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Show Yotw-a Veston thu pi-Jwtri.i.i, commenced on iUomluy morning 1'ifit. to walk 500 miltis in six daw. performance took pln.;e on the tnu-fc in the Amorican Iiiotilute Hull, New York. Tho track was carefully uien-Bured uien-Bured before he began , in tho presence pres-ence of a number of Iho most distinguished distin-guished citizens, including ministers, editors and lawyers. Ho started im-Inctiiatc'y im-Inctiiatc'y alter midnight ou Sunday last, and consequently would havo finished at midnight last night hud bo 6ucceetled in completing the lc.it; but as will be seen by tho night dispatches, he finished on tho -loOtli mile yester-! day altornoon, and of course failed in performing the task. To walk continuously con-tinuously three and a halt' miles pr hour for 141 hours is a groat undertaking, under-taking, and the failure of young: Weston is not at all surprising bow-ever bow-ever mortifying it may be to hi ambition. am-bition. I |