New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-30
4 W4LKING BISHOP.
He Recently Corered 21O Miles an
Ten D0Ys.

Wilmington. Del. Sept 29-Bishop Leighton
Coleman of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware,
has lust completed a walking trip along the
Susuuehanra River and through the Cumber-
land Valley. in Pennsy lvania and Maryland III
course of which he covered two hundred and ten
miles in ten DAYS The Bishop travelled in
cognito It is his custom every year to take a
trip of this nature in his summer vacation
Last wear when he made tour of the Holy
Land and other parts of Continental EUROPE
was the first time that he missed this pedestrian
Journey for many years. The Bishop always
travels alone and keeps his identity a secret
In fact he will not reveal his route either before
or after the trip.
Seated in his study at Bishopstead, in this city,
to-day. the eminent prelate, who is in his seven
tieth year and the picture of health referred 10
his diary of the trip and talked entertainingy
concerning it
Il started on Wednesday morning, September
3" said he "and walked every day, with the
exception of Sunday, until Saturday evening
September 10 The total distance covered. 10
miles was an average of twenty-one miles day
not So bad when the warm weather and the
facts that 1 am in my seventeen year are con-
sidered One day l walked twenty-siX miles,
and was not trying them
The Bishop dwelt at length upon the good test
that walking places upon ones physical cohdl-
ton and declared that for the last fifty years
he has found recreation in these tours While
I employ no disguise" he continued, Il do not
tell who I am. Tor by keeping my identity
secret l am enabled to get nearer to the people
whom meet on the way.
The Pishop has fund of anecdotes OF the trip
inst comnIeted As is the case every time
make a walking tour he went on to say the
people wonder why a man who is able to pay his
IA ThaV
the advantages of pedestrianism. Several times
last week I was asked what 1 had to sell, or
what line of industry l represented. On several
occasions 1 was actually asked if L were fort
une teller Shortly afterward farmer onereo
me a job picking apples. l thanked him ana re-
piled that did not have time to stop that after
noon.
Il passed a number of public schools. in the
country that had just reopened for the fan anu
winter and made addresses to the teachers anu
scholars without informing them that the biSi1op
of Delaware talking"
The Bishop became deeply interested as he
narrated the incidents of the trip. The ex-
penses of a tour of this nature" he further
said ARE extremely small In little town
where l spent a night there are two hotels. One
is a rather fashionable place and the other IS an
inn | stayed at the inn and secured supper,
lodging and breakfast for 30 cents"
The Bishop laughed when he declared that
several times he charged less than the reg
ular hotel rates because of the belief that he was
too poor to ride and was compelled to walk
Il was fortunate the tour just ended he
said, lin securing bed every night On pre-
vious trips 1 have been compelled to sleep IN
barns and wherever 1 could lay my head. This
time 1 slept in small hotels, with the exception
of one night when I lodged over a store The
Iatt m cents"
When asked if he conducted services on Sun
day, September Q. he replied in the negative. Il
rested on that day was his reply.
The Bishop is a hearty advocate of walking as
a mode of exercise, and attributes his perfect
physical condition to the annual trips. Il al
ways return filled with VigOr and ready to do
hard work." his parting remark He has
never been molested, but he is well able to take
care of himself should the occasion arise.