Pedestrianism

MODERN PEDESTRIANISM. 91 / Broughtforward, 20 min. 35 sec. Thirdtime roundthe course, 10 do 8 do. Fourth do ...10 do....23 do. Fifth do 10 do.... 18 do. Total, 51 min. 24 sec. Before starting, and in returning the first round, bets were two to one on Wood; in the second round, five to two, and three to one ; in the thirdround,five and six to one ; andafterwards, twenty to one on Wood. In Octoberfollowing, Wood undertook to runtwenty miles in two hours and a quarter, which he performed on the Brightoncourse withgreat facility in two hours, five minutes, anda few seconds. He ranthe first ten miles in one hour and one minute, which turned the betting in his favour; forat starting, it wasgreatly againsthim. A few days after­ wards, he rana quarter of a mile in a minute, and performed it with apparent easeabout a secondwithin the time. On Thursday the 16thof April 1807, this noted pedestrian ran forty miles over New- m 2 market