The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
YESTOE'S WALKING FEATS
ETERIN'S PRESENT INDER-
TAXING 4 GREAT one.

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Edward PAyson Weston. the veteran
walker. 10 attracting much attention just
now principally because 4 n unusual that
q man who has turned ~ yearS Of age
should he engaged In a tramp across the
continent from California TO New York.
lac veteran left Los Angeles on February
and expects TO he here on May ~. hut
a. he 10 more than a week ahead Of the
schedule he may he here sooner. On
Monday last he celebrated the eve of his
aeventy second birthday with a walk Of
nsventy-two mills Weston started out
with the avowed intention Of doing the
ocean TO oosah- walk in ninety days.
''-.inE his long career. which extends
over half a century. Weston has been the
great American apostle 90 walking. He
has been In all manner Of heel and toe
contests and Il 10 calculated that In the
period Of forty-two years he has covered
IN public a distance equal to three tlmes
tho ciFoumfeFenOs Of the earth.
Weston IL an out and out Yankee and
D.. nFst saw the light In Providence. u. l..
On March IS. 1888. Az a child he was
weak and sickly. which was only natural.
"a he weighed only pounds 9 ounces
&C hls birth. During his boyhood he
showed no promiss Of athletic ability
and only when he got q Job "a once boy
In ons OF the New York newspapers did
Il dawn on him that he po~eessed proves
a. u pedestrian. He did some quick
travelling here and there for his employers
u and around lass. and this a. q time when
the street car service was az a snails
gait. Finally Weston became a reporter
and Il IN told Of him that he scored many
beat on his rival news Ratherers all on
account OF hrs neetness OF foot.
All this time Weston was convinced
that walking In the open air was q most
healthflIl exercise. and In the early 'eO~,
when there was a vertible outbreak of
pedestrianism. Weston was one 81 the
most enthusiastic followers In 1891 oc-
CURED his fret important feat, for he
walked from Boston 20 Washington TO
attend the first Inauguration of President
LAncoln. The start occurred On February
- and he reached the capt. al on March
4. covering ass miles. the exact walking
time hang Do houra
Westons real career a. q professional
began IN Iss7. when he walked from
Portland. M, 20 Chicago. Il was the
toughest sort 81 q task for vixen he under
took u the wesfhsr was bad and tbe roads
worse IN June. 1879. occurred his mcss
America the Ashley bslt.' the trophy
emblematic OF the worlds championship.
All his life Weston has had temperate
habits, 20 which he attributes his great
vitality even a. the present day. Follow
n8 are some Of weston's wAlks
N ANERIeA
on octohsr - 1877 left Portland. Ne .
walking 20 Chicago. = distance Of IKE
miles. IN 1 hour ~ minutes les than twenty
six DAYS
October. isss. over an accurately meas
ured road N westchestsr county y Y .
Weston walked 100 mles IN - hours 10
minutes 70 seconds
IN January and February Isss. Weston
walked from RanEor. Ne through New
HAMPSHIRE aud Vermont. over the Green
Mountains, through northern and central
New Nork 70 Buffalo distance :. ass miles
I.oso niles being over snow in thirty days
In NAV. 1871. ~ ~ LOUIS. No walked
90 miiss. inriudinE two miles backward
IN q hours. that IL he walked hfty mites
including "ns-half mile backward. within
ten AMI a half consecutive hours each day
f0E four successive DAYS
June - 1t the Empire Rink. New YORK.
Weston accomplished the TASK Of walk
= ing ~ miles IN n houra ~ minutes. con
secuSive Walking the hrs' iOo miles Of
this distance In u hour and nltuu's
June q: 20 10 Intrusive A. he Empire
fink New York Weston walked soo mils-
tnriud,nE tho ~ miles Described above
10 dass - hours and =: minute conseC-
utivr
October u ~ Macon Ga under the
ausptrss ~ The 'it, government Wsa' on
walked 81 miles IN . hours ~ minutes and
- -, ond- consecutive. and then an al
diiiors Gns-haif mite backward ,ompla'
ing Inc V hole N mites IN o hour ~ minutes
- -.'0nds. consecutive. without re,I
NAV - ls5I ~ Nmericap In-tt'ufe
Hal. Ne, NoTk Weston Tar exceeded
all previous eFot's hv Walking 10 miles
Ia = hour ~ minutes consecutive walk
ma the hT~' 90 mi'ss In ~ hour- ~ minutes
MAY ~ 20 ~ inclusive ~ American
institute Wall New Work Weston Na'ked
Sso rriie~ within siV consecutive days
in~lut M he rs uiie- recorded above
June - - - inclusive In PhHAd@Iuhta
Weston accomplished 'hs UNPARALLELED task
n walking - Wi'eS IN ~ hour 'hat j. he
walked ~ miles wi'hn u" consecutive hour
each dsy tor four consecutive days each
iTiai being accomplished wHhou, - r,-s'
A. 'hs conclusion NJ each "a nrilcs ne also
walked az additional one-half mile bar
ward
De- rnher ~. is5i ~ industrial Halt
Newark Weston for The - ond tiuus
accom- plished The task Of walking 10 mile,
uithin tven'y-fouT consecutive hours
Decsu her ~ - ~. Is7t. al indu-Irla
Wall Newark Weston accomplished
the superhurAn task ~ walking iso mile,
w DAYS Is ho'rs and - minuts- tn-irdtn.
ths iis ruiirs above rero Fded
In JanaTy. February and Mar"h Isss
IN confess stth Daniel - l@sry In var lou,
cite. M The nitsd states Weston oovrre,
= disisn's ~ .. 80, miies. O-"upyinE rselV.
hour each dav SUNDAYS eN~eptedi fer /
reriod Of nine weeks and leading O'Isar,
2Oa miles
number Oi prominen geBtienen. 10 demon
strats th8t hts great walking fe1ts had mo-
injured his health and that. though -on
sider~d ged. he vas still vigorous. N~stoT
wslked over ics ant snow from the Re tier
IN New York 70 The Capitol in albany. 4
disan~e Of iSo miles. in ~ hours aud 81
minutes
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