New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-23
MAN AGAINST BEAST.
The Latter Is Stronger, the Former
Has More Endurance.


probably be laughed 70 -corn. Whether such scorn
would be justified depends entirely upon the sig
hlhcance attached 10 the word strength II
strength be held TO mean concentrated muscular
power merely-es for a single lift haul or dow
undoubtedly no comparison could be made that
would not tend to hold the human being TO ridi-
Guile. Even a Sandow would seem feeble in com
partson with lion or an elephant. But, II the
word strength" be allowed 10 include not only
muscular power but muscular endurance, then a
very different tale would have 10 be told. and IL
would be the animal. not the man, who would
have ''sing small
Even this proposition at first glance must seem
utterly unacceptable-to all not acquainted with
the records OF human achievement little study
OF such records however, must convince anybody
that, in the widest significance OF the term "physi
cal strength" man Is unsurpassed by any living
creature. Man. indeed. IS capable of feats which,
70 the majority OF his kind must appear decidedly
marvellous.
Most people would imagine that in a be-
tween a and a horse the latter must invari-
ably and inevitably win. in spite OF the fact that
the ancient fable Of the hare and the tortoise
shows that the race is not always to the swift.
Whether the horse the won in such con-
would depend entirely the nature Of the
race-presuming that the antagonists were MT rep
resentatives of their respective species, which
would imply that the man was a well trained attn
In short distance race-anything up to sixty or
quished But as the distance Increased, the mans
chances would become greater Mans running
record for sixty miles is : hours so minutes and 50
secOnds-a record which good horse could beat
But how many horses wound equal mans running
record Tor lOo mlles-Fiz Is hours . minutes al9
81 seconds And supposing horse were found
capable Of accomplishing this feat could such an
had covered 10 miles in p hours 8 minutes and
Nor ala this particular man. Charles Rowell. OF
Cambridge. cease work even AT 80 miles. on the
oaTs MI gSl P d 8 seconds OF ore than one
horse, imagine, would have been needed TO cover
Yet Rowel's feat by No means represents the
p F4tzgeraid Of New YORK. covered 800 miles in
log hours IS minutes and 20 seconds "a, ana george
horse he in a really long race?
one Of the greatest difficulties 10 be overcome IN
the performance Of feats Of this description is the
tiouiarly trying form of endurance man holds
ton Of a salmon or a goldhsh-could ever nope 20
equal ,-- $50 C....,,. ,,.-,,,,. % Try mazda
nats S50 for EaPSan wh Wd4erbuTn We5-
ster. 10 walk 10o0 miles In 1000 consecutive hours
made - June /. 1879 AT Newmarket Heath, and
the coutse was public road. Captain Barclay
was twenty-six years old at the time and weighed
the outset Is stone pounds. The feat was
pluck and endurance that. after time; odds OF
70 We're laid on his accompi5AtGs IT, - i,eIo LII
mile was concluded on July y at 5:57 p H-' ana
time for the mile rose from slightly
"o.t.' ,,at,,C,e 5Ir1p the last II is
remarkable fact that he never went to bed with
in each two hours for the walking and five for his
toilet he can never, during the space or SIX WefHT.
minutes The captain lost two stone during the
six six Tee os fit ans & GeYS and be III fatsd
Walcheren expedition as aide-de-camp 10 the Mar
Captain Barclays feat which only human BE, be-
ing s GGno az F1Ss MANS 9ttsmpis 10 perform it, TIL the
appearance on the scene or a PEDESTRIAN iilSI sSA
named William Gale who in se3edoeTT o ana oct c5
mile and half walk 70 be started at the oes IN
finish Of that gigantic task Gale. who was forty
the iast walk but one it seemed a if no could
never finish. Then, to every ones Amusement ne
t he final journey amid the frantic cheers OF me
The two last mentioned achievements. 4 must
be admitted, have put our fouT-Gssed dIIeIs S
sent the fun extent Of mans powers in THIS dTe'-
Starting on THURSDAY. May p lSss. and o9nSlud-
ing the evening Of June 6, W BuckIer, OF Sew
,5eDcT1 an he bagir3ing Of each period This was
AZ Hahsiet. leeds. and seems beyond adequate
The records Of Captain Barclay. Gale and Buck
Ter display mans unsurpassed powers or endurance
Where SLEEP a. s vel ar as Of f65J NAV T also he oyer
come by the human being as E no r G,nsT sncc
and ntber fasting men who have existed for
periods Of forty days without taxing anything
ne a Us now b tha water Is this time the scene Of
our operations once moro the superiority OF man
The majority or animals know how TO swim by
instinct. They have not 20 acquire the art, as man
has, and yet comparea 10 man, row i ~ s5T,frtsd
that man. in a short distance contest must play
ures whose natural habitat It is,a different story
has 70 be told. Dogs swim Wa ana tasT T, 0IC
Nuttau or other first class man over the length
durance again. does any one believe there IS
Quadruped IN eXistence-except the hippopotanuS
could swim the Channel? Yet Captain Webb did
this while MontaRu Holbein and others have made
valiant attempts that have deserved. II they have
h9L achleVed, sIcGt ,r,, NOV, oD6 O doc, I'm the
RF2P two good oq ,FyG mes om n hnS oa
have the better chance Of life? The man. beyond
Apart from these matters, in which IT is easy 70
vorable 10 nan It IS interesting 10 consider other
feats performed by human beings which must
strike most OF far beyond the capacity with
which We would. generally speaking credit our
Look at jumping. for instance. for which tho
biped IS naturally less well adapted than the
ana SCI him to leap bar waist high he win prob
ably fa to 97e ceaT fs I az the n ,
Penn PER WIN te s Gn o @ the fi yarsy y"g Tegor
But IN jumping as now praoused, the honors so
10 Ireland n F Sweeney has cleared feet 5ss
pshf scb In 'hS R VIDE ao 81 wo2 &c
Jumping with weights" as the oldtime profes-
ford, cleared . feet inches on the racec2uTse at
bells and took or" from 4 block Of wood raised
four inches above the ground; The distance COW
yyirtP racecourse March 22 1s47 CTriolsiv. Chand-
ler's great leap was made in taking hurdle.
John Howard also gained fame by leaping a full-
Sck 9s We'll as icapinr powers Judging by The
way ne cleared I{uters leap at Rugby, and by tho
six feet high. II IS probable that Brooks. tho
tacK T,sing cffort had he essayed Il
4 man shruhb-has run tn miles in 20 minutes
yards in 80 seconds; another man-George-has run
mile n minutes ~. seconds 2i OF all Tunnns
and II seems likely 10 stand for very long time.
Reverting to our eomolPaTisonI. men IKE shrub.