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Show Horse Defeats Man in Walking Contest Orlando, Fla. There was an argument one of the kiud from which grows the desire to wager about whether a horse or a man could walk faster. W. W. Brown, a member of the Orlando Riding club, championed the horse and poohpoohed his fellow clubman, Harry Voorhls, for his espousal in behalf of man. Getting nowhere with debate, they decided to establish proof by practical means. And so Brown mounted his mare, Likely Lady, while Voorhls, an attorney of dignified bearing, set out afoot Meanwhile, news of the argument argu-ment spread around town and some 1,200 people flocked to the contest Around and around the park they walked the horse and Voorhls. The course was a distance dis-tance of two and a half miles. At the end the horse came in 41 seconds ahead of Voorhls. |