast and thence
down to Los Angeles.
His only companion on his long
tramp has been his faithful bull dog,
King. King Is an uncommonly fine
animal and prefers the company of his
master to all other society. In fact,
he is rather exclusive, and it is not
exactly safe for a stranger to make
undue advances, but if presented by
his master King is the most friendly
of dogs.
One of the conditions of the bet was
that Evans should take no money with
him and should not ask anybody for
money during his trip. but should make
all his expenses by selling pictures of
himself and small trinkets which he
could carry in his outfit. He has with
him quantity of watch charms rep
resenting pair of dilapidated shoes,
and during his trip he has sold hun
dreds of these souvenirs.
e} Dog Travelling Companion
King has tramped valiantly behind
his master for nearly 5000 miles and is
ready for more. When the rough rock
Of the mountains was encountered the
dog suffered a great deal with his
feet, so Evans took a tip given him
by a mountaineer and had shoes made
for King, and from then on over the
Rockies and across the desert King
trotted in comfort. Without this dog
Evans says he would have many times
been driven near madness from loneli-
ness.
From Los Angeles Evans intends to
go to New Orleans by the route taken
by the railroad. From there he will
make his way to the coast somewhere
in Georgia; then up the Atlantic sea-
board to New York and then home to
Cleveland.
Evans said last night: "I am con-
siderably ahead of my schedule and
expect to get back home well inside
my time. My health has improved
since started on this trip, and the
longer I stay with it the better I like
ii. think / will look around and see
this part of the country before leave
for New Orleans"