PEDESTRIANISM - Handicap Walking Match for a Silver Cup, Distance Four Miles - Sewel Basset, Molloy, Martin the Hackney Antelope, Allen Poole & T. Smith the East End Spider have entered. Boxing Day... Red Cow, Dalston.

Shoreditch: Masson, Printer, c. 1830. Poster, 510 x 380 mm. on pale pink flimsy paper, a little chipped, laid down on thin card. Pedestrianism was a popular event in the early 19th Century, often competed over long distances> this particular local event is more like a local sports fair with a number of different events for all ages. Most would have been wagered for, including "The little wonder 12 years of age to walk one mile in nine minutes for a bet of £1."

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