Show WALKING AND rowing on the of december de ember perkins the champion english walker attempted to walk eight miles within an hour for the th 0 london londa n standard says the late snowy weather had no effect on the path at lillie li hie nie bridge west brompton it had been carefully rolled swept and allied and was in excellent order but the afternoon was cold and freezing not a day that would be selected for a great feat nor is december either the season for outdoor training for such a task so thought bethought the friends of time and they backed it at six to four perkins had been training down in the country and had done it was said eight and a quarter miles in the hour but hut more mere is is generally done in trials than iri lif the race and people are not often led away by these tumors rumors there was a very large attendance over peo people pie in the stands who were very hearty in their applause and as each lap was done they watched the electric clock most eagerly bells sells 3 life was wes refer ref rep referee sree ee but no caution oi or 0 once nee made perkins perkina style was too fair for remark the first lap one third of a mile was done in 2 min 5 sec first mile in 6 min a 55 bec sec two miles in 14 min 37 sec three miles in 22 min 24 sec see four miles in 80 30 min 33 sec see five miles in 38 min 36 seo sec six miles in 46 min 45 see sec at the sixth mile he was 1 min 48 sec see behind time he made another lap total time 49 min 29 sec see and then stopped quite knocked u up I 1 y jt it is s believed he can do the eight mil mii miles e s within or nearly within the hour if he selects more genial weather perkins beat heat stockwell at lillie bridge last hist spring by covering three miles in 20 min 47 sec s I 1 davidson an old walker in his time came nearer than any other man to eight miles in an hour on the of december two thomas winship and robert Bagu bagnall all ail of newcastle on the one gartand par tand robert watson boyd of gateshead Gate shead and william of blyth two younger aspirants aspi rante on the other part rowed a pair oared bared race for a side on the tyne on the lower reaches of the river distance about three and three quarter mlle mile 6 boyd and lums alums lumsden d won easily by six hix lengths rowing as well and asfalt as fast at the cloe cioe as they did at the start I 1 |