but in 1876, edward westin was caught chewing coca leaves.he said he only did it on his doctor's orders, which is a pretty standard excuse these days. i didn't know what i was taking, basically, was his excuse. but the biggest downfall, two things, really, contributed to the downfall of pedestrianism. and one was in 1885, there was an englishman natured john starley. he invented a machine called the modern rover. before that, bicycles had a ginormous front wheel and a tiny little back wheel. these were not nimble machines. but the safety bicycle, with the two same-sized wheels, these were fast and these were nimble and they were a lot more fun to watch race for six days than people walking. it was almost instantaneous. the bicycles, especially at the end of six days, when they were all out of it, ted be crashing into each other and this was very spectacular. a lot of fun. nobody goes to races to see crashes anymore, either. so a lot of these races were really pioneered. the monetarization really turned it into a money-making machine. at its h

edward westin walked to san sfran sis cole and sods one of these pamphlets along the way.the major sponsor was the pack ard car company. i guess he was desperate for ads, because he did not like cars. he thought they made people walk less. ironically, westin in 1927 was walking across the street in manhattan and was hit by a car and never walked again. oleary did a little better, he would go out and challenge the fastest runner on the team to run around the bases twice while he walked around the bases once. more often than not, he won. and then he would pass the hat through the stands collecting nickels and dimes. this is basically how he funded his retirement. in the book, i have a seen where i imagine he performed before a game in chicago between the white sox and the as in 1927. i imagine the players in the dugout must have been amused by the site of this old man walking around the bases as fast as he could. but they would have been blown away to realize that, you know, 50 years earlier, he had made more in six days than any of them would make in the entire season of 19

but two of the pedestrians, edward westin and daniel o'leary continued staging walking exhibitions wellnto their 80s. edward walked from new york to san francisco in about 1907. and again, sold one of these pamphlets along the way. did another walk from new york to minneapolis and sold a pamphlet, the major sponsor was the packard car company. which said you could go 300 miles in a day. i guess he was desperate for ads because he did not like cars. westin did not like cars just because he thought they made people walk less. ironically, westin in 1927, was crossing a street in manhattan and was hit by a car and was left crippled and never walked again and died two years later at the age of 90. o'leary faired a little better. he would stage walking exhibitions before major league baseball games. he would go out and challenge the fastest runner on the team to run around the bases twice while he walked around once and more often than not, he won and then he would pass the hat. literally, pass a hat through the stands collecting nickels and dimes and this is basically how he funded his retir

but two of the pedestrians, edward westin and daniel o'leary continued staging walking exhibitions wellnto their 80s. edward walked from new york to san francisco in about 1907. and again, sold one of these pamphlets along the way. did another walk from new york to minneapolis and sold a pamphlet, the major sponsor was

but two of the pedestrians, edward westin and daniel o'leary they continued to stage walking expeditionsl into their 80s. westin walked from new york to san francisco in about 1907 and again sold one of these pamphlets along the way. he did a walk from new york to minneapolis and sold a pamphlet and the sponsor was the packard car company. westin did not like cars just because he thought they made people walk less. iconically, westin, in 1927 was crossing a street in manhattan and was hit by a car. and was left crippled and never walked again and died two years later at the age of 90. o'leary fared a little better. he would stage walk expeditions before major league walk games. he would challenge a player to run around the races while he walked around once. more often than not he would pass a hat through the stands collecting nichols and dimes and this is how he funded his retirement. i imagine -- he performed before a game in chicago between the white sox and the a's in 1927 and i imagine the players in the dugout who were all born well, well after the golden age they had never heard of

but two of the pedestrians, edward westin and daniel o'leary continued staging walking exhibitions well into their 80s. edward walked from new york to san francisco in about 1907. and again, sold one of these pamphlets along the way. did another walk from new york to minneapolis and sold a pamphlet, the major sponsor was the packard car company, which said you could go 300 miles in a day. i guess he was desperate for ads because he did not like cars. westin did not like cars just because he thought they made people walk less. ironically, westin in 1927, was crossing a street in manhattan and was hit by a car and was left crippled and never walked again and died two years later at the age of 90. o'leary fareed a little better. he would stage walking exhibitions before major league baseball games. he would go out and challenge the fastest runner on the team to run around the bases twice while he walked around once and more often than not he won, and then he would pass the hat. literally, pass a hat through the stands collecting nickels and dimes and this is basically how he funded his ret

but two of the pedestrians, edward westin and daniel o'leary they continued to stage walking expeditions well into their 80s. westin walked from new york to san francisco in about 1907 and again sold one of these pamphlets along the way. he did a walk from new york to minneapolis and sold a pamphlet and the sponsor was the packard car company. westin did not like cars just because he thought they made people walk less. iconically, westin, in 1927 was crossing a street in manhattan and was hit by a car. and was left crippled and never walked again and died two years later at the age of 90. o'leary fared a little better. he would stage walk expeditions before major league walk games. he would challenge a player to run around the races while he walked around once. more often than not he would pass a hat through the stands collecting nichols and dimes and this is how he funded his retirement. i imagine -- he performed before a game in chicago between the white sox and the a's in 1927 and i imagine the players in the dugout who were all born well, well after the golden age they had never hear

but two of the pedestrians, edward westin and daniel o'leary they continued to stage walking expeditionsl into their 80s. westin walked from new york to san francisco in about 1907 and again sold one of these pamphlets along the way. he did a walk from new york to minneapolis and sold a pamphlet and the sponsor was the packard car company. westin did not like cars just because he thought they made people walk less. iconically, westin, in 1927 was crossing a street in manhattan and was hit by a car. and was left crippled and never walked again and died two years later at the age of 90. o'leary fared a little better. he would stage walk expeditions before major league walk games. he would challenge a player to run around the races while he walked around once. more often than not he would pass a hat through the stands collecting nichols and dimes and this is how he funded his retirement. i imagine -- he performed before a game in chicago between the white sox and the a's in 1927 and i imagine the players in the dugout who were all born well, well after the golden age they had never heard of