WALKING RACES  , a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of athletic See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

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
• BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
• BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
• BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
• BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
• BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
• BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
• BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
• BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
• BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
• BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)

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

• HAMMOND
• HAMMOND, HENRY (1605-1660)

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 (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

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
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg being See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

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