This illustration found in the New York Evening World, informed its readers about some of the "peds" (an affectionate name used by the fans of the sport of pedestrianism to refer to the professional pedestrians that took part in these contests) competing in a big "go-as-you-please" match which was to take place at Madison Square Garden, New York, USA, between February 6 and 11, 1888.
Some of the "sporting superstars" of the day were involved in this one and they were: "Old Sport"
Campana, aka the "Bridgeport Wonder" of Connecticut, George Cartwright, aka the "Walsall Flyer" of England, Peter Hegelman, of Germany, Dan Herty, of Boston, Massachusetts, Frank Hart, aka "Black Dan", also of Boston, John "Lepper" Hughes, an Irishman living in New York, George Noremac (Cameron, spelt backwards), aka the "Flying Scotsman", Peter J. Panchot, of Buffalo, NY, Austria's Anton Strokel and Bobby Vint, the "Brooklyn Cobbler".
