How a highly-heated walk-off between America's top...  ...;walking fever.” The men on the track were Edward Payson Weston and Dan O’Leary, and what played out befor...  ...a screaming fan base was more than just a race. Weston , a New England dandy who often competed in flashy...  ...,000 wager in...

The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ...LKING FEVERAmerica’s number one pedestrian, Edward Payson Weston , walked his way to fame and fortune in the late 1...  ...that raged for half a century. Largely because of Weston , walking contests for a time rivaled prize fighti...  ...setting rec...