Show horse defeats man in walking contest orlando Or laDdo fla there was an argument one of the mild kind from which grows the desire to wager about whether a horse or a man could walk faster W W brown a member of the orlando club championed the horse and his fellow clubman 11 harry a rry voorhis for his big espousal la in behalf of man getting nowhere with debate they decided to establish proof by practical means and so brown bronn mounted his mare likely lady while voorhis tin an attorney of dignified bearing set get out afoot meanwhile news of the argument spread around town and some 1200 people flocked flo clied to the contest around and around the park they walked the horse and voorhis the course was a distance of two and a halt half miles at the end the horse came in 41 seconds ahead of voorhis |