MORE RECORDS 7.3 



Clock Tower on the north side of Westminster Bridge, 

 52 J miles, and thus we can figure out his speed at about 

 five miles an hour. All the athletic world wondered, 

 and when, in 1884, C. L. O'Malley (pedestrian, swimmer, 

 steeplechaser, and boxer), walking against B. Nickels, 

 junr., lowered that record by so much as 1 hr. 4 mins., 

 every one thought finality in long-distance padding 

 the hoof had been reached. 



Meanwhile, however. 1882 had witnessed another 

 odd adventure on the way to Brighton. A London 

 clubman declared, while at dinner with a friend, that 

 the bare-footed tramps sometimes to be seen in the 

 country were not to be pitied. Boots, he said, were 

 after all conventions, and declared it an easy matter 

 to walk. say. fifty miles without them. He challenged 

 his friend, and a walk to Brighton was arranged. The 

 friend retired on his blisters in twelve miles : the 

 challenger, however, with the soles of his stockings 

 long since worn away, plodded on until he fainted with 

 pain when only four miles from Brighton. 



On April 6th, 1886, J. A. M'Intosh, of the London 

 Athletic Club, walked to Brighton in 9 hrs. 25 mins. 

 8 sees., improving upon O'Malley's best by 22 mins. 

 52 sees. 



The year 1888 was notable, On January 1st the 

 horse " Ginger." in a match against time, was driven 

 at a trot to Brighton in 4 hrs. 16 mins. 30 sees., and 

 another horse. " The Bird," trotted from Kennington 

 Cross to Brighton in 4 hrs. 30 mins. On July 13th 

 Selby drove the " Old Times " coach from the 

 White Horse Cellar, in Piccadilly, to Brighton and 

 back in ten minutes under eight hours, thus 

 arousing that competition of cyclists which, first 

 directed towards beating his performance, has been 

 continued to the present day. 



