Pedestrianism

72 MODERN PEDESTRIANISM. go Lvventy miles in two hours. He started at Hammersmith, and notwithstanding the un­ favourable state of the weather, he accom­ plished the task in seven minutes less than the time allowed. The distance of ten miles within an hour has been frequently performed, and a shorter distance in proportionally less time. About the beginning of last century, Levi Whitehead ofBramham in Yorkshire, whenin the twenty-second year of his age, ran four miles over Bramham-moor in nineteenminutes, which was at the rate of somewhat more than twelve miles in an hour. He was the swiftest/ runner of his day, and won the buck^ head for several years at Castle Howard, given by the earl of Carlisle. The five QueenAnne's guineas given by William Aisleby, Esq. of Studley, were won by him; on which occa­ sion he beat ten others who were selected to start againsthim. He lived to the age of one hundred ; and in his ninety-sixth year he frequently walked from Bramham to Tadcas- ter, at therate of four miles in the hour. In