The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-30
my shins TO the knee and badly
brusing my right thigh
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my shns TO the knee and badly
bruising my right thigh
Ahead Of Schedule.
Despite these little unpieasantries
| am ahead Of my schedule and am
confident that ] will beat Weston
time 10 San Francisco by more than
three weeks. Ny health is perfect.
and my son. who travels ahead 10
arrange for my hotels, relieves me
OF all care in that line. | wish TO
particularly thank the Union Pacific
Railroad company for the many cour
tesies extended TO mo by the officials
and employees down TO the humblest
section hand with his keg of water
They have all treated me with every
kindness and II ] fare as we'll through
the remainder of my trip shall Ger.
tainly have nothing To complain OF.
Born In ireland.
John Ennes was born at Richmond
Harbor. County Longford, Ireland.
June 1892. His father was n ship
carpenter and joiner, and when John
was three years old his parents
moved to Greenwich, Scotland, after
ward returning TO England and locat
ing at Manchester, whore they lived
untn John WAS nine years old.
At this time Johns father deter
mined to emiGrate TO America. and
one fine day found the family. consist
Ing OF father mother, John and
three sisters boarding the canal
packet boat which runs between Man
chester and Liverpool. distance of
thirty-six miles.
Little dreaming that his career as
a worldwide pedestrian was TO com
mence withnl half an hour, John wan
dered off the boat to negotiate with
an apple woman around the corner
and when he returned the boat, with
his parents bound for Liverpool and
America. had disappeared.
Came to America.
The boy thought desperately for
few moments and suddenly decided
that his only salvation lay in reaching
Liverpool before the packet arrived
He started down the highway and ran
nearly seven miles before fatigue
compelled him to drop into walk
After that the white mile stone did
not appear as frequently as before.
but he trudged on and reached his
destination at midnight having walked
&c miles in fourteen and n half hours
at the age Of nine years (Ennes
claims this, In itself. is a worlds re-
cord for a boy)
Upon inquiring at the packet office
the boy could learn nothing of his
parents and 1t was not until nearly a
week afterward that his father, who
had returned to Manchester from the
first stopping point after missing the
boy, again arrived in Liverpool and
m at VI
he had stayed since his arrival The
father. who had been unable to learn
anything regarding the lads sudden
disappearance. returned him to his
mother who was prostrated at Man
chester and came on to America, the
family following the next year.
Fought In the Civil War.
Ennes fought through the Civil War
from 1861 to 1865, serving In the
engineering corps and also the secret
service His son fought in the Span
ish-American war,
The worlds record for walking 10
miles In % hours and 10 minutes
without leaving the track or halting
for a moment was made by Ennes
in 1873 and is the longest continu-
Gus walk on record TO this day.
Ennes made the skating record for
100 miles in eight hours and 81 min
utes, which stood for II years. In
1898 Ennes. at the age of 54, chal-
lenged the famous Joe Donoghue, then
"a years Of age. to a hundred-mile
race Donoghue won in seven hours
and 81 minutes and the record has
now stood for II years
Won Bio Stakes
Ennes won $4,000 as his share in
race at Madison Square Garden
and has made considerable money in
most of his skating and walking con
tests Bill Curtiss. the old-tlme
strong man and a recognized author
ity in such matters. declares that En-
mes has bet moro of his own money
on himself than any athlete known
to fame EnneS has saved thirteen
human lives during his career, all OF
them by swimming. and is the proud
pcssessor of a number Of gold med
ais for his bravery He will leave
ogden Sunday morning,