The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-18
SOME WALKING
WORTH WHILE

Editor Advertiser. Some Records
for Walkers in your issue of this
date tells of walking feats for short
distances. Let me recount for the bene.
fit of the lovers of such sport, walking.
and who loves it nota two remarkable
performances of George II. Allen. of
England, the first being from Land s
End in England to John O'Groat s in
Scotland, over the route walked by
DR.. leighton, well known athlete in
that part of the world, and who cover
ed the distance, 909s4 miles, in "a days
and hours. George Ell. Allen made
the distance, over the same route. Sep
TENDER, 1904, in 16 days q hours 80
minutes, averaging over So miles a
day. 1 have recently received a letter
from this remarkable pedestrian. He
writes:
Il have just finished October, 1908)
the greatest and last athletic feat of
my life, by waking from Lands End
to John O'Groat's, and beating my
former record by three days. This time
I went the direct route (840 miles,
and covered the whole distance in Is
days % hours. This works out Just go
miles day. He adds:
son my recent walk / made n miles
the first day; the last day
into John O'Groat's 1917. From Perth
on over the Grampian Mountains, ~
miles, L seemed to be gifted with al
most superhuman strength. Over these
rough roads, he writes, IT went like
one who walks on air. Nv
feet, of course, were knocked about
somewhat, and for several days l was
troubled with rather bad left heel. -
Toward the close Of his most inter
esting letter Mr.. Allen says: "Brt
I must leave off this talking of myself.
Still | feel you will understand that it
is all for the enlightenment of the
world that | walk and talk and work,
and do everything / do. You will I'M
derstand I never make penny out of
my athletic ability. I could, if I felt
so disposed, make a fortune in a few
years, but l prefer to work freely and
with a single eye, knowing that in this
way, and this alone, can / do God s
| WILL
A little explanation may be here
profitable. The man Allen, from his
eighth to his eighteenth year, was an
| epileptie. On one occasion, at the age
| of sixteen years, he had thirty-tw
| seizures in one day and was not ex.
| pected to recover uherefrom. From
| this time on he went in for a rigid sys
| tenn of diet, exercise and baths,' and
| has never had an attack since his
| eighteenth year. He now takes warn
baths two or three times weekly will
an occasional midday dip in stream
He has taken no medicine since six
teen years of age. Mr.. Allen says
"Because vegetarianism has done So
much for me, am willing to give my
best to the advancement of its, princi
| pies. He fully recognizes, however
| that while feats of endurance in them
| selves do not constitute the higl1es
form of propaganda, they nevertheless
have the advantage of being very rea
| argument for the cause.
/ His walk Finished. thus he writes
| n NOT DdIH, gooQ meal, ana re
tired to take well-earned rest, with
a card bearing these words facing me
They that wait upon the Lord, shall
renew their strength
| The man here written Of will be
forty-two years of age next June
| height, 5 fit. Az in; weight, l3C
pounds; is married and has four strong
children. At the close of his letter he
| writes:
"Winter is setting in here. The rain
has been increasingly coming down fol-
| over two days. We are busy ropine
onions and Smelling beans and peas.
Up till eight years ago he was q
| shoemaker and worked at his trade
since then, Mr.. Editor, it may interest
| you to know he has been farming on a
very small scale and oft-times finds