Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1877 — A Great Pedestrian Feat. [ARTICLE]

A Great Pedestrian Feat.

The extraordinary feat completed at London, on the 17th of November, by Gale, the Cardiff pedestrian—walking 4,000 quarter miles in 4,000 consecutive periods of ten minutes each—is without parallel in athletic annals. Compared with it, Capt. Barclay’s historic 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours—a feat frequently duplicated since, and, lately, we believe, even by an English woman—sinks into the grade of minor performances. Robert Skipper’s 1,000 half miles in 1,000 half hours was not nearly as remarkable a performance as this of Gale’s, because the length of continuous sleep possible at each resting interval was much greater. Gale’s previous feat of 1,500 miles in 1,000 consecutive hours was also unprecedented. In fact, Gale is the real Cardiff Giant