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WALKING RACES

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 274 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WALKING RACES , a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of athletic See also:

sports, either on road or track. Road walking is the older form of the See also:

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport. The records for the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief walking distances were as follows in 191o: The See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record distance walked in 1 See also:

HOUR

hour was 8 m. 339 yds. by the See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur G. E. Larner in 1905; in 8 See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours, 5o m. 1190 yds. by another English amateur, J. See also:

Butler, in 1905 ; in 24 hours, 131 m. 58o! yds. by T. E. See also:

Hammond in 1908. About the See also:

YEAR

year 1875 there was a revival of See also:

INTEREST

interest in professional walking, which took the form of " go-as-you-please " competitions, extending over several days, usually six.

These may be classed as walking contests, for, although See also:

RUNNING

running was allowed, it was seldom practised, excepting for a few moments at a See also:

time, for the purpose of See also:

RELIEF

relief from cramped muscles. The See also:

GREAT

great difficulty in competitive walking is to keep within the rules. A " See also:

FAIR

fair gait " is one in which one See also:

FOOT

foot touches the ground before the other leaves it, only one See also:

leg being See also:

bent in stepping, namely, that which is being put forward.

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