Show WESTON REACHES GOAL aged pedestrian makes trip across the tha continent in 77 days day new york cutting his way through amass a mass of 0 cheering people hla his white locks bared to the breeze his shuffling feet keeping time to the strains of at the tha star spangled banner edward payson weston on an monday brought to a triumphant end hla his ocean to ocean walk ile ila ascended the steps of the city ball at p m completing his trans continental journey ol of 3 83 miles in 77 walking days a feat without parallel lit in the annals of I 1 the grizzled athlete was welcomed to his bis home city by mayor gaynor who presented him with a purse ot of hurriedly raised by a handful of his admirers in the last hours of his spectacular walk this and the applause of thousands who have followed his tramp since it began at los angeles angelas february 1 Is all the reward that c came a m a to the tha septuagenarian after his months of trudging through heat and cold across the continent |