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Show VETERAN WALKER ARRIVES TONIGHT John Dnnis, the veteran pedestrian who Is walking from New York to San Francisco in an attempt to lower tho record of E- P. Weston, will arrive In Ogdcn this evening and remain here until Saturday morning, when he will resume hU Journey westward. When it was announced in the eastern east-ern papers that "Honest" John Ennls, as he was known to the sporting world thirty years ago, would start from the New York City hall on Monday Mon-day morning. May .23, on a walk across the country, the veteran athlete ath-lete received hundreds of letters and telegrams from his old friends congratulating con-gratulating him on his pluck and wishing him success. The morning ho left New York 15,-000 15,-000 people Jammed around tho city hall, and all along Broadway the street was lined with people, all 6houtlng words of encouragement and wishing the sturdy-limbed, stouthearted stout-hearted athlete good luck on his long, walk. Ovation at Chicago. LTpon bis arrhal in Chicago on June 17 he was met at Grand Crossing by members of the Irish Fellowship club, his sister, Mrs. F. fJ. Binder, and his, three nephews. John, Fred and R. J Binder, besides escorts from several athletic clubs, and with an escort of mounted city police was escorted to. the city hall, where he delivered a message from Mayor Gay nor of New York to Major Busse of Chicago, and after being warmly greeted by the mayor, who also gave him a message to deliver to Mayor McCarty of San Francisco, he was presented with a handsome gold medal ly his Chicago friends, his sinter. Mrs! Binder, presenting pre-senting the medal Mr, Ennle broke all world's records from New York to Chicago, his time being 22 days, 1 hour and 34 minutes, the previous record being 30 days, made bv E, P. Weston two years ago Twenty-Six Days Ahead. Mr. Ennis will reach Ogden about 26 days ahead of Weston's record, and as he Is now in good shape he Is confident of reaching the coast Inside of 00 days. Not Afraid of Water. Mr Ennis started his walk with a plunge in the Atlantic ocean, took a dip in Lake Erie at Vermillion, O. also one in Lake Michigan at Chicago, Chi-cago, swam the Mississippi river at the Clinton ,1a., bridge, Intends to take a bath In Salt Iike and end his long walk with a plunge In the Pacific ocean Mr. Ennls is paying his own ex- has been tho hardest part of hli father's walk. At Chyenna the pe destiian was advised to take a wagon road to Laramie, and by attempting to follow the directions given blm he was lost In the mountains, and only by rare good forlunp was discovered dis-covered by another traveler and directed di-rected back to Cheyenne. At Evans-ton Evans-ton the walker had his hip injured by a fall, and it Is because of this accident ac-cident that he haa decided to remain in Ogden over Frid-ay. The son claims that It Is as hard for the pedestrian pe-destrian to cover forty miles a day in the mountain country as to rover sixty-five or seventy miles a day in tho level couutry of the eastern and central cen-tral states. Ennls la expecting that the conditions' will be even worse in Nevada than they have been In Utah and Wyoming. penses, receiving absolutely no revenue rev-enue from this trip, and his only attendant at-tendant is his son. Frank J. Ennls, of New York city, also an athlete, being be-ing one of the best all-around amateur ama-teur athletes of the east. Son Goes Ahead. Young Ennls goes ahead of his father bv train, making arrangements for his resting places at night, and the only attention Mr. Ennls receives is what his son gives him when he meets bim each night. Mr. Ennls is ft 9 years old and was Horn In Ireland and lives at Staro- j ford. Conn. He served with credit through the Civil war and has saved fifteen persons from drowning, for which the United States government presented him with a handsome gold medal of honor for his bravery'. lie was worlds champion 6kater for twenty years, besides being an expert swimmer, oarsman, boxer, fencer and one of the best trap shooters shoot-ers the country ever produced. Young Ennis states that the Journey Jour-ney from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Ogden |