Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-16
TRAMP Of 1000 MILES
ENDS IN NEW YORK CITY
Missouri Couple Makes Trip
With Pony, Dog and Bag
gage Wagon.

NEW YORK, August 16.-Mr. and Mrs.
D. H. Woolf, Dolly, the little bay mare.
and Don, the dog, all from Missouri, got
In from Kansas City via the Weston sys-
tenn of transportation yesterday after
noon. With them came the funniest look
ing little baggage wagon this town ever
saw. Dolly pulled 1t 1000 miles, and
as she pricked up her ears when the
long journey ended at the city hall. she
emitted a neigh which meant. according
to Mounted Policeman Dugan, And l
can pull IT 1000 more, il need be-"
The Woolfs, the dog and the little bay
mare reached the city line at Van Cort-
iandt Park. about 10 o'clock yesterday
morning, at a time when the rain was
coming down in torrents, but the down.
pour worried them not at all. Compared
to some of the storms they had passed
through on the way from Kansas City,
1t was nothing more than a welcoming
shower Ito our city" At least, that is
the way the Wooifs took 1t.
The pedestrians began the last leg of
their 2,0O0-mile journey early yesterday
morning in a little patch of woods near
Yonkers. where they had camped over
night. Dolly was carefully groomed for
the entry into the city, while Don was
made to understand that he would have
to be on his very best behavior.
Reach the City Line.
Fifteen minutes later the Missourians
reached the city line. where they were
met by Mounted Policemen Dugan and
O'Brien, no ere riding the two most IA
nous horses In the police department
The news that the Missouri travellers
had entered the city was telephoned
ahead. and the police department got
bus n~A4 nj ~,.N Nosl- q -
WOolfs to the city hall BY the time the
Washington Heights district was reached
the camp followers had reached q re-
spectacle number, and when the couple
from the land of 'show me- reached I'D
street and Broadway there were about
200 trailers in line. most Of them little
boys. who logged along. singing 'Old
Dobbin" and other tunes that may have
been written to please Dolly.
We're from Missouri" shouted the
building on the half run. for at this point
Dolly was walking SO fast that mere
humans had to do some sprinting to
keep up.
on the street shouted as the one-horse
caravan passed the Metropolitan Opera
House.
Mr.. Wooif tipped his hat and Mrs.
Woolf smiled I'm reply.
In Union Square the procession was
-
newspaper photographer wanted a pic
ture OF Mrs. Woolf
Large Crowd Greets Them.
At the city hall the biggest crowd OF
all waited for the Missouri Infantry.
Lieut. Kenneth. the policeman on duty At
the mayors Office, heard noise. and
looked out Of hts window just In time to
see Dolly do q left turn into City Hall
Park. Behind Dolly there surgad q
crowd that numbered between l.5O0 ana
2.OOO Kennel shouted to policeman In
the corridor to hustle out and keep order.
The policeman did the best he could, ana
his best was not much In this case. All
he could do was to get Mr.. and mrs:
Woolf to halt in front of the city hall
and await the arrival of the reserves
before entering the building.
The police reinforcements arrived mean
while. and Lieut. Kennel told the police
to escort Mr.. and Mrs. Wooif to the
mayors ONCE, where they would be
welcomed by Acting Mayor Mitchell
In a little while Acting Mayor Mitchell
came In and shook hands all around He
conRra tuIated Mr.. and Mrs. Wo0if on
their achievement. and added that ne
was certain the tramp had done them
Mrs. Woolf said that they had trav-
ersed Ave states. and that their route
had been through Chicago. Indianapolis.
DAYTON, Cleveland. Buffalo. Rochester,
Syracuse and Albany.
Mrs. Woolf weighed 1872 when she
started. She weighed 10 when she
assembled the city hall steps. NE Woolf
weighed about 135 pounds az the start
and about 40 at the finish. -