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Show fifty-nine, then made a drumming journey from Mons to Ath aud back, covering 34 miles in 11 hours. Then a drummer of Maurages stepped the 40 miles to Brussels and return to the beat of the drum. The competitions are popular among workers, especially miners. Hiking Drummers Busy Long-distance drumming is a new sport in Belgium, and there is strong competition as to who has the strong-est strong-est legs and arms. A fifty-year-old Poulet drummer in the Walloon district dis-trict recently wagered that he could march from Fosses to Kamur, a total distance of 25 miles, without stopping and without ceasing to beat his drum, except for an hour for luncheon. A Klmy drummer, named Robillard, aged |