LONG DISTANCE WALKING
AMERICAN'S FEAT,' NINETY-FIVE MILES IN A DAY. by TELEGRAPH—I'ItESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. New York, November 28. Weston walked 1230 miles—from Portland, Maine, to Chicago—in . 595 hours. . His previous record was 623. hours,. , The best day's walk was 95 miles.
Most of the- long-distance walking records, given' in "Miller's Sporting Pamphlet," deal with consecutive hour performances. For instance, on May 11, 1879, in England, William Galo walked '2250 miles in 912 hours (consecutive), walking 1100 yards each and every fifteen- minutes (two . miles and ' a half each hour)." Weston's "average per hour is something over 2.06 miles. The greatest distance walked in 12 hours is 64 miles 241 yards, by P. Girdleston, on September 27, 1901, at Olil Trafford, The ' greatest distance walked in 2-1 hours is 127 miles U2lO yards, by W. Howes, on February 23, 1878, England,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 57, 30 November 1907, Page 5
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