PEDESTRIAN V. HORSE

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1923, Page 16

PEDESTRIAN V. HORSE

Mr. George Cuminings, the professional walking champion of the world, who recently began an attempt to cover the 2CO miles between London and York in a shorter time than was taken by Jlr. Tyrwhitt Drake in riding the distance on his Arab horse, The Sheik, has a good foundation for his contention that a man walking can actually beat a man riding on horseback (declares a correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian,"). Many experts agree that for' distances of 200 miles and upwards man could beat any animal save, perhaps, a good Arab horse which had been specially trained for the task. Mr. Cummings has himself proved the possibility of a man beating a horse, for it is scarcely three years since he actually beat a fast, pony driven in a trap over a course of eight miles, extending from the Stone Bridge afc Selby, in Yorkshire, to the Black Dog Inn at Camblesforth uud back. Another instance of a Tr.;m bea-t----;ng a horse, was afforded some years ago by ■ Frank Hewitt, h famous "sprinter, who ftcuullv hunt. i\. racahowe ever a coium 02 100 yards,