The Brighton road : the classic highway to the south . in 9 hrs. 21 mins. 1| sees., thusbeating Broad by some 9 minutes. Whether the dairymen of London ever executedtheir proposed daring feat of walking to Brighton,each trundling an empty churn, does not appear ;but it seems likely that many a fantastic person walkeddown carrying an empty head. A German, oneAnton Hauslian, even set out on the journey pushinga perambulator containing his wife and six-year-olddaughter ; and on June 16th an American, a MissFlorence, an eighteen-year-old music-hall equilibrist,started to walk the distance on a glo
The Brighton road : the classic highway to the south . in 9 hrs. 21 mins. 1| sees., thusbeating Broad by some 9 minutes. Whether the dairymen of London ever executedtheir proposed daring feat of walking to Brighton,each trundling an empty churn, does not appear ;but it seems likely that many a fantastic person walkeddown carrying an empty head. A German, oneAnton Hauslian, even set out on the journey pushinga perambulator containing his wife and six-year-olddaughter ; and on June 16th an American, a MissFlorence, an eighteen-year-old music-hall equilibrist,started to walk the distance on a globe. She usedfor the purpose two globes, each made of wood coveredwith sheepskin, and having a diameter of 26 in. ; oneweighing 20 lb., for uphill work ; the other weighing75 lb., for levels and descents. Starting at an earlyhour on June 16th, and walking ten hours a day,she reached the Aquarium at the unearthly hour on the morning of the 21st. Those who could not rehearse the epic flights ofthese fiftv-two miles walked shorter distances ; and,. MORE PEDESTRIAXISM 85 while the craze lasted, not only did the midinettes of Paris take the walking mania severely, but thewaitresses of various London teashops performed ten-mile wonders. On June 20th the gigantic go-as-you-please walking or running match to Brighton organisedby the Evening News took place, in that dismal weatherso generally associated, whatever the season of theyear, with sport on the Brighton Road. Two hundredand thirty-eight competitors had entered, but onlyninety actually faced the starter at 5 oclock were a very miscellaneous concourse ofprofessional and amateur peds ; some with trainingand others with no discoverable athletic qualificationsat all ; some mere boys, many middle-aged, one in hisfifty-second year, and even one octogenarian of eighty-five. Among them was a negro, F. W. Craig, knownto the music-halls by the poetic name of the CoffeeCooler ; and labouring men, ostlers, and mechanicsof eve
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