November 3, 1878

Mr. Buckeridge began a six-day walk in Beloit, walking 450 miles

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Mr. Buckeridge began a six-day walk in Beloit, walking 450 miles

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" he afterward took front rank as a pedestrian ; May 1, 1878, walked a match with La Chapelle for $50, in Beloit, and won ; walked, August 3, 1878, with Henry Schmehl, of Chicago, in Rockfprd, and, won; March 21, 1879, at the Exposition Building, Chicago, walked a match, (nineteen started) — Mr. Buckeridge won second place ; walked a six-day walk in Beloit ; began November 3, 1878, and walked 450 miles ; competed at a walking and running match.at Richmond, 111., forty miles, go as you please — got first money ; has walked twenty-one matches and won nineteen of them. He walked 100 miles in Chicago, without leaving the track and without nourishment.

Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.PDF p. 732

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November 3, 1878

Mr. Buckeridge began a six-day walk in Beloit, walking 450 miles

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BeloitNovember 3, 1878

Mr. Buckeridge began a six-day walk in Beloit, walking 450 miles

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

" he afterward took front rank as a pedestrian ; May 1, 1878, walked a match with La Chapelle for $50, in Beloit, and won ; walked, August 3, 1878, with Henry Schmehl, of Chicago, in Rockfprd, and, won; March 21, 1879, at the Exposition Building, Chicago, walked a match, (nineteen started) — Mr. Buckeridge won second place ; walked a six-day walk in Beloit ; began November 3, 1878, and walked 450 miles ; competed at a walking and running match.at Richmond, 111., forty miles, go as you please — got first money ; has walked twenty-one matches and won nineteen of them. He walked 100 miles in Chicago, without leaving the track and without nourishment.