Pedestrianism; or, An Account of the Performances of Celebrated Pedestrians During the Last and Present Century.: With a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches; and an essay on training.Thom, Walter
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Pedestrianism; or, An Account of the Performances of Celebrated Pedestrians During the Last and Present Century.: With a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches; and an essay on training.
Thom, Walter
Walking
1807 With Abraham Wood for
the greatest number of
miles in twenty-four
hours--Wood resigned,--He
walked 40 6
Capt. Barclay--(_won_,) 36 6 115
1808 From Ury to Allanmore
and some other places
back to Ury, 130 121
1808 With the Duke of Gordon’s
runner from Gordon Castle
to Huntly Lodge, 19 2 8
9 50 122
1808 With Mr. Wedderburn
Webster for 1000 guineas,
(_won_,) 1000 1000 successive, 123
1803 With Mr. J. Ward, (_won_) ¼ 56 109
1804 At East Bourne, (_won_) 2 11 57½ 110
1804 For 100 guineas with Cap.
Marston, (_won_) 1 5 7 111
1804 With J. Ireland, 500 gs.
(_won_) 1 4 50 111
1806 With Mr. Goulbourne, (_won_) ¼ 1 2 113
1803 With Mr. Burke, (_won_,) 1½
JOURNAL OF CAPT. BARCLAY’S CELEBRATED WALK OF ONE THOUSAND MILES IN _One
Thousand successive Hours_.
TO THE READER
The following Journal of this extraordinary performance was regularly
kept by the attendants, under the inspection of a person appointed by Mr.
Webster, for the purpose of watching the time, that his interest might
be protected in the event of any failure on the part of Capt. Barclay.
It may, therefore, be deemed perfectly correct. In the original, the
performance of each hour is certified by the initials of the attendant’s
name, which we do not think necessary to insert here.
In the first column, the hour of the morning, day, and night, is marked;
in the second, the exact time past that hour at which he started; in the
third, the exact time at which he returned; and in the fourth, the number
of minutes in which he walked the mile. In the last column, the state of
the weather is mentioned; and at the foot of the page will be found the
total time of performing the twenty-four miles, with the average of each.
First Day.--June 1st, 1809.
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