ANOTHER GREAT PEDESTRIAN FEAT. 105 MILES IN 24 HOURS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 528, 7 October 1875, Page 2

ANOTHER GREAT PEDESTRIAN FEAT. 105 MILES IN 24 HOURS.

W* condejnte th« following from the " LyLteltou Times" of . September 27tb : — ?nc p*ie*tr>&« Edward* completed his «a-kof walking 105 vilei againtt time on Saturday night* L Tim. leafc haj never been performed id the Colonies before- It wa» knjjwn that he had walked 10Q milt** in 24 hour* at Dunedin, but. still there wtre nut n*anj inclined to believe be could accorapliih tiie more d fflcult feat of walking 105 mile* in X Jrt ■arne number of h ure. Edwards has made tin attempt ani succeeded, the 105 mi If a reidf finished in 7mm 3 sect under the' time. Prior to Kd wards making a statrt, the course wu rieawe I in the prb»em*e oi servraT niemberref Hie Commit tet, who rsiieve i each other at stated interval!. It maj al*o bs it ited that three x>i four residents in Chrintc tnrch who were deter* m.ned to fee for themselves wh ther or not th« distance w«s fairly doae, -r+uutuied in the Hai throughout the march, only taking »pell» when kd*arii* did so Tint beinij the. caw, the bpna fides ol the a>atj,W c»nno' be call*d in questi on. Edward* coiunurc^J hit arduous ta«k at eight o'clock on Friday night. He looked in firar-rats condition, with not an bunce of superfluous fitst on him. He wore JanvAs shoes with outer s^les ol india-rubber, ~imil*r to that used in goloshft, and inner .sules of cork. Th^ india-rubber was, of course, rendered necessary by the unyielding nature of the wooden floor. Edwards started walking at the rate of abjut fire miles and a half jKjr hour, which he maintained for some time, Jle then dropped down a tittle, but finished *he first twenty-six mil^s at fire mioutei pust 1 o'clock oo daturcUy morning. Ha to.>k a spell of half an hour for refreshment!, wLich consisU-d of a couple of chops, bread, and tea, with egg* and a .'ittle brandy in tue l»tter. At the vxpiration of the half hour Edwards, who seemed qure fretb, res imed Ins walk, and nude such good lite of his time that the leeond 26 miles wer« covered in almost fire hour* and ten minutes, giving an nrer^e of fire miles an hour. Tuis brought the dirfanre walked up to fifty-two mil.-* at 6 +6 ».m., and Eivra'-di then took another spell for refreshnvn _s. which were of the same kind as during the first halt. At thi» time he looked somowhal fagged, aid his f-etf -et were hi , THther bdd condition, but after forty rama'es rest Edvr-irds pluckily mtde another start. The' first mile occupied a little brer fourteen minute-, but iv the second he wanned up a lutle. and corired it in thirteen minutes In the third mile he improred s> ill, more, reduci ig the time to twclre minuted, whioh. he> raaiut^me 1 for sereral miles. He walked th« third twenty-aii miles in fire Inurs tweuty-fire minutes, being only twenty minutes longer than otcupied over the first twentr-aix mibs, an«i un minutes . Jonger thum the secon«i. The terenty-ei^hth mile w<ts ,fi ished at ten minutes to 1 o'clock oo Saturday afternoon, and Edward* then had a< speM, during which he was sponged orsr with tepid wafer, arid had refreshments of the sam» kind as before. At twenty seren minutes p*st 1 oVlock, he again started, and being naturally stiff after his rest, while his ie j t wrre adu tr»uble-oiue, it took him sixU-en minutfs t* walk 'he first mile. After thii», huwevrr. he freshened up and did his ■*co d mile in fourteen mmutef, his, third \a thirteen t»nd finished off fur an i A-half miles within the tint hour. From this tune he continued to q > aloug rery iteadiiy, walking wonierfully free coa»id ring the <iMta.noo covered, until a')ou> half-past 3 o'clock, whan cramp seize I iii ji in his left leg- Br Frankish was sent for, iut in the meantime Edwards kept morinp, and MDr Frankish was delay id, the cramp had wurn off before he arrived. Edwar is -urn Jeted his ninetieth mile nttwelre and a-quarter minutes past four o'u ock, and then took another spell, during which he partook of beef -tea., He bad walked thrlaat twe Ire mile* in 2li 45m 15*ef, and looked so well that his admirers began to be rery sanguine arto his sticcesJing with tne tsik he had undertaken. After a la^se of $cren and a quitter minute* he returned to the course, «od entered upon the last portion of bis journey. He walked the first miie in fourteen minutes On* hundred Miltn were complet> dat 44mms 15aeos past 6 o'clock, and the excitement uoir became intense. The Hill had rapid y filled until th- re must hare reen uuwards of 6*UO persons present, and they were Terr Uriah of applause. The lOlat mile was walked in 15mins 15seci ; and th» 102 nd, in Isuiins 30<*ecs. After tuis Edwards began t<> in reaso his :<ace, and he walked the next mile m Hmin» 30«ecs. In tbe seventh lap of the 104 th mile he put on a mo<t as.touiahmg spurt — fiiitohed tbe h«lf mile in 6aiin» SCWcs, an<i tbe mile in I3>ni'>'s 30secs H« walked half the mile in smins lO^cs, and the mile io 9mins 67stcs, 'flnithing-tM'tOo- Antes iit* Town y '9ite§ ■ mtkixi hif tim*, aaxidrt-a lefad burst oi cbewixxf .