Show DID NOT BREAK WALKING RECORD oo 00 George Georg Stokes veteran pedestrian failed to break the walking record of 21 hours and fiG 60 minutes from Milwaukee Milwaukee Mil waukee to Chicago a distance of approximately approximately approximately ap ap- proximately now held by Henry Stokes made mado the attempt to break the record on Friday y August expecting to complete the walk on August Oth which was his birth birth- day The start was w made mado at 2 p. p m. m on the and exactly twenty four hours later Stokes had covered miles milea at nt an average speed of 33 miles per hour being forced to give up at this distance on account of an acute attack attack at at- tack of indigestion He lie finished the trip to Chicago in an automobile Stokes' Stokes attempt to walk from Milwaukee Mil Mil- wa waukee kee to Chicago was really a contest contest contest con con- test between him as a long distance walker and an automobile locked in high gear which was to keep pace with but not pass the walker The car which was a 1025 1926 Buick Standard Six performed the task of running in high gear all the way atthe atthe at atthe the average speed of 33 miles per hour After Stokes dropped out the car continued ed on its ita way arriving at Logan Square Chicago with an average average average av av- speed of 4 miles per hour fo forthe for forthe r the entire distance Harry Dole automobile editor of the Wisconsin News locked the ca cain car carin carIn r in high gear and mailed the key t to ro o Rockwell Stephens automobile editor editor editor edi edi- tor of the Chicago News who me met t tf and unlocked he car at the end o othe of f the trip George Stokes performed a wonderful wonderful won won- feat in walking 80 miles mUes i in n 24 hours at the age of CO 69 years an anthe and d the Buick car performed an equally remarkable feat in covering miles mile s at an average of 4 miles per hour hou r and at times as 81 low as two miles mUes a an n hour Wonder how many men at an anage any y age can walk 80 miles in 24 hours T |