Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-19
WINNER OF S!X-DAY
RACE is VEGETARIAN
German Who Eats No Meat Makes
the Best Individual Record.
Showed Great En-
durance

The exponents of the vegetarian cult
are elated over the remarkable show
ing made by Curt V. Brumeck, the
German vegetarian, in the six-day
walking contest which ended last Sat-
urday night.
Brumeck easily captured the prize
for the best individual score and would
have been the favorite for team honors
had his partner stayed with him dur
ing the grueling walk.
Brumeck's partner walked only one
day, Monday, but the German, spurred
on by the offer of an individual prize
for the one having the highest total
for the week, continued in the race
The vegetarian proved to be the big
attraction. as the race for team honors
was not close, and the Made in Cali
fornia exposition building, where the
contest was held, was thronged daily
by those who desired to see the husky
German in action.
Brumeck became the favorite by his
gentlemanly conduct on the track and
his consistent walking. During the six
days his score was 23O miles, and his
actual walking time 4S hours Is min
utes, or an average of AS miles an
hour.
Team Would Have Won
The total score of the winning team,
Welfare Morgan, for the six days was
379 miles and laps. 1t readily may
be seen that with a partner who
walked fairly we'll Brumeck would
have sent his team into first place.
His individual score would also have
been bettered, as there would be more
at stake and something besides glory
to spur him on in his efforts.
During the last two days of the race
Brumeck's feet were mass of blood
blsters, and a less determined person
would have quit the race, but the
vegetarian refused to give up or COM
plain of pain, and was without doubt
the strongest of all the walkers in the
finish Saturday night.
Brumeck speaks but little English
in fact, is reserved in the conversation
of his native tongue, but is full of
action. Five years ago he decided that
meat was not beneficial, and since has
lived strictly on vegetarian diet.
During the contest last week the
Germans principal dishes were peas
carrots, cabbage, beets, tomatoes, nuts,
figs and occasionally a little fruit
Tempting steaks were placed before
him the first day of the race, but he
surprised all by pushing the dish to
one side, and said that vegetables were
all that he desired. He never has
tasted strong drink of any kind, not
Brumeck was born in a peasants cot
tage in Frankfort-on-theM Main, Ger
many.
Life Guard at Beach
He has been in Los Angeles for
nearly two years, most of the time as
a life guard at Long Beach. He is a
perfect specimen of an athlete, stock
lily built, with we'll set shoulders and
muscle that appears in rugged knots.
to ftrI 20
tigue" is not a word that graces his
dictionary. When the rules for the
walking contest were drawn up Bru-
meek asked that each man be allowed
to walk from 10 o'clock in the morning
until 10 at night, and insisted that such
a method was the only test of the
endurance and walking ability of the
contestants. The other teams, how
ever, would not agree to such a Cruel
ing rule, and it was not allowed.
Despite his sore feet at the close of
the race Saturday night he expressed
regret that the contest was not to last
another week. and, as he stated in
broken English, Just get warmed up.
Walk better now than before"
He attributes his wonderful powers
to his vegetable diet, and declares that
meat makes men lazy and slothful and
that it is ''raus NIT fieisch' for him.
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