MANKS

Richard . b. in parish of Solihull, War wicks hire 3 May 1818; known as the War wicks hire antelope and the Eastern War wicks hire star; ran from Hagley Tap house to Birmingham 9¾ miles with 3 steep hills; ran 3 miles in 17 minutes and won; ran 18½ miles up and down hill within 2 hours on the Coventry road and won; against Mount joy picked up 300 stones placed 1 yard apart 51 miles 540 yards for £30 a side; wheeled a barrow with 5 cwt. 588 yards for £50 a side; ran Jackson the American deer 10 miles £100 a side and beat him: a publican 1847; walked 1000 miles in 1000 hours, starting each time as the clock struck at the Barrack tavern, Sheffield, being watched by three troops of the 1 royal dragoons 17 June to 29 July 1850; trained Burton to fight Ta Parker 19 May 1851; said to have walked 1000 quarter miles in 1000 quarter hours, completing task on 4 July 1851, and 1000 miles in 1000 half hours at the Kenning ton Oval 10 to 31 Oct. 1851. Illust. Sporting News 7 July (1862) 100, portrait ; I.L.N. xvii 96 (1850) portrait , xix 573, 574 (1851), portrait .