Note 399 — Chapter XXIV · SWORD-PLAY AND OTHER SPORTS. GARDEN, ETC.
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There were foot races, but I can find but one or two notices of them, and there is very little like professional pedestrianism, except the following very mild feat: 'A Wager of 100l. was laid last week, that a German of 64 years old, should walk in Hyde Park 300 miles in 6 dayes, which he did within the time, and a mile over.'[399]