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Show THE WALKINQ CONTEST. O'Leary, tho champion long distance dis-tance pedestrian of the world, and i Oampana, the psddler tramp -of Bridgeport, Conn., have concluded their six d.iya walk in New York. The result is about as everybody expected ex-pected it would be O'Leary baa come out a long distance abeid of his Bffolleu, blistered and badly uaed up auUg:mit. C.irupana will now Biuk inio theuukuowu iusiguificance from weekd ao, and it my be thai he will be a wiser aud more useful man in tho community than he has been ginco he got aomo crazy ideas into his head about being a great pedestrian. It was presumption presump-tion oa bis part to chfll'enco the greatest walker ci the world, and even had bis physical powers equaltd his impudence impu-dence and made him winner of the match, the feat would ne h ive re fleeted aey ere.it creiUl upjn bim, as O'Leary "a pttfonnAr.ee is nothing to boast of. Howover, conaidering everything, and admitting that such senseless performances as six days' walking matches are not entirely without benefit tomankind, dropana haa done well. An atbUte ia presumed pre-sumed to be in hia prime at thirty-three thirty-three yeara of age, yet thia Bridge port curiosity ia ten years past that age. The hygienic care that he has takes of himself i3 about such as the wiW cult get running'' upon the Dra:rres. He i.- badlv ninin-nl an(i has never paid any al'.eui.ju to the laws of diet, eatin what cime handiest, han-diest, ad at irregular periods. In view of thc;o iiis fc.ifa ol endurance endur-ance are ren-.ftikr,b:tv and suggest most forcibly, wha' "nrght have bren," had proper ere bet-n tik?; f !.i:n. His failure in f. c ton:.: fn i,.ni to ive bei'U uvirratrd, b .th hv him-self him-self and bis bickers, ari nw let him go b".ck to his peddling obscurity, while O'Leary continues to carry tho champion belt for long walking. |