This illustration found in the Boston Globe, 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, between February the 6th and 11th, 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 J. Herty of Boston, Massachusetts, Frank Hart, aka "Black Dan", also of Boston, John "Lepper" Hughes, an Irishman living in New York, George D. Noremac (Cameron spelt backwards), aka the "Flying Scotsman", Peter J. Panchot of Buffalo, NY, Austria's Anton Strokel and Bobby Vint, the "Brooklyn Cobbler".
This race would produce a scintillating performance from one of the participating "peds" resulting in a new world-record distance of 621 and 3/4 miles in 6 days - but could it be broken?
Will appeal to anyone interested in the history of sport as well as those intrigued by stranger-than-fiction stories...
When peds walked the earth....
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