The Ocala banner., 1922-07-28

"5est Walkers Make Best Citizens
Says Mayor of New York.
today there are no less than 5000
hiking clubs in Greater New York,
with total membership of more than
a quarter OF million men and wOm-
en-, who are keeping themselves in the
pink Of condition and experiencing the
real Joy of living by getting regularly
out into the open country with no 9TH
er means Of loccmotion than their God
given legs
The city OF New York has taken Off
cial notice of the movement On three
occasions recently Mayor Hylan has
congratulated the boys and girls of the
/ public schools upon their enthusiasm
in taking up the new sport of hiking
In his dedication Of the great new pub
! lie playground In the Bronx the other
day Mayor Hylan extolled the athletic
tendencies Of the boys and girls and
/ impressed upon them that there was
no better or more profitable way in
which they could pass their vacations
and utilize their holidays than by the
excursions into field and forest of their
walking clubs. He gave the same
message 10 the Amateur Athletic Tn
n Of Brooklyn a few days later. and
Ven a club of East Side boys and girls
visited him at city hall preparatory l.
hike 70 the tomb Of Roosevelt al
Oyster Pay he assured them that the
best walkers among them would make
the best citizens.
Walk and Be Well
No less enthusiastic a champion Of
/ the walking game is DIR. Royal S.
/ Copeland. city health commissioner.
/ ''The benefit TO health and the safe
/ guard 10 morals TO he found in long
walks" said DR.. Copeland in an in
/ terview, "are too apparent to speak
Of them. If one takes long walks alone
/ II is well. for he walks the road OF
/ health. but if he takes long walks in
! company ii is better for he adds the
tonic OF cOmpanionship to his exercise.
! Walking is the one form Of exercise in
which there is the minimum risk of
| OVERRIDING IL. In short. | consider
/ walking the most beneficial OF all exer-
cises and il is never out of season"
Never in my lifetime" said Ed
ward X. Wilbur, manager of a nation
ally known sporting goods store, "have
/ known such demand as now for out
door garments and shoes and stock
ings and appliances for the tourists
! luncheon box. The rapid spread and
tremendous popularity of the walking
club idea has no parallel in our ex-
| perience
The hiker can make his requisite
just what he feels like spending. Real
ly, there are only two or three articles
Indispensable to hiking-thick walking
shoes that allow lots of room, thick
woclen socks and clothing that will
give freedom of limb. He should have
canvas or leather musette bag. su>h
as the soldiers used in France
The Cow In the knapsack
ITO get the real benefit and ioy out
of hiking luncheon should be carried
and prepared and eaten in the open.
Bread and cheese, few slices of
bacon, some coffee, a can of condensed
milk, and a cake of chocolate fur
nish high-powered fuel for the hiker
and are readily and happily assmi-
lated even by those who in their pre-
hiking days were afflicted with di-
geStive apparatus so feeble as to balk
at crackers and milk. Fortunately for
the hiker, he can replenish his simple
larder at any crossroads store and
provide himself with the most nutri-
tious and appetizing food in form
that can be conveniently carried.
mo single development in the prob
fem of food transportation for the
hunter, fisherman, hiker and all lovers
of the out-of-doors can compare with
the gift bestowed by the man who |
first found the way to make con-
densed milk, thereby putting a dairy |
in every mans knapsack. Before long !
there will be national association of |
hikers, and Gail Borden will be its pa
ron saint. Such an association could do |
much to encourage the spread of the |
most beneficial and universal of all |
outdoor pastimes, map out interesting /
routes, secure the establishment of |
shelters, rest-stations, and camp aites |
at suitable locations, and insure the /
rights of pedestrians on country |
roads,